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Originally Posted by Chrislong
Well thanks mate  glad we (JE) could help. Hope it arrives quickly and let me know just how jealous your neighbour is. Its a fantastic machine, very impressive, if it was mine the time spent with it not running id spend looking at it.  |
You are right it is a fantastic machine. The design is very advanced with push rod suspension etc. Clearly big budgets+heavy R&D were involved in creating it.
Being new to modern RC, the thing that surprised me most was how different it drives to the CAT. It weighs a LOT more and you can really feel that in the controls and how it responds + jumps. I was wondering if it would make the CAT feel redundant, but totally the opposite. I love the way the cat is so light on its feet whereas this is a real bruiser. It just eats up a rutted bit of grassy scrub land where the CAT gets tossed all over the place. In fact I can drive in this area pulling massively long wheelies it is so stable+large+heavy, in contrast the CAT can easily get flipped there unless I get the opp lock in just right when it gets launched sideways etc.
I have it setup with the more conservative spur and 2x 2s 4900 trackpowers. Still more than fast enough for where I was playing and I could make it 20% faster just using the included optional spur. 6S must be insane.
Unfortunately, it took me about 10 mins to break it
broke an outer UJ on the rear axle. This is a little ironic as I bought this car to keep the CAT intact as the CATs custom painted shell was getting battered from bashing. Someone had built up some pretty big jumps at my normal bashing spot and I couldn't resist. I didn't do any terrible landings but half way through I spotted a drive shaft was hanging out... Not sure why it broke although I then realised the wheel nuts weren't tight from the factory - doh!
Anyway love the car, shell is already scratched from sliding along a carpark 3m on its roof. Oh well! Maybe some ARBs would help with that...
Also gonna order some 9000mah 2S SMC packs from the US. Should give me massive run times even if they are a bit heavy. Can then keep the trakpowers for my CAT!