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Yeah I have so many larger rc cars and they don't get near the use of the Stampede and Gorgon. Definitely considering getting another!

And it's a wheelie monster. Truck is just a blast!

You know, yes. However, and double check this, I think that body decal combo is hard to come by. Like look on the site if you can get it. The other one, the rusted one is always available. I always see it. But you can take the decals off. Obviously you'll need something to get the adhesive off but if you wreck the body it may be harder to replace. Just double check that. They don't make near as many of these as they do other cars.

@redvikinghobbies ... Thanks for the response dude. Yeah, I already have the rusty Rat Rod and the RB10 racing buggy so I know this chassis well. In the UK this Hot Rod is now reduced so I was thinking I'd make it all black, put some big Hoosier drag wheels all around, drop the rear end, and 3D print a proper grill. Just in case it may be useful for you, there is a spray can product called MultiSolve. It's great for safely cleaning off sticky residue left behind from decals. Have a good day 👍

@austinrhubarb We can't get it over here for a reasonable price. Just like GT85. (It's made for the European market by WD-40.) We use Goo-Gone for adhesive remover and WD40 Bike chain lube for dry lubricant. It's the same stuff. I don't know why they do that but C-tec cost me 40 U.S. dollars for one bottle on ebay. I bought a case of GT85 from across the pond just to try it and paid 60 bucks for 2. After that I did my research and found out it was made by WD-40 for your market so just bought the U.S. equivalent. Happened when I did my Carisma video. Lot if Carisma fans over there in comparison to here. But yeah, even chemicals that are labeled the same often have different ingredients here and there. I'm sure it's something with the EPA here and the EEA there.

@redvikinghobbies ... Yeah, it's swings and roundabouts I guess. I saw one of your older videos where you guys were talking about being able to get a Hammer Rey for 300 dollars. I bought mine a year ago in the UK and had to pay the equivalent of 750 dollars! And I'd love a Baja Rey 2.0, but Losi won't even send that to the UK. Real shame. But then we have plentiful and affordable access to brands like FTX and HPI, which I believe would be a lot harder for you guys to lay your hands on. So it sort of evens out a bit. But then I see some of the US videos of awesome RC shops and tracks that us Brits could only dream about 😃 Cheers dude

I have a bunch of both. Much easier to get HPI. I have the original Vorza NIB. It's a little beat up but it was the first RC to claim an offload speed of 64 mph. Which I think was advertised in the UK on those boxes as 100km per hour. I've never seen the U.K. box. I also have the Apache C1 NIB as well. One of my favorites is the HPI WRC Rally Car. The Savage XL is awesome too but the battery holders aren't great.

Great 👍 Aside from having the Spektrum warranty it's very easy to clean. I give this thing the hose off and the WD40 treatment for a night, spray it with air and it's ready to go. The wd40 will help clean anything left behind after the spray down and lubricate the rig for years to come. I do this after every run with most of my cars. Some people swear by it and others dislike it but for bashers it's my go to method. In the future things will break and you'll need to replace them anyway but you won't have rust issues. With some models that are painted kits wd40 isn't advised. It'll affect the paint. It's also terrible for any planes with foam. If you're ever worried about electronics and water in rc buy some cinformal coating. I use the ducky spray. Specifically for rigs like my crawlers that will be wet all the time. Here's a link if you want to learn more which will be advantageous to vehicles your purchase in the future. DUCKY PRODUCTS Electro-Seal: Electrical Water Proofing, Spray on Clear Protective Rubber Film, 11 oz a.co/d/hZYRDXI

This one definitely surprised me! Thanks for the comment! Cheers!

Nah. I swapped it to 3s brushless and it tore through it. Been running cars for 37 years. I attached this video to Arrma and they had a motor and esc to me pretty quick. The Rlaarlo's and WLtoys did fine on the same yard. And cheaper vehicles. It's just underpowered out of the box. My first kit ever was a Grasshopper. That was 1/10th scale 380 and while it was slow in the grass it wouldn't stop like that. The Granite Grom ran the same way and was fine as did the Mojave which is pretty low. Motor was just bad. It happens. I just think for the price there are better brushless lipo options. It's specifically tight to work on in there. Right now it's a 55mph car but I have to tape the back of the body to keep it on and I wedged that motor plate to get a bigger pinion and spur in but we jump it and everything right in that yard. It has less than 3 1/2 stars on Horizon. About 4 on Amazon. The WLtoys 144001 gets 4 or better but that's a 550 with plenty of room. This was a case where you pay for the name not the quality. I'm knee deep in Arrma cars but I'm not enjoying the Groms. Loved the Gorgon and the Mojave 4s is phenomenal. Just didn't think this was Arrma tough.

