As my Granite Voltage has slowly morphed from what the truck started as into something noticeably faster and more expensive, I've been thinking about what I've ended up doing to the truck, and what would have been cheap or easy for ARRMA to do for me to make the Voltage just a little bit better. Here are the top things I've come up with:
- Change the Diff outdrives. They don't have to be metal, but it's become obvious that the current shape puts too much stress on the plastic. Maybe just add a grub screw like some folks have, or change the size/shape of the outdrive to spread the stress over a larger area of plastic. I would also accept changing to the slider driveshafts, but I'm guessing those cost too much compared to the dogbone.
- Mold in screw holes to mount a 40mm fan over the motor. That big hole over the motor is just about perfectly sized to fit a 40mm fan on top of it, but all the places you would want to put a screw in are either thin or have something important underneath them. I don't need ARRMA to include an actual fan, but having mounting holes for one molded in like they did for the radio box would be super convenient.
- Switch to hex-drive screws. I doubt there is even a cost difference.
- Final suggestion: If any of the above costs any money, you can save some by not including the plastic wheel nut tool. That thing is a complete joke and split apart completely the one time I tried to use it. Save your pennies and stop including that thing.
Those are the ideas that I've got for improving things without adding much cost. Obviously, I'd love it if the truck was brushless from the start, but that isn't realistic at the price point the Voltages actually sell for. So, what do you folks wish ARRMA would do to the Voltage that they don't right now?
- Change the Diff outdrives. They don't have to be metal, but it's become obvious that the current shape puts too much stress on the plastic. Maybe just add a grub screw like some folks have, or change the size/shape of the outdrive to spread the stress over a larger area of plastic. I would also accept changing to the slider driveshafts, but I'm guessing those cost too much compared to the dogbone.
- Mold in screw holes to mount a 40mm fan over the motor. That big hole over the motor is just about perfectly sized to fit a 40mm fan on top of it, but all the places you would want to put a screw in are either thin or have something important underneath them. I don't need ARRMA to include an actual fan, but having mounting holes for one molded in like they did for the radio box would be super convenient.
- Switch to hex-drive screws. I doubt there is even a cost difference.
- Final suggestion: If any of the above costs any money, you can save some by not including the plastic wheel nut tool. That thing is a complete joke and split apart completely the one time I tried to use it. Save your pennies and stop including that thing.
Those are the ideas that I've got for improving things without adding much cost. Obviously, I'd love it if the truck was brushless from the start, but that isn't realistic at the price point the Voltages actually sell for. So, what do you folks wish ARRMA would do to the Voltage that they don't right now?
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