Sit rep:
Took the truck out after work on Saturday afternoon, spent 3 hours having a great time blasting back and forth in the local park; as luck would have it, the grass had been cut a few days previous so that made life easier on the Gmaxx. That said, it still did its grass-collecting routine, so much fun was had de-grassing the chassis and wheels every so often, the esc too ( I need to find some old tights.... ). Lots and lots of people stopped by and asked their usual questions, even a nice posh old lady who commented her Croquet lawn would be perfect as the grass is kept very short ( don't tempt me... :D ), and was very interested when I told her about the r/c trucks similar to mine that are used in theaters of war for detonating IEDs and roadside bombs. I did have to politely turn down a young lad who wanted to steer the truck, seemed to understand the issue with me being 'upset' if something happened when he was driving though which makes a change to the usual whine or grunt / hmph of disappointment.
Damage report:
3 stripped hexes and 2 stripped rims- seems I didn't install some metal 17mm hexes when I bought these new wheels & tires, could have sworn I did. Stripped the left rear, so swapped it with the front left, then stripped it twice more :D
Luckily by the time I ran out of hex adaptors to ruin I has pretty much ran down my last pair of batteries so I called it a day. The 1518 motor behaved excellently, never got over about 130°F, the esc though did reach ~160°F at one point due to being filled with grass and the fan jamming up ( old V1 MMM with the fan that runs constantly ). I just took a cooling down break for 5 minutes every so often and removed all the built-up grass from the esc and chassis, then went back at it for another 10-15 minutes. It was also the hottest day of the year too- I recorded my head at 103°F at one point, didn't help having the sun in my face the whole time ( must bring sun shades in future + cool drink ).
I do have some video to process, but here are a few damage pictures for the time being ( click for full size ):
It's like 'going, going, gone'...
