Dont buy the RTR or any for that matter unless your a brand noob. You spend way more upgrading it and getting it the way you want after the initial purchase. The best way is to buy a great used TKI3 or spec A or TKI2 even. It does kinda hurt saying this because its still a Kyosho- but the RTR is junk like 95% of RTR products theres no way around it. Its cheap plastic and stamped crap aluminum.