Redcat Racing Blackout XTE PRO 1/10 Scale Brushless Electric Monster Truck with Waterproof Electronics, Blue

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Redcat Racing Blackout XTE PRO 1/10 Scale Brushless Electric Monster Truck with Waterproof Electronics, Blue

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4WD Electric Buggy, Revolutionary "bashable" chassis design with swappable interchangeable components, Inner roll cage, Hinged body, Protective chassis cover, Ball bearings throughout.
Tunable suspension, Adjustable ride height, Tunable shocks, Tunable gear differentials, Adjustable camber, Adjustable toe angle.
Designed with the basher in mind; Less parts = more savings. Many of the components are interchangeable front to rear and/or side to side.
3800KV RC540 Brushless Motor, Waterproof 45A brushless ESC, Waterproof high torque steering servo, 2.4GHz radio system.
Assembled & Ready to Run - Includes 7.4v 3200mAh LiPO Battery & LiPO Charger - Requires AA Batteries for Transmitter. Please contact Red Cat Racing for troubleshooting issues & other product working related queries at 602-454-6445 or support@redcatracing.com

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End of Season Update! Great For The Hobbier!Read this through, I really wanted to like this truck and I do, she just has some teething pains; it started out good.I'm trying to address both novices and experienced hobbiers, not an easy task.This is my 12th RedCat. I have everything from a pair of Tremors to a Rampage MT/Pro. I thought I'd write an honest review to try to look at the negatives I'm reading here. I don't work for RedCat and have no affiliation with them. We don't even have a dealer in our area.So, Let's Go!I bought the suburban style and it is really good looking, wow.First, the one who said it's made out of cheap plastic is wrong, all the major components are all made out of composite plastic and are quite strong. Build out of the box is perfect. Setup consisted of actually nothing except the toe in on one back wheel, (should be 2%) like my experience with all my RedCats, everything is good/ perfect.A negative is the loose battery. I'd suggest taking a strip of packing foam to put under the hold down bracket to tighten it up.Another negative and a big one: You won't be able to go with a normal 11.1 LIPO with this truck, there is no room for the extra thick battery. The battery tucks under the center support. You'd have to cut fully half if it off for it to fit, so forget it; it's not worth chancing the structural integrity over it. And, the battery tray is molded right in, nothing longer then a 7.4 will fit either. I have a work around at the bottom. She comes with a 7.4 LIPO 20c so I know it'll be fast. But it won't compete with my 11.1 Volcano this way, EVER. That being said, it's very fast. While she has plenty of rubber band snapping power, she's geared up for speed as well. That's the HobbyWing electronics with seriously matched gearing.I do like the new servo saver setup, it's a version of existing tech and consists of a band spring wrapped around the servo horn itself, so the steering linkage itself is made solid. A bit of play with the Ackerman bushings but that's it. I'll let you know if there are any problems. I don't understand those who say the steering is hard to adjust as it has standard adjustable tie rods.Speaking of the tie rods and the upper support rods for the suspension; they are stiff composite with steel adjusters on pins or balls. They're all tight and unlike aluminum adjustable's, they don't have any slop in them. Nice. I've gone back to plastic for the tie's and upper support arms in my cars for this reason; I have three fully custom Lightnings.Like all RedCats, she bound to my FlySky GT3B with no problem. The stock RedCat radio is a fine piece as well. It came pre-bound to it as they all do. (I don't know why they don't tell you that)I really like the simple construction, all the lower arms are the same as are all the hubs. Very simple, and simple is good!Tweak: I don't like forward or back play in the lower arms, the fronts on this have play. I installed two Redcat 02171 adjustment clips, one on each side and that took care of it. No problemoUpdate: Just came back from the track: Now I understand the steering issue, the spring clip on the servo doesn't return all the way in either direction, I took a pliers and squeezed it together to tighten it up, no more issue. Then it came back and back. I think I might have a solution: Check the two shoulder screws that hold the cover down over the steering pins. On the older RedCat setups, the screw is tight and the stud with the nut might have to be loose or the linkage will bind. The Blackout should have two studs with nuts and instead it has tightened screws. (tightened by RedCat) I loosened these and the steering relaxed. Take these screws out