Through this year, my daughter has become my R.C. buddy and we've been driving Mini-T 2.0s around the cul-de-sac and parking lots all summer long. Her skills have gotten better and so I wanted to get something with a bit more ground clearance for her to drive.
When the $59.99 Granite Black Friday deal popped up, I surveyed my parts bin and decided it was too good of a deal to pass up. I also had $20 Horizon loyalty dollars - so in the end this thing cost me $39.99 + tax.
I had an ESC and motor from a Senton MEGA that I upgraded awhile back and a box full of ADS-15M servos - so once the Granite arrived today, I ripped out the stock electronics and put those in and paired it with a SLT3/SLR300 that I had taken out of my V3 BRCC. I also had a 2S LiPo that I was using with the Senton before I upgraded it, which fit perfectly in this truck.
For some reason the mesh was REALLY tight with the Arrma 12T motor and sounded horrible. Fortunately, I had a Dynamite 12T 550 brushed motor in the parts bin and gave that a try. Much better - not sure why the Arrma motor was causing such tight mesh.
So in the end, I achieved my goals of getting something better for my daughter to drive with me as well as spending zero additional dollars out of pocket to make some nicer, but not insane, upgrades to it.
EDIT: I suppose I might spend a few bucks and add a TBR front bumper to it - the stock bumper looks like it's absolutely worthless.
When the $59.99 Granite Black Friday deal popped up, I surveyed my parts bin and decided it was too good of a deal to pass up. I also had $20 Horizon loyalty dollars - so in the end this thing cost me $39.99 + tax.
I had an ESC and motor from a Senton MEGA that I upgraded awhile back and a box full of ADS-15M servos - so once the Granite arrived today, I ripped out the stock electronics and put those in and paired it with a SLT3/SLR300 that I had taken out of my V3 BRCC. I also had a 2S LiPo that I was using with the Senton before I upgraded it, which fit perfectly in this truck.
For some reason the mesh was REALLY tight with the Arrma 12T motor and sounded horrible. Fortunately, I had a Dynamite 12T 550 brushed motor in the parts bin and gave that a try. Much better - not sure why the Arrma motor was causing such tight mesh.
So in the end, I achieved my goals of getting something better for my daughter to drive with me as well as spending zero additional dollars out of pocket to make some nicer, but not insane, upgrades to it.
EDIT: I suppose I might spend a few bucks and add a TBR front bumper to it - the stock bumper looks like it's absolutely worthless.
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