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Hi all,
Few observations when I pulled my new HPI 4.6 Truggy out of the box. These are in no way complaints and just informational.
I found it requires a bit of work to get it RTR ready which I am not used to when I have bought Team Associated and Traxxas RTRs. My past experience with these 2 companies they are almost fully ready to run out of the Box.
I first adjusted my shocks with spacers so the suspension arms sat level to the ground this is a normal adjustment with any new RTR. I will probably change the shock positions so they require less spacers and feel out the handling of the stock setup after the break in the engine than feel it out on the track.
The Truggy needed some major suspension tuning after I centered the steering Servo with the radio. This is normal with all RTRs and not a huge deal.
I had to turn the turnbuckle on the servo linkage quite a bit to get the steering linkage centered so my end points on the steering linkage were equal on both sides. Then I had to tweak the toe in really far in on one side because it looked like Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein
The other side was a fairly minor adjustment and little bit of a toe out adjusting to get it to 0 degrees because it also was little off.
I did not have to adjust the Camber settings they were already set at 90 degrees on both the front and rear. There is no toe in or out settings on the rear which is OK since many R/Cs have it preset on the suspension arms. I like to have this adjustment for rear traction on different track conditions but not necessary.
Now I am wondering how am I going to replace the 4 cell Alkaline battery pack with a NiMH 5 cell battery hump pack? What bugs me is I will have to solder some stuff because HPI has not gone to the universal cell pack connector on their On/Off Switch and I do not know of any Hump Packs that will plug into this older design.
I will have to test to see if one fits in the waterproof battery box. I have one laying around but have not got to that point yet since I always start with the suspension settings first before I perform the engine break in procedure.
I do find HPI engine breakin different than other engine manufactures. HPI suggests you run the engine on a stand for the first tank idling. It would take forever to burn thru a tank of fuel.
Almost all other Engine Manufactures say perform 1/4 throttle runs on the first and second tank. Then run half throttle on the third. 3/4 Throttle on the forth and never hit full throttle until the 5th tank. I will use the suggested method from other engine manufacturers.
Few observations when I pulled my new HPI 4.6 Truggy out of the box. These are in no way complaints and just informational.
I found it requires a bit of work to get it RTR ready which I am not used to when I have bought Team Associated and Traxxas RTRs. My past experience with these 2 companies they are almost fully ready to run out of the Box.
I first adjusted my shocks with spacers so the suspension arms sat level to the ground this is a normal adjustment with any new RTR. I will probably change the shock positions so they require less spacers and feel out the handling of the stock setup after the break in the engine than feel it out on the track.
The Truggy needed some major suspension tuning after I centered the steering Servo with the radio. This is normal with all RTRs and not a huge deal.
I had to turn the turnbuckle on the servo linkage quite a bit to get the steering linkage centered so my end points on the steering linkage were equal on both sides. Then I had to tweak the toe in really far in on one side because it looked like Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein
The other side was a fairly minor adjustment and little bit of a toe out adjusting to get it to 0 degrees because it also was little off.I did not have to adjust the Camber settings they were already set at 90 degrees on both the front and rear. There is no toe in or out settings on the rear which is OK since many R/Cs have it preset on the suspension arms. I like to have this adjustment for rear traction on different track conditions but not necessary.
Now I am wondering how am I going to replace the 4 cell Alkaline battery pack with a NiMH 5 cell battery hump pack? What bugs me is I will have to solder some stuff because HPI has not gone to the universal cell pack connector on their On/Off Switch and I do not know of any Hump Packs that will plug into this older design.
I will have to test to see if one fits in the waterproof battery box. I have one laying around but have not got to that point yet since I always start with the suspension settings first before I perform the engine break in procedure.
I do find HPI engine breakin different than other engine manufactures. HPI suggests you run the engine on a stand for the first tank idling. It would take forever to burn thru a tank of fuel.
Almost all other Engine Manufactures say perform 1/4 throttle runs on the first and second tank. Then run half throttle on the third. 3/4 Throttle on the forth and never hit full throttle until the 5th tank. I will use the suggested method from other engine manufacturers.
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