First day on the track with our Mad Monkeys

[Peter $]

Hi all

Just want to write a little about my first experience with an Ansmann car.

In October an offroad indoor track opened close to where I live. Haven't driven an 1/10 2wd buggy in almost 20 years, my brother and I decided that we would try it again.

We just want to have fun, and so we decided to go cheap, and bought a Mad Monkey each. Only upgrades are ball bearings and tires.

This tuesday was set to be this first day we tried our new buggies.

The good part is that we had a really fun time, driving our cars. They felt good to drive, and we were able to control them.

The not-so-good part was that my brother managed to break 3 different parts in the front, in three different situations. The trackowner is a Team C dealer, and my brother was able to get new parts each time (we knew that, and we decided on Ansmann partly because of it). He also popped his front dampers, but that was expected.....

I hadn't any serious accidents, but in the end one of my CVD's fell apart, and I lost the small "thingies" that keep it together.

Basically we are not that miffed about it. All 2wd buggies seem rather vulnerable in the front, and wooden planks are hard. So if you drive into them at almost full speed, something is bound to break.

But it does leads to a couple of questions .
Can you get parts for the CVD? It seems a little silly to pay 20£, for 2 tiny pieces of metal
I think the servo horn looks fragile. Is it something you would replace, and with what?
We knew the dampers weren't up to driving on a track filled with jumps. Do these make a good replacement: http://www.modelsport.co.uk/index.php?product_id=33115 ?

Cheers,
Peter