New Revo Owner

[MetalMan]

They were bent.

[Sylvester]

Oh ok. Hopefully George gets some of his new ones out soon to fix it!:)

[neweuser]

Originally Posted by Sylvester

Oh ok. Hopefully George gets some of his new ones out soon to fix it!:)

he told me March first for the new G3 stuff, or there around.

[jnev]

Maybe I should wait longer for the G3 stuff to come out before starting my e-revo. Because I have got all the time in the world (not really) lol.

[neweuser]

March is only a month away. I think it'll be worth waiting IMO.

[MetalMan]

Well, the Revo is great! I was able to take it to the local 1/8 outdoor track today. It was a pretty similar layout to how it was about 9 months ago when I was last there, but a bit more technical. Before I left, I built my second 5s2p A123 pack. That way, I could run the truck and charge at the same time.

After the first few laps, I somehow managed to break the front left red aluminum P1/P2/LT pushrod. At the LHS there was only a set of steel ones, so I ran that. Once I got back, and got used to the track layout, I was flying through the track (relative to my lack of driving experience/skills). I went through 2-3 sets of batteries, about 30mins of runtime total. Toward the end of my time there, the MM ESC started thermalling, even with the fan still blowing air on it. However, there aren't any holes in the body except the mount holes and the antenna hole. Other than those two problems, all went well :).

[BrianG]

Good! Glad to hear you had fun! Those pushrods can take quite a beating unless they somehow get hit. Or, if the suspension is too soft, the shocks will bottom out on a good lump (or landing on one wheel first) and something will break - either the shock rod ends or the pushrods.

So, are those A123 packs working well? 10 minutes per pack isn't bad...

What were the temps of the MM when it started thermaling?

[MetalMan]

I'm not quite sure what the runtime was, it might have been 15mins for all I know. Time flies when you're having fun... And mentally laughing at the nitro guys panicing when their trucks land upside down :D.

I have no idea what the temps on the MM were. The driver's stand is pretty tall and kind of out of the way of the track, so by the time I would get to the truck it would already be cooled by the fan. I just waited a few seconds each time it cut out for the fan to cool it down. Passive cooling is a must, and the body will have ventilation holes before I drive the Revo next time.

[BP-Revo]

I take it you hit Hot Box? Glad to hear it was fun. How was your suspension? At SoCal I noticed it was slightly soft.

I'm hoping to get the stupid chassis fixed to I can hit it with my G2R...it sounds awesome.

Do you think the track would be Jato friendly? I'm thinking of getting some good tires on it and trying it out there...the power:weight ratio would make it fun as hell hehe...

[MetalMan]

I don't remember if I put on the stiffer springs on the rear before I took it to SoCal, but the Revo did seem to have pretty decent suspension for Hot Box. Of course, I'm not nearly an expert at setting up a car/truck, but it did pretty well.

If you do take your Jato out there, make sure to bring some tires that can dig deep. Much of the top layer of dirt is rather loose, causing loss of traction in some areas. The Revo lost traction in some areas where I wished it would have hooked up, and this was while running Crime Fighters. I guess I should have checked to see what the other guys were running. Maybe next time :).

[BP-Revo]

I was thinking of running the new Alias tires that come on the Rustler. They are more like BowTies.

I guess maybe I'll try something like Lugnuts or Step Pins with some Edges up front.

As for my G2R, the Response have longer pins that are more widely spaced than my CF's, so they should work pretty well there.