Rybroca
Newbie
Hello,
This is my short story to anyone with a Wraith Spawn RTR who may be wondering if the upgrades are really warranted. My answer: not so far as I can see. Recently, I've got my very first RC car: Wraith Spawn RTR. I did a lot of research and it served me well. I live in the woods. I am frightening deer, murdering moss, stripping the hillsides of dead foliage, and exposing bare-roots every day. I've been looking at the upgrades: titanium "this", hardened steel "that", alloy "for-the-other", and no upgrades under 30 bucks! In this upgrade-research I ask myself: am I mounting all this rigid gear onto plastic? Will not the remaining plastic parts take more stress with each rigid part introduced to the system? There is strength in flexibility. This Wraith Spawn RTR has barrel-rolled down the hillside several times already (hitting roots, logs and standing trees all on the way down). After settling at the base of the hillside this Wraith climbs right back to the top. The plastic flexes and gives and if something breaks—it's dirt cheap to replace! The most expensive, single component on this truck is the Spawn body. The same money in a complete, Vanquish-brand axle can buy a tackle box full of spare plastic and powder metal parts to rebuild most of the rig twice. Each one of these cheap parts are holding up and performing fantastically right now. I do like different motors, different gearing (with plastic gears/cheap pinions), different servos, winch accessories, two-speed tranny upgrades; But when I experience this excellent performance from plastic linkage, plastic gears, plastic axle housings, etc. should I invest time and money into "beefy" parts I essentially already have? Or would I rather set my mind on which sweet toy I will own next: the RTR RR10 Bomber or the RTR SX10 or the SCX10 II Kit or the RTR Yeti? This can be a simple hobby that does not require a small loan to progress with. All the cheap, durable parts for these vehicles make it very appealing to me. I will soon have a completely awesome array of RCs with a shop-full of spare parts. I don't want complicated cars whose upgrade parts are too costly to stock. This car is a lot of fun, durable and drives fantastically with cheap, flexible parts since the day it arrived Ready to Run. I expect the same with the next one—which ever it may be!
This is my short story to anyone with a Wraith Spawn RTR who may be wondering if the upgrades are really warranted. My answer: not so far as I can see. Recently, I've got my very first RC car: Wraith Spawn RTR. I did a lot of research and it served me well. I live in the woods. I am frightening deer, murdering moss, stripping the hillsides of dead foliage, and exposing bare-roots every day. I've been looking at the upgrades: titanium "this", hardened steel "that", alloy "for-the-other", and no upgrades under 30 bucks! In this upgrade-research I ask myself: am I mounting all this rigid gear onto plastic? Will not the remaining plastic parts take more stress with each rigid part introduced to the system? There is strength in flexibility. This Wraith Spawn RTR has barrel-rolled down the hillside several times already (hitting roots, logs and standing trees all on the way down). After settling at the base of the hillside this Wraith climbs right back to the top. The plastic flexes and gives and if something breaks—it's dirt cheap to replace! The most expensive, single component on this truck is the Spawn body. The same money in a complete, Vanquish-brand axle can buy a tackle box full of spare plastic and powder metal parts to rebuild most of the rig twice. Each one of these cheap parts are holding up and performing fantastically right now. I do like different motors, different gearing (with plastic gears/cheap pinions), different servos, winch accessories, two-speed tranny upgrades; But when I experience this excellent performance from plastic linkage, plastic gears, plastic axle housings, etc. should I invest time and money into "beefy" parts I essentially already have? Or would I rather set my mind on which sweet toy I will own next: the RTR RR10 Bomber or the RTR SX10 or the SCX10 II Kit or the RTR Yeti? This can be a simple hobby that does not require a small loan to progress with. All the cheap, durable parts for these vehicles make it very appealing to me. I will soon have a completely awesome array of RCs with a shop-full of spare parts. I don't want complicated cars whose upgrade parts are too costly to stock. This car is a lot of fun, durable and drives fantastically with cheap, flexible parts since the day it arrived Ready to Run. I expect the same with the next one—which ever it may be!
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