Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianG
I certainly do not place myself on the same level as the newbs at the Trx forums, but I do consider myself more of a normal/typical hobbyist. The people that tinker and mod and complain about failed results (and also about a voided warranty as a result) are children (or act like such). A mature adult would decide if a mod was justified and accept the risks.
And no, I do not have any spare ESCs, motors, etc. The only spare electronic components I have are stock radios I remove from RTRs in favor of a Spek rx. Over the last 3-4 years I've been into this hobby, I have only blown one motor, and that was due to using a too-loose CD in my Revo.
I guess I just had a problem with your apparent lack of empathy for those who do not (or can not) purchase several spares "just in case". I know where you're coming from, but that is a elitist attitude and is not conducive to encouraging new people into the hobby. But that's just my opinion.
|
Valid point.. Coming off as "elitist" wasn't my goal nor do I want to be considered such. The point was.. If you aren't 100% confident in tinkering/modding/etc.. to the point you CAN accept the consequences of a voided warranty.. then you SHOULD side to the conservative approach.. Have an extra so that you CAN still play while you send a failed unit in for repair, or be OK with sitting out for a time while you send your only unit on for repairs. You can't moan at the company that makes the ESC or whatever the device is for enforcing a logical approach to warranty coverage. If you open it... and they can see you damaged it from opening.. or evenif they wanted to just flat out say... You open it.. warranty voided... is entirely justified.
Not to compare something on really different scales.. But look at Stock Car racing.. There are the teams that have the cash for bring a ton of extra parts, cars, etc to the track to deal with failures, crashes, etc, and can run the bleeding line and not worry if they blow something up in practice or qualifying to gain an edge.. as they have a back up... then there are teams that don't and have to deal with the reality of protecting what they have, not abusing it, crashing it, or otherwise at the peril of making race day.
Hobby's are expensive.. and if you are running RC and BL... you are investing a fair amount of money into the hobby... and we ALL know the BL stuff tends to run on the edge and push limits. It's to your enjoyment benefit to have the ability to invest a little more and be able ot keep playing when the nearly inevitable failures happen.