If you are questioning the toughness of it.... one would have to ask you, what do you have in mind to subject it to? Crash testing into a wall? Anything will break, it's just at what threshold. I will take quite a beating.

I'll tell you this. I had issues with my EK-4 breaking a-arms, bumpers, body mounts, dog bones, bodies, rims, etc. I never got the EK-4 more than about 3 ft off the ground. Just about every other cartwheel or jump would break something.

Now, I still have the EK-4 because it's just shear power....nothing can touch it other than 1/5th scales.

I now also have a Savage X SS and love the damn thing. I've had it at about 3' up and flat belly landings on concrete.......nothing broke. I've done this about 30 times already and nothing....just a couple of loose screws. I've landed from that 3' square on the front bumper and on the rear......nothing....cartwheels over and over.....nothing has broken or cracked. I'm impressed. I love my savage. I'm getting the nerve to jump higher....so much so that I've built a ramp that will allow this. It tickles me every time the savage survives a jump - no matter the hieght.

I've had it since 4/1/07 and have about 1-1/2 gals through it.....I run it just a bit. BTW I still use the pull start. I have the rotostart, but waiting for the pull start to die.

I'll have to post pictures of it in action when I get them....it's hard to take pictures and have fun at the same time.