Anyone running a Team Durango Dex 410 ?

[Sebo]

How's it going?


(I did a search for Team Durango and didn't find much)

[Holst]

There are several people running them at Hinckley RCC.
One of the nicest built cars I have seen, the design is very clever and they are fast and strong.
Very expensive but you get what you pay for.

It might be an idea to look here, there is a Durango section http://www.oople.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=80

Edited by Holst on Tuesday 25th May 09:46

[Sebo]

Holst said:

There are several people running them at Hinckley RCC.
One of the nicest built cars I have seen, the design is very clever and they are fast and strong.
Very expensive but you get what you pay for.

It might be an idea to look here, there is a Durango section http://www.oople.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=80

Edited by Holst on Tuesday 25th May 09:46

Thanks - i clicked the oople link but it came up as blocked as work as it's under the category Adult and Pornography.

I'll try again this evening.

[Bungleaio]

I'm running a durango, its an awesome car expensive but you can see where the money has gone.

[wacattack]

Yeah I have a Durango and my brother is a team driver.

Truely awesome car but certainly not for a beginner racer. They do take a bit of getting used to being a geared diff.

Anything I can help with?

[Sebo]

wacattack said:

Yeah I have a Durango and my brother is a team driver.

Truely awesome car but certainly not for a beginner racer. They do take a bit of getting used to being a geared diff.

Anything I can help with?

Hi,

I haven't raced for a long while but was chatting with an old mate the other night and he has recently gotten back into racing and is building himself a car using the Durango as the base.

As has been said, they are not cheap so it's taking a while for him to build it as he has to wait until he is paid each month. I am interested to get other's views on what owenership is like as if I did decide to get back into the sport it could be an option. I have to say though, the price is a bit scary, particularly as I am very much in the hobbyist camp!

[wacattack]

Sebo said:

wacattack said:

Yeah I have a Durango and my brother is a team driver.

Truely awesome car but certainly not for a beginner racer. They do take a bit of getting used to being a geared diff.

Anything I can help with?

Hi,

I haven't raced for a long while but was chatting with an old mate the other night and he has recently gotten back into racing and is building himself a car using the Durango as the base.

As has been said, they are not cheap so it's taking a while for him to build it as he has to wait until he is paid each month. I am interested to get other's views on what owenership is like as if I did decide to get back into the sport it could be an option. I have to say though, the price is a bit scary, particularly as I am very much in the hobbyist camp!

Am I reading this right, he is buying a Durango, then making his own car from it?? Why????

If you are wanting to get into racing again then I would definitely recommend you hold fire as they are making a cheaper version called the DEX410R. Its basically the same car but with some cheaper parts e.g. metal shock towers rather than carbon fibre, plastic chassis plates, hub carriers etc rather than alloy + a few other differences.

The price is the best bit, when its released (speculated to be the end of this month early next) it will be £250 which is £200 less than the retail price of the DEX410.

If you do get one, then take time to build it right. Its a car that needs to be built properly as you may end up with a few issues. Also, the diff oil provided in the kit is useless, its far too thin. I would recommend 12500 weight in the front and 5000 in the rear. Refer to the Durango site for setup tips. Also send me a message or reply on here if you want any further advise

[DrTre]

I've not got a car, not had one for 20 years (ultima) but i sat and read the build run through on oople a while ago, fascinating machine.

[Sebo]

wacattack said:

Sebo said:

wacattack said:

Yeah I have a Durango and my brother is a team driver.

Truely awesome car but certainly not for a beginner racer. They do take a bit of getting used to being a geared diff.

Anything I can help with?

Hi,

I haven't raced for a long while but was chatting with an old mate the other night and he has recently gotten back into racing and is building himself a car using the Durango as the base.

As has been said, they are not cheap so it's taking a while for him to build it as he has to wait until he is paid each month. I am interested to get other's views on what owenership is like as if I did decide to get back into the sport it could be an option. I have to say though, the price is a bit scary, particularly as I am very much in the hobbyist camp!

Am I reading this right, he is buying a Durango, then making his own car from it?? Why????

If you are wanting to get into racing again then I would definitely recommend you hold fire as they are making a cheaper version called the DEX410R. Its basically the same car but with some cheaper parts e.g. metal shock towers rather than carbon fibre, plastic chassis plates, hub carriers etc rather than alloy + a few other differences.

The price is the best bit, when its released (speculated to be the end of this month early next) it will be £250 which is £200 less than the retail price of the DEX410.

If you do get one, then take time to build it right. Its a car that needs to be built properly as you may end up with a few issues. Also, the diff oil provided in the kit is useless, its far too thin. I would recommend 12500 weight in the front and 5000 in the rear. Refer to the Durango site for setup tips. Also send me a message or reply on here if you want any further advise

He's bought the Durango rolling chassis and is saving each month to buy the best he can find for the motor, batteries, handset, controller etc etc.

[wacattack]

Sebo said:

wacattack said:

Sebo said:

wacattack said:

Yeah I have a Durango and my brother is a team driver.

Truely awesome car but certainly not for a beginner racer. They do take a bit of getting used to being a geared diff.

Anything I can help with?

Hi,

I haven't raced for a long while but was chatting with an old mate the other night and he has recently gotten back into racing and is building himself a car using the Durango as the base.

As has been said, they are not cheap so it's taking a while for him to build it as he has to wait until he is paid each month. I am interested to get other's views on what owenership is like as if I did decide to get back into the sport it could be an option. I have to say though, the price is a bit scary, particularly as I am very much in the hobbyist camp!

Am I reading this right, he is buying a Durango, then making his own car from it?? Why????

If you are wanting to get into racing again then I would definitely recommend you hold fire as they are making a cheaper version called the DEX410R. Its basically the same car but with some cheaper parts e.g. metal shock towers rather than carbon fibre, plastic chassis plates, hub carriers etc rather than alloy + a few other differences.

The price is the best bit, when its released (speculated to be the end of this month early next) it will be £250 which is £200 less than the retail price of the DEX410.

If you do get one, then take time to build it right. Its a car that needs to be built properly as you may end up with a few issues. Also, the diff oil provided in the kit is useless, its far too thin. I would recommend 12500 weight in the front and 5000 in the rear. Refer to the Durango site for setup tips. Also send me a message or reply on here if you want any further advise

He's bought the Durango rolling chassis and is saving each month to buy the best he can find for the motor, batteries, handset, controller etc etc.

Is he planning to take it quite seriously then? He could save a hell of a lot of money by not getting the best equipment. To be honest, if he's not raced in a long time he wont be able to tell the difference between the mid range stuff vs the top end stuff.

If you are wanting to get into it, the as I said in my previous post Id get the 410R when its released and buy mid range equipment in terms of lipos, brushless esc (probably the speed pashion one, about £120) + motor, get a second hand transmitter + receiver. All in you could probably get a very competitive setup for about £5-600. The way your mate is doing it he's going to need at least £1,000, probably more.

Edited by wacattack on Wednesday 26th May 14:52

[Sebo]

I think he's a bit mad but he is keen to buy the best from the off and then not upgrade thereafter. He has raced competitively before so I can kind of see why he wants to do it, but it's way over what I would want to spend.

I am from a Nitro background so much of this is foreign to me.