Kraton My opinion on my new 8s Kraton V2 after the first run

[Xjeepguy]

To start out, this isn’t my first 8S Kraton. I had a V1 Kraton, and owning it was a miserable experience for me. Seemed like every time I took it out I bent or broke something. I was very hesitant on buying the V2 for that reason.

I’m so glad I didn’t listen to my gut.

I forgot just how much fun it is to drive one of these. When my V1 ran, I absolutely loved it. Handled incredibly well, jumped level, and was in a class all by itself when it came to sheer performance on this scale. This truck is very much the same, and then some. Here are some of my observations on the first run of this beast.

Performance:
It jumped high and air control is effortless. It actually outperformed my XRT in this aspect by an impressive margin. It cornered like it’s on rails, and not one single traction roll out of it. The speed is actually comparable to my V1 with the 800kv Castle combo I had in it. The new motor and ESC are on point. I have zero plans to upgrade them, which for me, (as some of you know) is very odd. The torque comes on very strong, and the throttle response is immediate, and I did not turn up the punch at all. I did turn up the brakes from the factory 25% to 50%.

Steering:
The new servo is a massive improvement over the V1 factory servo. It’s somewhat quick, it’s a full 1/5 scale size, it has loads of torque, and runs on 8.4v right out of the box. As a matter of fact, the ESC factory setting is 8.4v. What lets the steering down, as was with my V1, is the servo saver. It does ok, but needs to be a bit stiffer. The servo returns to center well, but the servo saver does not, so there’s a lot of correction to be done while steering. It’s not a dealbreaker, but I’m going to be looking for a better alternative.

Motor/ESC:
I have nothing negative to say about this combo. It’s astounding how well Arrma did with this. The ESC is extremely nice in the way it programs, since my Spektrum program box isn’t yet comparable with it. More on that later. The motor is head and shoulders above the old one. I couldn’t replace that one fast enough. I will probably never replace this setup. It’s that good. Power is immediate and very smooth. Very impressed.

Programming:
I plugged my Spektrum V2 programming box into the ESC and it gave the message “please update firmware”. That’s no biggie, out comes the laptop, downloaded the latest spectrum app, and as it turns out, my version of firmware is the latest version. So I guess they haven’t released the newest version of the firmware for the program box. Bummer. But it’s all good, it’s a cakewalk to edit settings just using the buttons on the ESC itself.

Telemetry:
I use a DX5 Pro radio, so after binding it with the stock Spektrum receiver, I found that this setup has an insane amount of telemetry data on the radio. I can check temps, read motor RPM, battery level, and a ton of other stuff. It’s awesome.

Battery Life:
Let’s face it. It’s a 30+lb. Truck with a huge motor. Comparatively, battery life will be abysmal. I got about 20 mins of hard running out of a pair of Spektrum G2 6800mah Basher series batteries. About 10 mins shy of what I get out of my XRT with the same batteries. I already expected this, because my 800kv Castle V1 was about the same. It really doesn’t bother me at all, because I usually have a couple trucks charged up and ready to run when I go out to bash, so it’s just not that big of a deal. That’s the price you pay for this level of performance.

Durability:
The elephant in the room. How did the truck hold up? As I mentioned, that was the Achilles heel of the V1, at least in my experience. The simple answer is that it did not have a single issue! First off, I was not being gentle on this thing. I was jumping pretty high, back flipping, I cartwheeled it, I landed a particularly high jump directly onto the wing, which consequently acted as a shovel and dug a chunk of dirt out of the ground almost 2” deep lol. I lawn-darted it trying to do a front flip, and I did beat it pretty hard. Absolutely nothing broke. There’s no way they didn’t change something about these A-arms. They took some direct hard impacts with zero problems. This thing is an absolute beast of a truck!

The Verdict?
This may just be my new favorite truck. Other than a better servo saver, I have zero upgrade plans. I’m actually happy with it as-is. And that feels icky.

 

[Matt05]

Great review brother. What are these coming with for factory gearing?

 

[trunkmonkey1]

To start out, this isn’t my first 8S Kraton. I had a V1 Kraton, and owning it was a miserable experience for me. Seemed like every time I took it out I bent or broke something. I was very hesitant on buying the V2 for that reason.

I’m so glad I didn’t listen to my gut.

I forgot just how much fun it is to drive one of these. When my V1 ran, I absolutely loved it. Handled incredibly well, jumped level, and was in a class all by itself when it came to sheer performance on this scale. This truck is very much the same, and then some. Here are some of my observations on the first run of this beast.

