Nautilus802
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I took my EXB on its maiden voyage the other day. I am running the HW max6, 1650kv combo and the performance was outstanding except for a couple of issues.
One was that near the end of the battery, I had a wheel come off (and yes, the nuts were properly tightened pre-run). I knew this was an issue before I bought the truck and already had the M2C extended hexes ready to go. I hadn’t put them on though since I wasn’t looking forward to heating up the stock hexes to break down the red thread lock they use to secure them. Luckily the wheel hex did not strip out. Even though I knew this was an issue before buying the EXB, it was still disappointing to see that this is a very real issue that was apparently known to Arrma before they revised the EXB, and they still haven’t solved it. Seems like a pretty fundamental design flaw to just let through.
second, I was shocked at how much debris (dirt and grass) accumulated on the chassis after the run. I mean it makes sense given how the wheels are tucked under the body. But why haven’t they engineered what seems to be a pretty simple solution (inner fenders/wheel wells)? They obviously spent a lot of time in designing the inner cage and support system to keep the body intact, so it is pretty surprising that they didn’t think of the debris issue.
I went ahead and ordered an outerwears type filter/cover to put over the chassis. I am not too worried about heat since I am running two gamechanger fans on the motor, but I’ll see how it goes. Still, disappointing I have to go with this hack instead of the problem being taken care of at the design stage.
One was that near the end of the battery, I had a wheel come off (and yes, the nuts were properly tightened pre-run). I knew this was an issue before I bought the truck and already had the M2C extended hexes ready to go. I hadn’t put them on though since I wasn’t looking forward to heating up the stock hexes to break down the red thread lock they use to secure them. Luckily the wheel hex did not strip out. Even though I knew this was an issue before buying the EXB, it was still disappointing to see that this is a very real issue that was apparently known to Arrma before they revised the EXB, and they still haven’t solved it. Seems like a pretty fundamental design flaw to just let through.
second, I was shocked at how much debris (dirt and grass) accumulated on the chassis after the run. I mean it makes sense given how the wheels are tucked under the body. But why haven’t they engineered what seems to be a pretty simple solution (inner fenders/wheel wells)? They obviously spent a lot of time in designing the inner cage and support system to keep the body intact, so it is pretty surprising that they didn’t think of the debris issue.
I went ahead and ordered an outerwears type filter/cover to put over the chassis. I am not too worried about heat since I am running two gamechanger fans on the motor, but I’ll see how it goes. Still, disappointing I have to go with this hack instead of the problem being taken care of at the design stage.