and put a dab of locktite on them and put them back in. Don't bear down on them, leave them somewhat loose. This may solve the problem with the servo saver, it has mine. At least for now. Redcat, you need to put nyloc nuts on studs here.One thing I like about the Blackout is it's long wheelbase, it handles jumps better then the Volcano, but it's narrower; on grass in turns it's noticeable, so it's a wash. And yes, as long as you don't wreck it, it takes a pretty good beating for sure. Make sure after a tumble, the body is still between the bumpers, if you keep it there, you won't break off the hold downs. This truck cannot be run without the body or the hold downs. If the body is off, the hold downs will get broken, if that happens the shock towers will dig in and break the differential covers in half. One protects the other protects the other protects the other. Make SURE the body is between the bumpers, the front bumper has so much cushion, it'll pop behind the front grill, it cannot be left like that! I can't stress this enough. If you watch for this you won't have any problems if you stay sane.It's fast, but not insane fast as others have stated; it's fast enough that you can't run it flat out on a street with curbs. I'd guess she'll run between 30 to 35 on pavement which is almost insane for a truck. That's true speed folks, not scale speed! Slow for a LIPO rig, but it is only a 20c battery and speaking of the LIPO, the new battery really lasts much longer then I would have expected a 3200 to go, I usually run 5000's and it did a great job.This truck is a bit different then any other RedCat.It uses very strong composite plastic throughout the chassis. No course thread screws are used any longer, the composite is drilled and tapped. The screws will really tighten without the danger of stripping. But, no lock tight on plastic, so what does this mean? The Jury's still out, but she doesn't rattle apart.No more large holes or cutouts on the chassis tongues, much stronger chassis pan for crashes then the Volcano EPX Pro as a result. And unlike the Volcano, it has cushion built into the bumper brackets. Nice.The steering hubs are the same as the back hubs and have very heavy plastic steering flanges, up from two flanges to four flanges per hub. Very strong and it better be because they don't offer aluminum. I do wish they did, really. Hey RedCat, there's only 50 parts on the truck to begin with. Aluminum would be nice for at least the hubs, steering and lower arms. No steering bushings either. I don't know it this is a plus or a negative, but it does make them very easy to put on and it is a truck after all.Too much play in the Ackerman arms! C'mon folks. I don't know a fix for this inherent bushing problem, if anybody else does, please let me know!Plastic spur gear on a LIPO? I don't know, the motor mount is very heavy composite with metal plates, not solid aluminum, it should do well and it wouldn't be the first, no more fine teeth on the gears. Which means the teeth are much wider, and deeper; I would think this might work; keep it greased. If not, go to the stock Volcano gearing with the standard 64 tooth metal spur and pray the motor mount won't flex too much for the tiny teeth. Interesting to note is RedCat doesn't even offer a steel spur, so obviously they don't expect trouble.HobbyWing electronics. This can't be beat, really good stuff. I use HobbyWing on all my custom builds. Very powerful engines. But, you can't use a HobbyWing program card on the ESC. Hey Redcat, what gives about this anyway; all your stuff is like this! I mean really, MAKE YOUR OWN! And while you're at it, MAKE YOUR OWN LIPO CHARGER, we're really sick of all the adapters!15 gram all metal steering servo. This is what you usually buy when your stock one breaks. Nice, about time.No more e-clips on the hinge pins. One screw sets them in sockets. Looks really good! Nice, very nice.Larger double same size bearings on the hubs: This keeps the outer hub bearing from spinning faster then the inside and adds support to the end of the wheel shaft without going aluminum. There's that word again...No sticky pads on the electronics! One pin pops the top on the radio tray and off it comes, or opens like a door, all the components, including the on/ off switch, easily pop out. Really nice clean job. I'm impressed.As you can see, RedCat designed this baby from the ground up. Is that a good thing?The Good: Very easy to take apart with a lot less chance of stripping any screws when putting it back together and a very simple design makes it very easy. Common parts so your stock is minimal.The not so good: UPDATE: Now I have some time with it at the track and for the novice, you'd take another star off.All the lower shock screws stripped out. Folks, I have a private grass track and have a couple very mild jumps in it. The plastic arms with the really short