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My friend, who for years, I have hounded about getting into a RC hobby finally decided to give it a go and asked for my advise on a RC Buggy he liked. He had checked out the Redcat Racing Volcano Epx Pro Brushless Buggy and wondered if I had any experiences or thoughts on how it performed. Fortunately, I attended a RC buggy outing a month earlier and could give him the benefits of what I observed about this tough RC Buggy.
My observations and inspections showed that the Volcano Epx Pro RC Brushless has great diffs that can totally handle its power. The downside is the drive shaft and dog bones and stub axles. The main drive shaft will tear itself apart where the rounded ends fit inside the aluminum tube because the pins come lose and start widening their holes. Redcat has started to shrink wrap the pins, hopefully this will prolongs its life. You have to be steady on your landings or you can bend your dog bones or twist the heads right off, especially on 3s. The spur gear holds up well but, it is big and exposed so it picks up fine rocks and that takes a toll on it. Overall, it’s a great beginner RC buggy for newbie’s and kids to get a feel for brushless. Except for the dog bone issue no complaints. If you can get get a good price, the Volcano Epx Pro RC Brushless is great for bashing, which I like to do! How about you? Go for it!
An electric RC Buggy is the right choice for beginners. These RC tough guys are easy to build, and they are capable of wild adventures on-road or off-road. They can take the abuse of jumping ramps and driving mishaps.
You can buy the quiet, and easy to maintain 1/10 scale remote control electric buggy with potential speeds of 30+ miles per hour.
A popular model and alternative to the more expensive choices is the Traxxas Bandit RC Buggy. This tough guy comes with w fully independent suspension, a fiber-composite double deck chassis, 48-pitch gears, and adjustable oil-filled shocks. Completely race ready with ball bearings and slipper clutch with a transmission that gives you everything required to handle high torque motors. To customize your Bandit you can add ball bearings to its bell crank steering, and there are more upgrades to fully customize your daemon. Ops, don’t want to forget the pistol grip radio and a 20 turn modified Stinger motor. Looking for a steal, high jack the Traxxas Bandit RC Buggy!
RC buggies have grown in popularity since the 1970’s. Remember the buggies we rode on the sand and served as hotrod’s in the streets as well? They were hot then and they are even hotter now in fast and furious RC buggy versions! My first RC buggy was not well built or very reliable. The suspensions could not be adjusted which led to all kinds of off road trouble. Power plants had not been perfected and were not very responsive.
Today’s RC buggies are truly engineering marvels. Adjustable suspensions and tremendous power plant await you. The latest speed record for an RC car was set with a awesome speed of 161.76mph. You will not get this speed with a right out of the box (RTR) buggy. This speed was accomplished after major modifications were done to the buggy. You can however, get more than adequate speed in excess of 70 mph with some models. If you are looking to get a RC buggy you have almost an endless number of options to choose from. Electric or Nitro the glory days are back with style. What’s your choice? We all have our favorites.