Just a Basher
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- West Palm Beach, FL
- Arrma RC's
- Kraton 6s
- Senton 6s
- Talion
- Typhon 6s
So, I finally got a Typhon.
I've never owned a buggy yet and after seeing how effective truggified Typhons are, I wanted to get one. So along came this V1. The previous owner(s) had already truggified it, added a savox servo, Hot Racing servo mount, RPM wing mount, swapped in new bearings, and even recalled the red ESC.
The newcomer to the bashing crew.
Its definitely seen some love. First thing was to strip it down and figure out what needs attention.
After cleaning everything and tearing it down its only appears the center diff needs to be rebuilt (still doing them all). I have a new case coming in tomorrow, so that will have to wait. From all my Jennys orders for my Kratons, I had the updated battery tray and I bought a V4 sliding motor mount for this.
Note, a Kraton battery tray doesn't fit off the bat. I lined up my not too badly bent Kraton chassis and drilled new holes for the newer battery tray. I used some tig filler rod to help center the Kraton chassis to the Typhon chassis and clamped it down for drilling.
These are the 4 holes that have to be drilled to fit a newer Kraton battery tray in a Typhon. I went a little deep with countersinking, but it'll be fine.
Back inside, I swapped over the old motor from my V3 Kraton and reassembled. I also swapped the ESC connectors to XT150s since that's what I've got on all my 6s stuff now. Added the V4 sliding motor mount, and its looking good.
Thats it for tonight. I have some Voltage hobbies parts on their way, and I need to make up my mind whether to upgrade the radio with just another tactic, or maybe buy something nice. The plan is to make this thing an absolute unit. M2C chassis will probably be later on this year.
More to come...
I've never owned a buggy yet and after seeing how effective truggified Typhons are, I wanted to get one. So along came this V1. The previous owner(s) had already truggified it, added a savox servo, Hot Racing servo mount, RPM wing mount, swapped in new bearings, and even recalled the red ESC.
The newcomer to the bashing crew.
Its definitely seen some love. First thing was to strip it down and figure out what needs attention.
After cleaning everything and tearing it down its only appears the center diff needs to be rebuilt (still doing them all). I have a new case coming in tomorrow, so that will have to wait. From all my Jennys orders for my Kratons, I had the updated battery tray and I bought a V4 sliding motor mount for this.
Note, a Kraton battery tray doesn't fit off the bat. I lined up my not too badly bent Kraton chassis and drilled new holes for the newer battery tray. I used some tig filler rod to help center the Kraton chassis to the Typhon chassis and clamped it down for drilling.
These are the 4 holes that have to be drilled to fit a newer Kraton battery tray in a Typhon. I went a little deep with countersinking, but it'll be fine.
Back inside, I swapped over the old motor from my V3 Kraton and reassembled. I also swapped the ESC connectors to XT150s since that's what I've got on all my 6s stuff now. Added the V4 sliding motor mount, and its looking good.
Thats it for tonight. I have some Voltage hobbies parts on their way, and I need to make up my mind whether to upgrade the radio with just another tactic, or maybe buy something nice. The plan is to make this thing an absolute unit. M2C chassis will probably be later on this year.
More to come...