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BACKSTORY
After getting back into R/C with a couple of 1/16 E-Revo's for me and my son last Christmas, which are great fun BTW, I eventually decided to get a crawler for some slower paced more technical fun. I've taken my 1:1 truck out a few times and really enjoyed it, and I figured this would be cheaper than buying a bunch of truck parts, right? I hope
So at first I ordered the RTR Sport and was waiting for it to come off backorder when I did some digging and found that my LHS had the Sport Assembly Kit. I had initially ruled out the assembly kit because I was going to stay strictly in the Traxxas universe, and buying the parts separate (ESC, motor, RX, servo) would have been more expensive. But, giving it more thought I knew I would enjoy putting it together and started researching electronics options.
This build would turn out being a lot of firsts for me, first kit, first electronics selection, and first painting. So I made a spreadsheet (doesn't everything need a spreadsheet?) to track what electronics I wanted, where they were in stock, and what the price delta would be.
After getting all of my hardware picked, and confirming LHS stock, I proceeded to cancel my back order and place my new orders! About a week later I had my parts, let the build begin!
BACKSTORY
After getting back into R/C with a couple of 1/16 E-Revo's for me and my son last Christmas, which are great fun BTW, I eventually decided to get a crawler for some slower paced more technical fun. I've taken my 1:1 truck out a few times and really enjoyed it, and I figured this would be cheaper than buying a bunch of truck parts, right? I hope
So at first I ordered the RTR Sport and was waiting for it to come off backorder when I did some digging and found that my LHS had the Sport Assembly Kit. I had initially ruled out the assembly kit because I was going to stay strictly in the Traxxas universe, and buying the parts separate (ESC, motor, RX, servo) would have been more expensive. But, giving it more thought I knew I would enjoy putting it together and started researching electronics options.
This build would turn out being a lot of firsts for me, first kit, first electronics selection, and first painting. So I made a spreadsheet (doesn't everything need a spreadsheet?) to track what electronics I wanted, where they were in stock, and what the price delta would be.
- Motor: Traxxas Titan 550 (3975R)
- ESC: HobbyWing QUICRUN WP1080
- RX: Traxxas 5-Channel TQi 2.4GHz Micro Receiver (6518)
- Servo: Traxxas High Torque 400 (2255)
- Batteries: Traxxas 2S 2200mAh (2820X) [I wanted something I could share with my 1/16 E-Revo VXL]
After getting all of my hardware picked, and confirming LHS stock, I proceeded to cancel my back order and place my new orders! About a week later I had my parts, let the build begin!
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