Performance:
It jumped high and air control is effortless. It actually outperformed my XRT in this aspect by an impressive margin. It cornered like it’s on rails, and not one single traction roll out of it. The speed is actually comparable to my V1 with the 800kv Castle combo I had in it. The new motor and ESC are on point. I have zero plans to upgrade them, which for me, (as some of you know) is very odd. The torque comes on very strong, and the throttle response is immediate, and I did not turn up the punch at all. I did turn up the brakes from the factory 25% to 50%.

Steering:
The new servo is a massive improvement over the V1 factory servo. It’s somewhat quick, it’s a full 1/5 scale size, it has loads of torque, and runs on 8.4v right out of the box. As a matter of fact, the ESC factory setting is 8.4v. What lets the steering down, as was with my V1, is the servo saver. It does ok, but needs to be a bit stiffer. The servo returns to center well, but the servo saver does not, so there’s a lot of correction to be done while steering. It’s not a dealbreaker, but I’m going to be looking for a better alternative.

Motor/ESC:
I have nothing negative to say about this combo. It’s astounding how well Arrma did with this. The ESC is extremely nice in the way it programs, since my Spektrum program box isn’t yet comparable with it. More on that later. The motor is head and shoulders above the old one. I couldn’t replace that one fast enough. I will probably never replace this setup. It’s that good. Power is immediate and very smooth. Very impressed.

Programming:
I plugged my Spektrum V2 programming box into the ESC and it gave the message “please update firmware”. That’s no biggie, out comes the laptop, downloaded the latest spectrum app, and as it turns out, my version of firmware is the latest version. So I guess they haven’t released the newest version of the firmware for the program box. Bummer. But it’s all good, it’s a cakewalk to edit settings just using the buttons on the ESC itself.

Telemetry:
I use a DX5 Pro radio, so after binding it with the stock Spektrum receiver, I found that this setup has an insane amount of telemetry data on the radio. I can check temps, read motor RPM, battery level, and a ton of other stuff. It’s awesome.

Battery Life:
Let’s face it. It’s a 30+lb. Truck with a huge motor. Comparatively, battery life will be abysmal. I got about 20 mins of hard running out of a pair of Spektrum G2 6800mah Basher series batteries. About 10 mins shy of what I get out of my XRT with the same batteries. I already expected this, because my 800kv Castle V1 was about the same. It really doesn’t bother me at all, because I usually have a couple trucks charged up and ready to run when I go out to bash, so it’s just not that big of a deal. That’s the price you pay for this level of performance.

Durability:
The elephant in the room. How did the truck hold up? As I mentioned, that was the Achilles heel of the V1, at least in my experience. The simple answer is that it did not have a single issue! First off, I was not being gentle on this thing. I was jumping pretty high, back flipping, I cartwheeled it, I landed a particularly high jump directly onto the wing, which consequently acted as a shovel and dug a chunk of dirt out of the ground almost 2” deep lol. I lawn-darted it trying to do a front flip, and I did beat it pretty hard. Absolutely nothing broke. There’s no way they didn’t change something about these A-arms. They took some direct hard impacts with zero problems. This thing is an absolute beast of a truck!

The Verdict?
This may just be my new favorite truck. Other than a better servo saver, I have zero upgrade plans. I’m actually happy with it as-is. And that feels icky.


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Most excellent review. I appreciate the time you took to write this up, and to give us your opinions. To some of us, that matters. Ty.

 

[Xjeepguy]

Great review brother. What are these coming with for factory gearing?

Thanks! I know the pinion is a 23t, and the speed pinion is a 30t, but I’m not sure about the spur.

Most excellent review. I appreciate the time you took to write this up, and to give us your opinions. To some of us, that matters. Ty.

Thank you! I appreciate that. I know I like reading about new rigs before I buy them, and I tried to answer questions that I would ask about the truck.

 

[Jluther@becoinc]

To start out, this isn’t my first 8S Kraton. I had a V1 Kraton, and owning it was a miserable experience for me. Seemed like every time I took it out I bent or broke something. I was very hesitant on buying the V2 for that reason.

I’m so glad I didn’t listen to my gut.

I forgot just how much fun it is to drive one of these. When my V1 ran, I absolutely loved it. Handled incredibly well, jumped level, and was in a class all by itself when it came to sheer performance on this scale. This truck is very much the same, and then some. Here are some of my observations on the first run of this beast.

