Hey Guys-

I got the part that was defective from Hobbico for my Mega Force and it is like night and day. I found out that the pin that was supposed to engage it in revese was sent too short.

Now that it is repaired and running 100%, my opinion is it is absolutley the best bang for your buck out there. I have spent the week bashing the sin out of this thing, and there is no question it was more intelligently built than my buddies T-Maxx 2.5. His truck is certainly faster, but mine has better torque, jumps in a more balanced fashion, can literally climb over the top of him, and when we had an accidental head on, the Force kept cruising, anf the T-Maxx turned in to a T-Minn. He had a broken A-Arm from those shaky little legs they installed on their big machine.

Now that the problem with the tranny is fixed, if you want to stop, you just slam it in to reverse!!! On pavement, I can do that and make it do a sweet endo flip and keep on rolling. It definitely impresses the 8 year old's in my cul-de-sac (and their mom's that think I act like them).

I might consider installing the brake, and yes, you are correct, it comes with a great dual disk brake installed, just no linkage. Kind of dumb, there is plenty of space in the chassis to have built it w/ 3 channels and had it run like Traxxas. Probably patent infringement issues, etc.

Have you guys seen one, or seen the best way to convert in to forward with brake, if the tranny doesnt eventually handle the abuse?

Anyway, Dago, I hope George W sends you your money soon so you dont have to keep charging a battery 30 minutes for a 5 minute run.

Have a good one.

-Josh