Rb5 or ... RC10B4 ?

[shawn]

Ear Cataracts !???

As you have probaly read the RB5 became my choice purly because I have a shed load of Metric tools for my Touring Cars and I really didn't want to by all new items just for a car I was going to use for a little bashing here and there.... HOWEVER...

Being a member of the West Kent Club I thought it best I should show willing and enter the 2wd round of the South East Regional we hosted on 4th May

With the track being totally new and really quit bumpy ( much more than what I am used to ) the men were sort out from the boys and alas being a new born to this class of the hobby the learning curve seemed somewhat vertical.
Add to this my new 6.5 brushless which I had bought after killing of a couple of my old 19t motors in recent weeks the power overcame ability by a big margin.


In practice the extra power shred the kit spur gear after a few minutes but I think this was possibly due to my lack of experience with the slipper clutch; and I had no spare!
This bought on my only problem of the day but a few well aimed questions soon found me holding a Kevlar Losi spur and slipper pads which fortunatly went straight on.
The first few rounds still saw me struggling with the slipper clutch and I must say I never got to the bottom of it because with each adjustment I made the grippy grass was changing to slippery dirt just as fast. Again a lack of experience...

Now to the question: Honestly I can't answer it because I only have the experience of this car and not the B4.
Yes the decision was correct regarding the tools but the available trackside knowledge and spares lets it down a little. Out of the 40ish entries there was only one other there.

One big thing I noticed though was how strong the car is though. Thoughout the day I was crashing left right and centre with absolutly no damage what so ever but there seemed to be no ends of B4's retiring with broken suspension parts.
On that observation I would say the RB5 is bullet proof so in hindsight I would say the RB5 is my correct choice.

It is obviously lack of driver ability rather than car instability, but give it more time and experience of setting up buggies for the dreaded bumps and I'll get there.

Is that a little clearer for you