Performance:
It jumped high and air control is effortless. It actually outperformed my XRT in this aspect by an impressive margin. It cornered like it’s on rails, and not one single traction roll out of it. The speed is actually comparable to my V1 with the 800kv Castle combo I had in it. The new motor and ESC are on point. I have zero plans to upgrade them, which for me, (as some of you know) is very odd. The torque comes on very strong, and the throttle response is immediate, and I did not turn up the punch at all. I did turn up the brakes from the factory 25% to 50%.

Steering:
The new servo is a massive improvement over the V1 factory servo. It’s somewhat quick, it’s a full 1/5 scale size, it has loads of torque, and runs on 8.4v right out of the box. As a matter of fact, the ESC factory setting is 8.4v. What lets the steering down, as was with my V1, is the servo saver. It does ok, but needs to be a bit stiffer. The servo returns to center well, but the servo saver does not, so there’s a lot of correction to be done while steering. It’s not a dealbreaker, but I’m going to be looking for a better alternative.

Motor/ESC:
I have nothing negative to say about this combo. It’s astounding how well Arrma did with this. The ESC is extremely nice in the way it programs, since my Spektrum program box isn’t yet comparable with it. More on that later. The motor is head and shoulders above the old one. I couldn’t replace that one fast enough. I will probably never replace this setup. It’s that good. Power is immediate and very smooth. Very impressed.

Programming:
I plugged my Spektrum V2 programming box into the ESC and it gave the message “please update firmware”. That’s no biggie, out comes the laptop, downloaded the latest spectrum app, and as it turns out, my version of firmware is the latest version. So I guess they haven’t released the newest version of the firmware for the program box. Bummer. But it’s all good, it’s a cakewalk to edit settings just using the buttons on the ESC itself.

Telemetry:
I use a DX5 Pro radio, so after binding it with the stock Spektrum receiver, I found that this setup has an insane amount of telemetry data on the radio. I can check temps, read motor RPM, battery level, and a ton of other stuff. It’s awesome.

Battery Life:
Let’s face it. It’s a 30+lb. Truck with a huge motor. Comparatively, battery life will be abysmal. I got about 20 mins of hard running out of a pair of Spektrum G2 6800mah Basher series batteries. About 10 mins shy of what I get out of my XRT with the same batteries. I already expected this, because my 800kv Castle V1 was about the same. It really doesn’t bother me at all, because I usually have a couple trucks charged up and ready to run when I go out to bash, so it’s just not that big of a deal. That’s the price you pay for this level of performance.

Durability:
The elephant in the room. How did the truck hold up? As I mentioned, that was the Achilles heel of the V1, at least in my experience. The simple answer is that it did not have a single issue! First off, I was not being gentle on this thing. I was jumping pretty high, back flipping, I cartwheeled it, I landed a particularly high jump directly onto the wing, which consequently acted as a shovel and dug a chunk of dirt out of the ground almost 2” deep lol. I lawn-darted it trying to do a front flip, and I did beat it pretty hard. Absolutely nothing broke. There’s no way they didn’t change something about these A-arms. They took some direct hard impacts with zero problems. This thing is an absolute beast of a truck!

The Verdict?
This may just be my new favorite truck. Other than a better servo saver, I have zero upgrade plans. I’m actually happy with it as-is. And that feels icky.


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Have you got any idea who sells a good servo saver upgrade? I have the Outcast and while I’m really happy with everything the saver needs upgraded. This is my first 8s so I don’t know where to look. Hot racing has one but I’m not sure if it fits this model or the V1. Thanks for putting all the information in your post. It’s really helpful to hear other people’s opinions and experiences

 

[Xjeepguy]

Have you got any idea who sells a good servo saver upgrade? I have the Outcast and while I’m really happy with everything the saver needs upgraded. This is my first 8s so I don’t know where to look. Hot racing has one but I’m not sure if it fits this model or the V1. Thanks for putting all the information in your post. It’s really helpful to hear other people’s opinions and experiences

I’m still researching servo savers. The HR one has low ratings for fitment from what I’ve been reading. I’ll post it in this thread when I find a good one.

 

[Moirae]

Nice review!! arrma really knocked it out of the park with the electronics compared to the competition. Even putting in a max 6 into an xrt doesn't wake it to match the new k8s.

