Silent_chaos
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After pretty much upgrading 99% of the buggy, and after a lot of thought into this, i finally decided to sell my Xb to get a more advanced platform which is the 5ive-T.
The reason I am doing this is mainly because I can't get more than 10 mns at our local track without breaking something. A lot of peeps here in the forum know that I have every single possible upgrade for the buggy that exists to date.
It might be my crazy ass driving style or I might be depending too much on the buggy to cover my mistakes specially on big long jumps where the buggy literally flies almost 3 meters but hey it's part of the hobby and you can't really have fun without having air time and yeah breaking stuff.
Lately, I have broken the discontinued FLM "Hardened CVD shafts" which were replaced by the stock and then broken again the stock CVD shafts the week after. (Again I was on the track) and then again Diff cups and then bushings.
My Xb is super fast and agile but I sometimes think that maybe this buggy was designed to stay stock with its stock parts and thats putting all the engine upgrades and that 7075 (top notch products btw) bling together is transferring the shocks and the beatings to its weak points. Again just a thought. I might be wrong.
It has become frustrating, specially when you invest a lot in a buggy to see that people at the track who literally have 0 upgrades (maybe just servos) on their KMs and their Losis get to enjoy full time while I pack my stuff and go home like a loser. (Worst feeling ever)
Again, it might be just a bad luck flowing with me.
Redcat is a great 5th scale to start with, i have learned a lot. But I have discovered that maybe it isnt meant for full time track racing (at least for me), which is what I am aiming at the moment.
I guess the time has come to shift into another platform and invest on a 5ive. (Already started my upgrade with a 7075rc 5ive chassis)
Thanks for all the people who have helped me and answered my questions and a very special thanks to Doug (olfart) who contributed into making redcat stronger and emptying my wallet lol!!
See you at the track.
The reason I am doing this is mainly because I can't get more than 10 mns at our local track without breaking something. A lot of peeps here in the forum know that I have every single possible upgrade for the buggy that exists to date.
It might be my crazy ass driving style or I might be depending too much on the buggy to cover my mistakes specially on big long jumps where the buggy literally flies almost 3 meters but hey it's part of the hobby and you can't really have fun without having air time and yeah breaking stuff.
Lately, I have broken the discontinued FLM "Hardened CVD shafts" which were replaced by the stock and then broken again the stock CVD shafts the week after. (Again I was on the track) and then again Diff cups and then bushings.
My Xb is super fast and agile but I sometimes think that maybe this buggy was designed to stay stock with its stock parts and thats putting all the engine upgrades and that 7075 (top notch products btw) bling together is transferring the shocks and the beatings to its weak points. Again just a thought. I might be wrong.
It has become frustrating, specially when you invest a lot in a buggy to see that people at the track who literally have 0 upgrades (maybe just servos) on their KMs and their Losis get to enjoy full time while I pack my stuff and go home like a loser. (Worst feeling ever)
Again, it might be just a bad luck flowing with me.
Redcat is a great 5th scale to start with, i have learned a lot. But I have discovered that maybe it isnt meant for full time track racing (at least for me), which is what I am aiming at the moment.
I guess the time has come to shift into another platform and invest on a 5ive. (Already started my upgrade with a 7075rc 5ive chassis)
Thanks for all the people who have helped me and answered my questions and a very special thanks to Doug (olfart) who contributed into making redcat stronger and emptying my wallet lol!!
See you at the track.
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