I just purchased the HPI Trophy Truggy. It came down to that or the Savage. I may still get a Savage, but I've been down the road with quite a few MT's in the past, so I was looking for something new to me.
I will be running mine, actually firing it up and running for first time in a couple hours.
I have many years of RC experience. I always preferred kits over RTR, but most cases today, you just can't what I want in kit form. So I buy rtr and first thing is break them down and check them over for loose screws. Not a complaint, but I expect to find stuff like this on mass produced RTR's, but the only item I found that made me go 'huh' was the 4 engine mount screws. No lock tight and only hand tight at best. Had I just run it out of the box, I'm guessing that those screws would have been out of it in the first 5 minutes and probably take out the spur once the engine broke free.
But beyond that, its a well made rig. I really like it. Not necessary but I'm OCD when it comes to a few things, is that I will replace all the Philips head screws with hex heads. and may look for a way to replace the e-clip hinge pins. I hate e-clips, especially small ones that are found on 3mm pins.
And I did replace the pull start with the roto start. Its a tight fit to get the starter shaft to the cup....sort of finding a very narrow window between the LR a-arm and axle to get a straight shot at it. I did have to buy the roto start assembly from an online retailer, but found a brand new starter from one of my favorite fleabay chop shops at @ half what the retailers get for them. I'm going to start a new thread on mine once I actually get some run time on it.
But at this point, knowing what HPI builds is decent as anyone else in the same price range, and having some experience with the 4.6 engine. Right now I would recommend it to anyone considering it.
and yeah I have a t maxx and the servo and AA batteries are a junk set up so from experience mine as well start off on the right track
