I just put my new RC8Be kit together this past weekend, but didn't get a chance to run it yet. Received the kit on Friday afternoon at 4 pm and pulled an all-nighter to finish up everything which included kit build, tire gluing, electronics install, configure & test, and finished with painting the body at 4am. Hey, when you have a 1 year old kid, the only free time is when he's sleeping .

I went with the Tekin RX8/1900kv combo, and an Orion 4S 40C 5100 mAh hard case Lipo. Based on some research here, I went with a 19 tooth pinion to start.

This is my first electric 1/8 scale buggy and I was a bit surprised to see a plastic spur gear. Is there a good reason the kit doesn't use a metal spur gear like it's nitro cousin?

I also own an RC8B nitro so I should have plenty of spare parts on hand. Are there any parts specific to the electric version that I should have on hand as spares?