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@@Greentyphon ZTW Beast V2 150a!

@@Boogie_the_cat 😎

@@leofernandez4217 it is good range for general use… just not 50+ mph speedrunning 😎

Thanks man, it is pretty much perfect for the Traxxas cars that can run it!

@@davidrivero7943 so far it’s doing much better! Surprising me honestly how much so.

Thank you!

wow, that is really impressive. I can't justify getting one but I would love one. Hmmm, maybe I will ask for one for the channel.... can't hurt.

@@davidrivero7943 I have wanted to test HRB but never had an opportunity and I don’t buy batteries. :-) I think SMC is about the best anyone can do, but Gens Ace, Turnigy, Lipeior and CNHL have some really good higher and offerings as well! I have some newer videos with more extensive testing on more brands… But they never got many views and I spent so much time putting the data together that it just wasn’t worth it. 🤷

@BriansRCStuff My Bandit turned 3 yrs old & the speed runs was what I wanted to do & most likely missed those videos .

@@10thscaleperformance I am still running everything stock in my bandit after hundreds of runs… And I’ve never had to replace a spur gear or pinion from wear I can’t even really see any wear. I just ease into the throttle so it’s not really hard on things

@BriansRCStuff i was just curious, I've had people ask me and I directed them to you as you have way more experience with this than I do, by far!

@@10thscaleperformance thanks! Yeah, my differential and axles and everything are still stock. I’m going to replace the axle soon just because the company sent me some metal ones to try.

Nice, I am a fan for sure!

Thank you! I am glad the videos are helping out. I made an install video for the 25t but I accidentally deleted the footage. I used the 25t pinion from this set. a.co/d/5ARCBU9 There is a dot on the top of motor mount you drill out in the direction you need more space. Then if it doesn't fit and yo need more or less space, you just make the bottom mount hole into a slider and adjust until it fits. 😎

@BriansRCStuff didn't you use a new motor because the motor mount screws and pinion gear set screw were too difficult to remove?

@@LESwilliams1974 Initially I did but later I put a soldering iron on the screws and let it sit for several minutes and I was able to get them loose. The 75 mph run was on the stock motor.

@@LESwilliams1974 Here is how I removed it: ruclips.net/video/J8xGqCke5ik/видео.html

@@LESwilliams1974 At 1:05 in the video, you can see the dot I was talking about that you need to drill out to fit the 25t pinion.

I think I will run 5s first (a 2s and 3s in series) and if it holds, send it with 6s!!! I am thinking 80+ on 5s and maybe 85+ on 6s!

If you find a quality replacement please let me know! I have not figured anything out yet but my buddy somehow welded a custom traxxas drivetrain in there. I have no idea what was involved. Thanks for the compliment on the driving. Honestly this thing tracks nicely with my Choons tires on there. I have it dialed in pretty good and it just gets it!!! Absolutely, I am with you, I don't have a lot of money to spend on this hobby and speedrunning the cheapos is a lot of fun and a challenge! I can't wait to hear what you do with yours and I am glad my video helped you enjoy yours even more!

@@majinbuuog6699 Thank you! I have a friend that had a very good experience with them up until like six months ago. His main contact left… I guess he saw the writing on the wall… And things were horrible after that. I don’t know how long ago you were dealing with them, but I’m glad you had a goodexperience!

oh no.... what part of the car lost control?

@BriansRCStuff Manhole covers sunk an inch and a half below the asphalt are known trouble . Nothing else went Flying off but the bumper .

@ man… glad it wasn’t worse!

I hit 62 mph with mine (the only time I ran 3s) and it was still really nice and stable! Maybe it wouldn't have gone much faster than without some weight or a spoiler! I hope you didn't damage yours too badly. I got ride of mine as I know I would break it speedrunning it and the parts are not cheap or easy to find so it deserved to be in kinder hands than min lol.

@@TheChanceAllen79 that sucks! I blew out one of mine when I hit a curb… But I figured it was mainly because I had to drill out the wheel a little bit to fit the nut. I did not have any of these fail just with normal driving. They are definitely not meant for jumping and hard bashing. What were you doing when it broke all 4 wheels at once? Just tightening them down? That is crazy! These are cheap Chinese parts and I’m honestly surprised they’re not off by a small amount… But I’ve not had any other problems with these and run a version of them up to 108 miles an hour in my Bandit no problems . 🤷 What did you spend $100 on?

