Originally Posted by
McKleroy
How good are the 540 can motors running this truck?
Originally Posted by
Matt Howard
good to know, didn't really want to drop the money on a 550 system when I have 6.5, 7.5, 8.5, 9.5, and 10.5 motors all ready to go. Besides, I'll be racing on a smallish indoor track, a 540 in this truck is probably the way to go.
Originally Posted by
hondafixer
ive read that the 540 motors were running hot, have u noticed that at all? are u running with 550 motors at the track and are u keeping up with them?
When using 540 motors, I recommend using the motor manufacturer's largest rotor option. For LRP 540 motors, this is the 13mm option.
Originally Posted by
hondafixer
weird,i was excited to run this truck,now im thinking of trading it for a losi with out haveing any track time. I keep earing about gearing issues, shocks coming apart, I already see the Diffs and the servo are sucked into the chassis and no where to be found. The sway bar thing has be bothered to...I mean, why not include it? everyone else has..and its kind of important...and now im thinking about what pinion to use without frying my stuff cause i run on an outdoor track mainly set for 1/8th scale with a real long straight.
haveing second thoughts about this truck...ill see how it plays out. if anyone has a losi scte, hit me up...i may think about it
This model is designed for us by racers AND bashers. Non-essential parts were not included to keep costs down which in this day and age is very important too. It is a shame that the parts are not available at the same time as the truck. This was obviously a mistake on our part but the only way to fix it would have been to delay the truck until the bars were available which would have made people mad too.
The truck is a great truck and at the price it sells for is a great value. Anything can be made better including this truck but doing so costs money which is passed along to the consumer.
Originally Posted by
McKleroy
I wonder if the guys getting the 540's hot were on 3 cells instead of 2.
If they were running three cells with 540 the motors would get more than hot, they would fry.
There really is little justification for not manufacturing in the US for these types of products. These are manufactured normally with little labour anyway. You definitely would have much less QA issues if the plant was around the corner from the designer. There was a great article in WIRED about this an issue our two ago.
I was disappointed to see Associated farming this out...when I was into racing 15-20 years ago it was manufactured in the US.
15-20 years ago a lot of things were made in the US that are now made in China. Do you think AE would chooses to make things in China for the hell of it? It is much less expensive. That is why the cars AE sells today are no more expensive than the equivalent models sold 20 years ago. You should know this if you were involved that long ago. Chinese manufacturing is the reason that R/C modeling is as inexpensive as it is.