I sold my savage flux to help fund buying one and picked it up last week. The first new RC I've had since 2018.
I replaced the motor/esc with a MMX/2200kv sensored system as well as the receiver to spektrum since that's what I run in everything. I'll leave the stock servo for now.
I've put a set of RC Station 3.8" LP wheels/tires on it off my stampede as they put too much strain on that. Now that I have a proper 4S machine, I can dial the stampede back a bit so it's less likely to destroy itself.
05/17/2021 - When I got it:
05/19/2021 - By Wednesday, I had the red widemax kit installed and started installing the MMX/2200kv system:
05/20/2021 - Thursday I put the RC Station wheels/tires on it:
05/22/2021 - By Saturday, my NHX dual fan cooler showed up as did my 3 port servo splitter for the fans:
05/23/2021 - Yesterday, the tube of E6000 showed up, so I meshed/goo'd the body in hopes to help it last longer:
The duct brand mesh tape sucks. Doesn't stay put at all. When this body gets messed up, I'll likely replace it with a probodyrc body as I've had really good luck with those the past couple of years on other trucks.
For now, I'm sticking with stock gearing, 24/50. The RC Station tires are a bit larger OD than stock, so I should get similar speeds with the 2200kv vs the stock 2400kv.
If the tires/wheels hold up, I'll likely get a black set as the orange is just jarring to look at with the "red" maxx. Wish they had had orange in stock, then it would have looked better.
I have a couple liperior 4S 65C packs coming this week that I'll be using in it. I had to dremel out the battery bay to fit my lipo's in it that I built out of old hobbystar 6200mah 3S packs that I've been running in my stampede. I have a couple 3S 65C liperior's and they didn't fit either without modifying the chassis a bit. I'm assuming the 65C 4S liperior's will be similar width.
These are the tires compared to stock, 3.8" trenchers and 2.8" trenchers for reference:
I did buy a full set of axle carriers/c-hubs as take offs on ebay. I know the c-hubs are weak in the front, so figured it would be a good idea to have a set on hand.
I haven't driven it yet. Well, I haven't bashed it yet. I ran it in my parking lot a couple days ago at 10pm after finalizing the electronics installation. I have the punch on the mmx set to 75% (which for castle means 75% limited, so 25% punch). I'll likely leave it at that for now since I still have the plastic axles. I'm not sure how they will hold up, but after having the v1 e-revo with plastic axles for 3 years on 4S, I'd imagine these will hold up as well as they look similar in size. Will find out I guess.
When installing the widemaxx kit, they suggested increasing the rear oil to 50wt. After reading some posts at traxxas forum, it seems that 50wt front/70wt rear is a good all around setup for jumping while not being overly stiff, so I may change to that before next weekend. The front does feel very under dampened.
I replaced the motor/esc with a MMX/2200kv sensored system as well as the receiver to spektrum since that's what I run in everything. I'll leave the stock servo for now.
I've put a set of RC Station 3.8" LP wheels/tires on it off my stampede as they put too much strain on that. Now that I have a proper 4S machine, I can dial the stampede back a bit so it's less likely to destroy itself.
05/17/2021 - When I got it:
05/19/2021 - By Wednesday, I had the red widemax kit installed and started installing the MMX/2200kv system:
05/20/2021 - Thursday I put the RC Station wheels/tires on it:
05/22/2021 - By Saturday, my NHX dual fan cooler showed up as did my 3 port servo splitter for the fans:
05/23/2021 - Yesterday, the tube of E6000 showed up, so I meshed/goo'd the body in hopes to help it last longer:
The duct brand mesh tape sucks. Doesn't stay put at all. When this body gets messed up, I'll likely replace it with a probodyrc body as I've had really good luck with those the past couple of years on other trucks.
For now, I'm sticking with stock gearing, 24/50. The RC Station tires are a bit larger OD than stock, so I should get similar speeds with the 2200kv vs the stock 2400kv.
If the tires/wheels hold up, I'll likely get a black set as the orange is just jarring to look at with the "red" maxx. Wish they had had orange in stock, then it would have looked better.
I have a couple liperior 4S 65C packs coming this week that I'll be using in it. I had to dremel out the battery bay to fit my lipo's in it that I built out of old hobbystar 6200mah 3S packs that I've been running in my stampede. I have a couple 3S 65C liperior's and they didn't fit either without modifying the chassis a bit. I'm assuming the 65C 4S liperior's will be similar width.
These are the tires compared to stock, 3.8" trenchers and 2.8" trenchers for reference:
I did buy a full set of axle carriers/c-hubs as take offs on ebay. I know the c-hubs are weak in the front, so figured it would be a good idea to have a set on hand.
I haven't driven it yet. Well, I haven't bashed it yet. I ran it in my parking lot a couple days ago at 10pm after finalizing the electronics installation. I have the punch on the mmx set to 75% (which for castle means 75% limited, so 25% punch). I'll likely leave it at that for now since I still have the plastic axles. I'm not sure how they will hold up, but after having the v1 e-revo with plastic axles for 3 years on 4S, I'd imagine these will hold up as well as they look similar in size. Will find out I guess.
When installing the widemaxx kit, they suggested increasing the rear oil to 50wt. After reading some posts at traxxas forum, it seems that 50wt front/70wt rear is a good all around setup for jumping while not being overly stiff, so I may change to that before next weekend. The front does feel very under dampened.
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