Mr Bojenkals
Fairly New Member
Hey there fellow Arrma owners!
I was in the market for a new r/c as I've been in the hobby for almost 14 years now, although I've only had experience with nitro. I decided I waned to go electric as nitro just got too expensive and time consuming. I've been a long time Traxxas owner, but wasn't really attracted to the E-Revo or X-Maxx. After much research, YouTube videos and endless trips to manufacturers' websites, I decided on the durability, features, and appeal of the Nero w/diff brain. My first electric 4WD MT! Got it much less than MSRP with the right coupons on Tower which was awesome, and I couldn't wait for it to arrive!! I also ordered the Duratrax 3s 5400mah 50c lipos to power this beast of a machine.
Fast forward to my FIRST run, about 15 min in, and I snapped the front right rocker post when I hit a metal pipe at a very awkward angle protruding from the ground...understandable. After replacing that, I was back in action. I had a few other gut wrenching crashes and mishaps getting used to the truck, but nothing else broke as far as I know. Great!
After learning to respect the power of the Nero in blast mode, I was feeling confident about switching modes. The wheelie mode is crazy! I have to admit that any 13lb r/c that can back flip from a stand-still is a winner in my book. Drift mode is insane, especially in really low traction surfaces, like grass or wet pavement. I've got a nice rock crawling set-up in my neighborhood so I decided to lock all diffs and give that a whirl. Here is where my problem starts. (As I said before, I've been in the hobby almost 14yrs now, my dad has also been a mechanic for over 50 years. I'm no expert of the craft, however I know enough to confidently work on my own vehicles. I say this to give you an understanding of my experience with these machines and car mechanics in general). I know that you want to be very light on the throttle in crawl mode, avoid hard turning etc. They call it rock "crawling" and not "sprinting" for a reason. Needless to say this thing conquered terrains I couldn't believe.
Anyways, my problem is that as soon as i was done crawling, I took it back on pavement(low sped) to head back home and noticed it pulls VERY hard to the right. I came to a full stop and switched back to blast mode, it drove straight again, however I started hearing a weird sound under heavy/ full throttle in blast mode. Almost sounds like something is rubbing a tire, but obviously I looked and that isn't the case. Only under heavy throttle do I hear the sound. Light throttle I don't hear anything. My first thought as far as the pulling to the right was obviously the front diff was acting up. I was hoping someone here might have some insight on this and hoping its a simple common fix or something like that, before i go pulling diffs out and whatnot. This is also the same side the snapped the rocker post, which I don't know if that has anything to do with this issue. As far as the sound, I'm stumped. I've been working all weekend so I haven't had time to really inspect and mess with it. I'll post a vid hopefully capturing the sound and some pics of my other problems and suspicions.
I really want to love this truck. ok, I DO love this truck, it's just hard when I feel mine is way to fragile to attempt half the stunts I've seen in the Arrma ad videos on their website. I know it's marketing, but I don't see things breaking on their truck when they do crazy things like fly off giant boulders at the beach and land on more rocks.
Any help/insight, upgrades or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I've already purchased wheelie bar/ dirt guards from Arrma. I have not yet contacted them directly regarding my issues, however I plan to do so sometime during this week. Sorry for the LOOONG post, and if you've made it to the end, thank you. I just feel the more you know, the better you may be able to help me. Thanks again, and super excited to be a part of the Arrma Community!
I was in the market for a new r/c as I've been in the hobby for almost 14 years now, although I've only had experience with nitro. I decided I waned to go electric as nitro just got too expensive and time consuming. I've been a long time Traxxas owner, but wasn't really attracted to the E-Revo or X-Maxx. After much research, YouTube videos and endless trips to manufacturers' websites, I decided on the durability, features, and appeal of the Nero w/diff brain. My first electric 4WD MT! Got it much less than MSRP with the right coupons on Tower which was awesome, and I couldn't wait for it to arrive!! I also ordered the Duratrax 3s 5400mah 50c lipos to power this beast of a machine.
Fast forward to my FIRST run, about 15 min in, and I snapped the front right rocker post when I hit a metal pipe at a very awkward angle protruding from the ground...understandable. After replacing that, I was back in action. I had a few other gut wrenching crashes and mishaps getting used to the truck, but nothing else broke as far as I know. Great!
After learning to respect the power of the Nero in blast mode, I was feeling confident about switching modes. The wheelie mode is crazy! I have to admit that any 13lb r/c that can back flip from a stand-still is a winner in my book. Drift mode is insane, especially in really low traction surfaces, like grass or wet pavement. I've got a nice rock crawling set-up in my neighborhood so I decided to lock all diffs and give that a whirl. Here is where my problem starts. (As I said before, I've been in the hobby almost 14yrs now, my dad has also been a mechanic for over 50 years. I'm no expert of the craft, however I know enough to confidently work on my own vehicles. I say this to give you an understanding of my experience with these machines and car mechanics in general). I know that you want to be very light on the throttle in crawl mode, avoid hard turning etc. They call it rock "crawling" and not "sprinting" for a reason. Needless to say this thing conquered terrains I couldn't believe.
Anyways, my problem is that as soon as i was done crawling, I took it back on pavement(low sped) to head back home and noticed it pulls VERY hard to the right. I came to a full stop and switched back to blast mode, it drove straight again, however I started hearing a weird sound under heavy/ full throttle in blast mode. Almost sounds like something is rubbing a tire, but obviously I looked and that isn't the case. Only under heavy throttle do I hear the sound. Light throttle I don't hear anything. My first thought as far as the pulling to the right was obviously the front diff was acting up. I was hoping someone here might have some insight on this and hoping its a simple common fix or something like that, before i go pulling diffs out and whatnot. This is also the same side the snapped the rocker post, which I don't know if that has anything to do with this issue. As far as the sound, I'm stumped. I've been working all weekend so I haven't had time to really inspect and mess with it. I'll post a vid hopefully capturing the sound and some pics of my other problems and suspicions.
I really want to love this truck. ok, I DO love this truck, it's just hard when I feel mine is way to fragile to attempt half the stunts I've seen in the Arrma ad videos on their website. I know it's marketing, but I don't see things breaking on their truck when they do crazy things like fly off giant boulders at the beach and land on more rocks.
Any help/insight, upgrades or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I've already purchased wheelie bar/ dirt guards from Arrma. I have not yet contacted them directly regarding my issues, however I plan to do so sometime during this week. Sorry for the LOOONG post, and if you've made it to the end, thank you. I just feel the more you know, the better you may be able to help me. Thanks again, and super excited to be a part of the Arrma Community!
