I would have to say that although the car is a beautiful piece of engineering, the only thing that let the car down was the manual.
I've been racing for over 30 years and have built RC cars from probably all the major manufacturers and to be honest the Durango manual left a lot to be desired, espceially when you are spending over £450 on the kit!
What helped me a huge amount during the build was to use the Durango manual in conjunction with the fantastic step by step build article onn this oOple web site. There were some nice build tips that helped me along.
Also there were issues with parts being in the wrong bags which left me head scratching for a while during a couple of the build sections.
I haven't run the car in anger yet but it certainly looks well built and I have faith that it will perform well too.
As far as manuals go, I think Xray currently offer the very best in terms of build manuals and the supportive documentation about setup has been invaluable. I think the guys at Durango should follow suit and spend a little time on sorting out their documentation and their quality control in the picking/packing department.
Can't wait to launch the car off the start line
, though I'm going to have a wait until March at least so I can get a bigger bodyshell as I can't get all my electrics under the tight fitting kit version
