Revomikey
Active Member
Hi dudes, with the crap weather i thought I'd spend some time stripping the vendetta and setting it up. I've only used it once so it's like new.
Heres some of my gripes and praises so far.
Pillow balls, why the hell are they plastic? Even the cheapest rcs these days have metal balls, for the price it's really a minimum i would expect. These will produce huge slop in no time.
Shocks, all dry, literally next to no oil in them. Now full of 20,000 cst, collars now set to half of thread, one of them was leaking heavily after rebuild so i had to use some ptfe on the thread due to small crack in the mould.
Rear diff, filled with a tiny bit of grease, no diff fluid, now filled with 20,000cst, this would explain the heavy pulling to one side when i accelerated.
Diffs are composite plastic with metal internal gears, to be honest I've never had one fail on my granites or senton so im happy with this.
Linkages, great quality, again, shame about the plastic balls.
Servo, crap, slow and under powered.
Motor, very smooth, not bad for spektrum.
Esc, let's see how long it lasts, i don't have much hope with my experience of spektrum products.
Wheels and tires, great looking, nice, grippy and well balanced, Shame about the 14mm hexes
Chassis, owning 2 granites and a senton this tub chassis is tried and tested, good stuff.
Receiver and transmitter, not bad, big improvement on older slower spektrums but still meh, changed this to a radio links rg6s for better range and response times.
Drive shafts, plastic and nasty. cvds would have been a nice touch here.
Bearings, nice and smooth, there's even bearings in the steering bellcranks, nice to see.
Body, absolutely stunning, nice thick lexan, needs an extra nut and bolt in the centre of the wing. Done that.
I knew about most of this when i bought it but i had to have it, i normally strip and rebuild any rc before i run it so most of this work is my own doing.
Over priced for the spec but I would still buy it knowing all this as it's absolutely stunning. I would definately have preferred to buy a roller as spektrum are doing this brand no favours, i will be removing the remaining spektrum crap and shoving it on eBay, i already have a better esc and motor to put in there.
Probably a 6/10 from me.
Heres some of my gripes and praises so far.
Pillow balls, why the hell are they plastic? Even the cheapest rcs these days have metal balls, for the price it's really a minimum i would expect. These will produce huge slop in no time.
Shocks, all dry, literally next to no oil in them. Now full of 20,000 cst, collars now set to half of thread, one of them was leaking heavily after rebuild so i had to use some ptfe on the thread due to small crack in the mould.
Rear diff, filled with a tiny bit of grease, no diff fluid, now filled with 20,000cst, this would explain the heavy pulling to one side when i accelerated.
Diffs are composite plastic with metal internal gears, to be honest I've never had one fail on my granites or senton so im happy with this.
Linkages, great quality, again, shame about the plastic balls.
Servo, crap, slow and under powered.
Motor, very smooth, not bad for spektrum.
Esc, let's see how long it lasts, i don't have much hope with my experience of spektrum products.
Wheels and tires, great looking, nice, grippy and well balanced, Shame about the 14mm hexes
Chassis, owning 2 granites and a senton this tub chassis is tried and tested, good stuff.
Receiver and transmitter, not bad, big improvement on older slower spektrums but still meh, changed this to a radio links rg6s for better range and response times.
Drive shafts, plastic and nasty. cvds would have been a nice touch here.
Bearings, nice and smooth, there's even bearings in the steering bellcranks, nice to see.
Body, absolutely stunning, nice thick lexan, needs an extra nut and bolt in the centre of the wing. Done that.
I knew about most of this when i bought it but i had to have it, i normally strip and rebuild any rc before i run it so most of this work is my own doing.
Over priced for the spec but I would still buy it knowing all this as it's absolutely stunning. I would definately have preferred to buy a roller as spektrum are doing this brand no favours, i will be removing the remaining spektrum crap and shoving it on eBay, i already have a better esc and motor to put in there.
Probably a 6/10 from me.
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