machine thread screws isn't going to cut it. Normally, I'd just get aluminum arms, but they don't have aluminum! So, I had to take long Ground Pounder screws, run them all the way through and put nyloc nuts on them in between the segment struts. Problem solved, but a problem that shouldn't have been a problem in the first place. Before you run this truck at all, I'd recommend putting longer screws in that go all the way through the swing arm segment, you'll see the hole goes all the way through. This extra support might keep you from having to use nuts down the road. It'll certainly give you more time. Also, the back bumper did the exact same thing with it's three lower really short screws and the front was on it's way. They too, have plenty of room for longer stock screws! I'd try that first, the nuts are a real pain. ALL THIS ON CUT GRASS!The narrowness issue also became too much on the grass, so I had to toss the rims and tires it came with and put Volcano wheels on it, that widened the stance and fixed the issue. Too narrow for a Monster Truck. See a theme here? Fixing? It's really just teething, this truck just came out, but the short screws? REALLY?Now my truck is solid and proper and does run after run without any trouble, but the jury's still out on the plastic spur gear, it sure makes a lot of noise. That could be just the plastic motor mount amplifying the sound. And what about the plastic shocks? Without a metal replacement, when those go, I'll go aftermarket and get metal shocks for it as well. It's a shame because they work really well on this truck. We'll see how long they last, I'm not asking for the world here and maybe Redcat will come out with a rebuild kit for them. HINT!The only problem I had with my Volcano EXP Pro was the servo saver and it's got 8 all metal shocks. I think if you're a novice and this is your first, the Volcano really is the better way to go unless you follow my directions to a tee. If you do, you'll love the Blackout, but it's not really a novice truck, it's extremely fast, be very careful with it; this thing can kill somebody!For the hobbier? BUY IT NOW! LOL This thing handles like a dream, the wheel articulation is incredible. Redcat has a perfect mix of low center of gravity, shocks, springs, and angle of attack. She sits right in the middle of her springs and handles laid back, just like a buggy. Running wide open on my grass, which isn't smooth by any means, (a 1/4 acre track) she runs flat as a board, no bouncing, no darting, nothing, almost boring; it's that smooth! She'll cut a corner like a razor blade and still stay flat as a board with the wider stance, very impressive. Remember our scale here, a 2 inch bump would be a 20 inch bump for a real truck.And, she's really beautiful on top of it, nothing wrong with that! But, the novice would say "You shouldn't have these kind of problems in grass, right out of the box and they would be right.Too bad about the 11.1 issue. (see the bottom for the fix) Make sure you use 30, or 35c 7.4 LIPO'S, they have a much better current dump then the 20's and you'll really notice it on acceleration.Also, tighten up on the rear hubs, she's got tie rods and they like to pop off; the rear hubs are steering hubs so they're loose. After alignment checks, bear down on the hub screws a bit to help tighten it up, remember, it has no bushings so it will stiffen. It hasn't popped a rod since I've done this. Remember, your rear wheels are your power, this must flex the ties a lot with loose hubs. This will help that problem.Speaking of the 11.1 issue: I'm a speed freak and no way was I going to settle for this. I also have a couple boats and those batteries and aircraft batteries are smaller; you just have to protect them.So I picked up a tiny 11.1 3000mah 30c boat battery and tried her out. I fully expected the spur gear to strip immediately, maybe bend a dogbone or break an axle due to the huge increase in horsepower. Well, she ran like an MX missile on steroids alright, and didn't break a thing! Wow!! The battery gave me a good half hour and I ran it until the ESC cut it off. You can't nail it off the line on grass because she'll do about 10 back flips, can you say really huge wheelie bar?So, she just graduated to a 11.1 Venom 5000 35c boat battery. I sent some pictures so you can see the setup.You can use the stock cooling fan, I've never had a stock Redcat fan burn out because of 11.1 and I have three vehicles running this setup. If you use an extension wire (VIMVIP 15cm Male to Female Futaba Servo Extension Lead Wire) you can plug the fan directly into the receiver in any event. I have proper fans in stock, but I've never needed them. Watch the heat, she got hot, but it was 95 in the sun when I tested it.Now this thing is scary fast and will dust my Volcano! And better yet, she's bullet proof! By the way, the steering servo is fine; loosing