Worst Hobby Grade Rc you've ever owned?
06-24-2012, 07:19 AM
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dang piece of crap Trinity NEXT stripped rear diff first run best i remember trinity sent me 2 new metal geared diffs stripped them servo went out real soon after that just a piece of crap and now you cant even get stuff from trinity for this truck anymore and that is the worst rc i have ever had.
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06-24-2012, 09:31 AM
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Kyosho Raider. Could never get the set screws for the suspension pins tight enough without stripping them. Lots of other problems too, but hunting down those pins when they fell out was most annoying for me.
I loved my Tmaxx 2.5, for the first 3 gallons anyway. After that I started pushing it harder and the couple basic upgrades weren't cutting it anymore. Yup gallons 4 and beyond got expensive with aluminum bulks, towers, rpm and well you know how Maxx trucks tend to spiral out of control.
I loved my Tmaxx 2.5, for the first 3 gallons anyway. After that I started pushing it harder and the couple basic upgrades weren't cutting it anymore. Yup gallons 4 and beyond got expensive with aluminum bulks, towers, rpm and well you know how Maxx trucks tend to spiral out of control.
06-24-2012, 12:47 PM
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Kyosho Raider. Could never get the set screws for the suspension pins tight enough without stripping them. Lots of other problems too, but hunting down those pins when they fell out was most annoying for me.
I loved my Tmaxx 2.5, for the first 3 gallons anyway. After that I started pushing it harder and the couple basic upgrades weren't cutting it anymore. Yup gallons 4 and beyond got expensive with aluminum bulks, towers, rpm and well you know how Maxx trucks tend to spiral out of control.
Kyosho Raider. Could never get the set screws for the suspension pins tight enough without stripping them. Lots of other problems too, but hunting down those pins when they fell out was most annoying for me.
I loved my Tmaxx 2.5, for the first 3 gallons anyway. After that I started pushing it harder and the couple basic upgrades weren't cutting it anymore. Yup gallons 4 and beyond got expensive with aluminum bulks, towers, rpm and well you know how Maxx trucks tend to spiral out of control.
06-24-2012, 02:47 PM
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dang piece of crap Trinity NEXT stripped rear diff first run best i remember trinity sent me 2 new metal geared diffs stripped them servo went out real soon after that just a piece of crap and now you cant even get stuff from trinity for this truck anymore and that is the worst rc i have ever had.
Whoopee
dang piece of crap Trinity NEXT stripped rear diff first run best i remember trinity sent me 2 new metal geared diffs stripped them servo went out real soon after that just a piece of crap and now you cant even get stuff from trinity for this truck anymore and that is the worst rc i have ever had.
Whoopee
I went through 3 metal diffs with 1 tank ONE TANK!!! piece of junk.
06-24-2012, 06:57 PM
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I had a Revo back when they first started putting the 3.3 in it. I never could keep the drivetrain together on that peice of crap. IMO the Revo is the most over rated model produced. the vehicle is way too complicated for what it does in the attempt to look "cool". My Tmaxx was even worse. I had to upgrade EVERYTHING on the truck to make even remotely reliable. full RPM, all metal drivetrain, aluminum tranny and diff cases etc. When the engine was running well I could never get the shift point to remain consistant. I have owned other traxxas vehicals as well and I will never own another (unless it was free!).
Great thread BTW!
Great thread BTW!
06-24-2012, 09:47 PM
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i cant really comment about one but iv owned some traxxas cars and trucks and most were a disappointment i get one here and there,to see if it has improved,still not reliable,i ust to race my savage with the revoes and maxxas and would get laughed at but when they were caring there hi priced junk of and my savage was still rolling and placing good,id get to laugh at them
06-25-2012, 02:13 AM
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Traxxas T-Maxx. Absolute junk imo...
Traxxas T-Maxx. Absolute junk imo...
strong words but... same opinion here, overpriced junk. [:@]
I had the first gen tmaxx and currently have a 3.3 maxx.
