modestone
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Joined: 11/9/2006
From: St. George,
UT, USA
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Well, it was not me that had the problem with the radio, but my roomate. And it did not get to take off like a bat out of hell, because we checked everything before we got to using it. He got response from the customer support the next day, and they only asked him to send in the remote, not the whole truck.
As far as durability goes, our two trucks have been astounding. I cracked the mount point on the wheel hub as stated earlyer (I ran into a curb at hard turn and medium speed, deffinatly my fault), but even cracked and a large part of it missing, it has somehow managed to stay on for two days of 4 + hours bashing each. Not just riding around, were talking jumping, doughnuts, grass, dirt, asphault, gravel, and the occasional big rock. I CANNOT BELIVE that as broken as my hub is, that it has not only stayed in tact enough for usage, but hasn't even had one pop-out! A new hub is on order, but I have been VERY pleased to be able to use my truck with the broken hub without issue.
My roomate had some of the most spectacular jumps of the day today. Litterally his magnum was 7 feet off the the ground, and traveled a good 15-20 feet, and that was the final jump in a seccession of three, that were hit many many times.
In addition to this, I have been able to observe an Acme "Aggressor" from day one, to day three, and I will tell you right now, there is a HUGE difference in quality between the CEN and the Acme. Lets just say, he has taken his out twice, has destroyed a spur gear, cracked a top rear swing arm, tweaked his chassy pretty good, had differential issues, cracked gas tank, and you want to talk about trucks taking off out of no where, WOW I have seen his do it about 7 times in a few hours, very very scary stuff.
I think most people that get the magnum and similar priced trucks are typically under-informed on propper procedures / safty / maintenence, and at the same time THINK they are spending HUGE amounts of money for it (these trucks are ENTRY LEVEL!). Which leads them to have not only many problems , but also un-realistic expectations.
I bought my Magnum knowing full and well things were going to break, probably relativly often even, not because its a Magnum, but because its a RC NITRO TRUCK!
I will also say that what I have seen the two magnums take allready, COMPLETLEY validates the purchase, and my roomate will tell you the same exact thing.
< Message edited by modestone -- 11/25/2006 8:03:10 AM >
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