Very New to the Hobby.....but bought a buggy

[KryptoRoxx]

I don't know if anyone remembers but I was looking to get into the hobby but wasn't sure what truck to get. I've been in Korea for the last couple months and I found a hobby store where they had the DRT and the Inferno. I went ahead and sunk my money into the Inferno 7.5 sport along with everything totaled out to be around $550. All I got were batteries for the receiver, batteries for the controller, fuel, a couple of extra tools to help my fat fingers, some air cleaner oil, glow plug warmer, and a fuel filter. I've read the directions about 5 times about break in and I'm going to stick to it even though I want to see this thing fly. A buddy of mine went ahead and got one too but is there anything else that we should look at getting? I've already considered getting rechargeable battery packs for the receiver and controller, extra set of tires and wheels, and whatever breaks first replacing with titanium. I also love to tinker with stuff so we'll see how that goes.

 

[alien13]

Definitely get the rechargeable receiver pack. And stock up on glow plugs. I try to at least keep two or three on hand. For the controller, I just keep an extra set of batteries in my rc toolbox. Go to a hardware store, and you can look for a plastic toolbox with storage compartments. It's a good place to keep all your tools and spare parts. If you haven't broken it in already, look in the engines forum here, there's directions on how to do the heat cycle break-in, which some argue is a much better way to break-in than the instructions in the book.

Otherwise, have fun and break stuff! You'll never know what parts to keep on hand for sure, until you start breaking them. When you break em, order two of that part, because you'll break it again, and it really sucks to just get out for a bashing session only to break something and be down for a day. Ebay is a good place to find spare parts for cheap.

My solution was to buy a second truggy, although I'm in a position now where I can't run either of them.

 

[KryptoRoxx]

I've got the breaking stuff down pat......damn recoil starter. I'm trying to get away so I can get parts now. I have a halfway good recoil starter and one way bearing. A couple of the dividers on the inside got hung up on the engine shaft and I had to clip them out before it would work again. Then my pull cord came out of the reel so I braced it with a washer on the inside of the reel. Hopefully I can finish up breaking in and actually start driving this thing.

 

[alien13]

You might even want to look into getting a roto start for it if you don't like the pull start.

 

[KryptoRoxx]

Definitely will be looking for a roto start. I would think that you could use a drill the way the one-way bearing is set up but if you could point me in the right direction on the web I have to show the lady at the hobby shop a picture since I live in Japan right now lol.

 

[alien13]

You can use a drill, I've done it, and others I know do as well.