Kraton Kraton 8s EXB. XLX2, 1100KV motor and 30/47 gearing. Raminator servo

[Moirae]

I just realized yesterday those mashers have the same rims as the mx57. Makes me feel better about buying them as the mashers have been great

 

[Hammer Down]

HobbyStar 5692 motor is here. It seems just a little longer than the 5687SL HW motor

Well.. it’s 5mm longer so that would make sense.

 

[Armarookie43]

I just realized yesterday those mashers have the same rims as the mx57. Makes me feel better about buying them as the mashers have been great

Really? Maybe I should have gotten the MX57s then. Hehe. It's ok, I like the different look of the Mashers. I got enough tires with motorcross style thread pattern.

 

[Armarookie43]

Motor and tires are in. The wing mount needs some TLC from landing upside down. Mashers compared to the trenchers on my Outcast 8s :

 

[Armarookie43]

So I went for a test drive with the new lighter) smaller wheels and the new motor. With the bigger 4.3 trenchers and the 2028 Castle motor (which burned up after that run), I hit 60mph. I managed to get 53MPH with the 5692 RC juice motor and smaller Masher X tires. I wonder if the tires made the difference since everything else is the same? On a side note, I managed to get 59MPH with the O8S, proline trenchers and the HW 5687 motor. I'm assuming it's the bigger tires that are making the speed difference. The Masher X tires are way more stable than the trenchers for high peed runs on grass indeed. I like them a lot already. The 5692 motor feels good too. The Gens basher pro 8000mah 100C batteries lasted 9 minutes of non stop full throttle. They were starting to get a bit hot though at 133F. Outside temp was 75F. The motor was kept around 160F with the high speed fans. Gearing is 30/47. I feel that it's not a good idea to run these heavy beasts at full throttle non stop. Even with lower gearing like mine. I did it for testing purposes, since I don't drive non stop like that usually.

 

[Moirae]

You're so lucky!!! snow and ice everywhere!! I want to test out the tp 5860 (112mm iirc) 1070 kv I just put in my o8s. Driving on ice is no real test

Man it's crazy driving on those trenchers and then going to the mashers, it's like a whole new world of stability!!

 

[Armarookie43]

You're so lucky!!! snow and ice everywhere!! I want to test out the tp 5860 (112mm iirc) 1070 kv I just put in my o8s. Driving on ice is no real test

Man it's crazy driving on those trenchers and then going to the mashers, it's like a whole new world of stability!!

Apparently you lose top speed, but you gain stability with the Masher X tires . I'll take that.

 

[Armarookie43]

Testing went well. No wheelies with these tires, which is exactly what I want with punch control at 100:

 

[Armarookie43]

Kraton 8s EXB compared to my K6S XL

 

[Armarookie43]

I finally put the tires that I should have put in the beginning. Proline badlands 4.3 tires. The other tires ripped, including the proline trenchers 4.3.

 

[Rcproponent]

I finally put the tires that I should have put in the beginning. Proline trenchers 4.3 tires. The other tires ripped, including the proline badlands 4.3.
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Trenchers look the best anyways

 

[Hammer Down]

I finally put the tires that I should have put in the beginning. Proline trenchers 4.3 tires. The other tires ripped, including the proline badlands 4.3.
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I need a set, I’m still running stockers.

 

[Armarookie43]

Trenchers look the best anyways

I got that completely backwards. The trenchers ripped. Now I'm going back to badlands

I need a set, I’m still running stockers.

I would have still been running the stock ones if I didn't destroy the damn things. User error most likely

 

[Radman55]

I have a Kraton 8s EXB with Castle XLX2/1100kv motor combo with 30/39 gearing. I tried the Pro-Line Mashers and they lasted about 4 battery packs before all four wheels were cracked in multiple places. Pro-Line nor the local hobby shop where I purchased them would help me out. $180.00 down the drain.

 

[Moirae]

I got that completely backwards. The trenchers ripped. Now I'm going back to badlands

I would have still been running the stock ones if I didn't destroy the damn things. User error most likely

I'm glad you corrected that because I was sitting here like WOW that sounds backwards

I really like my trenchers crazy air control but I hate the con of struggling to go faster with them. I definitely like mx43's more.

I have a Kraton 8s EXB with Castle XLX2/1100kv motor combo with 30/39 gearing. I tried the Pro-Line Mashers and they lasted about 4 battery packs before all four wheels were cracked in multiple places. Pro-Line nor the local hobby shop where I purchased them would help me out. $180.00 down the drain.

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I'm really curious how people manage to do this lol. I have same combo with same tires and they lasted me over a year. I even land on concrete with them multiple times and have never had anything this bad. I think some people have even had success using mx57's on 12s and never had that happen and they use the same wheels. Feelsbad bro

 

[Hammer Down]

I have a Kraton 8s EXB with Castle XLX2/1100kv motor combo with 30/39 gearing. I tried the Pro-Line Mashers and they lasted about 4 battery packs before all four wheels were cracked in multiple places. Pro-Line nor the local hobby shop where I purchased them would help me out. $180.00 down the drain.

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Can you put a sleeve (old bearing race) or hose clamp around them to bandaid the problem?

 

[kratonwatch]

While fixing the control arm I noticed that the set screws on the front hubs came loose since there was no loctite on there. Check yours. Hehe. The pin was coming out by itself :
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These are the bane of my existence. If I breathe too heavily they fall out.

 

[Armarookie43]

These are the bane of my existence. If I breathe too heavily they fall out.

Don't even gt me starts on the bolts that hold the ring gear to the diff cases (even the aluminum ones after putting loctite) I have to check those after like 20 runs. I guess you are supposed to check your diffs at that amount anyways. And yes, that set screw in the hubs come loose, even after I use blue loctite.

Can you put a sleeve (old bearing race) or hose clamp around them to bandaid the problem?

I would have try to fix those, with a hub, some aluminum foil around the hub and two part metal reinforced epoxy. I did that on one of my stripped rims and it worked great :