ihasaradio

I used to fly RC glow planes and got out of it just as the brushless electric planes were starting to come on the scene. I don't have much experience with electric RC, especially not brushless or lipo.

Yesterday, I got an E-Revo Brushless and a Kemora for use on grass. I broke the chassis and bulkhead on the E-Revo in less than 5 minutes . :-( The Kemora was a lot slower and easier to control.

I took the E-Revo to the hobby store today and left it for repair. On the way, I picked up a couple of launch ramps, and while I was at the store, I got a Rustler VLX. Then I took the Rustler home, charged it, and promptly broke the rear shock tower in less than 5 minutes. It came down hard off the launch ramp and that was all it took. :-( I noticed the shock towers seemed especially soft, and I find it hard to believe these parts are meant to be so fragile. I figured there must be some aluminum after market parts online, and I found them and ordered them.

Meanwhile, I am enjoying the Kemora. It doesn't wheely or flip, though.

chaos2767

I am in the same boat you are, newish to rc's. I had a couple a few years ago and found out that this hobby gets expensive real quick and sold everything I had shortly after I had kids. Now my kids are at the age where they want rc trucks, so I got them a couple hpi mini's for Christmas and picked myself up a beater t maxx that I am currently working on. My previous trucks were a nitro rustler and a Jato 3.3, it cost me at least $10 every time I drove them in parts Lol. What I did find out tho was to stay away from most aluminum parts because when you hit something, instead of breaking, they bend and transfer the energy too a major part of the chassis and that part breaks. Would of been easier to replace the little part that broke instead of having a bent piece that you not only have to replace but also replace the expensive part that broke. Aluminum parts sure do look cool tho.

lilbrett

Get some RPM shock towers, arms and bumpers. I also recommend some better shocks, I'm running shocks from a Losi Ten-T on my Nitro Rusty and they're great. If you can't swing a new set of shocks, you should at least get the alloy caps being as the plastic ones pop off if you look at them funny. I also recommend the HD driveshafts from the 4x4 Slash, they are much stronger than the stock ones.