COJeepRenegade
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I just charged up an Ovonics battery, put some fresh AAs in the transmitter, peeled the plastic off the body, and put everything in my Jeep. I found an empty parking lot, and decided that was the place.
Transmitter on, car on, set steering trim, and away we go.
Wow. This thing has some torque. It spits rocks at me when I get on the throttle. It's also pretty tailhappy in a paved parking lot with a thin coating of gravel on top. I took my time learning the car for a few minutes, then started working on figuring out throttle and opposite lock to slide around corners. There was admittedly some unfortunate front bumper to curb contact, but the truck bounced back (literally) and kept going (Arrma tough!).
After putzing around the parking lot for a while, I realized I was still on the 50% throttle setting. I bumped it to 75%, and was instantly rewarded with even more spitting gravel, harder powerslides, and huge wheelspin. I grinned bigger and bigger each time I hit the throttle, and even lined up for a few top speed runs across the parking lot. Try as I might, I was only able to put the shiny side down once or twice. The center of gravity is low, the motor is strong, the steering is quick, and this truck is a ton of fun.
But... wait. This is only the 75% setting.
With no small amount of trepidation, I clicked the switch over to the 100% setting.
HOLY #%$! This is 3s power?!?! That little truck rocketed across the parking lot, careening out of control. Just as it headed for another curb at the fastest speed it had achieved that day... the battery died. It began to coast and ever so gently kissed the curb. Now I'm scared to drive my new, as-yet-untested Kraton 6s (at least until I get some EXB bumpers and braces on it).
Seriously, the Senton is fun. It ran for about 30 minutes on the 50% and 75% settings on an Ovonics 3s battery. I wished I'd brought a second battery with me, and also that I could find a dirt track and some jumps. My only complaint on the day was the amount of gravel that the truck picked up. When the battery died, I walked across the empty parking lot to retrieve it, and for the entire walk back, gravel, pine needles, and dirt fell out of the truck. However, because the body covers the wheels, I feel like this is par for the course when driving a short course truck, and not indicative of a design flaw.
Finally, I have to say that the SC truck was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. I bought it just to have something different to run when I tire of my monster trucks. After driving it today, I could see it becoming my main. In fact, I may want a Mojave before an 8s Notorious now... or even a 3s Typhon. (?!) And I have to say that I never had this much fun with my TA MT10 or my Traxxas MERV.
Transmitter on, car on, set steering trim, and away we go.
Wow. This thing has some torque. It spits rocks at me when I get on the throttle. It's also pretty tailhappy in a paved parking lot with a thin coating of gravel on top. I took my time learning the car for a few minutes, then started working on figuring out throttle and opposite lock to slide around corners. There was admittedly some unfortunate front bumper to curb contact, but the truck bounced back (literally) and kept going (Arrma tough!).
After putzing around the parking lot for a while, I realized I was still on the 50% throttle setting. I bumped it to 75%, and was instantly rewarded with even more spitting gravel, harder powerslides, and huge wheelspin. I grinned bigger and bigger each time I hit the throttle, and even lined up for a few top speed runs across the parking lot. Try as I might, I was only able to put the shiny side down once or twice. The center of gravity is low, the motor is strong, the steering is quick, and this truck is a ton of fun.
But... wait. This is only the 75% setting.
With no small amount of trepidation, I clicked the switch over to the 100% setting.
HOLY #%$! This is 3s power?!?! That little truck rocketed across the parking lot, careening out of control. Just as it headed for another curb at the fastest speed it had achieved that day... the battery died. It began to coast and ever so gently kissed the curb. Now I'm scared to drive my new, as-yet-untested Kraton 6s (at least until I get some EXB bumpers and braces on it).
Seriously, the Senton is fun. It ran for about 30 minutes on the 50% and 75% settings on an Ovonics 3s battery. I wished I'd brought a second battery with me, and also that I could find a dirt track and some jumps. My only complaint on the day was the amount of gravel that the truck picked up. When the battery died, I walked across the empty parking lot to retrieve it, and for the entire walk back, gravel, pine needles, and dirt fell out of the truck. However, because the body covers the wheels, I feel like this is par for the course when driving a short course truck, and not indicative of a design flaw.
Finally, I have to say that the SC truck was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. I bought it just to have something different to run when I tire of my monster trucks. After driving it today, I could see it becoming my main. In fact, I may want a Mojave before an 8s Notorious now... or even a 3s Typhon. (?!) And I have to say that I never had this much fun with my TA MT10 or my Traxxas MERV.
PA too pick it up!!! Looking forward to some building and bashing!!! 
