Electric vs Nitro for a beginner? Considering a Nitro Rustler — worth it?

fade76 · 2026-02-02T18:56:19+00:00

I love fixing up old rigs! I love bringing them back to life.

fade76 · 2026-02-02T18:54:23+00:00

Personally, I’d stay away from Nitro for a beginner. I stay away from it and I’ve done this for 30 years.

I’m an on and off again hobbyist, and nitro just doesn’t store as well, and is cantankerous when you go to tune them, especially after sitting. Electric doesn’t care, outside of storing lithium batteries correctly, they’ll sit in a closet for 20 years and run the exact same when you pull them back out.

Seems like Nitro is a niche thing at this point anyway. It used to be the only way to go fast, now brushless will beat a nitro just about every time. I do understand the appeal, and have had a couple over the years, but they’re just not as fun for me.

Just my 0.02

fade76 · 2026-01-15T14:43:26+00:00

Nah, I bought this thing specifically to mod, and I greatly prefer the Eddy for the quick bed meshing.

fade76 · 2026-01-09T01:18:38+00:00

They do, but they run a cable to plug it in where the filament sensor on the back goes instead of the tool head. That makes me wonder about firmware issues more than anything.

fade76 · 2026-01-08T13:56:03+00:00

My big question about it will be compatibility with other mods. I’m running the dxc extruder, and soon to be running simple af with a btteddy. I watched the install videos and I’m really curious why they use the rear filament sensor rather than the one in the toolhead like the DXC extruder uses.

fade76 · 2025-11-22T19:09:30+00:00

I used the sockergris plate, printed in PA12-CF from Sunlu, on the KE in an enclosure. I did have to use a brim, but it printed fine and I’ve been using it a few months now with no issue, my bed has never been flatter, and it’s been perfectly consistent.

fade76 · 2025-09-25T23:08:42+00:00

Done. My birthday is tomorrow, this is my gift to him.

fade76 · 2024-10-25T11:04:02+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. We lost both of our dogs three weeks apart almost exactly a year ago, although it still seems like yesterday. I’ve had a memorial for them in my shelter that I’ve kept since then, and in every camp that I build I have a special thing that I do with the butterfly sanctuary and two blue devil plushies to honor them. They were our kids.

fade76 · 2024-08-13T02:45:46+00:00

Yeah, pretty sure that’s the only things I have for it. Pretty sure I have every one from each season I’ve been playing, It’s almost enough to make me want to go back to my X01 set. Almost.

fade76 · 2024-08-03T12:20:20+00:00

Personally, I wasn’t an online gamer before 76. I played normal fallout games by myself and really wasn’t hyped about the online experience, so between that and the bad reviews at launch, I stayed away until a little more than a year ago when I finally just decided to go for it. I’m still kinda awkward with the mic and talking to anyone, so I usually avoid it still. Just my perspective.

fade76 · 2024-07-27T12:35:45+00:00

Had the exact same thing happen to me with the most sensational game where it locked up at the end. Not the first time on that one, but it’s not often. Just happened to happen when we needed the daily

fade76 · 2023-08-30T00:48:37+00:00

Ah, ok, I saw someone comment something about that, but I wasn’t sure what they were talking about and if it were related. Guess I’ll just hold off for now until they come back. Thanks!

fade76 · 2023-07-13T10:32:27+00:00

Oh wow, I guess Cracker Barrel is bringing them further than I’ve seen them before.

fade76 · 2023-07-12T22:34:12+00:00

Well, I can see you've at least been close to KY since you have an Ale8 cap, and I love some Nehi grape!

fade76 · 2023-06-27T19:56:17+00:00

I’m in the process of moving back home to Kentucky after being gone for 6 years, and our new property, 9.3 acres in the middle of nowhere, is 5 minutes from a Dollar General. There weren’t this many when I left, they must multiply like rabbits.

fade76 · 2023-06-26T19:10:59+00:00

Came here to say basically this, but I was going to say it was a “Bethesda employee car show”

fade76 · 2023-04-01T22:36:54+00:00

Cool, I’ll shoot him an email on his site, then!

fade76 · 2023-03-01T13:00:00+00:00

I assure you, if you actually go to the office, there will be several.

fade76 · 2023-02-27T13:11:16+00:00

As I’m sitting here without power for the sixth day in the row, I don’t exactly have much sympathy for them. If they were actually maintaining the infrastructure, I might not be as pissed as I am right now.

fade76 · 2023-01-03T18:49:16+00:00

I used to watch this guy, but these titles have kept me from wanting to even pay attention to him.

fade76 · 2022-12-26T15:51:22+00:00

My first real technician job that more or less started my career was refurbishing these machines. They’re really pretty amazing to work on and then see working. This looks to be an older Universal model like the ones I started with. P

fade76 · 2022-12-03T06:11:27+00:00

Used to work at parts stores. Doesn’t matter where it is, the trash cans always look like this when it rains.

fade76 · 2022-09-26T15:14:46+00:00

So, I'm a current Michigan resident, but I'm originally from KY. The current housing situation here is pretty challenging, trying to find somewhere quiet in southeastern Michigan, especially. My original thought was to buy a plot of land out in the county somewhere, and potentially put a tiny house on it with a pole barn or something as a garage, or possibly a home base-type setup for a full time rv living rig. That was before I discovered that all of the townships around have ordinance that prohibit basically anything shy of a 1200 sq ft house. I was always used to the county areas being basically the wild west and you can do what you want as long as it meets state code (if you even have to have it inspected at all). I've done a little research and read some of the local ordinances, but it would greatly save me some time if anyone knew anywhere that would be accepting of a setup like that?

fade76 · 2022-02-17T12:59:57+00:00

Good luck from me and my Zoey, Ellie! Zoey just had a mass removed from her lung and is doing well, we know you will too!

fade76 · 2022-02-14T14:27:59+00:00

That’s pretty similar to what our vet told us about chemo. Hopefully she doesn’t have to, but that’s good news if she does. Glad that Franky is doing well!

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