CamoColton
Active Member
My first Arrma vehicle. First the components ordered so far, and some pictures to follow later.
Components:
-Colton
Components:
ESC & Motor - Hobbywing MAX6 and 1650kv 4985
Receiver - Futaba R324SBS. This is a telemetry receiver with dual antennas; the short grey whip, and an internal antenna for the most reliability.
Servo - AGFRC 36kg A80BHSW (Aluminum case, waterproof, brushless, digital and high voltage capable)
Battery - SMC True Spec Extreme Graphene V2 22.2V 5200mAh 120C Hardcase. XT-90 connectors (No proprietary for me)
The SMC battery and AGF servo are firsts for me, based on reccomendations found here. Hobbywing and Futuba are not.
Oddities so far:
Servo horn included is 23T, as others have encountered.Kinda ridiculous to be using a lighter spline than literally everyone else out there who have settled on 25T as a quasi standard, and on a vehicle of this size. I'm sure the strength difference between 23T and 25T is likely negligible. But it seems to only serve to steer purchasers towards HH's own Spektrum servos. So far using a Vanquish servo horn that I had on hand. Not the same height as the supplied horn, but binding doesn't seem to be present.
Pinion and motor screws missing, or not included anymore on purpose.Would be nice if HH would add them to the "required to complete" items list in manuals and online resources. And at least give us the motor screws instead of those shock pistons. Tekno 18T, 20T, and 22T Mod 1 pinions on order per reccomendations found here for tooth count and brand of gear.
First time soldering wires this big .I thought my soldering set up and skills were pretty well set. But these things tried me. Or the solder that Hobbywing is pretinning their wires with is very hard to melt and keep flowing. Because the 10-ga. wire I added with my own solder to make a series circuit was less of a hassle, as well as the jumper plug I made for bypassing one of the connectors.
That's all for now!-Colton