The Traxxas mini E-revo is the worst RC I've ever owned.. If the parent is buying the RC, it has to interest him/her too...
I can have my nitro up and running immediately after pulling it out of the car. OK, start it up, and let it warm up for one minute before really pinning it... But I do that with my electric (MT4 G3) too. It's not "hard" once you have a clue, and takes no more time, effort, or whatever than electric to get up and running.
It really does seem that the majority of people saying things like that about nitro have only ever had some POS Traxxas RTR, which really was a PIA... Traxxas is a brand best skipped altogether - especially their nitros.. If you owned a cheap pullstart nitro once, which was difficult, that experience does not apply to all nitro. And no, "good" nitros don't have to be expensive.. I just sold a Dynamite Big Red for 50 bucks, which I paid $119 for, and ran for four years.. It still had great compression and ran great when I sold it(have an oversupply of engines though, and undersupply of time..) The buyer was thrilled.
Last edited by HerrSavage; 03-28-2014 at 08:27 AM.