caster rtr truggy ..

[shaun m]

Originally Posted by BRS

With all the terrible weather my lads not had chance to give the Caster rtr Truggy a good run. Hes had a little mess under cover in an area too small really. It seems bloody quick but we'll see once on a proper track.

The pinion was wearing very fast (even only after 5min use), didnt look like it had been hardened so I replaced it with a Losi one off ebay.

The servo saver is to soft you end up with no steering even with what looks like a decent tension on the spring, had to wind it right up.

Many of the screws on the car were loose & no lock tight so thats something to do if you have one before you run it.

The body is like toffee, practicaly split from nose to tail on his first bump

Thats all for now will report back once its been used in anger

Originally Posted by BRS

Quick update now for you on the Caster Truggy....

First time driven in anger on the track on dry Astro, 2nd lap of practise my son did a 6 ft double jump hit the break to hard flipped the truck over it landed square on its roof. Nothing you havent done before it got marshalled and had lost all drive. Took it back to the table and the front centre drive shaft was rolling around loose inside...strange?

Chassis bent like a bananna!! Must be made of lead I bent it back over the edge of the table as best i could and re fitted the drive shaft. He managed to do a couple of heats before the truck slowed, batterys charged no power, either the Hobbywing esc or motor is gone...

NO MATTER HOW CHEAP DONT BUY ONE

i dont understand how unhappy you are with the caster .. ive had mine for a few months now its been used for most weekends since ive had it ...

mine has been used on my local track and on astro turf , been taken over the 4ft high jump and it lands without hassle at about 30-40ft away ,it runs with a 2650kv motor and it goes like stink

yes like with all cars they need checking and thread locking , the servo saver is loose but again , once its tightened up its ok ... and im still on the original pinion ....

but hey i must have had a good one ... its soo good i have the caster fusion aswell ...

both of my casters love eating losi's and alike for breakfast ...