Devin

What diff? I don't think you shim the gear diff.
Is it a new gearbox and idler gears? My used dex210 was good all around but my brand new DEST210 gearbox was garbage in 4 gear. Would not spin freely at all. I went to 3 gear and fully smooth. Turns out I liked it better and I went to three gear on all my Durango stuff.
It is common to not tighten the gearbox all the way tight on these, or else they will bind.

WallyRC

Used Jconcepts B5 battery brace. TLR turnbuckles. Did front reinforcement with cut up old ESC stand.
Used 1mm stainless steel twist wire from local hardware store.

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Laker67

iTrader: (69)

Your a crafty one! Those mods look great, how well do the rear arms fit with the wire on them?

WallyRC

Thank you. Got wire idea from Rufus2010. Can't take all the credit.

Running HRC block, and 1.5 degree anti-squat. No binding at all. No modifications needed. Wire is only 1mm. Should clear with no anti squat as well.

bmag5000

Here's mine converted to oval with lowered suspension, and car body. It is mid motor as well.
Sidewinder 4600kv brushless system. This thing hauls!

WallyRC

Just curios guys. Most you running mid motor, you like 4 gear or 3???
Thanks!! I'm on med-high bite clay/dirt.

Turtle Speed

iTrader: (11)

How do you guys and gals think that it compares to the T5M which seems to be more durable. I have a DEX210 which I like alot and added this to the stable for now. However im not sure if I am gonna hold on to this or not.

I might even be interested in selling it if someone is interested! Let me know!

WallyRC

If you do the sideways shorty mod it can compete with the T5m. The only weak link is the rear arms. But the steel wire reinforcement fixes that. It's just as durable as anything out there and I believe more durable than most.

Stadium

Giving my DEST210 it's first run this weekend on a very large astro track.





Last time I ran the Durango it was a SC but I've changed everything including fitting the type B chassis. Just don't have a proper body yet so having to make do until I get one. I don't have a great olot of choice on tyres for this truck yet and they're all glued on the rims of my other truck so I'll have to try and make do with what I have which are Schumacher Silver Mini Spikes on the rear (normally the Yellow slightly firmer Mini Spikes are the go to tyre on rear motor trucks) and cut Schumacher Stagger ribs on the front.






Not a clue what it will handle like as it's the first time I will have run these tyres on this truck and the first time I've run a Durango with the 4 gear set up

WallyRC

Sideways shorty and wire on the rear arms like mentioned in my earlier post did the job. Handled better and was more confident with it. Had some big crashes and held up well. Now just need to find a little more steering. May have to shift the weight forward just a tad.

Stadium

Sideways shorty isn't an option as I don't have any, but I'm not convinced of the advantages. Surely all that does is alter the weight distribution but I struggle to finish out how, you have around 1/4 of the shorty sticking out to each side of where it should be, weighing about the same as what the esc would anyway in the same place. I know the receiver isn't as heavy but the difference in weight can be easily made up.


I ran the truck as a short course all last year without breaking a rear arm, only broke a couple of fronts

ekt

iTrader: (4)

Looking good but I figured I should point out a couple small things. One of your front tires isn't mounted properly, you're missing a couple screws into the servo bulkhead and your steering links are on the wrong way.

Stadium

I knew about the tyre
I hadn't noticed the missing screws, can't remember there ever been any since I bought it as a SC second hand...no wonder it never handled well.
Well spotted with the steering links, i changed them for a reason and forget to put them back

Thanks

WallyRC

I agree with you on the arms. I think the body and some of the rear bumper protects the arms. I rarely broke my SC ones. But when I got my ST, I started breaking arms. If hit from behind... Crack!! Weird roll and boom.. Crack. Hope you have better luck. I like the wire mod.

As for the shorty mod, it just puts a little more weight u need in the back. I had shorty inline. And I can tell the difference from sideways mod. That's my 2 cents.

I hope you get yours dialed in. Let us know how it goes.
Go Durango.

Stadium

It didn't go great last Sunday (19th), I knew I should have nipped over mid week for a practice and to iron out any issues.
As I was building it I broke the receiver areal but didn't think I'd broke enough off to make a difference...I had it went out of range at the end of the straight, so race one not even 1/2 a lap done.

I had a spare one so fitted that for race two and I got a bit further, about 3/4 of a lap before the rear wheel fell off.

I lost the hex pin when the rear wheel fell off so had to use one of the front ones, resulting in not getting the front nut tight enough and losing the front wheel before I'd finished a lap in race 3. As I ideally needed two good scores for the final I carried on with 3 wheels and ended up with 8 laps and had a lot of laughs and cheering from everyone watching in the process. 8 laps isn't too bad considering my best on that track is only 10.

Unfortunately I lost the hex and the axle and although the hex was recovered the axle wasn't found until I was just about to go on track for race 4 with my spare truck my FTX Siege. Luckily that went well and I got a quick ten laps in giving me a 4th place start in the 8 truck final


The finals we have are 15 minutes long and with the trouble I'd had didn't want to risk more trouble with the Durango so used the FTX for the final where I finished 2nd a lap off the leader running a T5m, which really isn't bad for a budget truck after 15 minutes, although i suspect next time out I will be a lot closer.


This Sunday I went for a bit of a shake down just to make sure nothing else was likely to go wrong and within 10 laps the rear wheel fell off again, with new nyloc nuts fitted. Fitted it back on and did another 40 plus laps without issue eventually setting a 39 second lap in damp conditions, my quickest has only ever been 38 in bone dry conditions so it's looking promising if i can keep the wheels on

On a plus note a picked up a couple of bodies last weekend...I quite like the orange one