Brushless Traxxas Jato

[Batfish]

I got the Brushless Jato to the track yesterday. Here's the layout of the track. It's not exactly to scale, but it's a good representation made by one of the drivers.

So you have an idea of the size, the back straight is 96ft.

When I first got the Brushless Jato going on the track it was apparent that there wasn't enough weight in the rear to get enough traction, so I added a 4-cell dry pack with 4AA batteries into the rear battery holder. Even with the extra weight it took a light throttle finger to keep the back end in check.
The owner likes technical tracks. Normally this means that there are jumps with specific timing, or they're located close to turns to force thoughtful driving. This is the first track that's technical due to the placement of turns rather than jumps. The jumps are actually very easy to land (overall), but I couldn't get over about 1/2 throttle due to the frequent turns. Even on the cleanest laps I ran I couldn't push the truck anywhere near it's limits.
The Brushless Jato was *extremely* stable in the air. I was very pleased to see that it was perfectly level and jumped more smoothly than any stadium truck I have driven. This includes XXX-T MF, T3, T4. I think it has to be the changes in the way Traxxas designed the Jato that allows it to be so stable even after such a radical reconfiguration. The only thing I expect to do in finishing up the suspension is to raise the ride height in the front and possibly add stiffer springs to the front. It sags more than my liking during braking.
Sorry, no video of the track runs yesterday.

One new configuration note: I hooked up my Nomadio Sensor to the Jato (since the MGT is in pieces right now). I really love the radio and telemetry information.