Is the Hunter a good buggy?

[Twmaster]

I like th elooks of this buggy. Lots of resemblence to Tamiya's classics like the Hornet and Fox. Is it a decent ride or junk?

Cheers,

[WillyChang]

Saw one in LHS recently. Single monoshock in the back, plastics are of lesser quality than Tamiya, design is quite conventional but nothing special imho.

[Twmaster]

quote:Originally posted by WillyChang

Saw one in LHS recently. Single monoshock in the back, plastics are of lesser quality than Tamiya, design is quite conventional but nothing special imho.

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Then I will not actively seek one. If I stumble across one at a good deal then I'll get it.

Cheers,

[WillyChang]

Ya, if somebody gave me one (free?) with good body, good chassis and good tyres then I probably won't refuse, but that's about it. Probably better in design than a 'Panda' etc etc. [}]

[RETRO R/C]

Actually - they were arather good buggy to drive indeed!

I would honestly say they were at at least as good at handling the track as the FOX - and certainly better to drive than a frog.

These are just my personal experiences though.......

The cars were also rather solid in construction as well - and quite reliable.......then again, I dont jump my cars off 4 foot jumps either !! []

Cheers

Darryn

[dunebuggy71]

The handling of a "Hunter" is not bad for a mid 80´s buggy.

I agree with Darryn. I also think, the Hunter performs better than

a Frog. And it is very fast with a standard RS-540S Mabuchi.[]

The plastic quality is not perfect, like Tamiya. But i think it is a stable car, due to his construction.

[wldnas]

I Have 2 Hunters, and one is a runner, the opinions of the car vary depending on who you speak to, some sing its praises while others diss it dreadfully.

I'm afraid to say that I'm a dreadful Disser []

I can't say I've really "Driven" my Hunter, I've only given it a quick test drive in the street, and to be honest I wasn't that impressed with it really, but maybe its performance Off-Road is far better than On-Road.

as for build quality, as with most Marui it suffers from to poor quality plastics, and the chassis are very prone to snapping across the front just behind the suspension mounts so watch out for that, the front suspension design is inspired with internal cross arm springs, but fitting dampers to this set up might prove troublesome, the rear end is similar to the Tamiya Holiday Buggy with an intergrated chassis/geabox design and plastic swing axle suspension worked through push rods and bell cranks to a mono shock Oil Damper mounted just under the rear wing, the rear suspension crank piviots are also very prone to breakage, I've also found that the gears in the gearbox can strip quite easily.

on the whole its quite a simple car and maybe thats part of its charm, perhaps the reason why I've seen so many broken ones is cos its such a robust car that ppl take it for granted and try to push it beyond its strutural limits, that said I can think of a lot more modern cars that arn't even a patch on the olde Hunter

the best thing about em is the price, Marui Cars havent started on the price spirol yet (except certain MIB's) so you can pick up a half decent used kit for under $100 but make sure you check what your buring cos most of the used ones will have the faults I've described above, getting spares is fairly stright forward, but them Grey Chassis are hard to come by.