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Originally Posted by Finnster
Seriously. When I take out my BL stuff I carry a wheel wrench in case a wheel nut gets loose, and then maybe an extra battery in my pocket if I'm out for a bit. I used to carry an IR gun, but everything is pretty well set, so I don't even worry about that.
OTOH, with the freaking nitro I got a whole damn box of tools. IR gun, screwdriver to tune, wrench, starter wand, glow starter, rag to prime, Fuel bottle, locktite,, and also spare fuel bottle, spare glow plug, and extra air filters if I'm out for a bit and/or its dusty.
Also, you have to have a set of hexes as even locktite'd bolts shake loose after a little while.
On top of that, there are about 3 extra batteries that need to be charged: one for the starter wand (pull starts are for mowers,) one for the glow starter, one RX battery.
Now nitro guys go on how you can run a nitro all day if you've got fuel. IDK, but my big trucks drain down the RX batt pretty quick with the big servos. Seems like I get about 2hrs runtime before the Rx starts cutting out alot due to low voltage.
So I guess one more batt then right? Or...they get high cap lipos for RX, and a fraking ubec! Then you have to have balancers and all that stuff!
Meanwhile, 2 batts last me about 2 hrs bashing about. 3 batts and a charger is all I need for a day of racing.
Lastly, nitros guys also on about the noise, and how it makes it not a toy. Sorry guys, you are not fooling anyone, its still a toy. And what's even more embarassing is going to the park to play with such a toy truck, and people watching you fight with the stupid noisy toy truck trying to get it started for a half and hour, getting pissed at it and going home as it turns out the glow starter batt was a bit low and won't light the engine, and you didn't have another spare battery.....(like what happened on Fri lol)
Anyway, its till fun tho :)
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I love it, this needs to be made into a handout that all of us have when we play. It would save a bunch of question answering! I cannot remember the number of guys that said stuff about electrics. So I brought a buggy up to the lhs and played with it for 30 mins... They never said anything again. Especially after I raced everything they had.