Why buggies only in UK races?

[annie_himself]

Why is it that I never see any trucks at large races held in the UK, its either 2WD or 4WD.

[Southwell]

They died out a number of years ago, nitro trucks are fairly popular though at nitro meetings ive attended.

[annie_himself]

Wow, that unfortunate. Seems like another class would be nice to race.

[millzy]

there was a brca national truck class, i remember reading Doddy won it

[losixxx]

think one of the last truck nationals had entry of 34, you get the odd 3 or 4 racing at BCL'S but thats about it,

[jimmy]

A few guys up n.west / n.east tried to kick something off but it didn't really happen and some clubs didn't allow them or made it difficult. Personally I though it (T4) was a bit of a laugh to rag round a track when I had a go of one, and if it gets more people into electric off road that would be great - but I don't really like them myself.

[millzy]

any one remeber the tripple at hampshire that Adam cleared with his truck? wasnt he the only guy to do it??

the truck racing thing was tested at a few WRCA rounds indoors , and well the Academy truck vs a t4 was well , crap i let simon " pit wrecking" geen kill my one jumping a bmw m5 we had to fit a t4 diff so it could take a reedy 10x1 Dougan edition and glue the servo saver in place with a tone of washers to get tension on the spring so you could steer

[Chequered Flag Racing]

I've got 1

see it here along with my RC18T

not mcuh cop the video's but you get the idea. I've a few more to uplaod when time permits

T4 has Mamba esc & 7700k motor & Lipo
RC18 has Mamba esc & 8000k motor & Lipo

RC18 did a 16.136 sec on the track you see.

No idea on the T4 as I didn't swap the PT over

Hope to run the T4 @ Catherine Cookson Classic this weekend

[Bathy]

Some fools race touring cars... crazy!

[Southwell]

Originally Posted by millzy

any one remeber the tripple at hampshire that Adam cleared with his truck? wasnt he the only guy to do it??

Pah, i easily cleared that with my pred and a 10x6 Peak Aurora tuned by Kevin Moore.

[annie_himself]

Trucks would bring in new racers as they are easier to drive compared to buggies.

[Jonny_H]

Originally Posted by Southwell

Pah, i easily cleared that with my pred and a 10x6 Peak Aurora tuned by Kevin Moore.

But which bits of the Pred weren't broken afterwards?

[Southwell]

Nothing broke! Although the chassis snapped a couple of meetings later when i landed too hard on the paving, it must have landed from 7 feet The front end ended up in a hedge!

[Northy]

I have a truck I'd love to race somewhere......

G

[gramey]

Anyone produce a 4WD truck, I'm told there used to be a couple but they're no longer in production. One member at our club races a 2WD truck against our buggies. It rides the bumps really well but spins out evey other corner with the motor in the arse end and only 2WD.
If I could get a new 4WD, other than the crappy looking Himoto things I've seen, I'd buy one.

[craigosh]

Trucks got me into racing, first proper racer i go was the XXT. Shame that its died off cause it was reet laugh but then you really wanna jump big jumps with them which a lot of tracks dont seem to have..

I'll be breakin it out at southport on sunday i think if anyones down..

[MarkWesterfield]

Truck class is only really popular over here in the US, Americans love thier trucks. Trucks are not a Ifmar class so thats another reason why they are not popular globally. Its not really a bad thing though. When trucks became popular in the US, it killed off the 4wd class. Now that 4wd is slowly gaining popularity again, perhaps the 2wd class will get killed off this time?

[schmacher]

you could convert an academy RT4GP PROSPEC truck to electric...www.ultimatehobbies.com has them for $100 us dollars

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Northy

I have a truck I'd love to race somewhere......

G

wonder if the worksop winter series would caiter for a class?

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by gramey

Anyone produce a 4WD truck, I'm told there used to be a couple but they're no longer in production. One member at our club races a 2WD truck against our buggies. It rides the bumps really well but spins out evey other corner with the motor in the arse end and only 2WD.
If I could get a new 4WD, other than the crappy looking Himoto things I've seen, I'd buy one.

The only proper 4wd truck was the HPI RS4MT http://www.hpieurope.com/kit-info.ph...=tu&partNo=501 but wasn't as fast as the 2wd ones. The reason the motor is 'in the arse end' is to help the handling by getting the weight in the rear. Spinning out every corner is entirely down to the wrong tyres, changing the rears for a pair that grip would sort out the handling.

Aren't the Himoto ones all nitro? If you want a 4wd nitro truck check out the HPI MT2.