Conclusion: In its day it probably was a very capable buggy but that was due to the flat smooth tracks that were in favour by the late 80's, against the rougher off road tracks when I first started in RC cars. The lack of robustness was less of an issue when new as spares would ...
FG and MCD – it was time to try something new. I had been away from large scale off-road cars for a few years and initially wanted to build a HPI Baja 5B brushless car but then found that there was a new sheriff in town – The Losi 5ive-T!
Extra Battery (if lipo have a safety sack)– Always good to have extra juice in case a battery dumps or you decide to play an extra long time. Most scale off-road trucks can last an hour or two with a single 5000 mah pack (most average powerplants), but this can deplete much faste...
This is about where/how people spend their time. If some average consumer has a free hour or two, it gets spent surfing FB, not driving an rc car, not wrenching on an rc car, etc. I do hope I am wayyyy off here, I truly do. Because otherwise, our industry, as well as a TON ...