the post screws really did the job. And what about that plastic spur gear? It looks like new, think Red Sticky Grease, it'll stay wet.It's a really great truck now, maybe even the best I've got minus the Ground Pounders and the Rampage. LOLUpdate 8/27/15 I spent the day at the track yesterday and this Blackout continually amazes me as to is resiliency. It's like it's made out of rubber or something! I've recently been playing with a Radio Link transmitter. This unit has a gyroscope built into the receiver and is quite amazing in itself. It makes the trucks/ cars track dead straight and you get in over your head quite easily, LOL. Anyway, I installed this into the Blackout and ran an hour 11.1 through it and I can't count how many times I tumbled it. Once it did about 20 cartwheels, jumped about 5 feet into the air flipping and came crashing to the ground and did about 3 more tumbles then landed on it's feet. All this from just slamming on the brakes because I got in over my head. (she was going MX Missile speed) No lie; and I just drove it away! I couldn't believe this. The first thing that came to my mind was "keep it between the bumpers" and I drove it over, sure enough, the bumper was under the body. So I just popped it back out. That was it, no damage at all and I really don't understand this. This thing took a serious pounding yesterday and all I had to do was shake the grass out when I was done.She just got her 5th star!I've never had a truck that could come even close to this type of abuse and live to do it all over again, and again, and again, and again. She was well worth the teething folks. This truck is the nutcase 11.1 Creme De Creme of 1 10th scale RC. Take good care of it and You can't go wrong!End of Season Update: So, how did she do? I did shred a body, but believe me, that's not the trucks fault. LOL And except for finally upgrading the servo saver to metal for 20 bucks, which is a known issue; a perfect ending to the season. I've never been able to say that about anything RC EVER! Nothing broke at all, the shocks are still working fine and I can't believe they're still hanging in there, no leaks. The plastic spur looks like new, it's amazing what a little grease will do. And, this running like a scared banshee on 11.1 volt, 35c Venom power. I believe this is the smartest 200.00 you can spend in RC. What I also find amazing is the lack of wear and tear. There's no more play in the wheels then when she was new. No rocking in the swing arms, as if they too, are brand new. It's obviously a well thought out design. If you take care of this truck, it'll take care of you. It's become my fall to truck. When everything is broken, I break this out and not worry about it. This truck will not embarrass you and you can really show off with it. If you go 11.1, it'll be the fastest thing out there no matter what it is, even most cars. Really... She earns her 5 stars folks.Nice Job Redcat!Just get the bugs out, the small screws? I mean really????Picture 1: The tiny battery is the white thing surrounded by padding and foam. It's so small it was lost in the battery tray.Picture 2: Ain't she pretty with her Volcano Chrome sneakers? (My custom Volcano S30 Nitro in the background)Picture 3: The three batteries, the top is the 11.1 Redcat brick that everyone is familiar with, the middle is the battery she's on now, and the bottom is the tiny I used for testing.Picture 4: You can see the different thicknesses of the batteries. 5I can chase the geese away from our yard without looking like an lunatic running around the yard waving my hands ...Living near a lake inhabited by both resident and migrating geese results in a lot of goose droppings in our yard. So I purchased this RC and also a"Bird-X Coyote 3-D Predator Replica Visual Scare...", then did some major surgery on the rubber coyote using scissors, cutting it down to fit on the RC body and holding it on with velcro tape. The end result was, in the words of Dr Frankenstein... "It's ALIVE! Now, I can chase the geese away from our yard without looking like an lunatic running around the yard waving my hands and hopping over goose terds. We call the new and improved RC by my several fitting names... "Chupacabra", "Goose-inator" and "Goose Buster". My only advise is to consider buying a second battery. You'll have so much fun with the RC (Rabid Coyote) long after the geese have scattered that you'll want a refreshed battery to continue the fun. A word of caution though... neighbors, boaters and those driving cars don't know what to think when they see it, saying they thought it was a wild animal! 