Digitalwarrior
Fairly New Member
Hello all,
Out of the box, this is the toughest looking and feeling 1/8 MT I've owned. I've had E/T-Maxx, Revo/E-Revo and the HPI Savage F4.6/Flux. All of which needed hop ups and aftermarket parts to compare to the Nero.
Now, day one I was bashing it around no harder and no less than the above mentioned. It took some serious headend hits, long cartwheels and all around abuse like a champ. The kind of abuse that any of the above mentioned would crumble out of the box. It is pretty heavy and still takes the abuse, that's what blows me away. Like a squirrel falling out of a tall oak tree, the squirrel hits the ground and takes off running. If I was to take the same fall, I would roll around in pain for an hour, probably with broke limbs.
That being said, I did have some parts break day one. I did a pre use inspection, like I always do with new vehicles. But, somethings cannot be anticipated. I had a shock rod end break. After further inspection, the rod end wasn't screwed all the way down, that caused a weak spot and therefore the breakage. Cannot flaw the truck for that. However, my front diff brain servo extension wire came lose, slid out of the clamp and wrapped around the center drive shaft. It was totally shredded. Being day one, I took it back and the warranty work is being done as I write this.
The servo extension wire is the main reason I write this. I'm sure extensive testing was done during the production of this vehicle. If this happened to me on day one, surly it happened during testing. Maybe not, maybe I had a bad egg...IDK. Inspect your diff brain servo wires, extensions and the clamp that holds them. Tape the wires back, glue them or whatever you see fit. I inspected the rest after this incident and the rear clamp was letting the connection go to. But, it is a new design and with it come new issues. It would've been a cheap fix even if it wasn't under warranty. I just would've bought a 6" servo extension wire and glued the connection in the clamp. But if the servo wire itself was shredded, that would be a different issue.
Out of the box, this is the toughest looking and feeling 1/8 MT I've owned. I've had E/T-Maxx, Revo/E-Revo and the HPI Savage F4.6/Flux. All of which needed hop ups and aftermarket parts to compare to the Nero.
Now, day one I was bashing it around no harder and no less than the above mentioned. It took some serious headend hits, long cartwheels and all around abuse like a champ. The kind of abuse that any of the above mentioned would crumble out of the box. It is pretty heavy and still takes the abuse, that's what blows me away. Like a squirrel falling out of a tall oak tree, the squirrel hits the ground and takes off running. If I was to take the same fall, I would roll around in pain for an hour, probably with broke limbs.
That being said, I did have some parts break day one. I did a pre use inspection, like I always do with new vehicles. But, somethings cannot be anticipated. I had a shock rod end break. After further inspection, the rod end wasn't screwed all the way down, that caused a weak spot and therefore the breakage. Cannot flaw the truck for that. However, my front diff brain servo extension wire came lose, slid out of the clamp and wrapped around the center drive shaft. It was totally shredded. Being day one, I took it back and the warranty work is being done as I write this.
The servo extension wire is the main reason I write this. I'm sure extensive testing was done during the production of this vehicle. If this happened to me on day one, surly it happened during testing. Maybe not, maybe I had a bad egg...IDK. Inspect your diff brain servo wires, extensions and the clamp that holds them. Tape the wires back, glue them or whatever you see fit. I inspected the rest after this incident and the rear clamp was letting the connection go to. But, it is a new design and with it come new issues. It would've been a cheap fix even if it wasn't under warranty. I just would've bought a 6" servo extension wire and glued the connection in the clamp. But if the servo wire itself was shredded, that would be a different issue.
