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Newbie
Hello folks,
I am a newbie here, as well as to all of RC Rock Crawling. I'm an old retired guy who built up a few Tamiya kits with the kids 30 years ago, but that is the entire extent of my experience. I discovered RC Rock Crawling and this place back last summer while looking for something new while hunkered down. I ended up purchasing an Axial Capra, and had some fun learning about crawling on the rocks at the edge of a tiny pond in my backyard. Now that pond has risen back up and those rocks are all covered with water and ice for the winter.
Again, back last summer, I subscribed to RC Car Action magazine. It seemed like a good idea at the time. The time lag until my first issue came was quite long, so I had forgotten all about it by the time my December issue came. There was a lengthy review of the Traxxas XMaxx - and I fell in love.
I held off, trying not to spend all that money for as long as I could, hoping that the desire might pass, but this week I succumbed and made my purchase. I am now awaiting its arrival.
I have read a lot of reviews and seen a lot of videos online. They generally seem to be positive, but I've also seen some very vocal reviews from folks who seem to have had just about everything one can imagine fail on this rig, and some of them have had repeat failures, too.
So, here I am as a newbie asking for any advice you folks may have to offer for what I should expect with my new beast.
I should add that I am not really a "wild and crazy guy" with my stuff. I've been learning about crawling with my Capra, and I haven't broken anything on it, if that is any example.
I do not expect to start right off with jumping the XMaxx off from cliffs - my yard is pretty tame. On the other hand, should I expect to have to handle this beast gently? Some of the videos online definitely do not handle it gently and do far more crazier things than I probably ever will.
So, what say you folks? Will this be a good adventure, or should I expect issues? If so, please let me have it. I need to hear all the experiences you might want to share both good and bad.
Thanks for listening!
smp
I am a newbie here, as well as to all of RC Rock Crawling. I'm an old retired guy who built up a few Tamiya kits with the kids 30 years ago, but that is the entire extent of my experience. I discovered RC Rock Crawling and this place back last summer while looking for something new while hunkered down. I ended up purchasing an Axial Capra, and had some fun learning about crawling on the rocks at the edge of a tiny pond in my backyard. Now that pond has risen back up and those rocks are all covered with water and ice for the winter.
Again, back last summer, I subscribed to RC Car Action magazine. It seemed like a good idea at the time. The time lag until my first issue came was quite long, so I had forgotten all about it by the time my December issue came. There was a lengthy review of the Traxxas XMaxx - and I fell in love.
I held off, trying not to spend all that money for as long as I could, hoping that the desire might pass, but this week I succumbed and made my purchase. I am now awaiting its arrival.
I have read a lot of reviews and seen a lot of videos online. They generally seem to be positive, but I've also seen some very vocal reviews from folks who seem to have had just about everything one can imagine fail on this rig, and some of them have had repeat failures, too.
So, here I am as a newbie asking for any advice you folks may have to offer for what I should expect with my new beast.
I should add that I am not really a "wild and crazy guy" with my stuff. I've been learning about crawling with my Capra, and I haven't broken anything on it, if that is any example.
I do not expect to start right off with jumping the XMaxx off from cliffs - my yard is pretty tame. On the other hand, should I expect to have to handle this beast gently? Some of the videos online definitely do not handle it gently and do far more crazier things than I probably ever will.
So, what say you folks? Will this be a good adventure, or should I expect issues? If so, please let me have it. I need to hear all the experiences you might want to share both good and bad.
Thanks for listening!
smp
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