5WOWMy Grandson and I have ran this thing like we stole it. For the price, we purchased it to have fun and at first didn't really worry about it, we just ran it hard. We added higher capacity marine batteries for their smaller size which fit the limited battery space nicely. They put some attitude into a truck already having a little respectful speed and manuvering to it. Now it's a blast and fast enough to do some damage to people, animals and property, got a watch out. He's but 10 years old and this thing is all he can handle to keep it under control at top speed for any length of time. We are getting another soon because this is our new go to truck. Handles and holds up to the punishment this kind of speed offers very well. We've the hell out of this thing for 5 weeks now and have broken grand total of zero parts. Knocked a couple components out of place, but we're able to fix them without replacement. 5AwesomeNot sure of the few bad reviews here. I love this thing. It was money well spent. I'm not new to the hobby as I have messed with nitro cars for 6-7 years.This was my first redcat and first brushless, my nitro cars were HPI. This thing is a blast. It's fast with 2s lipo holds up to flips, cartwheels, smashing into mailboxes after jumping curbs. Nothing has broke yet (they all break at some point).I lined the body shell with gorilla tape to help hold it together for when it cracks, installed lights and wheel extensions. This is the best $200 I have spent.If your not comfortable working on these then this hobby should probably be avoided. I have never owned one or knew anyone who has bought one and not broke something, it's just part of this hobby. 5Check your Motor/Spur mesh out of the box!Decent truck but has some Flaws right out of the box. After reading reviews I was somewhat hesitant before pulling the trigger on these given some of the problems people were reporting. I am new to RCs other than owning cars when I was younger and decided these would be a good entry car given their price point so I bought 2 of these trucks for Christmas; A brushless Pro for myself and a brushed XTE for my 9yr old son.First off the Pro is really fast straight out of the box and is a blast to drive! The first time running the truck I noticed that the drivetrain was making a good bit of noise (sounded like the spur gear) but I continued driving the truck through a single stock battery life. All of the drive time was on pavement,light grass and leaves, no jumps, dirt, mud or water... We both had a good day running both truck with no majors issues.The next day we took the trucks out for a second round; I made 3 wide open passes on the pavement went to a fourth and nothing... I walked over to the truck only to hear the Motor spin freely.. I knew right away that that most likely the plastic spur gear was shot. I took it inside and removed the spur cover and sure enough it was stripped. I'm guessing the noise I noticed early on was the gear mesh not being set right. Another thing I noticed the motor gear was not properly aligned with the spur so that also did not have full surface contact with the spur. So here I am a day after Christmas with a brand new $200 (broken) truck in hand; to say the least my son was really upset that we couldn't drive our trucks together.I know RC cars are something that you continually have to spend money on when things break but not after an hour of run-time and not even bashing the truck. Not an hour before writing this review I called REDCAT to see if they would replace the spur and the motor gear at no cost but I was shot down.. I was told that only electrical parts are warrantied for 90days... OK! Seriously you're going to possibly upset a customer over two parts under $10. Obviously this is a know issue and you would think they would say yes we are having issues and working on this issue but are replacing these parts at no cost. I ended up buying 3 spur gears because I know this will eventually happen again and I don't want to wait a week before driving with my son.Other than that issue My sons truck had a lower shock cup pop off while driving so I had to rob one from my truck to keep his going for the time being. That was another problem... Redcat doesn't sell the cup separately from the shock assembly so I had to order two new shock being they're sold in pairs only.Truck is decent for the money but you'll be spending money replacing parts under normal conditions and especially bashing it. Parts aren't expensive so its not that big a deal. We'll see how this thing holds up over time. The ball & socket link bars pop off really easy so I will be upgrading those soon.My final thoughts on these truck are that they are great for the money but look at the comparables before deciding on the redcat. Some of the other brands are more easily upgraded and have more parts available. I think after a few upgrades this truck will be a great investment. The brushed version is plenty fast enough for young ones but I recommend getting bigger batteries and upgrading the stock charger. The $16 Tenergy smart charger works just fine on the NiMH batteries.