Originally Posted by
loaba
If you take care of your stuff then it shouldn't be a problem. A good 120a ESC from Hobbyking starts at $80.00. I'd look at that and then do some comparison shopping.
If this is your first RC, then yes, you will break stuff. That's just par for the course. But it does get better after time.
The one that died on me 3 weeks ago was the $80 120A trackstar from hobbyking.
It was probably used for 1 hour before it died. The guy I bought it from said he ran it 10 min, and I believe him; there wasn't a scratch on the chassis!
Maybe try a slash 4x4? If you want something that does a little of everything, it'll do just fine. It is pretty fast stock, and can be very fast. It can be raced. It can be crawled, in the way that a real pick-up truck can be a rock crawler.
And back to brushed...if you are going to take it on a trail and do crawling, you want brushed! The brushed motors still available exist for crawling! And what, they're $15-$20 for a 13.5T?
Buy what you like. Don't be discouraged by people who like something different! Crawling is slow, brushless buggies are fast. You will never get the best of both in the same vehicle.