@ yes literally all I did was finger tightening them down. I never even had time to ride it. I had it sitting on the side installing one side at a time keeping the pin in place. I did the first two, flipped it over did the other two, picked it up and one tire fell right off, the hub damn near crumbled. Then two more did the same. I inspected the fourth and it was split and ready to do the same. Ugh pretty pissed 😂 But oh well lesson learned I guess… I still look forward to the offset and the new tire I have ordered showing up Wednesday gives me a tad bit more width also and the metal ones coming in a month are freaking tough (not the cheap thin walled ones off amazon from china) So all and all it’ll wind up being even better 😂

@ it was close to $40 for a set of beefier plastic wheels and tires to replace them, then it was almost $60 for the metal set I have coming.

@@TheChanceAllen79 That really sucks, I am sorry to hear that happened! I wonder if your set was just off or what. I haven't run into this but I would be really disappointed if I did for sure! The rims were perfectly fine before they cracked like that? I assure you once you get the offset in there, it will help with the handling but man.... that blows. Keep in mind some wheels have different offset than others and that can eat into the offset of the hex adaptors depending on the wheel (some of them the wheel nut attaches in the middle of the wheel and others closer to the outside edge.

@@TheChanceAllen79 Man! I just got a set of Arrma Hoons for my Jetwood truck and used some 3d printed adaptors to go from 12mm to 14mm. The issue with the Hoons is the wheel nuts mounts at the outer edge and the stock Jetwood wheels are closer to the center so the 15mm hexes do not offer as much offset as i would like when running the Hoons. I have a set of 25mm adaptors coming to try for this setup but it should be solid at the 70+ mph speeds I am running with it now! Amazon had some 85mm Hoons for likr $15 a set of 2.

Man, that blows! It seems crazy to me they release crap like this and don't take the time to fix drivetrain.... it would be an easy redesign I would think! I trimmed the back of the body for mine and maybe that is why it is so stable? I am not sure but it is right up there with the most stable RC I have driven at 75 mph with no real modifications! I look forward to the video!

Sadly no… I crashed it… was disgusted with myself.

A lot of them do. I have had good luck with some of them. I am contacting DeeRC about my neighbors kids RC truck and so far they have been very responsive but we will see what kind of resolution they provide.

@@BriansRCStuff ok hope they solve your issues without issues

@@gamedogrc thank you!

I was wondering the same thing! I kind of hope another company picks up where the left off and fixes up the design.... it has so much potential when a stronger drivetrain!

Do you think they were going out of business and that is why they became extra flaky? Maybe that is why your original guy left? I mean, if that is the case a little honestly could have gone a long way. It is a shame as you did so much to showcase them and show others what could be done with them. Did you ever get your issue sorted out on the 100 mph Thunder videos? If you don't, I would still really like to see them! I am tempted to try 6s but I was thinking after I made this video, maybe I should try a 3650 4600 on 4s first.... that should really add some speed to this thing. 88 mph would be a great goal!

@BriansRCStuff I haven't even thought much about those video's, especially with everything thats happened since October 2024. I have them tho, I'll send them either by Google drive or a thumb drive. I'm thinking that may be why he left but common courtesy doesn't cost a thing.

@@10thscaleperformance Any chance you will be able to post those videos/get them cleared? I guess you might be over it but it is an awesome accomplishment and would be great if they could be shared with you channel.

@BriansRCStuff I may try at some point but I'm so disgusted with them that I don't want to promote anything about them honestly. I have the exact set up out of the truck that I can install in another brand and hopefully achieve similar results,that's my intention anyways

I was using those videos as a reference for my build that I started because of your promotion of the Thunder. I know why you deleted them, but I can't help but feel cheated out of that resource.

Thank you!

It is stable for how inexpensive it was! Britt was the pioneer on these before the company back stabbed him after all the work he put into showcasing what they could do.

Nice, he has a great channel. We both love doing budget speedrunning and he does a great job over there!

Thank you both !

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The random curse words coming from such a nice guy is hilarious indeed😆 I busted out laughing one day when he was like "the road lines are all f*cked up"😅🤣😂

@@scaleworksRC 🤣😂

I was always curious as I had seem some improvements before with a tail wind but never really compared it to a head wind. Thanks for checking it out!

SMC makes the best LIPO at a medium price range. Shipped, you can get this 3s 6,500mAh 150C for under $60 with the connector of your choice. I have used this lipo to go over 100 mph on 3s in my Bandit. LiperiAir and CNHL have also been really solid at a somewhat lower price point!! Turnigy (Panther and others product lines) and Gens Ace also has some outstanding stuff and my contact from Liperior now works for Turnigy and I am sure their LIPOs will only improve. I honestly don't know what is the best LIPO at any price. SMC is probably pretty close to the best you can get but I don't have the money to be spend crazy money. Keep in mind that within a brand they will have varying performance depending on the specific model and in general, the larger the capacity the higher performance everything else being equal.

www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1767093-Battery-Load-Test-Comparisons

