lol, sounds like fun. i would suggest spending the 20 bucks or so and getting a failsafe to prevent any future incidents. i had a car get completely totaled right after i dropped 150 bucks into a bigger engine for it because the batteries in the receiver died. it hit a metal / concrete pole in a parking lot, it broke everything including my new engine. so now i run a fail safe in my nitros. only way to go after seeing what can happen if it takes off without control.
get it running and get some videos though