twisted

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anyone put the dex8 body on the typhon?

2stroketim

Mine is holding up very well - hasn't broken yet- - -- -

lolagt

I snagged the RPM wing mount because supposedly the original is weak. I haven't broken my original mount yet. :/
Another part Arrma has revised, the newer vehicles have a heavier reinforced mount.

twisted

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i have also bought the rpm mount but it has yet to make it on the car,

twisted

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so i took the typhon out racing this last saturday. the car felt odd the whole time. i ended up in the b main out of 36 ebuggies. i came home and yesterday started tearing the buggy down. found that the ackerman plate was bent into the shape of a "U" and was binding the steering.
iam currently fixing that and upgrading the servo.

Nayberh8tsme

Saved some cash over the other idea to go with a kit...STOKED!

lolagt

Must have got nailed pretty hard. I've had the link knocked off there in a hard hit once.


Ha, love those badlands, Nayberh8tsme. Reminds me of my motocross days as a young man. I have a set but haven't found any local place that folks go to bash around at, but I have some ball diamonds about 10 minutes from here I thought I might try some day.

twisted

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i wonder if the servo saver is to tight

Nayberh8tsme

...badlands are a great bashing tire, for sure. They will shred my backyard track in a hot sec so I'm thinking the dBoots are going to be the tire of choice if I am doing laps.

2stroketim

I personally hate the dBoots - they're too hard and provide very little traction.

Best I have found are the ProLine Calibers M3.

Has anyone swapped the diff oil out yet? What are some good starting points for the center/front/rear?

twisted

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for dif oil im running 7-7-3

John Sargent

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Test N Tune day is this Saturday at our local Hobby Town. Track is a black top, parking lot circuit. They sold a lot of these over the Winter so I assume the course will look like the "Attack of the Clones".
I think they will limit us to 4S packs. Do you think the stock tires are a good starting point> I am a total rookie to racing so I am just looking to smile and possible finsh the race.

Nayberh8tsme

I have never ran mine on the pavement...if it were for only one event I would likely just toast the stock tires and have a fun time. Now if I had plans to run mine on the pavement from time to time, I might just drop a few bucks on some Proline Road Rage tires.

John Sargent

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I upgraded the servo yesterday. My experience with RTR servos is that they are all too slow for track turns. It looks like they will limit us to running 4S packs so I think the stock tires should last the day. From what I have read, 6S packs eat the stock tires in 5-10 minutes.

lolagt

4s is still pretty phenomenal performance in ebuggy. If you haven't done much or any track running, trying to discipline yourself to actually keep off the markers will make you wish for less.....abruptness. I was a track newb from my first post in this thread and it took me a couple track days before I was not on the pipes all the time and going up and down the stand to right my buggy. I still have a ways to go, though I can enjoy running with the couple friends I've made there now without crashing all the time. Bad thing about track days(practice), no constant team of marshalls, though we all try our best to get out there for a few minutes of marshalling, a lot of the time there might be no one out on the track.

The orange Arrma servo leaves a lot to be desired. I question the specs listed. It seems to be much poorer than that, only useful for however long it takes to replace with a real servo. Maybe I was just unlucky, because mine was slow and weak.