I also have a 3.3 revo. they are nice trucks, they handle great, and they take more beating (moded or out of the box) than a tmaxx
but I really can't see where the $579 price tag comes from. (5309 @ my lhs) maybe it is just me [&:]
Thats why I didnt spend a single dime on them this time... they were trades for old subs and amp that I stopped using and were collecting dust in my garage for 4 years. (first used rc's in 25 years)
06-25-2012, 06:36 AM
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Schumacher rascal has to get my vote, the engine was a thunder tiger 18, but the pullstart was schumachers own. so they were expensive/unique/awful. as well as it having a ball diff that just wouldn't stay smooth. and the leakiest shocks. also the exhaust came leaky from the factory.
second has to go to its bigger brother, the havoc. with this car the engine was the sweetest. and the chassis was near indestructible. but the body mounts were very brittle and it only fitted Schumachers wheel/tyre combos. which isn't any fun when they supply them glued with no foams. and it shared the awful ball diff system with the rascal, which is never a good plan on an off road truck.
but, both of these cars were taken to hell and back and are two of the most fun cars i have ever driven. props to schumacher on design, but not so much on materials or build quality.
06-25-2012, 07:36 AM
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Worst I'v owned to date, (and still own for some reason) would be the Mimi LST. Broken parts and bad luck with the elecs....I mean not like all the others were perfect, but this one has been the worst!
06-25-2012, 08:20 AM
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I might have to cast my vote for the E-Savage. I bought it used, but with stock motors on 4s I was warping outdrives rather easily (running HPI tires that were too heavy). I ended up going brushless and upgrading part after part (outdrives, center driveshafts, diffs, HD slipper) after things broke easily. I even made a custom all metal gear center tranny for it, since I shredded multiple stock ones. It was just a nightmare in wrench time and $$ for upgrades. And getting to the diffs (which I had to so many times) was really annoying with the TVP design.
Granted, I likely put in too much motor for it to handle, but it was the most frustrating RC experience I've had. What a massive waste of time and $$ for me.
Granted, I likely put in too much motor for it to handle, but it was the most frustrating RC experience I've had. What a massive waste of time and $$ for me.
06-25-2012, 12:12 PM
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Any Duratrax nitro. Never owned Redcat, Exceed, or XTM, but make sure you can get the parts before you come to my store and complain about what to do with it now.
06-25-2012, 12:32 PM
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hpi cup racer, fragile pos. it was fun to build but while i was building it i kept saying to myself "this thing is going to break, and break fast"
and it did, first battery pack, driving mildly i clipped a pipe, ripped the front hinge pin mount out of the car, got it back together and the same thing happend.
trying to tune the suspension was a nightmare, especially with the inboard shock layout. the arm mounts are weak, the axle cups are weak, the plastic in general is very weak.
i sold it to a friend, he knew of all the issues, and i'll never buy and hpi again.
and it did, first battery pack, driving mildly i clipped a pipe, ripped the front hinge pin mount out of the car, got it back together and the same thing happend.
trying to tune the suspension was a nightmare, especially with the inboard shock layout. the arm mounts are weak, the axle cups are weak, the plastic in general is very weak.
i sold it to a friend, he knew of all the issues, and i'll never buy and hpi again.
06-25-2012, 01:27 PM
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hpi cup racer, fragile pos. it was fun to build but while i was building it i kept saying to myself ''this thing is going to break, and break fast''
and it did, first battery pack, driving mildly i clipped a pipe, ripped the front hinge pin mount out of the car, got it back together and the same thing happend.
trying to tune the suspension was a nightmare, especially with the inboard shock layout. the arm mounts are weak, the axle cups are weak, the plastic in general is very weak.
i sold it to a friend, he knew of all the issues, and i'll never buy and hpi again.
hpi cup racer, fragile pos. it was fun to build but while i was building it i kept saying to myself ''this thing is going to break, and break fast''
and it did, first battery pack, driving mildly i clipped a pipe, ripped the front hinge pin mount out of the car, got it back together and the same thing happend.
trying to tune the suspension was a nightmare, especially with the inboard shock layout. the arm mounts are weak, the axle cups are weak, the plastic in general is very weak.
i sold it to a friend, he knew of all the issues, and i'll never buy and hpi again.
