I loved that you could press the button through the hood! And your power plug mod was great. Any reason you didn't just leave the case off? I'm thinking of getting one of these as a 'guest' crawler. Something I don't have to spend money on. Seems good out of the box. Just needs some free mods. Maybe some lead solder or flat fishing weights placed low up front to get it closer to 60/40. I've heard it does much better with the Injora trans that lowers the gears for better slow crawl. Would venting the stock tires improve them?
Pushing the button thru hood was funny, actually kinda nice. Could put a piece of strapping tape under hood so button didn't wear thru paint. However in stock form, motor plugged into top, hood would touch the plug (& or the ant wire) and not reach button 11:52 . I also saw flipping and it turning itself off 🤣. Decasing receiver save few grams, frees up space where mounted but that silly button... still have to get to it and using board unsupported i didnt feel good idea. Might be ok. Case has extension that reaches button and limits pressure applied. easier to mount.... Not sure why most RTRs are 50/50, all could benefit from weight, especially forward/lower on a crawler. Out of the box I was impressed, I gather the links are a weak point and the glued tires dont allow easy manipulation, stock foams are really stiff. For guests who may not be RC familiar might consider limiting over all speed. The Shop-mini Rc has a good video on programming features of the radio, specifically getting to 'beginner' mode. th-cam.com/video/fhb5gr_iWd4/w-d-xo.html. basically hold ch 4 button, rotate steering full left CCW and turn on transmitter. This turns on/off beginner mode. Im use it until I regear, a bit fast for crawling imo. Have fun..
I loved that you could press the button through the hood! And your power plug mod was great. Any reason you didn't just leave the case off?
I'm thinking of getting one of these as a 'guest' crawler. Something I don't have to spend money on. Seems good out of the box. Just needs some free mods. Maybe some lead solder or flat fishing weights placed low up front to get it closer to 60/40.
I've heard it does much better with the Injora trans that lowers the gears for better slow crawl.
Would venting the stock tires improve them?
Pushing the button thru hood was funny, actually kinda nice. Could put a piece of strapping tape under hood so button didn't wear thru paint. However in stock form, motor plugged into top, hood would touch the plug (& or the ant wire) and not reach button 11:52 . I also saw flipping and it turning itself off 🤣. Decasing receiver save few grams, frees up space where mounted but that silly button... still have to get to it and using board unsupported i didnt feel good idea. Might be ok. Case has extension that reaches button and limits pressure applied. easier to mount....
Not sure why most RTRs are 50/50, all could benefit from weight, especially forward/lower on a crawler. Out of the box I was impressed, I gather the links are a weak point and the glued tires dont allow easy manipulation, stock foams are really stiff.
For guests who may not be RC familiar might consider limiting over all speed. The Shop-mini Rc has a good video on programming features of the radio, specifically getting to 'beginner' mode. th-cam.com/video/fhb5gr_iWd4/w-d-xo.html.
basically hold ch 4 button, rotate steering full left CCW and turn on transmitter. This turns on/off beginner mode. Im use it
until I regear, a bit fast for crawling imo.
Have fun..