kaylon
20-03-2010, 08:51 PM
I've just spent a day racing my Madrat/X-pro cross around a small grass track and it was outstanding!
The track was quite small and simple but had some difficult corners and a few jumps. I was very impressed at the turning abilities and agility of the car, I simply had to flick my finger off the power and show a glimmer of turning and the car would respond by swooping and sliding around the tight corners.
The car flew over the two jumps on the grass track very well and actually almost ignored them...the shocks of the X-Pro are amazing...they helped the car glide across over the jumps almost as if they where not even part of the track.
I did suffer from the occasional grip roll (with potential flip) due to the aggressive cornering available with the X-pro but once I'd learned from this I was ripping up the track pretty good. In fact I was chewing up the grass and spitting it out...
By the end of the mix heat race I was 2 laps a head of a 4x4 Ansmann Master Smacker...a very good car btw driven by a very decent driver...and I was keeping up with a Team Associate B4 with factory components.
The B4 did win on laps but I was not far behind...
I'm a novice driver and I was very impressed with how the car performed. Granted I've spent at least £200 on this buggy and I'm still waiting for rear alloy parts but so far it's been worth it :)
You could buy a B4 ready to race for what I've spent..and yes you would probably beat me...maybe.... But I've had a fantastic several weeks building and re-building this car..Testing and tweaking...it's been a great experience and I recommend it to anyone :) In fact I think everyone should consider it.
Buying a proven ready to race car is fantastic and is a potentially great start, but understanding how that car works and runs is another thing all together. I've learned from this car in more ways then I could ever express and it's cost me very little in physical cash but I've learned from it far more ways then I could express in monetary terms.
The Ansmann X-Pro is a well designed and constructed car. It could still do with some refinements and the spares 'NEED' to be more available (3 weeks for shock and body parts is not acceptable) but as far as 2wd buggies go it can hold it's own against the best of the best.
This is the first buggy I've driven in 20 years after leaving the hobbie...I drove it today against the best of the current 2wd options and a pretty decent 4wd car... granted the best of the best (B4) still beat me, he was running a brushless 17.5t Losi combo and I was running a Brushed 15t setup and I was still only a couple of laps behind.
The X-Pro ran well and ran hard... I asked a lot of the car and it provided the performance... I do wish though I had the option for anti roll bars and other such race tweaks.
If you build it...they will come...I think I might turn my X-Pro into a Truggy!
J
The track was quite small and simple but had some difficult corners and a few jumps. I was very impressed at the turning abilities and agility of the car, I simply had to flick my finger off the power and show a glimmer of turning and the car would respond by swooping and sliding around the tight corners.
The car flew over the two jumps on the grass track very well and actually almost ignored them...the shocks of the X-Pro are amazing...they helped the car glide across over the jumps almost as if they where not even part of the track.
I did suffer from the occasional grip roll (with potential flip) due to the aggressive cornering available with the X-pro but once I'd learned from this I was ripping up the track pretty good. In fact I was chewing up the grass and spitting it out...
By the end of the mix heat race I was 2 laps a head of a 4x4 Ansmann Master Smacker...a very good car btw driven by a very decent driver...and I was keeping up with a Team Associate B4 with factory components.
The B4 did win on laps but I was not far behind...
I'm a novice driver and I was very impressed with how the car performed. Granted I've spent at least £200 on this buggy and I'm still waiting for rear alloy parts but so far it's been worth it :)
You could buy a B4 ready to race for what I've spent..and yes you would probably beat me...maybe.... But I've had a fantastic several weeks building and re-building this car..Testing and tweaking...it's been a great experience and I recommend it to anyone :) In fact I think everyone should consider it.
Buying a proven ready to race car is fantastic and is a potentially great start, but understanding how that car works and runs is another thing all together. I've learned from this car in more ways then I could ever express and it's cost me very little in physical cash but I've learned from it far more ways then I could express in monetary terms.
The Ansmann X-Pro is a well designed and constructed car. It could still do with some refinements and the spares 'NEED' to be more available (3 weeks for shock and body parts is not acceptable) but as far as 2wd buggies go it can hold it's own against the best of the best.
This is the first buggy I've driven in 20 years after leaving the hobbie...I drove it today against the best of the current 2wd options and a pretty decent 4wd car... granted the best of the best (B4) still beat me, he was running a brushless 17.5t Losi combo and I was running a Brushed 15t setup and I was still only a couple of laps behind.
The X-Pro ran well and ran hard... I asked a lot of the car and it provided the performance... I do wish though I had the option for anti roll bars and other such race tweaks.
If you build it...they will come...I think I might turn my X-Pro into a Truggy!
J