 

[Xjeepguy]

Nice review!! arrma really knocked it out of the park with the electronics compared to the competition. Even putting in a max 6 into an xrt doesn't wake it to match the new k8s.

I agree whole heartedly. I was shocked at how much I love this truck. I expected to leave it on the shelf and run the XRT all the time. I think it’ll be the other way around.

K8 V2 vs. XRT?
Not even close. XRT brought a knife to a gunfight.

Here’s the servo saver I settled on and ordered.

Aluminum 7075 15T Servo Horn with Built-in Spring (3 Positioning Holes) for Arrma 1:5 KRATON 8S BLX/Outcast 8S BLX/KRATON EXB Roller - 6Pc Set Black https://a.co/d/eNBLDyC

 

[RCbuzz]

To start out, this isn’t my first 8S Kraton. I had a V1 Kraton, and owning it was a miserable experience for me. Seemed like every time I took it out I bent or broke something. I was very hesitant on buying the V2 for that reason.

I’m so glad I didn’t listen to my gut.

I forgot just how much fun it is to drive one of these. When my V1 ran, I absolutely loved it. Handled incredibly well, jumped level, and was in a class all by itself when it came to sheer performance on this scale. This truck is very much the same, and then some. Here are some of my observations on the first run of this beast.

Performance:
It jumped high and air control is effortless. It actually outperformed my XRT in this aspect by an impressive margin. It cornered like it’s on rails, and not one single traction roll out of it. The speed is actually comparable to my V1 with the 800kv Castle combo I had in it. The new motor and ESC are on point. I have zero plans to upgrade them, which for me, (as some of you know) is very odd. The torque comes on very strong, and the throttle response is immediate, and I did not turn up the punch at all. I did turn up the brakes from the factory 25% to 50%.

Steering:
The new servo is a massive improvement over the V1 factory servo. It’s somewhat quick, it’s a full 1/5 scale size, it has loads of torque, and runs on 8.4v right out of the box. As a matter of fact, the ESC factory setting is 8.4v. What lets the steering down, as was with my V1, is the servo saver. It does ok, but needs to be a bit stiffer. The servo returns to center well, but the servo saver does not, so there’s a lot of correction to be done while steering. It’s not a dealbreaker, but I’m going to be looking for a better alternative.

Motor/ESC:
I have nothing negative to say about this combo. It’s astounding how well Arrma did with this. The ESC is extremely nice in the way it programs, since my Spektrum program box isn’t yet comparable with it. More on that later. The motor is head and shoulders above the old one. I couldn’t replace that one fast enough. I will probably never replace this setup. It’s that good. Power is immediate and very smooth. Very impressed.

Programming:
I plugged my Spektrum V2 programming box into the ESC and it gave the message “please update firmware”. That’s no biggie, out comes the laptop, downloaded the latest spectrum app, and as it turns out, my version of firmware is the latest version. So I guess they haven’t released the newest version of the firmware for the program box. Bummer. But it’s all good, it’s a cakewalk to edit settings just using the buttons on the ESC itself.

Telemetry:
I use a DX5 Pro radio, so after binding it with the stock Spektrum receiver, I found that this setup has an insane amount of telemetry data on the radio. I can check temps, read motor RPM, battery level, and a ton of other stuff. It’s awesome.

Battery Life:
Let’s face it. It’s a 30+lb. Truck with a huge motor. Comparatively, battery life will be abysmal. I got about 20 mins of hard running out of a pair of Spektrum G2 6800mah Basher series batteries. About 10 mins shy of what I get out of my XRT with the same batteries. I already expected this, because my 800kv Castle V1 was about the same. It really doesn’t bother me at all, because I usually have a couple trucks charged up and ready to run when I go out to bash, so it’s just not that big of a deal. That’s the price you pay for this level of performance.

Durability:
The elephant in the room. How did the truck hold up? As I mentioned, that was the Achilles heel of the V1, at least in my experience. The simple answer is that it did not have a single issue! First off, I was not being gentle on this thing. I was jumping pretty high, back flipping, I cartwheeled it, I landed a particularly high jump directly onto the wing, which consequently acted as a shovel and dug a chunk of dirt out of the ground almost 2” deep lol. I lawn-darted it trying to do a front flip, and I did beat it pretty hard. Absolutely nothing broke. There’s no way they didn’t change something about these A-arms. They took some direct hard impacts with zero problems. This thing is an absolute beast of a truck!

The Verdict?
This may just be my new favorite truck. Other than a better servo saver, I have zero upgrade plans. I’m actually happy with it as-is. And that feels icky.


