Kyosho inferno TR-15

[Dunckley77]

I was wondering what you people think about the Kyosho Inferno TR-15 for a first nitro car.

 

[Hypedonrc]

If you want a buggy, get one with a .21 engine. Not to nock the TR-15 though, I've never seen one in action. ust my $.02

 

[petal2thametal]

hiya..

go check www.nitroreview.com look it up in the database.

there is a guy that says this

Good overall car. This was my first ever nitro rc car. Pretty easy to build, and very easy to tune the gs15r. Bearings are a big help, and the aftermarket motor mounts would help get gear mesh better. Engine runs a little hot, and lacks power, but is a great beginners engine. Suspension is unique and very tunable. I recommend the car to anyone.

hope that helped.

personaly iam not so much into offroad .. more onroad . but the car looks nice

cyazz

 

[masterbeavis]

If its the same inferno TR-15 that I have, avoid it. It breaks very easily. The lower control arms pop off fairly easily, and the front suspension breaks the bulkhead assembly on semi bad landings. Parts are non existant for the motor as well, it has been discontinued. There is no aftermarket support for this car, avoid please!! (unless you want mine, tehn I will give you a good deal )

 

[flyp]

new to nitro, but not rc, i bought this for my first nitro considering it was much cheaper than the landmax2 version. After having the same front suspension/bulkhead problems that masterbeav had, i made some minor modification and added some titanium rods, that seemed to have solved the problem so far. The a-arms still pop out of the ball joints after a big hit, but the rest doesn't bend or break anymore.

I also had/have problems with the gs-15 engine. After mucho stalling for no good reason, and horrible acceleration, and a 1/8 buggy still out of reach finacially. I decided to nickel & dime the thing into a worthy rally. I added a two needle carb., better air filter, thicker fuel tubing, tighter clutch springs, metal disk brake, bearings all around, stiffer servo saver spring and better wheels and tire combo.

so I thought she would run like a champ, and the chassis and suspension does really well when the gs-15 runs. But I am still plagued with stalling and tuning problems.

So at the moment, heres my consesus/problems to date:
with the upgrades, the chassis really performs like a rally car, full on throttle 4-wheel drifts, brake induced oversteer, and somewhat predictable handling over minor jumps and bumps. In the dirt, its a blast and maybe not 1/8 buggy performance, but its fun.

Problems: after adding bearings, the brake is too weak. one of the differentials has tight spot making it a little twitchy when off throttle, and unless drifting, it has a horrible turning radius.

But onto the real problems: the engine, i don't have much expieriance, but i would rate this engine as horrible. The car is difficult to tune, and is two entirely different beasts from a full tank of gas to a half tank. Since I love the way it drives, I plan on sticking with the chassis, but will be upgrading the motor, pipe and tank. I'd like to ditch the ball connectors for the front suspension and design/modify my own solution.

Overall, I'm still under budget for an inferno 7.5 w/o engine+ and have a very fast, fun rally car, but if I did it over I would just buy the landmax and upgrade from there.

I wonder if the gs-21 is plagued with the same problems as the gs-15?

 

[kingeightballz]

flyp,
Have you checked out any of the threads on the "uni-flow" fuel tank setup?? I think that if you try this and have any luck you might take care of that self-leaning problem, making her tuneable.

 

[flyp]

thanks for tip kingeightballz, i read all the uniflow threds and will give it try, seems like very low cost solution before I chuck it all.