(So buyers check your mesh right out of the box!) If you have any noise, chattering or roughness while rolling it bust it open and fix the issue before driving your car! 3BAD IDEA! I was shocked at this things performance ...UPDATE 12/31/15- Below is my original review and after having a week and a half to really run this truck I can not be more satisfied. I made a few minor adjustments following D.S's excellent review and recommendations and put larger wheels/tires on it and that's it(shown in pic). When I first ordered the truck I was a little skeptical and ordered a bunch of different replacement parts and the only thing I've had to replace is one of the screws that secures the front bumper. I'm also impressed with amount of parts available for the Redcat brand, in a lot of reviews that was one of the major complaints, hard to get parts for it. You may not be able to run to your local hobby shop and get them but they are plentiful online, with lots of upgrades available also. I've actually been waiting for something to brake so I can upgrade with aluminum parts but so far this truck has been bullet proof and I've had no reason to upgrade. Yesterday I got the opportunity to run it on a outdoor bmx course that has been converted into a r/c track and it was a blast racing other r/c's. I few of the kids I met at the hobby shop invited me to come and race with them which was pretty awesome as they are all teenagers and didn't mind having the "old man" hang with them. At the track we had 2 ECX Torment 2wd brushless trucks, a EXC Ruckus 4wd brushless, a Arrma Granite brushless and Tamiya Stadium Blitzer and the Redcat did more than hold it's own. The kids were amazed at the performance of the Blackout and quickly changed their opinions of Redcat racing afterwords. I either won or came close in nearly every race the other trucks couldn't touch it in the strait away and it was pretty good in the corners also. We ran them hard all afternoon and mine never once got too hot unlike a couple of the others, the only thing I want to do is beef up the suspension a bit as there are some pretty big jumps in the track including a nice double which I was clearing with ease. I also posted a pic next to my daughter's Stampede incase anyone wanted to compare sizes .So I read a bunch of reviews and compared a bunch of r/c trucks before deciding on this model. I was a little worried about the quality as there are mixed reviews but for the price point I thought I would give it a try, I haven't been in the hobby since the early 90's and this was intended for my 5 yr old daughter for Christmas. I received the truck last week and decided to unbox it and give it a test run against my wife's wishes... BAD IDEA! I was shocked at this things performance it screams and mine has been bullet proof. With out any mods strait out of the box this thing is unbelievably durable, who ever said it was made of cheap plastic must not have got the same thing I received or a defect model. I took it to work the following morning and my co-workers and literally bashed and abused it for hrs, I'm talking cart wheeling end or end about 5-6 times wide open on the street and this happened multiple times. Obviously I had to get my daughter a different one, this is now my toy. I ended up getting her a EXC Ruckus 2wd brushed truck and with in 10 mins while still breaking in the motor burned up and smoked melting the connectors, what a disappointment on Christmas morning. We ended up ordering a Traxxas Stampede xl5 for her instead hopefully it will be a good product never owned a Traxxas, if not we will be getting another Blackout. Again this thing is incredibly durable and a great value hopefully I will be able to find parts if needed already ordered larger tires and will also be upgrading servo saver( both or fine, just want bigger tires and a back up servo saver). Thanks for the great product Redcat! 5Trust me it's a winner for sure This thing is awesome. It's fast and durable I have flipped it alot already and has held up. I did how ever break a wheel but that was my fault by going off a jump at a bad angle didn't really care at the time and gunned it and the wheel flew off so I bought some traxxas rustler wheels and tires and it grips alot better $56. The wheels and tires do need to be upgraded to a wider tire anyways. Despite all of this it is the best rc on the market for the price my boss has the traxxas rustler 4x4 and it keeps up with it no problem sure you could spend twice as much for a traxxas but why would you want to. My boss wishes he didn't. So far if you take care of it, it will take care of you just don't be stupid with it. 5Good buy, go for the pro version (this one) thoughFast. I try to have my 3 year old go slow. He hasn't broken it yet. But I ran into a post and shock came off, lost nut.Non bushed motor (my last brushed motor went out after <10 runs, blackout non pro version)Better charger