which nitro truck

[weeman_jon]

ive decided i want a toy like you lot
but dont no wat 2 get ive got about £450
i quite like the savage is that the 1 from halfords ????? any suggestions ????
thanx jon

[popuptoaster]

you gotta make your own mind up really, do you know what your gonna do with it?

Bash round cars parks and fields?
take it over the really rough stuff?
go racing on a proper track?
do massive jumps and crash a lot?
buy lots of flash alluminium and bling parts?

theres a lot of trucks for that money, so it helps narrow it down if you know exactly what you want.
The other thing to bear in mind, go to your nearest hobby shop and see what parts theyve got most of on the shelf (probably T maxx), whatever you buy, it WILL break if you play with it properly, so being able to buy a £5 part of the shelf is far better than waiting for 6 weeks for it to be shipped in.

[RS Yod]

I went to Als hobbies yesterday and they had these new truck made by JAMARA or something but i dont remember the models, they looked cool but never seen them in action

Yodi

[popuptoaster]

never heard of em mate.

[RS Yod]

http://www.alshobbiesstore.com/acata...Jamara_70.html

[Tone]

wow they look the bollocks

[RS Yod]

The megalith is the one they recommend for less than £500 running

[Tone]

go for it must sound mad with 2 engines

[popuptoaster]

fook me! 1/6th scale looks bloody impressive for the same money mine was! im gonna post on an RC forum and ask about em, I have enough trouble tuning my bloody engine let alone two at once. :S

[popuptoaster]

Apparently, they look like exact copies of OFNA trucks, which are rated quite highly in the States, but i couldnt find anyone who actually owned one to get any feedback from. so i dunno how tough they are or how well the handle.

[popuptoaster]

the only bit of info ive found out, is from a guy i sweden, he said,

"From what I've heard (regarding the single engined MegaLith/Titan) it is pretty much bulletproof...almost everything is made of alu... "

so there ya go, id be tempted by the twin, but not as a first nitro car, it really is hard enough tuning one engine let alone two! lol

[popuptoaster]

popuptoaster, the Megalith looks exactly like the Ofna Titan Twin...... http://ofna.com/titanTwin.html

And as has been said Hong Nor is the manufacture and in the USA they are rebadged as Ofna and in the UK as Ho Boa and in Europe as Jamara.

The Titan Twin was a limited production of 500 hence the lack of response, but Ofna (Hong Nor) are producing them again as there is demand for them.

There is also the Titan which is a single engined truck and I think exactly the same except for the 2 engines on the Twin and a few extra's.

There is a web site just for the Titan trucks.............. http://www.titanforums.com/index.php

The Titan twin is available from a Hong Kong dealer, when they get the stock from Hong Nor!!

http://shopping.rcmodel.com.hk/produ...333554ba24a41b

And it is just $500 (£290) plus $102 shipping a total of $602 or £346 a lot less than the UK or US prices!!

[weeman_jon]

i like the twin engine 1 k ill get the 1 from halfords the got all the spares and its my 1st 1 so dont wana fuck a good 1

[dangerousdave]

Oi wee go to spec racing next to pta shirley you go ask them and get prices before halfords ripoff

[weeman_jon]

but steve gets me staff discont

[dazzle]

Just read through this thread, so thought I would have a scan. Take a look at this http://store.yahoo.com/hobby-warehou...itwenni2w.html Very tempting. It would give me something to do while I'm out here