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Anyone run 1/8th scale buggies

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Anyone running 1/8th scale buggies?

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I used to
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Im excited to get mine done!

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Electric, Nitro, AE or Brand X ?
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Well yeah...back in the day! Lol. I loved my HöDR and later a Mugen Athlete. That was a long time ago. I suspect your talking electric 8)

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Yeah electric! The new Associated rc8b3.1e with the new Reedy 850r blackbox esc and new Reedy 2100kv motor.

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This just arrived....

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Will be running 1/8th once I get it powered.... see if I can't remove my ankles. :shock:

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Yeah its crazy how big and fast they are!

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Buddy of mine just bought a losi 1/5 scale. Holy crap. I’ve owned 1/5 scale before (traxxas monster buggy and a Technokit onroad clone) but this thing is built right
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Damn that is big! :shock:

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mikea96 wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:59 am Damn that is big! :shock:
That's what she said!
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Incredible_Serious wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:09 am
mikea96 wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:59 am Damn that is big! :shock:
That's what she said!
Was she drunk :mrgreen:
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RC10th wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:10 am
Incredible_Serious wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:09 am
mikea96 wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:59 am Damn that is big! :shock:
That's what she said!
Was she drunk :mrgreen:
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Jumped on the 1/8th scale bandwagon when the RC8B3.1e came out, everyone here runs 1/8th outdoors pretty much exclusively. I was a bit apprehensive at first, but now I understand why everyone runs them.

I love 1/10th more than anything, but these cars are insanely fast and on a large outdoor track, it is too much fun!

And yes, it is just a spray bombed body, I fully expected to destroy it learning how to drive this summer but surprisingly it held up well, and trust me I tried my best to wreck it :lol:

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Looks good! What motor and esc are you running?

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