Just my opinion, but I think everyone has jumped at the market too quickly and tried to grab a slice of the consumer pie, each concentrating on one particular section of the car/truck, with a view to enticing the consumer to swing their way.
Losi has the 2.4g radio gear, mid mount 12t motor, Lipo capable ESC, a well presented truck at a good price, hard not to like it
ae has an all out well balanced truck, with only a 17t 540 motor, I think it should have been a 550, heaps of hop ups out for it, and based off a good platform (T4) means a lot of parts cross over, all up you cant go wrong with this one, it needs a 2.4g radio to complete it
Traxxas have the real life truck to draw attention to the Slash, and the available brushless upgrade also a draw card, but I think they should have redesigned the chassis to end up with a lower centre of gravity, and improve the handling, in my opinion the slash handles like a fat pig, wallowing as it struggles to turn its overly tall chassis.
IMO it was a lazy attempt, at entering the SCT market, while using the Stampede chassis as a base
Hpi, pretty much the last on the block to put the Blitz to the pavement, I really believe that they werent going to follow suit, but when faced with the market hunger for these type of trucks, relented and went with a tried and proven format.
A converted E-Firestorm, 15t brushed motor, and SC-15 ESC are base model parts, but they perform well together, and having the mamba combo as a stock part for the E-FS, means a simple upgrade to make these trucks fly,
as always 27mhz radio gear and stock steering servo has allowed Hpi to land feet first in a volitile market with a very well priced truck.
The Blitz handles extremely well and I have no hesitation in recommending it as one of the best SCT's on the market to date. It has the belted tyres, and performs flawlessly, tough as nails and begs you to try to hurt it, and you just cant.
No doubt parts will wear out and others will break at some point, but in general this it one tough built SCT
While I know there are other SCT's on the market, I doubt too many more will make their way to OZ in a large way, although Traxxas have their 4wd Slash on the way at the moment, I really dont feel that it will make an impact here in OZ. at present we have limited clubs running SCT as a serious race class, which I think will hurt sales of the 4WD versions of these trucks.
I have the SC8e which is 4WD, it is a weapon to drive, but no one runs a class for them here, a real shame in my opinion, as they not only look good, they handle well also,
The above is not a bash on any one company or model, just my opinions and should be read as such. I am sure everyone will have an opinion, so lets get this thread back to the original topic.
Back to you Tony (BBT)sorry to Hi-Jack your thread....the subject is .....Help with Losi Strike.