and battery than non pro version. Otherwise upgrading gets expensive.I would recommend buying this one over the non pro version. It's worth spending a little extra than having a broke car.Cons: tire glue came off on one tire. Gets scratched up easy from flipping over.edit: I also had to replace my spur gear. motor came a little lose and the pinion gear (metal) stripped the spur gear(plastic).Redcat Racing BS213-026 Spur Gear 55T (.8 Module)https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VNW91HM/The spur gear is not that expensive to replace, but its a pain to take apart so much of the car to get to the spur gear. Runs great now with the new spur gear. It does make a little gear noise, but I'm not about to take it apart again. I definitely like this car. I had Team Losi gas RC cars growing up, which were cool. But lithium and brush-less electric is way nicer all around. Another problem: the on/off switch on my remote wouldn't work after sitting for a while. I was switching the switch on/off to see if the electrical connections of the switch were oxidized and not connecting. sure enough with many on and offs back and forth with pressure I got it to turn on again. but still problematic. I wasn't able to get the remote apart to get to the switch and clean the switch's electrical contacts, etc. I got the screws off the remote, but I couldn't get it apart. So I guess the remote was not as good of quality as I thought. 5If you re thinking about buying this read my whole review So I ve had this a few months now, at first it was great. It felt fast, tough, looked good. And that s still all true, it definitely got me hooked on RCs. It was my first real RC and it was a good intro, but now I know I like the hobby I would ve spent more on something a little better. Now for me I like bashing, off-road running and jumping at the skatepark. The skatepark is a killer though, bent the shock tower, broke a shock, broke the rear differential case. All at the skatepark. This truck is tough but if you re gonna abuse it like me you will be fixing things. Luckily parts are cheap, no problems with any electronics, yet. And that s the most expensive stuff so that s good. I do have one major dislike with this and that s the tires. They feel kinda cheap, they re not very soft so you don t get real great traction on pavement and they are skinny. The width of the wheel base is already narrow on this thing so the skinny tires do not help it stay on all fours. At first I was rolling it non stop. I bought some 12mm hex adapters to lengthen the axel (modifying is required) and I bought traxxas 2.8 talons. I got em off eBay. They are the exact ones that come stock on a Traxxas Stampede 4x4. Much better after doing that let me tell you I was very pleased with it when I made that upgrade. They also raise the ride height which I like. The other issue I m having now is the steering servo, getting pretty weak. Maybe because of the bigger tires, I don t know but I m currently looking for an upgrade. This does have a steel pinion gear and I ve had no problems with it or the spur. I got some Zee 5000 mah batteries off amazon and they work great in it. Giving me like 20-25 mins of run time. You will want to change the esc punch setting to 5, just read the manual it tells you how to do that. The body isn t very thick so I put 2 layers of gorilla tape over the entire underside of it. It s starting to fall apart pretty bad on me at this point, I ll be looking for a new one pretty soon. The fact that you get a brushless motor and esc for only 80 more than the brushed version is great. It s plenty fast enough for beginners and good enough to do backflips and front flips at the skatepark. Overall this truck is definitely fun and worth the money for what it is but if you already know you re going to be bashing it to death just spend the money on an arrma. I bought the Kraton and it s a monster 3This is what "bang for the buck" isCan't go wrong for the price, I've been into RC (electric only) for 25+yrs. and what you get is no disappointment. I don't do 10' jumps or try to break my "toys", I did that when I first got started into RC cars and trucks. Now after the learning period has passed you learn to operate these vehicles knowing that they do have limitations. I have seen a lot of videos on the internet where the users push their RC to the extreme just to see what the limitations are and this is when parts start breaking, speed controls start failing, motors start frying etc. Like the saying goes, "To each his own" if they find enjoyment doing that then it's okay. The point is, this is not a junk product. Like I've said earlier, you can't go wrong for the price" if you just want something to have fun with and not something to overly abuse with you will highly likely be very pleased with this one. 5

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