Favorite Type of Off-Roader

[Pablo68]

I have 4wd and 2wd buggies, monster trucks, a couple of crawlers and two, no three onroad chassis two of them as drifters.

They are all fun but my heart is really with 2wd buggies.

[Pizza Frog]

1 hour ago, alvinlwh said:

These are what I use.

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/33228?gclid=CjwKCAjw8-OhBhB5EiwADyoY1bo0Mmb4msogKCI7CSS74ijlUw_UJS83Yb86ol4qdjrHKNs8n4fJmxoCivMQAvD_BwE

 

Cheers! Those would look great on the St Dragon.

[Big Jon]

I like 1/10 off-road in general - rally, 2 and 4WD buggies, stadium trucks and 1.9 crawlers. The size is just right, and they have a lightness that’s lost with 1/8 . My experience with solid axle monsters is limited, although the Clod left a bad taste in my mouth years ago and I haven’t felt the itch to try a solid axle build.

 I’m fortunate enough to have a large fleet of runners, so there’s usually something running that fits my mood. I find that the XV-01 and Element Enduro get driven the most, the 2WD buggies the least. I do not currently have a running stadium truck or SCT. Stadium trucks make great “general purpose” runners, at home on any surface and rewarding to drive well.

[El Gecko]

On 4/13/2023 at 4:09 PM, Kowalski86 said:

And here I thought that more people would have started with Tyco buggies! I just hope to sort out the electronics in mine, I'd rather keep everything else stock.

Mine was used to within an inch of its life and mostly unsalvageable. The motor is blown and the gears are all worn down from dirt getting in there. So I thought it best to try to graft a new gearbox and suspension on if I'm going to actually make it run again. Just haven't decided which gearbox to use yet! I don't want anything too expensive, just something simple and strong. Was considering a Grasshopper/Lunchbox axle as a 4-link setup, but I really want fully independent. I have an "extra" old Traxxas box, but I'm concerned I might need it for spares at some point, if one of my other gearboxes is unrepairable.

 

On 4/13/2023 at 4:45 PM, Saito2 said:

Me too. Those commercials were everywhere in the 80's early 90's. The Turbo Hopper was what most US kids probably pictured as an "off road buggy". Only the "cool" kids that went to hobby shops as opposed to toy stores got exposed to the kit-stuff in my area. 

+1 to all of that. I would replace "cool" with "rich" and it would be a smidge more accurate! It was a special day that we got to go to a hobby shop, even more special if we could afford to buy something there!

 

On 4/13/2023 at 5:47 PM, Kowalski86 said:

Back in the day we had a slot car track with cars based off of a few Tyco buggys, unfortunately the tracks been long lost but I still have the cars. If there was a track near by I probably would have returned to slot cars.

Oh man I had the maroon Turbo Hopper slot car for awhile too! Whereas with RC we were all Nikko until I got my hobby-grades, we were always all in on TYCO slot cars, particularly because TYCO track sets (occasionally with cars) were a dime a dozen at garage sales back then. I don't have that Hopper anymore, but compared to other normal slot cars it was frustrating to drive, because instead of drifting through the turns it would just tip over

[Mrowka]

I like buggies, buggies that look sort of like actual 1:1 buggies.