Ansmann XT Pro Stadium Truck KIT Build

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Hello,

So, i've got Ansmann XT Pro 2wd Stadium Truck KIT.
Model is going to be used for training with mild brushless system (540, 30A, 3500kv). Since I am a beginner, I am racing in standard class with my modified Mad Rat (with 23T brushed motors).

Servo is going to be a budget HXT 10kg with metal gears from HobbyKing. Tyres: rear Proline Caliber, front Proline Ribbed. Batteries: various lipo from HobbyKing and LRP Ni-mh. Also I won't be using stock dished rims. I will use some shiny HPI stadium truck rims

I just absolutely love building kits, because they create half of happyness of this hobby I got it very cheap here in Lithuania (about 70 pounds). I like the model because of its nice features: quality aluminium shocks, carbon fiber reinforced plastic, adjustable turnbuckles, rubber shielded ball bearings and so on. Model comes without tyres and with clear polycarbonate body.

Box and its contents:





Typical 2wd model front suspension:



Carbon fiber reinforced plastic:



One of the first problems I got, were the very soft screw heads. I have stripped a lot of them, maybe because I didn't have the top notch screwdiver. I have replaced them with silvery phillips headed ones (since I couldn't find any black ones with hex sockets in my city). I didn't want to order them from ebay, since I can get simple ones three times cheaper in local hardware shop.



Servo saver - good thing. Alse the steering assembly feels quite strudy.






These "pillows" are nice for protecting and cleaning up the ball heads. I would like to get some aluminum hubs and other hop-ups, but they are too expensive. It seems, that Ansmann is not a very popular manufacturer (like AE or Traxxas) and I can't get cheap hop ups from China. So I will leave the stock plastic parts, because the high price won't cover up the benefit.

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Turnbuckles:



Front suspension:

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Pretty good ball diff. Balls are not ceramic, but with the next maintenance, I will put in some ceramic (black) diff balls.




Complete diff:




Gearbox:

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Aluminium motor mount:




Quite nice quality slipper clutch:



Rear shock tower and braces:




Rear suspension:



Stripped screws were replaced with silvery ones

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Place for motor:





Everything in place. I love the CVD's in this model .

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Shocks. I put 25wt to rear, and 30wt to front. Shock quality is very good. Shocks use bladder (I prefer it more over emulsion shocks). They feel just right for this model, a little on the soft side. It's just a pity, that there is only one set of pistons and springs