Urgent Help!!! Which Is The Best Monster Truck Kit?

[NitroRookie]

Which one of these kits should I get ?

1) Nitro RS4 MT 4WD w/15FE Kit
2) Mad Force 21 4WD w/GS-21R
3) Nitro Quake 4WD 1/8 w/Engine

P.S. Please keep in mind that the R/C will be mainly used has a Backyard Basher. The main requirements for the Kit are.

1) It has to be Durable.
2) It has to have a reliable engine.
3) It has to have a good manual.

Can you answer these questions as well.

What Radio should I get ?

What Fail-safe should I get ?

What servo's should I get ?

And what ever else I forgot to ask about.

[Mook9304]

Go with the mad force my brother has one and the nitro quake . I had one those and my engine lock up on me and I broke a lot of parts .

[fezzy]

MadForce! Out of the trucks you've listed its easily the best one.

You may want to consider the MP or Dominator too though, But they don't have that great a manual! (Ok Its terrible)!

Stay away from the NMT, I just sold mine... Weak, Expensive, Slow.. But the 15FE was the most reliable engine i have ever owned.

Radio eh? Well the Airtronics MX-3 has had nothing but praise, its cheap but LOADED with EVERY feature you will EVER need, Servo wise it depends what truck you go for. With the Madforce I'd say you need a Hitec HS645MG at least, it'l do the job but if you have the bigger budget to spend then spend it, The best servo you can get is one made by Airtronics.... 358 i believe it is and has 200oz of torque, however its just over $100. If you can't afford that much then settle for a Hitec HS5945 Digital or even a Hitec HS5645 (I use this servo with EK4 Tyres and it is brilliant). Whichever radio/servo's you choose MAKE SURE That your running them at 6 Volts, 6 Volt batteries are relatively in-expensive and easily make up there value within a couple of months because of not having to buy new AA's all the time, it will also give you much longer run time & more torque and more speed to your servos.

[NitroRookie]

Will the servo that comes with the MX-3 Radio have enough torque if I use it for the Throttle and brakes.

[rcjughead]

depends on what kinda torque it has and if it has metal gears instead of that plastic crap. if its got plastic gears expect to buy another servo. when you do make sure that it has metal gears. you can get a digital hitec servo with 153 oz/torque for 53.94 from tower hobbies and it has metal gears.

[Skribble]

Stay away from the NMT, I just sold mine... Weak, Expensive, Slow.. But the 15FE was the most reliable engine i have ever owned.Aw, c'mon now. I was just thinking about getting the NMT Racer. :( My LHS won't let me frickin' race a Dominator with the T-Maxxes, and the other track that is like 30 minutes away doesn't have any Maxx/MT racers. :mad: But they'll let anyone race. Last Friday they had a 19° Mod Class, and it was bascially unlimited. Two 4WD buggies, and like three 2WD Trucks. :o