Thank you for the great info Brian; and what a great channel. I think you have one of the best channels for testing products and "hot Rodding" the cars in the price that we average guys can do. I mean there are those guys who have thousands into their cars going 200mph, but that's not realistic I feel for most of us. :)

@@jkhippie5929 I really appreciate the kind words! I put a lot of effort into the channel and comments like this make it feel worthwhile!. I am 100 percent with you. I don't have a big budget for the channel and I find hot rodding budget cars a lot of fun and a good challenge. Plus, when you are going say 150 or 200 or whatever, one little issue and you could be out all of that money! I cannot imagine! The length of a road needed too would be difficult to find. Budget speedrunning is where it is at for me!😁

They are not the same. The normal charge mode provides a standard balance charge. The balance mode is designed to help batteries that have a wide gap between various cells equalize and it has been useful for me a few times. I don't understand what the the guy saying don't change the amps was talking about. You set the amps to what you want the charge rate at and it will charge at that rate. It is very important to get this right as if you charge a 1,000 mAh LIPO at 10 amps.... it probably is not going to end well lol.

It is nice and solid for sure! It should be closer to 70 on 2s soon with the stock motor and then 80 with an aftermarket motor!

Sorry your morning was not good, I hope your day got better!😞 I am with you, no wind is so nice but so rare around here (especially in the winter)!

@@BriansRCStuff Thanks again, Brian & much better now. I like night time for on-road as well. Less traffic, no glaring sun, and the winds are usually calm during the night vs day in my location.

@ here too…. I might had to get a lighting solution and try it.

I really didn't want it to crash! And it may be really hard on the ESC with this tall gearing.... I was scared to try it on 3s. : )

LIPO temp will make a big difference for sure! I will have to do one with pre warmed LIPO vs not prewarmed. Perfect winter topic!

A slightly decline would probably be almost negligible but depending on the steepness you would start seeing a difference. Maybe on a day with no wind, try both ways a few times alternating and see if there is a meaningful difference.

I have tons of videos with different setups with this car. The actual set up in that video is probably good for low 70s to mid 70s. Best is 90 mph on 3s and 100 on 4s with the stock motor and 108 with a budget aftermarket motor (it had more in it but I could not get traction - I think I have a better setup now though). Here is the 108 mph video ruclips.net/video/C4o9-XP0wZg/видео.htmlsi=LDFueOin5fRAb2mv

This is solid on those Zeee LIPO's. Britt over at 1/10th Scale RC Performance did several videos comparing the Zeee's to his CNHL Black Series and there was a big difference so if you are looking for more speed, that would be a good investment. Nice job with the 45.7! That trucks is a handful for sure to drive! I remember my first videos going 60 mph with the stock tires.... that was a big handful! 🤣 Which Aimrock tires are you running?

@BriansRCStuff the 115mm ones with 17mm hex adapters.

I have had both my two and 3S batteries for a year now

Sorry man, I have a hard time keeping track of everyone's setup I talk to. 😔 What LIPO, gearing, and rear tires are you running? 77 mph is great though! Very nice! I think you are dead on. Assuming it is a low performance LIPO, all you can really do is only do 1 or 2 runs on it (assuming even that doesn't cause it to hit LVC) and be done for the day or shut off the LVC (but that is REALLY hard on the ESC because you are probably getting bad ripple voltage). Assuming it is not a great LIPO, I would suggest getting one that can handle the amps you are drawing now. But with speedruns, especially as you continue to go faster, you will only be able to do a few runs before you should really move onto a fresh pack. This 30 sec clip or so in this video (timestamped) does a pretty nice job of summing up voltlalge sag. ruclips.net/video/AiEjx8_mHmg/видео.htmlsi=YymSSMSmkji3gGWl&t=720

I even cut the low voltage off and it would still cutout I can only assume my batteries are not that great. I’m running 44 34 gearing on silver hoon tires front and back. It happened on 3 and 2s lipo battery but my 3s is only 80c

@ what capacity and brand are the batteries? Is this on the stock motor? If so, I would try dropping back to a 31T pinion. At least in my previous set up that was my fastest gearing. But you should be up well past 80 with a good battery. If you want some suggestions, I can give them to you.

Forgot to mention I’m on xteam 4650kv motor and hobby wing gl120 esc. I was hoping this set up will allow me to go 100+ but I’m probably gonna need different batteries. Would like a 1500 MAH or 2000mah battery be sufficient for speed runs

Thanks! Too bad it will be too cold to run it this weekend. Well, I am sorry but I am not sure. I ran a 41t but I cut the slider as I was using the dremel for something else and I knew sooner or later I would need to cut it.... so I did it while I had it out. I could go significantly bigger than a 41 but I am not sure if it would have fit without cutting it. Next run I will be running 32p gears (31/44 should about max it out).