Finally, gave the truck its first run outside today, a shake-down if you will.
Observed a few issues that need fixing:
1) pulls to the left, even with the radio trimmed all the way to the right.
2) suspension is a bit mushy
3) stock steering rods bend like uncooked spaghetti
Solutions:
1) tweak steering rods & check toe-in front and rear.
2) swap springs over with 4 of the 8 on the Gmaxx ( Gmaxx suspension is too hard so this is a win-win )
3) Buy some new steering turnbuckles.
Other than that the truck runs fine, brakes are nice and crisp, throttle is smooth ( no cogging ), doesnt wheelie on a hard surface ( block-paving ). Does traction roll though, so no sharp turns under throttle- need to fix my body posts as the fronts came loose. Also need to apply threadloc to prevent the kingpins coming undone. No video Im affraid, wasnt worth filming really.
I have ~2 weeks holiday over the middle of April so should get some video then, and have the issues resolved to make it handle better.
Laters
