Senton Action shots... Then no more action...

[BigBassBrent]

Girlfriend decided to take some action shots of my Senton buggy on the home track. Clipped the inside of the high speed turn on the last pic. That's not a still shot, it's mid crash. Never had a ball come out like that. Hopefully the carrier isn't cracked.

 

[Notorious J]

Girlfriend decided to take some action shots of my Senton buggy on the home track. Clipped the inside of the high speed turn on the last pic. That's not a still shot, it's mid crash. Never had a ball come out like that. Hopefully the carrier isn't cracked.

Nice pics! A few have had them pop out, and even if it isn't cracked, it's likely to be stretched. Inspect it closely, because I had one with a hair line crack that was difficult to see.

 

[Megasty]

Popping is par for course with these cars. Not so much with the shorter arm cars but it can still happen. I raced my Typhon for a while & it did occur twice on high speed tumbles. Both times the steering block wasn't cracked but I replaced it anyway. I would gladly break a block that can be replaced in under a minute than deal with busted arms that can take other parts with it. That's why I never used HR blocks.

 

[BigBassBrent]

Popping is par for course with these cars. Not so much with the shorter arm cars but it can still happen. I raced my Typhon for a while & it did occur twice on high speed tumbles. Both times the steering block wasn't cracked but I replaced it anyway. I would gladly break a block that can be replaced in under a minute than deal with busted arms that can take other parts with it. That's why I never used HR blocks.

I was going back and fourth on the hot racing carrier blocks. Wondering if they would be stronger or just a more expensive fix when I break them. Your advice is to stay with stock?

 

[Megasty]

I was going back and fourth on the hot racing carrier blocks. Wondering if they would be stronger or just a more expensive fix when I break them. Your advice is to stay with stock?

Tumble will always happen. The plastic blocks are super cheap & a fast fix. The HR blocks are $50, will keep the ball in place & transfer the force to the screwed part, ripping it out of the socket. I only seen it happen a few times, but it was always with HR blocks.

 

[BigBassBrent]

Tumble will always happen. The plastic blocks are super cheap & a fast fix. The HR blocks are $50, will keep the ball in place & transfer the force to the screwed part, ripping it out of the socket. I only seen it happen a few times, but it was always with HR blocks.

Good info, makes sense. Thank you.

 

[GMballistic]

Okay as know one else is asking then I will,

...why are you calling it a "Senton" buggy? It's a "Typhon" buggy surely.
The "Senton" is a SCT (short course truck).

Or am I missing something? ?
Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong and I know I definitely don't know everything about Arrma.

Love the pictures BTW.
Actually just thought, ...have you just fitted the Typhon body shell and a wing on a Senton chassis?!

 

[Megasty]

Okay as know one else is asking then I will,

...why are you calling it a "Senton" buggy? It's a "Typhon" buggy surely.
The "Senton" is a SCT (short course truck).

Or am I missing something? ?
Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong and I know I definitely don't know everything about Arrma.

Love the pictures BTW.
Actually just thought, ...have you just fitted the Typhon body shell and a wing on a Senton chassis?!

The Senton & Typhon are basically the same chassis with different arms, CVDs, & rear dogbones. Take off the plastic Senton junk, add wing/mount, body posts, smaller side guards & instead of a tumbling tank, you have a tumbling buggy. It would be a bit more stable with the Typhon arms & drive gear though.

 

[BigBassBrent]

That's what I did! Both of you are correct. Typhon body and buggy wheels on the Senton. I posted about it in the body and paint forum. Not much traffic over there though. https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/typhon-body-on-senton.12537/