A new ERBE with a traxxas 2 port 8A charger. YAY! This is my first electric anything that is bigger than my hand. I have a couple micro's (losi micro-t/high roller, losi micro sct), but my other 4 RC's are nitro (1 BB revo, 1 OS21TM revo, SavageX and a jato). Been in the hobby nearly 20 years and never bought an electric that I could run outside.
Spent 4-5 hours wrenching on it this morning. Plugged the packs into the charger... read the manual for the charger after having it blink at me like an idiot for 10 minutes... charged the 9000mah 2S SMC Racing packs. Put in my orange $8 receiver for spektrum, removed the dual steering servos and put in the k2-3620 servo for steering and HD steering spring. Also installed the HPP motor brace and a set of old Losi zombie maxx 3.2" tires on a new set of RPM revolver 17mm rims I glued up last night. Figured they would do ok in the cold. Reset my gear mesh to what felt right, spent 20 minutes trying to get the stupid receiver to bind (dead receiver pack). I didn't know if I could bind it and get the ESC calibrated at the same time, so I plugged in the K2-3620 and one of the 2075's along with a receiver pack to bind it to get the steering servo at "home" for the failsafe, and to get it centered so I could hook up the linkage. Then I put in a heavy duty LST turnbuckle from the HPP motor brace the rear body mount to add some rigidity (similar to what I have on my nitro revo's).
After all that, I finally took it out. I ran it for just over an hour. Was pretty easy on it the first 10 minutes or so, slipper slipped badly, got that tightened up a bit, then got wheelies.
I have no idea what the voltage in the batteries are after running. The Traxxas ID 2 port 8A charger just has little led's that light up. I've read that the ESC is set to do something when the packs get to 3.2V per cell, which to many, is too low. I have a castle link card coming Tuesday to adjust it to 3.5V. I know I spent 27 minutes at one park, running in a large parking lot with snow and getting stuck constantly, then spent 35 minutes in another place that wasn't as big, but much more fun with small piles of snow that I could walk behind without stepping through a 4 foot berm. I kept a stopwatch running in each place so I could get an idea as to how long the packs last.
From what I could tell, at the end of 62 minutes, it still pulled hard and ran fast. I dried the packs off and put them on the charger. Been an hour and 20 minutes at 4A and both still show just one led let up, so guessing they were pretty low.
Now, I need to replace the KS-3620 servo I put in for steering because it's way too slow (got a spare hitech 985MG to throw in), then redo a spare set of new TiNi shocks with the variable shock kit, 40 weight oil and stiffer springs to have it setup like my 21TM revo.
So far, really pleased with this thing. Now I just need to wait for my b-day to get RPM arms/carriers/tru-track and then I should be done for a while. Perhaps another set of SMC packs... and maybe a smaller spur to pick up some speed... and maybe one of those chassis screens to keep dirt/water off stuff... This is a sickness!!!
With the next week off... guessing I'll be getting some more wheel time with this thing!
Spent 4-5 hours wrenching on it this morning. Plugged the packs into the charger... read the manual for the charger after having it blink at me like an idiot for 10 minutes... charged the 9000mah 2S SMC Racing packs. Put in my orange $8 receiver for spektrum, removed the dual steering servos and put in the k2-3620 servo for steering and HD steering spring. Also installed the HPP motor brace and a set of old Losi zombie maxx 3.2" tires on a new set of RPM revolver 17mm rims I glued up last night. Figured they would do ok in the cold. Reset my gear mesh to what felt right, spent 20 minutes trying to get the stupid receiver to bind (dead receiver pack). I didn't know if I could bind it and get the ESC calibrated at the same time, so I plugged in the K2-3620 and one of the 2075's along with a receiver pack to bind it to get the steering servo at "home" for the failsafe, and to get it centered so I could hook up the linkage. Then I put in a heavy duty LST turnbuckle from the HPP motor brace the rear body mount to add some rigidity (similar to what I have on my nitro revo's).
After all that, I finally took it out. I ran it for just over an hour. Was pretty easy on it the first 10 minutes or so, slipper slipped badly, got that tightened up a bit, then got wheelies.
I have no idea what the voltage in the batteries are after running. The Traxxas ID 2 port 8A charger just has little led's that light up. I've read that the ESC is set to do something when the packs get to 3.2V per cell, which to many, is too low. I have a castle link card coming Tuesday to adjust it to 3.5V. I know I spent 27 minutes at one park, running in a large parking lot with snow and getting stuck constantly, then spent 35 minutes in another place that wasn't as big, but much more fun with small piles of snow that I could walk behind without stepping through a 4 foot berm. I kept a stopwatch running in each place so I could get an idea as to how long the packs last.
From what I could tell, at the end of 62 minutes, it still pulled hard and ran fast. I dried the packs off and put them on the charger. Been an hour and 20 minutes at 4A and both still show just one led let up, so guessing they were pretty low.
Now, I need to replace the KS-3620 servo I put in for steering because it's way too slow (got a spare hitech 985MG to throw in), then redo a spare set of new TiNi shocks with the variable shock kit, 40 weight oil and stiffer springs to have it setup like my 21TM revo.
So far, really pleased with this thing. Now I just need to wait for my b-day to get RPM arms/carriers/tru-track and then I should be done for a while. Perhaps another set of SMC packs... and maybe a smaller spur to pick up some speed... and maybe one of those chassis screens to keep dirt/water off stuff... This is a sickness!!!
With the next week off... guessing I'll be getting some more wheel time with this thing!
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