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Can anyone advise please, also driveshaft came undone and part lost at one end, so ordered a metal one to replace.

A space for any questions, tips, tricks, mods and upgrades about the FTX Outlaw. I want to hear any mods or upgrades about this car and would love to share mine. Anyone can participate in this conversation. No questions are dumb and ask heaps. I do not know a lot so this is why I am creating this. Feel free to share your rig and what you have done to it. Also, the no no's of the Outlaw and what not to get. Hope this is helpful.

Hello I have a brushed motor in my FTX outlaw-it's the FTX 550 15T. I also have a LRP vector K7 17.5 motor and a Tamiya TBLE02s ESC. Is this new combo likely to improve my car's speed/performance? Thanks 🙏

Hi everyone! As mentioned in my introduction, I'm new to all things RC and have purchased a FTX Outlaw (Brushed), for my son's 8th birthday. We had a great hour or so out in the back garden and on the tarmac driveway, getting used to the car and marvelling at it's speed, my son was absolutely delighted with the car and quickly got the hang of the basics. He surprised me on how well he caught on to feathering the throttle to keep the car stable on tight turns, we had a blast. It did take a hard knock to the front bumper a few times, once by my over enthusiastic driving and several times by one of his school friends who had happened to pop by, she seemed hell bent on driving it into the kerb at full throttle despite me telling her to be gentle with the trigger. The third time she did it, the bumper fell off, ending our fun for the day. That's our first lesson learnt, don't let people who have no intention of being careful anywhere near it in the future. So the upshot is a broken bumper and a broken chassis plate (sheared at the screw holes), luckily I had spent some time explaining to my son that it's the nature of this hobby that things will break from time to time and its all part of the fun to repair them, so he took it all in his stride. I've done a temporary fix which will work fine for the time being and after some considerable effort of searching I finally found a retailer with the bumper parts in stock, so they should be with us in a couple of days. Everyone seems to be expecting FTX spares stock in May - has there been some supply chain problems? I think I would probably have been a lot more careful if I had known beforehand how rare parts seem to be at the moment. I will upgrade the chassis plate to aluminium asap as the positioning of the screw holes are really close to the edge and although my son's psychotic friend didn't help matters, it looks like that area is generally very weak. Is there any reason to consider the carbon version other than 'bling'? It would be great to hear from fellow Outlaw owners on any tips and upgrade recommendations. Enjoy the weekend everyone! Rhys (49) and Owain (8)

Hi, First time poster and complete newbie here. Just ordered my little lad (10 yo) an FTX Outlaw brushed for Xmas as he’s been wanting a decent RC car for a while. Completely new to this but based on what he wants (looks, speed etc) and what he wants it to do I settled on the brushed Outlaw as it looked like a decent spec for the money we wanted to spend. I’m already thinking about battery life and upgrades and thinking about buying an additional battery in anticipation. I’ve had a quick look and it seems like Lipo is the way to go but being a complete novice not sure if it’ll just be plug and play or if there’s something else I need to think about. Any hints, tips or suggestions (product wise or otherwise) would be great. Thanks in advance 👍🏼

Hi, does anyone have any information about a spur gear upgrade for the ftx outlaw? I have had the car for about 4 weeks and I’m on my 3rd already!! 😩😩 cheers!