Yea HPI dropped in quality only thing I think they still make that's good is the savage line, but that has only had minor updates for the most part over the years. Their newer designs I find they are screwing up on.
06-25-2012, 06:58 PM
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I have 2 worsts! Duratrax RTX-27. Never could get it to run right. #qts of fuel and the engine is worn out... Runs for a little while but after it gets hot... Nothing till it cools off again. And second as much as I love the Losi Mini LST I HATE the servos and ESC! Servos break if you fart on it and the ESC has direction delay and LiPO cut off that you can't defeat![:@]
On more I just thought about.... About a year ago I bought a HSP 1/8 brushless short course truck... Got a hella good deal.... Damn thing breaks just about every time I drive it. When it runs it's great. But doesn't take much to make it stop running...
On more I just thought about.... About a year ago I bought a HSP 1/8 brushless short course truck... Got a hella good deal.... Damn thing breaks just about every time I drive it. When it runs it's great. But doesn't take much to make it stop running...
06-26-2012, 01:22 AM
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brushed 2wd slash. the only rc i ever got around to selling. i just didn't like driving it. but nothing wrong with the revos or traxxas in my book. nevertheless, the posters here DID sound like they have real reasons not to like traxxas. i'm not arguing with them. my experience was different, but i don't bash up my rc's.
06-26-2012, 05:14 AM
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my worst r/c.... HBX Bonzer, i think Ive killed every possible tamiya upgrade diff out there in it and have striped the axles countless times, had problems with the king pins falling out... maby I shouldof left it stock...
Then
Now, In a past life it was a Tamiya TL01b clone, need to get some new pics but its 4 wheel steered now (even more thing to fail lol)
Then
Now, In a past life it was a Tamiya TL01b clone, need to get some new pics but its 4 wheel steered now (even more thing to fail lol)
06-26-2012, 05:29 AM
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This is a little tougher than the best car thread as there are some really bad cars out there.
For me Tge original E-Maxx and the original SC10 would tie for worst car with old Hirobo celica a close second place
For me Tge original E-Maxx and the original SC10 would tie for worst car with old Hirobo celica a close second place
06-27-2012, 02:57 AM
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for me it was the T-Maxx...........followed closely by the Revo.......... both massive money pits
Savage was decent....but was a pile of maintenance and the drivetrain kept breaking.........had a crappy fuel tank, crappy throttle linkage..... it was impact tough, but mechanically goofy.........so it hits the list as well.
Savage was decent....but was a pile of maintenance and the drivetrain kept breaking.........had a crappy fuel tank, crappy throttle linkage..... it was impact tough, but mechanically goofy.........so it hits the list as well.
06-27-2012, 06:09 PM
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my worst r/c.... HBX Bonzer, i think Ive killed every possible tamiya upgrade diff out there in it and have striped the axles countless times, had problems with the king pins falling out... maby I shouldof left it stock...
Then
Now, In a past life it was a Tamiya TL01b clone, need to get some new pics but its 4 wheel steered now (even more thing to fail lol)
my worst r/c.... HBX Bonzer, i think Ive killed every possible tamiya upgrade diff out there in it and have striped the axles countless times, had problems with the king pins falling out... maby I shouldof left it stock...
Then
Now, In a past life it was a Tamiya TL01b clone, need to get some new pics but its 4 wheel steered now (even more thing to fail lol)
06-28-2012, 06:02 AM
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For me it was the Savage XS. nothing but trouble, first thing I had to do was re-bind the reciever to the transmitter right out of the box then on my second run the pinion came loose so I had to get to the pinion and add some thread locker, getting to the pinon took ages because this truck has everything tucked away and hard to get to and then when i finally got the pinon sorted out the esc died and it needed a new one, 3 runs after I got the new esc for some strange reason the wire for the reciever broke and I don'r even know how or why that one happened and HPI would not replace the reciever as the did for my esc so I had to buy a new one of those. I would complain about the servo but not many rtr rcs have great servos so I guess I can give it a pass on that one. All in all it was just broken all the time and not from me abusing it, I can deal with something breaking because of what I did but this thing would break just becuase it wanted to. I had fun when it worked but for me my mini e-revo was and is much more reliable.
