Kraton Dumpster Fire or a Diamond in the rough?

[Tex Koder]

I Literally picked up this box of parts from a 16yr old...

Will give it a Good scrub down..
Then see what can be salvaged.

Looks to be a Kraton 6S v1?

It's a Kraton 6S V4 BLX.

 

[Clubin]

Looks to be all there.

 

[Mikeeeeeal]

Wow! How much?

 

[Tex Koder]

 

[DLK83]

I've accumulated a ton of spare 6s parts, if you find you're missing something let me know, you're welcome to anything I have just cover the shipping my vote is breathe some life back into that old girl!!

 

[Johnny b]

16? Wonder if he lacked the patience or skill to keep it operable. At any rate, nice score!

 

[DLK83]

I can hear it whispering.... "save me"

 

[Tex Koder]

Looks to be all there.

I'm guessing ~96% there..

Wow! How much?

Cheap.
Compared to a 3S chassis roller.

Definitely Cheaper than going to a tt bar on a Friday night..

I've accumulated a ton of spare 6s parts, if you find you're missing something let me know, you're welcome to anything I have just cover the shipping my vote is breathe some life back into that old girl!!

Thank you sir!

I'm thrifty, so if any of the battered parts can be pounded back into "usable" shape I'll do that first.

 

[slick2500]

That is a V4.

This is a V1.

 

[Tex Koder]

That is a V4.

This is a V1.

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Okay..
Thank you for the clarification.

 

[Adamj804]

How much did you give for it?

 

[Arrma15T68]

That's the first of the Horizon days with that transmitter everyone cried about.

 

[slick2500]

Okay..
Thank you for the clarification.

And in case you care.

V2

V3

That's the first of the Horizon days with that transmitter everyone cried about.

Horizon should have known better than to include such a crappy radio with a car that does 50mph out of the box, that radio was known to have issues when it came out in early 2017.

 

[Roger75]

Horizon should have known better than to include such a crappy radio with a car that does 50mph out of the box, that radio was known to have issues when it came out in early 2017.

The STX2 radio seems to not be compatible with some esc's. I've been using that radio in my vintage style Tamiyas along with their Teu101 esc and it works fine. No delay or lag. In my Kraton 4s it was useless with lots of delay.

 

[Velodromed]

I Literally picked up this box of parts from a 16yr old...

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Will give it a Good scrub down..
Then see what can be salvaged.

Looks to be a Kraton 6S v1?

It's a Kraton 6S V4 BLX.

I love a good basket case RC! That’s pretty cool, man.

 

[slick2500]

The STX2 radio seems to not be compatible with some esc's. I've been using that radio in my vintage style Tamiyas along with their Teu101 esc and it works fine. No delay or lag. In my Kraton 4s it was useless with lots of delay.

Every car I tried it in it just had so much delay, even in a brushed rc with a Hobbywing esc.

 

[RCbuzz]

Sweet Project! Looks like fun

 

[iLikeRCs]

I Literally picked up this box of parts from a 16yr old...

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Will give it a Good scrub down..
Then see what can be salvaged.

Looks to be a Kraton 6S v1?

It's a Kraton 6S V4 BLX.

Wow that's one beat up kraton. I wonder if he was tearing it apart to repair/clean then gave up halfway through???

In any way, did you get it running?

 

[Tex Koder]

Wow that's one beat up kraton. I wonder if he was tearing it apart to repair/clean then gave up halfway through???

He obviously disassembled it ,BUT there's Absolutely no indication of his attempt to clean Anything on the rig.... And looking at the thick layer of dust on the remote, it's been sitting around for some time now.

He gave some lame excuse of "...Not able to get much parts at HobbyTown... and that I've changed focused onto crawlers.."
I think he's a bit spoiled (that's the vibe I got) and had his jollies with bashing the snot out of this toy until it broke into pieces..
Perhaps he just didn't want to get his soft hands dirty.. IDK

In any way, did you get it running?

I haven't had the chance to clean it yet..
The frontend is wrecked and I haven't taken apart any of the diffs.

Will do a thorough cleaning & inspection this weekend.

 

[Warby]

I Literally picked up this box of parts from a 16yr old...

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I like a good salvage. Bring it back to life. Do it.
Its going to need a new front bulkhead. Screw hole broken off.