short term review: mini e-revo? results?

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by RCShocker

Sean should know the good & the bad, I think he has 3 of them.

Yep, I do.

I haven't driven mine with anything other than the stock setup on 2S (except for swapping the crappy TRX radio system for Spektrum). To begin with, it's a fast little booger on 2S. 30mph is moving pretty quick for a mini. I have yet to take it over much of a jump other than small hills and curbs. From what I have seen so far though, it jumps pretty well and is easy to control in the air. I have yet to damage anything at all on the truck and it's had quite a few cartwheels on sand and asphalt.

If upside down, the servo does twitch at times as it's trying to find center, but a quick tap of the steering wheel fixes that. The ESC is easy to set up and put into LVC mode. However, the ESC has pretty crappy low speed control and cogs a bit when trying to run the truck at a couple MPH. I noticed this when I was doing slow circles around my daughter in the driveway. Also, the throttle response seems a little laggy...almost like it has a lot of punch control dialed in even though the ESC doesn't have that feature.

I've had mine on the beach already and to clean it, I pulled the batt and it took a shower, literally. A hosing off and some WD40 all over it and it's ready to rock again.

Overall, it absolutely blows away any other minis I've owned/driven. That being said, I would NOT try and compare this to a Hyper Mini ST/CRT .5. It's just not the same size, nor is it built as a race-bred vehicle.

If you have any specific questions, just PM me. I'll be glad to try and help out.