Notorious J
It's gonna break, so might as well send it!
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Holy Sh!!!!t do I like this truck. It's first day was at an indoor, all jump set up. The ramps are made of steel with open mesh grates on all the flat areas, the area is narrow, and when you mess up, you're either hitting another steel ramp or the steel railing that encompasses the area. I literally kicked the living hell out of it today, and all it did was come back for more. Did things break? Sure they did, but that was because if you didn't hit the ramp straight, the truck was coming down on steel. The area is also encompassed by netting that goes up about 30 ft. I sent it into the netting numbers of times. It would then tumble down and either hit the railing, a ramp or the floor. What did I break? Two of the right front yolks, a rear camber turnbuckle and one shock shaft came apart. Fyi for any newbs, repairing this thing is a breeze. The stock 3s shocks come apart in 30 seconds, and the new shaft is attached to the shock end. Total reassembly was about five minutes or so. The yolks come out easily and maybe ten to fifteen minutes tops to replace. No broken arms, difs, bumpers or towers. Front bumper and wheelie bar are scraped, but no cracks. I don't think I would invest in T Bone for this truck, just stock replacements when needed.
Now as this was a practice session for the upcoming Toronto International Auto show, we had to send our trucks hard so we could see what we could get away with in the space we had. I was launching it high and far to see how many front and backflips were possible with the short run ups we had. Punch was set to 4. This thing takes off like a small rocket and loves to be twirled around in the air. When the driver missed, it would slam into something and just keep going. When we landed right, it would pound the ground with a huge thump and just keep going. Only issue is the lack of a quality rebound in the shocks. A perfect landing from 15 to 20 feet up would usually have the truck bounce hard and flip over. Still no complaints though. The body is on the flimsy side. I didn't tape it before the first outing, and the area around the top of the tail gate started to split open from slamming on the shock tower. Taped up now and ready for action. The only mods I made were to add the 15kg Arrma servo and the addition of my Flysky GT5 radio/receiver. This truck can boogie and turns on a dime. The throttle control is spot on, so managing flips is a cake walk. So much easier to correct in a small space. Stabbing the throttle or brake gives immediate results.
I love it. It's not as mean as my 6s Notorious, but it can handle itself just fine when messing around with the big boys. With a slightly better body, this thing will eat up a skate park, and spit it out when it's done. Whatever you dish out, it can take it. If it can't, it isn't going to punish you when you have to fix it. I don't even plan on doing any real upgrades to this thing. If I keep it dry and use it as a skate park basher only, just about everything on it should work without issue. I already have a complete extra set of stock bearings that I removed from my T3S, so when the originals start to go, I'll just slap those in.
So it's two big thumbs up from me, the destroyer of rc's. I'll be doing three days straight on the last weekend of the show. Bringing the Noto and the G3S. Pretty sure the Noto will just sit close and look pretty for pictures (maybe a couple of double backs just to get the crowd excited), but the Granite will get the lion's share of the time. Even if I break it, should be able to snap it back together with very little time lost. Wish me (and my trucks) luck. Rc carnage is inevitable.
Now as this was a practice session for the upcoming Toronto International Auto show, we had to send our trucks hard so we could see what we could get away with in the space we had. I was launching it high and far to see how many front and backflips were possible with the short run ups we had. Punch was set to 4. This thing takes off like a small rocket and loves to be twirled around in the air. When the driver missed, it would slam into something and just keep going. When we landed right, it would pound the ground with a huge thump and just keep going. Only issue is the lack of a quality rebound in the shocks. A perfect landing from 15 to 20 feet up would usually have the truck bounce hard and flip over. Still no complaints though. The body is on the flimsy side. I didn't tape it before the first outing, and the area around the top of the tail gate started to split open from slamming on the shock tower. Taped up now and ready for action. The only mods I made were to add the 15kg Arrma servo and the addition of my Flysky GT5 radio/receiver. This truck can boogie and turns on a dime. The throttle control is spot on, so managing flips is a cake walk. So much easier to correct in a small space. Stabbing the throttle or brake gives immediate results.
I love it. It's not as mean as my 6s Notorious, but it can handle itself just fine when messing around with the big boys. With a slightly better body, this thing will eat up a skate park, and spit it out when it's done. Whatever you dish out, it can take it. If it can't, it isn't going to punish you when you have to fix it. I don't even plan on doing any real upgrades to this thing. If I keep it dry and use it as a skate park basher only, just about everything on it should work without issue. I already have a complete extra set of stock bearings that I removed from my T3S, so when the originals start to go, I'll just slap those in.
So it's two big thumbs up from me, the destroyer of rc's. I'll be doing three days straight on the last weekend of the show. Bringing the Noto and the G3S. Pretty sure the Noto will just sit close and look pretty for pictures (maybe a couple of double backs just to get the crowd excited), but the Granite will get the lion's share of the time. Even if I break it, should be able to snap it back together with very little time lost. Wish me (and my trucks) luck. Rc carnage is inevitable.