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Great review! My V1.5 K8S has been pretty solid, really like that truck.

Does it have the standard S905 servo in there? I have heard the older ones can actually run 8.4V and perform quite well.

 

[Moirae]

Great review! My V1.5 K8S has been pretty solid, really like that truck.

Does it have the standard S905 servo in there? I have heard the older ones can actually run 8.4V and perform quite well.

I agree whole heartedly. I was shocked at how much I love this truck. I expected to leave it on the shelf and run the XRT all the time. I think it’ll be the other way around.

K8 V2 vs. XRT?
Not even close. XRT brought a knife to a gunfight.
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Here’s the servo saver I settled on and ordered.

Aluminum 7075 15T Servo Horn with Built-in Spring (3 Positioning Holes) for Arrma 1:5 KRATON 8S BLX/Outcast 8S BLX/KRATON EXB Roller - 6Pc Set Black https://a.co/d/eNBLDyC

This is how I feel about my v1 k8s/o8s tbh. I upgraded the chassis on both but I never bent my k8s chassis, if it is I couldn't tell by looking at it. Good electronics because I started with rollers and I've never had a problem breaking arms or anything else on the trucks besides red chassis braces and the teardrops on the end of them. I did crack a front bulkhead once as well but that was the same hit that did the outcast chassis in.


I really love the trucks even more so than the 6s counterparts. I haven't taken my outcast 6s out in forever.

 

[305HemiGuy]

Awesome review. Sounds like Arrma wasn't just talking out of their neck about the upgrades. I really like that new body as well. You guys are gonna make me go dust off my V1

 

[GNT1]

Thanks for the info! Now I really cant wait to crack my new k8 open!

 

[Xjeepguy]

Great review! My V1.5 K8S has been pretty solid, really like that truck.

Does it have the standard S905 servo in there? I have heard the older ones can actually run 8.4V and perform quite well.

It’s an s6510 1/5 scale servo. They upgraded all of the electronics. It does steer very nice, it’s just let down by the weak servo saver.

 

[Xpress..]

I agree with everything you said. The servo saver is truthfully the only weak part and if that can get sorted then the thing is basically the perfect RTR car, but that's not really a dealbreaker. It's kind of comical seeing how these can keep up with the 3s, 4s, and 6s cars from all of the brands right out of the box, and knowing they have more in them is just insane to me.

By the way, your DX5 can do TextGen programming on the ESC so you don't need the program box. Just make sure the radio is up to date, then scroll to the very last screen from the main home screen. Makes programming and adjustments super easy on the fly.

 

[Xjeepguy]

I agree with everything you said. The servo saver is truthfully the only weak part and if that can get sorted then the thing is basically the perfect RTR car, but that's not really a dealbreaker. It's kind of comical seeing how these can keep up with the 3s, 4s, and 6s cars from all of the brands right out of the box, and knowing they have more in them is just insane to me.

By the way, your DX5 can do TextGen programming on the ESC so you don't need the program box. Just make sure the radio is up to date, then scroll to the very last screen from the main home screen. Makes programming and adjustments super easy on the fly.

I had no idea I could program it through my radio! That’s so cool! Thanks for that tip!

 

[djrahbee]

Here’s the servo saver I settled on and ordered.

Great review! I get confused when people don't specify RTR and EXB because correct me if I'm wrong..there's a HUGE difference!

I ran that saver in one of mine, and the HR one in the other. I had to put thread lock on the threaded part of both savers because the nut kept backing off. Eventually went with vitavon steering because of the way the saver laid in that plastic cup/groove, just sucked.

 

[Xjeepguy]

Great review! I get confused when people don't specify RTR and EXB because correct me if I'm wrong..there's a HUGE difference!

I ran that saver in one of mine, and the HR one in the other. I had to put thread lock on the threaded part of both savers because the nut kept backing off. Eventually went with vitavon steering because of the way the saver laid in that plastic cup/groove, just sucked.

My old one was the RTR. I got it in a trade. I had a little mishap today and broke it. It barrel rolled in the air, and came down on one tire. Just a toe link end, and nothing else. This thing is a tank!

 

[djrahbee]

My old one was the RTR. I got it in a trade. I had a little mishap today and broke it. It barrel rolled in the air, and came down on one tire. Just a toe link end, and nothing else. This thing is a tank!

