RC8B or RC8BE

[klavy69]

this really didn't fit anywhere else so I'm gonna ask it here.

What would be more stout? A RC8B converted to electric or would it be better just to go the RC8BE route? I want to know what would hold up better to some HD brushless power and be indestructible...

Mostly just lookin for opinions since I want an 1/8 scale buggy for my 10 year old daughter to run with one of the other kids who has one at the LHS. Incidentally the other kid is running my old OFNA hyper7 converted to electric I traded for my sc10 4x4 . Was something I wanted to do but never got around to doing it. My daughter likes to do the jumps and figured I'd get something for her to bomb around without having to replace arms and mounts everytime she doesn't quite land it right
Thanx for any input in advance.
Todd

[kaiser]

they are both the same car, the be is just ae's conversion. tough as nails.

i was shocked at how mine survived insane jumps without damage.

[SRTracer121]

man i can barely drive my bl truggy and your letting your 10 year old daughter run a bl buggy.

either your daughter is very talented or i must really be a shitty driver (probably both)

[klavy69]

she can drive and can jump at her own pace. I tried to help her out with pointers but it seems she learns better by her own trial and error. She has her platinum slash and her little losi rally car but wanted to get her something that was indestructible so she can learn without breaking so much. She is learning to 'fly' her slash pretty good but am getting tired of upgrading it .

Todd

p.s. might be your driving

[SRTracer121]

i dont think you can go wrong with any of the 1/8th's out there right now. id suggest the losi though. very well setup out of the box.

the only 1/8th scale parts rpm makes are f/r arms for the rc8b. im not saying, im just saying

[kaiser]

the rc8b is solid. trust me, i have done stupid things with it and it's held up. the only thing thats happend is i bent the two front cvd's, after cart wheeling a 60' gap. lol

that said the car is a missle. i run a tekin rx8, tekin 1900kv on 4s. maybe that setup on 3s would be better (tamer) for a kid. at full tilt my rc8be is a dangerous weapon. lol

[klavy69]

I think I'll go associated rc8be then. I read somewhere that it was better to convert a gas to electric for some odd reasoning but can't find it anymore amongst the sea of 1/8 scales. I had an RC8 when they first came out and sold it before I got it put together since we went into winter and everyone was selling their gas 1/8 to go to 1/10 electric again . Rollers are showing up again pretty cheap vs. new stuff so I think I'll start shopping again for a used roller. Thanx for the replies.
Todd

[SRTracer121]

ive made that argument in the past. if trying to save a few $$$ buying a lightly used nitro racer you can get it for cheap, sell the nitro stuff and put that towards a bl setup

[MOmo]

Todd,

First question, Is she running Elec or nitro?
I'm guessing that its going to be converted to electric anyway, so save the $$ for the conversion kit and just find an 8E roller. The parts are interchangeable They share the same parts and components. Makes it easier in production when you aren't making 2 sets of the same parts. My friend who is now a Designer and Engineer for AE explained it too me. One run of parts, serves a dual purpose.


I just picked up a matching pair of RC8s. One an RC8TE and the RC8BE. Both were the E version from the beginning. Since then, the RC8TE has been discontinued. (I also just sold my Hyper7 to a buddy. It was converted to Elec. using the RCProductDesign conversion. Really dug the car.) My arsenal consists of AE's B4 and B44, just needed some bigger racers.

Coincidentally the new version of the RC8.2E just hit the market http://www.teamassociated.com/cars_and_trucks/RC8.2e/Factory_Team/



I'll be checking out the different FT parts that come with this, and most likely upgrading mine to 8.2 status. I haven't driven my buggy yet, but I got the Truggy running and I am quite pleased with it. I still have to work on some ESC and radio settings, but overall, i dig the bigger truck. I don't know how much of the hype of the new car i buy into, but if its worthwhile I will likely get some FT Goodies.

There are some good deals floating around for used ones. Seen some complete rollers w/ elec. going for 250-500 and rollers for under 250.



MOmo

[klavy69]

Yep, she is going to go electric regardless and the info you guys have given is what I was after. Shared parts so it proves my memory wrong about a thread I thought I read somewhere. In this thread the person stated that the 8 was stronger in some points of the drive train so it made a stronger electic converted over than the first 8be. The local I traded my hyper to ended up with an rc8be roller a couple weeks back off ebay for $125 and this thing is flawless with all the extra ft parts plus some. Since I've been hearing about the newest releases I was hoping to find some first versions cheaper which like you stated Momo are going pretty decent pricewise right now. Gonna pick something up with the first payment off these sidejobs coming in right now so I can put it together over winter for her. Thanx again for the input guys.
Todd

[kaiser]

i just raced my rc8be this weekend (first time in months), i'm not installing any of the new parts, the car is just awesome. plus i heard that the new black towers bend alot easier then the older blue ones. i have no complaints at all about the car, aside from a leaky diff. lol

you guys would have loved the track we ran on, i felt like it was 1987, soft loamy dirt. it was actually a 1/5 scale track that was just completed, we used it because the clay 1/8-1/10 scale track was frozen and wet, so when it thawed it was a mess. so we moved over to the 1/5 tack, knocked down one jump to a reasonable size and shortend it up a bit. it was so much fun, i kinda wished i had my gold pan or jrx2 with me.