Just gave my son his XRT this past Sunday at his birthday party. He immediately took it out into the 2 acre yard and started making passes. After a dozen or so high speed passes he said, "dad where can I go to jump it?". I said, "son there's a big mulch pile at the end of the driveway that we haven't spread yet, why don't you go try that?". Then I went and got my XRT and joined him for the next 2 hours.
He got his DJI drone out at some point and videoed some of our jumps and bashing so we do have some of this on tape that I can share with the group, so hopefully when he's home from school today I'll be able to get some of that posted. He's very much hooked on this hobby and the choice of the XRT was a good one! These things make excellent bashers, are very durable, and are very quick! They do tend to overheat but that's a byproduct of driving style which we'll need to remedy with upgraded cooling equipment (oh well, it's a reasonable thing to need to upgrade).
I did end up ordering 2 PP Monster T servos which will arrive tomorrow. My son and I will have a work day this weekend to install those as well as new captive suspension pins which he got from my brother as a birthday present and aluminum bellcrank steering parts and servo horns. I gave him a tool box and parts bin as well as RC tools so he now has an RC Spares box. Whenever he goes bashing now he knows to take his "box" with him and anytime something breaks we'll just say, "go get the box" and he'll know what is meant. "The box" will be well organized with spare parts and all the needed tools to wrench of the cars in the field and in the shop.
It's really fun being back in the hobby. It's even more fun having a son who is interested in the hobby and seeing the glimmer in his eye just like I used to have!
One last comment. When I got my truck out to run with him he looked at my controller and said, "Hey dad, why don't I get one of those!?!" I just laughed as I held onto my FlySky NB4+ Transmitter.... maybe one day son... maybe one day...