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I'm glad the feedback is positive form everyone! I bent the crap out of the top front brace today cracked the rim from a massive ramp shaver and hard front left landing. I absolutely love my 8s rigs! I still run my 6s rigs, but I always make sure to run those first..becasue going the other way around just doesn't work for me

 

[hobo]

To start out, this isn’t my first 8S Kraton. I had a V1 Kraton, and owning it was a miserable experience for me. Seemed like every time I took it out I bent or broke something. I was very hesitant on buying the V2 for that reason.

I’m so glad I didn’t listen to my gut.

I forgot just how much fun it is to drive one of these. When my V1 ran, I absolutely loved it. Handled incredibly well, jumped level, and was in a class all by itself when it came to sheer performance on this scale. This truck is very much the same, and then some. Here are some of my observations on the first run of this beast.

Performance:
It jumped high and air control is effortless. It actually outperformed my XRT in this aspect by an impressive margin. It cornered like it’s on rails, and not one single traction roll out of it. The speed is actually comparable to my V1 with the 800kv Castle combo I had in it. The new motor and ESC are on point. I have zero plans to upgrade them, which for me, (as some of you know) is very odd. The torque comes on very strong, and the throttle response is immediate, and I did not turn up the punch at all. I did turn up the brakes from the factory 25% to 50%.

Steering:
The new servo is a massive improvement over the V1 factory servo. It’s somewhat quick, it’s a full 1/5 scale size, it has loads of torque, and runs on 8.4v right out of the box. As a matter of fact, the ESC factory setting is 8.4v. What lets the steering down, as was with my V1, is the servo saver. It does ok, but needs to be a bit stiffer. The servo returns to center well, but the servo saver does not, so there’s a lot of correction to be done while steering. It’s not a dealbreaker, but I’m going to be looking for a better alternative.

Motor/ESC:
I have nothing negative to say about this combo. It’s astounding how well Arrma did with this. The ESC is extremely nice in the way it programs, since my Spektrum program box isn’t yet comparable with it. More on that later. The motor is head and shoulders above the old one. I couldn’t replace that one fast enough. I will probably never replace this setup. It’s that good. Power is immediate and very smooth. Very impressed.

Programming:
I plugged my Spektrum V2 programming box into the ESC and it gave the message “please update firmware”. That’s no biggie, out comes the laptop, downloaded the latest spectrum app, and as it turns out, my version of firmware is the latest version. So I guess they haven’t released the newest version of the firmware for the program box. Bummer. But it’s all good, it’s a cakewalk to edit settings just using the buttons on the ESC itself.

Telemetry:
I use a DX5 Pro radio, so after binding it with the stock Spektrum receiver, I found that this setup has an insane amount of telemetry data on the radio. I can check temps, read motor RPM, battery level, and a ton of other stuff. It’s awesome.

Battery Life:
Let’s face it. It’s a 30+lb. Truck with a huge motor. Comparatively, battery life will be abysmal. I got about 20 mins of hard running out of a pair of Spektrum G2 6800mah Basher series batteries. About 10 mins shy of what I get out of my XRT with the same batteries. I already expected this, because my 800kv Castle V1 was about the same. It really doesn’t bother me at all, because I usually have a couple trucks charged up and ready to run when I go out to bash, so it’s just not that big of a deal. That’s the price you pay for this level of performance.

Durability:
The elephant in the room. How did the truck hold up? As I mentioned, that was the Achilles heel of the V1, at least in my experience. The simple answer is that it did not have a single issue! First off, I was not being gentle on this thing. I was jumping pretty high, back flipping, I cartwheeled it, I landed a particularly high jump directly onto the wing, which consequently acted as a shovel and dug a chunk of dirt out of the ground almost 2” deep lol. I lawn-darted it trying to do a front flip, and I did beat it pretty hard. Absolutely nothing broke. There’s no way they didn’t change something about these A-arms. They took some direct hard impacts with zero problems. This thing is an absolute beast of a truck!

The Verdict?
This may just be my new favorite truck. Other than a better servo saver, I have zero upgrade plans. I’m actually happy with it as-is. And that feels icky.


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did you run it on stock gearing if so did it feel fast enough

 

[Xjeepguy]

did you run it on stock gearing if so did it feel fast enough

I haven’t changed the gears. AS for the speed, at first, no. Then I calibrated the ESC and absolutely. It’s way faster than a stock V1. It has more than enough power. It runs about as fast, with as much torque as my old V1 with a 800kv Castle system in it.