The Kraken Vesla.5 is ALIVE!!!

[H.D.]

Finally got the vesla and Taylor 46 done ! Taylor chassis ,braces , tranny case , lay shaft , black one gears , Taylor pipe , brp spikes , Taylor suspension arms, darn thing makes a mess of things where ever it goes

 

[luke66]

looks sick!

 

[Tunedfrog]

I love it....

 

[H.D.]

I got a free set of mad max tires from ddm , I'll put them on front , also I'm having a glitch problem with it , I'm trying to sort out , changed , all electrical , and now I'm waiting on a servo from kraken rc , it keeps going to full throttle, scary thing , when not tied to a bench ,,,,,jeeeeze !!! That goodness for Killswitches ! Then I had to run it back twords me to get the Killswitch to work , wow ! Scarey thing but I pulled her around and saved the day , well,,,, saved my money pit I geuss to say

 

[9x19]

Nicely done!

 

[RELIC01]

Then there's this version,,,, had a few problems right out of the box , the stock motor just heats up and burns up , it went on the second run ! I talked with kraken rc ,they were great about it , sent me a new motor right away , but it heated up also , got back with them and they sent me a motor capable of 12s , I put that in and it's a great runner now , so good that I've broke three arms and a carrier so far , I've told them about how there parts are waaaaaay to brittle , he sent me a 40% off coupon if I wanted to upgrade to metal arms and carriers , I did that and the savings were huge, great company ! Been with them from there beginning , and it's always gone just great with them , he even sent me steel tranny gears for free to test out on the gas vesla , I exsploded those on my first run with the Taylor 46 , so just letting folks know ,,, there a great company,at least from my experiences

 

[RELIC01]

We have winter setting in , today was 42° and clear , I took the taylor46 vesla out today , that thing is insane ! I finally was able to confirm , it really needs thicker oil in those shocks , the e version I have is perfect for the weight of it , but the gasser is really in need of the change

 

[RELIC01]

Until the metal front bulkheads are available , you will find that , reinforcing where the steering bracket goes to the bulkhead , is in very bad need of some hermetically placed jb weld , sand it clean it , drowned it ! I've broke two in the same place , and this one broke on first stock screw being administered!! , I drilled all holes very slightly also , just passing this more bad news about kraken plastics

 

[Tunedfrog]

The Kraken Vekta.5 is my dream car. I want to build one so much.

 

[RELIC01]

Good parts are just now coming available, I did a gas and electric after selling a bunch of stuff, they are a great platform for sure !

 

[Tunedfrog]

Unfortunately between Christmas and buying kayak tags, fishing licenses, camper tags and restalking fishing equipment for 2024, building a Vekta.5 isn't happening any time soon.

 

[RELIC01]

I used to be the same , dedicated elk hunter for centuries, until government ruined it , to old to dirt bile anymore sold all my bikes, still got the ski boat , it's great for rc boats , but I'm a rc addicted fool these days , but I really feel I'm done buying new stuff , it all need to be improved so much to do what I do , I'll just fix the things I got , it's fun doing that stuff , always been a fixer guy SOOOOO,,,,,