REVO-5309
Hardcore RCTalk User
well i went to the post office today to pick up my merv before the courier got the chance to load it into his truck for the 10am drop off. i ordered mine last week on a Wednesday and it turned up this morning on a thur, bit annoyed that it took an extra day to get here compared to the other express parcels iv received from amain. but eh, what can you do.
i emailed one of the girls just after i order it and asked for a red one and also asked if there was a TQi model as they aren't listed on the site, she told me they didnt come with TQi. ended up receiving a silver one, but it was a TQi model, so I'm pretty happy about that and looking at getting the dock base for it to use with my iphone.
so last night i charged up all my batteries as i knew it was in town going through customs so next day delivery was going to happen
got my 2x2s and 1x3s batteries all charged up. took the revo out of the box. straight away i put 2 batteries in the revo and the suspension was way to soft. luckily i ordered the tanned and black springs, so i stuck them in before it got a chance to turn on.
so while i was doing this i chucked the nimh battery on charge as i wanted to see how it went. put my fully charged 2s batteries in parallel and went for a quick blat down the street. wowzers was it quick. half throttle and punching it it just wheel stands. very quick but one thing i changed straight away was the sport mode. i hate how when you brake if you touch the brake again to hold it in the same spot it smashes it into revers. so i put it into race mode as I'm use to not having reverse in my big revo.
after mucking around with that for a bit i decided to stupidly put in the 3s battery...... holly crappers..... i straight away noticed it had way more poke to it. so i went out to the street and went to do a high speed run..... well 1/2 speed and punching it to full is a very bad idea.... went straight over and skidded 20m down the street. now my new body is all scratched lol. so i try another pass, this time i tried to at least get to 3/4 throttle speed but by time i did the merv was half way down the street..... i still havent successfully been able to do a WOT pass and i still havent got the 50+mph gearing in it...
so next i put in the nimh battery and also tested the training more..... this makes it very very easy to drive. so much so i think the GF will get a drive.... might even let her drive it in race mode with the nimh ....
so over all i think this thing is awesome, i have a center alloy skid plate on its way too and a full set of bearings for future rebuilds, need to order a couple spur gears i think and get myself the dock base. the tanned and black shocks are a must, I'm also considering putting in 75wt shock oil in those little things they call shocks.... i can't think of much else to buy for it atm, maybe a dozen spare bodies for when i run a 3s pack.... i dont think ill ever run a full down down to empty....
one thing i did notice is the motor gets pretty warm, i can touch it but can't leave my fingers on it for more than 3-5sec. I'm not doing too much WOT only giving it blats here and there. I'm thinking ill have to get a heatsink for it and or make up a vent/duct to get some more direct air flow.
anyway here are some pics
these shocks are tiny
and just to get your head around the scale of it if you dont already own one... heres a pick to show you...
i emailed one of the girls just after i order it and asked for a red one and also asked if there was a TQi model as they aren't listed on the site, she told me they didnt come with TQi. ended up receiving a silver one, but it was a TQi model, so I'm pretty happy about that and looking at getting the dock base for it to use with my iphone.
so last night i charged up all my batteries as i knew it was in town going through customs so next day delivery was going to happen
got my 2x2s and 1x3s batteries all charged up. took the revo out of the box. straight away i put 2 batteries in the revo and the suspension was way to soft. luckily i ordered the tanned and black springs, so i stuck them in before it got a chance to turn on.
so while i was doing this i chucked the nimh battery on charge as i wanted to see how it went. put my fully charged 2s batteries in parallel and went for a quick blat down the street. wowzers was it quick. half throttle and punching it it just wheel stands. very quick but one thing i changed straight away was the sport mode. i hate how when you brake if you touch the brake again to hold it in the same spot it smashes it into revers. so i put it into race mode as I'm use to not having reverse in my big revo.
after mucking around with that for a bit i decided to stupidly put in the 3s battery...... holly crappers..... i straight away noticed it had way more poke to it. so i went out to the street and went to do a high speed run..... well 1/2 speed and punching it to full is a very bad idea.... went straight over and skidded 20m down the street. now my new body is all scratched lol. so i try another pass, this time i tried to at least get to 3/4 throttle speed but by time i did the merv was half way down the street..... i still havent successfully been able to do a WOT pass and i still havent got the 50+mph gearing in it...
so next i put in the nimh battery and also tested the training more..... this makes it very very easy to drive. so much so i think the GF will get a drive.... might even let her drive it in race mode with the nimh ....
so over all i think this thing is awesome, i have a center alloy skid plate on its way too and a full set of bearings for future rebuilds, need to order a couple spur gears i think and get myself the dock base. the tanned and black shocks are a must, I'm also considering putting in 75wt shock oil in those little things they call shocks.... i can't think of much else to buy for it atm, maybe a dozen spare bodies for when i run a 3s pack.... i dont think ill ever run a full down down to empty....
one thing i did notice is the motor gets pretty warm, i can touch it but can't leave my fingers on it for more than 3-5sec. I'm not doing too much WOT only giving it blats here and there. I'm thinking ill have to get a heatsink for it and or make up a vent/duct to get some more direct air flow.
anyway here are some pics
these shocks are tiny
and just to get your head around the scale of it if you dont already own one... heres a pick to show you...
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