Anyone run this buggy on carpet yet?

Lutz bornhorst and eppley did in Las Vegas at iiocc

does the protek 160t low pro servo and servo horn that comes with it work ok also what wheels will work with this buggy thanks

I guess I'm canceling my order! I should have went with Amain or someone else from the beginning like everyone said! Never pre-ordering from Tower again!

Bulkhead spares on order: check!

do you notice any bubbling, etc. in where the part broke?

The big thing with ordering from tower isn't speed its overall money savings. At this point with how it appears these will ship and miss the E-cash just barely unless something changes, may be worth just waiting till official in.

Mine was running for a few laps on carpet before I crashed it lol. The box setup was decent on carpet with the tires I put on it

Originally Posted by charvel74 View Post
Got it all assembled and a few jumps in my EB410 hit a nose dive landing and snapped the front bulkhead
do you notice any bubbling, etc. in where the part broke?

No nothing like that

Like Cain said, did you notice any air bubbles in the bulkhead? A " nose dive" landing should not cause such a break. Was the tower seated all the way onto the bulkhead? If not the tower won't have a lot of support and will flop on the bulkhead. Did you happen to overtighten the bottom 2 screws and strip them out? Or if the tower wasn't seated all the way the bottom 2 screws might have barely been engaged.

The only time we broke the bulkhead (before revisions) in that area was when we landed upside down directly on the tower while the car was moving forward, or catching the underside of the drivers stand after jumping off the track.

Take the axle out of the hub and with the pin out, try to slide the hex fitting all the way down the axle. I had one that was really tight and it was preventing it from seating fully on the pin.

I might have stripped one of the bottom 2 holes. I will double check it and get back with you

1st practice day on loose bumpy dirt went well. Running 6.5T motor. Started with kit setup except: no sway bar and left droop screws flush for max droop.
Tires: Holeshots in super soft front and rear. With open cell front and aka closed cell rear on tlr 22-4 wheels, Stock hexes.
Changes done in order:
- Ride height to 21 front to match 21 rear (same as my b64d) - not good. Nose high on jumps. Likes nose lower than rear. Back to 18mm front 21 rear.
- Reduced front toe out to 0.5 degree on each side vs. 1.5. Reduced front camber from -2 to -1. More stable but back end wanting to come around on power.
- Shortened wheelbase in rear. Moving both spacers to the back. A little more stable in the rear.
- changed rear toe to 2.5 (from 1.5). D block pills middle out on both sides. Again better still not great.
- Changed front diff oil from 15K to 10K and rear from 7K to 5K. Not as big of improvement as I expected but was better overall. Could drive harder without getting unstable in and out of turns.
- Added weight to rear with Protek stick on 5gram weights. 10gram I could feel the rear getting more settled and bouncing less over bumps. (Maintaining ride height with adjustments). Went to 25. Almost there. Went to 35 and was happy with the balance. Total rtr weight is now right at 1800g.
DAY 2 of testing. Only change was moving rear shocks to inside holes on arms. Helped with bumps.
SETUP SHEET POSTED WITH FINAL SETUP

In one day I was able to adjust the eb410 to be as fast as my b64d I have had all summer to tweak on. I still may try lighter rear shock oil as it isn't quite as stable over the bumps as the b64d with tall rear shocks and vrp valve pistons.

Well done tekno!

I just double checked it. The tower was seated all the way. But the bottom left screw was stripped out. On installation I used my craftsman cordless screwdriver on the lowest torque setting possible. Worked great for 99% of the build. When I replace the bulkhead I do the installation by hand . Love the buggy just sucks I just got it out on the track and with in moments I crashed lol

Matthew_Armeni: would it be possible to use a slightly longer screw for more engagement?

Big FYI to everyone, the pills are a little different on this car versus our others. A single dot is a half degree and the double dot is a quarter degree. So if you went to single dot out you're actually at 2 degrees of toe. There's a mistake on the setup sheet graphic (it was carried over from the 8th scale stuff.)