Fiend
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I wanted an R/C car when I was 10 years old, and throughout my teens. My parents wouldn't let me have one as they were all built-it-yourself, and I had a foul temper, and they I assumed I would break it trying to build it .
30 years later THEY CAN'T STOP ME NOW MWAHAHAHA . I decided a mid-life crisis would be better undertaken with a small RC car rather than on, say, a real motorbike or even worse lycra-drenched road-cycling (bluuurugghhh ).
So I got a Savage XS for racing around industrial wastelands, bashing in derelict quarries etc etc.
I've only had one run but I'm very impressed. It's fast as f**k and handles all sorts of things well apart from driving headfirst into high curbs. Unfortunately I'd only just started tree-climbing with it (now that seemed proper fun ) when I landed badly and broke an axle (spare on order). I also pinged out the steering rod a couple of times and nearly lost it.
So....
What other parts am I going to break? What should I buy in advance? What parts is it worth going for heavy duty versions for?
Any general maintenance tips? I am living in Glasgow, Scotland, so it's save to assume the car will spend most the time as us people do here - submerged under rain and mud . I rinsed it off with a hand shower today, what's the best way to let it dry?
Also any recommended tyres for wet grass?
Ta!
30 years later THEY CAN'T STOP ME NOW MWAHAHAHA . I decided a mid-life crisis would be better undertaken with a small RC car rather than on, say, a real motorbike or even worse lycra-drenched road-cycling (bluuurugghhh ).
So I got a Savage XS for racing around industrial wastelands, bashing in derelict quarries etc etc.
I've only had one run but I'm very impressed. It's fast as f**k and handles all sorts of things well apart from driving headfirst into high curbs. Unfortunately I'd only just started tree-climbing with it (now that seemed proper fun ) when I landed badly and broke an axle (spare on order). I also pinged out the steering rod a couple of times and nearly lost it.
So....
What other parts am I going to break? What should I buy in advance? What parts is it worth going for heavy duty versions for?
Any general maintenance tips? I am living in Glasgow, Scotland, so it's save to assume the car will spend most the time as us people do here - submerged under rain and mud . I rinsed it off with a hand shower today, what's the best way to let it dry?
Also any recommended tyres for wet grass?
Ta!