For me it was the Savage XS. nothing but trouble, first thing I had to do was re-bind the reciever to the transmitter right out of the box then on my second run the pinion came loose so I had to get to the pinion and add some thread locker, getting to the pinon took ages because this truck has everything tucked away and hard to get to and then when i finally got the pinon sorted out the esc died and it needed a new one, 3 runs after I got the new esc for some strange reason the wire for the reciever broke and I don'r even know how or why that one happened and HPI would not replace the reciever as the did for my esc so I had to buy a new one of those. I would complain about the servo but not many rtr rcs have great servos so I guess I can give it a pass on that one. All in all it was just broken all the time and not from me abusing it, I can deal with something breaking because of what I did but this thing would break just becuase it wanted to. I had fun when it worked but for me my mini e-revo was and is much more reliable.
now the wire for the RX that broke was it the antenna? if so it probably got caught on something. I can't fault HPI on that.
as for the ESC yea its HPI's fault they use castle's ESC's which are not up to the task, but at least they replaced it
and agree servos on RTR's are complete crap the one that came on on my 1/8th scale buggy for steering had issues trying to turn the wheels on a stampede which weighed like 1/4th the weight.
06-28-2012, 09:18 AM
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to be fair the pinion on the RTR's I've seen all have to be thread locked.
now the wire for the RX that broke was it the antenna? if so it probably got caught on something. I can't fault HPI on that.
as for the ESC yea its HPI's fault they use castle's ESC's which are not up to the task, but at least they replaced it
and agree servos on RTR's are complete crap the one that came on on my 1/8th scale buggy for steering had issues trying to turn the wheels on a stampede which weighed like 1/4th the weight.
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For me it was the Savage XS. nothing but trouble, first thing I had to do was re-bind the reciever to the transmitter right out of the box then on my second run the pinion came loose so I had to get to the pinion and add some thread locker, getting to the pinon took ages because this truck has everything tucked away and hard to get to and then when i finally got the pinon sorted out the esc died and it needed a new one, 3 runs after I got the new esc for some strange reason the wire for the reciever broke and I don'r even know how or why that one happened and HPI would not replace the reciever as the did for my esc so I had to buy a new one of those. I would complain about the servo but not many rtr rcs have great servos so I guess I can give it a pass on that one. All in all it was just broken all the time and not from me abusing it, I can deal with something breaking because of what I did but this thing would break just becuase it wanted to. I had fun when it worked but for me my mini e-revo was and is much more reliable.
For me it was the Savage XS. nothing but trouble, first thing I had to do was re-bind the reciever to the transmitter right out of the box then on my second run the pinion came loose so I had to get to the pinion and add some thread locker, getting to the pinon took ages because this truck has everything tucked away and hard to get to and then when i finally got the pinon sorted out the esc died and it needed a new one, 3 runs after I got the new esc for some strange reason the wire for the reciever broke and I don'r even know how or why that one happened and HPI would not replace the reciever as the did for my esc so I had to buy a new one of those. I would complain about the servo but not many rtr rcs have great servos so I guess I can give it a pass on that one. All in all it was just broken all the time and not from me abusing it, I can deal with something breaking because of what I did but this thing would break just becuase it wanted to. I had fun when it worked but for me my mini e-revo was and is much more reliable.
now the wire for the RX that broke was it the antenna? if so it probably got caught on something. I can't fault HPI on that.
as for the ESC yea its HPI's fault they use castle's ESC's which are not up to the task, but at least they replaced it
and agree servos on RTR's are complete crap the one that came on on my 1/8th scale buggy for steering had issues trying to turn the wheels on a stampede which weighed like 1/4th the weight.
