Mazing3
Active Member
I was constantly breaking or bending shock rods, rod ends, having leaks, etc.
Because of the ridiculous parts availability situation with Arrma I started looking at Tekno for replacement shock rods. One thing led to another and I just bit the bullet and bought their full option kits front and rear. 122mm front and 137mm rear. They aren't cheap at around $100 per pair after pistons and springs but worth it. You don't truly appreciate how good these are until you assemble your first set. You also immediately realize how crappy the stock ones are. They completely transformed my Krayton. So I bought a set for my Outcast. Same story.
This past weekend I took the Outcast out for a long parking lot bash session with some local guys. Big ramp and was consistently doing 30-40ft flights with 15ft altitude. I must have hit that ramp 40 times. Plenty of great landings and of course a few mishaps. I was running 6s and with my shock settings (will list at the end) this thing was able to do standing backflips. I don't mean against a wall, just full trigger pull= back flip. Eventually I was just doing long wheelie runs and playing around with steering while up. Ran into a cement light pole. Hit so hard it broke the battery straps and tossed the batteries.
There is no other way to put it, beat the ever living sheet out of this truck. I've never flogged it this hard. At one point I even broke off the front body mounts. Still pinned to the body too.
Eventually the batteries ran out of juice and I packed up and went home. Then I looked at the truck. The rear tower is a bit mangled and a lot of things were broken back there. The RPM wing mounts weren't even phased btw. But the most remarkable thing is the rear shocks... completely perfect. Nothing bent, nothing broken nothing dripping. Even the rod ends were still pristine.
Took those pics for perspective.
I love my setting and they are as follows-
front- Full option kit with the Ti rods. 122mm, 3 hole tapered piston (the white ones) and 90mm orange springs. 70wt oil
Rear- same but with 137mm shocks and 60wt.
I gotta admit, I was so impressed with the first set of shocks that I wanted to see what a whole Tekno truck was like. So I bought an et48.3. That thing is on a whole different level beyond our Arrmas. My Nero was a pos dissaster breaking on every run so I gave up and stripped it for all the electronics I needed for the et48. That Nero motor and ESC in a 9lbs Tekno is rather fun.
Hope that helps someone. Sorry it was so long and I know it sounds like a Tekno commercial but it's not. I was getting pretty frustrated with my Krat and Out but these shocks changed the game for me.
Oh, I do now have a box of Nero stuff if anyone is looking for some spares. PM me. Thing fits in a shoebox when you tear it down. Mine is the latest 6 with the diff brains. Got it in March.