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- Kraton 6s
do have another thread regarding a few questions, but wanted to make a build thread/log for it.
recently purchased a Arrma Kraton 6s V4 used.
the bad: when received, the rear shock tower was bent, one of the tread lugs of the tire was ripped off, foams on 2 of the wheels had separated inside the tire, rear wing missing, as expected with V4, had the SXT RX/TX, and as later figured out bumper was missing 5 of the 9 total screws (EXB Bumper)
the good:
came with 7 3s batteries (sadly 4 are EC3 connectors), EXB Bumper, came with a few extra front body mounts, and other misc parts. oh yeah and came with a Granite 3s BLX too.
started with straightening out the shock tower, and took for a test run, ran great, no funny sounds, electronics worked great, nothing got hot, motor did get warm though, but not alarmingly. on the first bash ended up doing an endo and breaking off the wing mounts, front bumper pulled through on the bottom as i didnt realize it was missing many of the screws.
future plans:
so to start given i don't know its maintenance history, decided to get a bearing kit for it through Fast Eddy bearings - urgent
got new diff fluids- planning on doing the diffs as soon as bearings come in - urgent
got a new wing mount, and repurposed a wing that i had laying around (arrma wing going to be purchased soon)- non urgent
going to purchase new wheels ( at least a pair to replace the damaged ones) - going to run the existing for now, semi-urgent
replace the RX/TX- urgent
replace the chassis braces with aluminum ones, most likely EXB, or m2c. -not urgent
replace chassis with exb -not urgent
i want to get a fan system for the motor just as an added cooling, going to keep stock gearing, plenty fast as it is. -not urgent
overall very happy with the purchase, and excited to get my start in the arrma 6s scene. will post pictures and updates as they come up
thank you for reading along.
recently purchased a Arrma Kraton 6s V4 used.
the bad: when received, the rear shock tower was bent, one of the tread lugs of the tire was ripped off, foams on 2 of the wheels had separated inside the tire, rear wing missing, as expected with V4, had the SXT RX/TX, and as later figured out bumper was missing 5 of the 9 total screws (EXB Bumper)
the good:
came with 7 3s batteries (sadly 4 are EC3 connectors), EXB Bumper, came with a few extra front body mounts, and other misc parts. oh yeah and came with a Granite 3s BLX too.
started with straightening out the shock tower, and took for a test run, ran great, no funny sounds, electronics worked great, nothing got hot, motor did get warm though, but not alarmingly. on the first bash ended up doing an endo and breaking off the wing mounts, front bumper pulled through on the bottom as i didnt realize it was missing many of the screws.
future plans:
so to start given i don't know its maintenance history, decided to get a bearing kit for it through Fast Eddy bearings - urgent
got new diff fluids- planning on doing the diffs as soon as bearings come in - urgent
got a new wing mount, and repurposed a wing that i had laying around (arrma wing going to be purchased soon)- non urgent
going to purchase new wheels ( at least a pair to replace the damaged ones) - going to run the existing for now, semi-urgent
replace the RX/TX- urgent
replace the chassis braces with aluminum ones, most likely EXB, or m2c. -not urgent
replace chassis with exb -not urgent
i want to get a fan system for the motor just as an added cooling, going to keep stock gearing, plenty fast as it is. -not urgent
overall very happy with the purchase, and excited to get my start in the arrma 6s scene. will post pictures and updates as they come up
thank you for reading along.