I had a hard time choosing which car I wanted, given my agreed upon budget of around $300.
I was in between the Granite, Typhon, and Big Rock BLX and was having a real tough time choosing after spending hours looking up videos and reviews.
Then I looked at the specs and part trees of all three and came up with a plan. I could have a mix of all three.
I started with the Granite for its short wheelbase since I wanted something easier to flip and bash around at the skate park, and the BR and Typhon seemed to have the same longer wheelbase.
I like the wider stance and wanted a little more stability when doing quick cornering, so I got the BR/Typhon arms.
Something about the wings on the back of the Kratons spoke to me and I wanted one too. Since the body on the granite is pretty narrow, I went with the 175mm wing from the Typhon 6S. The 224mm Kraton wing was just too big and looked silly and the 202mm Talion wing looked good too, but was thinking it as well might be too wide.
If someone can tell me the width of the 4x4 Kraton wing #AR480012, that might be helpful.
The tall body seemed to make mounting a wing weird, so I designed and printed a wing spacer out of TPU. 25mm high and gives me something to carry the truck by.
I like the look of the roll hoop set on the Outkast and thought it might be useful for attaching a 3D printed roof skid.
I also went for bringing the body down a bit, I wasn't much of a fan of the profile view with the high walls of the guards, and got the Typhon body mounts.
It is still a work in progress and am upgrading little bits here and there, like getting rid of the lag with the radio and went with the DumboRC 6CH. Might design and print a new wheel for it so I can use foam on the outside like the Spektrum radios.
Upgraded the steering linkage since there was so much slop to some Alu. GPM linkage set, keeping the factory servo saver. It was not tracking very well on rough asphalt due to so much play.
I love jumping this guy at the local skatepark but hate how it bottoms out, even when I land evenly (esp. from 10+ feet), so I ordered some ZD racing 1/8 buggy shocks, going from (eye to eye) 105 to 120 mm in the front and 115 to 130 in the rear. Hopefully that might cushion the falls a bit better.
I was in between the Granite, Typhon, and Big Rock BLX and was having a real tough time choosing after spending hours looking up videos and reviews.
Then I looked at the specs and part trees of all three and came up with a plan. I could have a mix of all three.
I started with the Granite for its short wheelbase since I wanted something easier to flip and bash around at the skate park, and the BR and Typhon seemed to have the same longer wheelbase.
I like the wider stance and wanted a little more stability when doing quick cornering, so I got the BR/Typhon arms.
Something about the wings on the back of the Kratons spoke to me and I wanted one too. Since the body on the granite is pretty narrow, I went with the 175mm wing from the Typhon 6S. The 224mm Kraton wing was just too big and looked silly and the 202mm Talion wing looked good too, but was thinking it as well might be too wide.
If someone can tell me the width of the 4x4 Kraton wing #AR480012, that might be helpful.
The tall body seemed to make mounting a wing weird, so I designed and printed a wing spacer out of TPU. 25mm high and gives me something to carry the truck by.
I like the look of the roll hoop set on the Outkast and thought it might be useful for attaching a 3D printed roof skid.
I also went for bringing the body down a bit, I wasn't much of a fan of the profile view with the high walls of the guards, and got the Typhon body mounts.
It is still a work in progress and am upgrading little bits here and there, like getting rid of the lag with the radio and went with the DumboRC 6CH. Might design and print a new wheel for it so I can use foam on the outside like the Spektrum radios.
Upgraded the steering linkage since there was so much slop to some Alu. GPM linkage set, keeping the factory servo saver. It was not tracking very well on rough asphalt due to so much play.
I love jumping this guy at the local skatepark but hate how it bottoms out, even when I land evenly (esp. from 10+ feet), so I ordered some ZD racing 1/8 buggy shocks, going from (eye to eye) 105 to 120 mm in the front and 115 to 130 in the rear. Hopefully that might cushion the falls a bit better.
