A little top tip from the olden days
Get yourself an old brushed 540 motor and a couple of D cells from you local pound shop
Fit the motor and run the transmission on the bench connected to one D cell (1.5V) for the life of the battery.
swap the wires round and and run it in reverse for the life of the battery
This will give a much gentler run in
Interesting. I'll give this a try next time!.
Does anyone know the spring rates of the stock kit springs?
Also, does anyone have a setup starting point for med-high grip smooth clay?
Been running a Cactus for the past month or two and so far I like it. Mixing it up with some other brands like Kyosho, Losi, Associated, Schumacher and Serpent. So far it's not only keeping up but beating some of them. Ran mid-motor initially on my regular track which is low bite/traction. Performed pretty well. Traction is not as good as those running rear motor but turn in is awesome. Had to to be smooth on throttle and follow the racing line to get the best runs.
Today I just converted it to rear motor. Still getting used to it and tuning it some more. Much more traction in rear motor config and lost only some steering. Great car IMHO!
Here's some slow motion jump action!
The first car (green) is the Cactus, the other two are Serpent SRX-2s.
23-10-2014
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