@archerash6695 yes and the transmission and diffs are metal. Cheers!

@SonnyPaints First charge only took me about 3 hours from what I remember. With that battery and charger it's not as precise as a lipo nor is it as volatile so they may come with more charge than you'd expect. Not with this truck but on the Arrma Gorgon, same thing, Nimh battery, it was like an hour and a half. But even after a first run down it charges up pretty quick. Nothing like the balance charge times that say 12 hours for Traxxas. Maybe 5? At most 7? I can't remember one taking that long though.

Oh and if you don’t mind recommending good batteries cause I literally know nothing just getting into the hobby

@@davidheath1026 Spektrum 2S G2 SMART LiPo 5000mAh

I feel ya! First, apologies for my late response! No idea why I didn't see this notification! Yeah so I love the SCX10ii as well and was seriously upset when they discontinued the Honcho without making a new version. Especially because it was like kicking sand in my face when they did the SCX6 with a Honcho body. Like really? As for Carisma crawlers they're definitely harder to tweak but make great trail trucks. I'm running a Holmes Hobby Crawlmaster of some sort, I'd have to go look at the series, in one of their trucks I've worked and you can't go wrong with Holmes's stuff. I myself have a few Hobbywing set ups that are esc/Holmes combos and a few bashers that are all Hobbywing. Thanks for the comment, sorry for the late reply, Cheers!

@editprevent Great question and some general knowledge. But first things first let's go to what may be the issue. Sometimes at the factory the connections are just wrong. They do thousands of these. So reversing your transmitter wire on the combo esc/receiver may do the trick. Just take the throttle wire out and put it in backwards. Try the car again. The normal order of things would be check controller for throttle reverse (don't think the Gorgon has that, mine is now in a DX3) Check that brushed motor wires are not reversed into esc Check that transmitter is in neutral positions when turning on Check transmitter wire is in the proper orientation (it may be wrong from factory.) Check vehicle is not in training mode Check vehicle is not at throttle calibration of 50, 75% If new transmitter is used other than factory do hard reset and make sure all transmitter outs are in neutral position Best of luck, and thanks for the question!

Thanks man, I hadn't found any info on this issue. It seems to be more of a brushless associated problem, from what I've read.I appreciate your time and knowledge. Will try your suggestions.

@editprevent It's usually reversed wires with brushless or someone put their diffs back in backwards which is possible on many models. The brushless motors are actually not directional. The esc decides the order the magnets are engaged to establish direction. So flipping those wires around just changes the direction. They don't have a ground wire per se. Those 3 all provide power using phase. It gets more complicated than that but that's the jist. Let me know how it goes. Can't ever rule out a bad motor or esc.

And it may, I'd have to go check. It's been awhile since I had either out. Been just running my Ecto and Zuul for awhile now. Got the Stance here from Vanquish I'd really like to get to know. It's all time. Well...and money. Guess it's more like 2 parts money. I'm addicted to collecting everything rc. It's a diagnosable problem.

@redvikinghobbies the stance is a very good value for the dollar, and, with some good tires and the proper balance, it is a fantastic crawler. Thanks for the comparison and quick reply.

The Bugs are great! Awesome comment! Made my day cause I love mine!

Yeah I didn't like the pre-worn look of the Rat Rod so I never ordered one. This one was so slick looking I had to have it. Thanks for the comment! Cheers!

@@redvikinghobbies no problem dude!

Took a beating and really impressed!

You know when this truck first came out, like if you take a look at the date on the video, there really weren't many around. Now it's available in a few places and the body on some different chassis. I think that's what attracted me to it in the first place - looked like a mini-outcast. Now I'm hearing there's a chance we may see a mini Outcast in the Arrma Grom series. Guess we'll know after Armageddon this weekend. I'd definitely prefer that to the Granite and Typhon. Thanks for the comment. Haven't taken the truck out in a bit and deserves a run! Cheers!

I actually figured that out after a bit. I've actually been running it once in awhile on 3s on a better piece of pavement and have been through several sets of tires. Thing can be a blast!

Hey man, I removed the last post because you got this one in and I replied. I had to reread the gyro instructions and play with the car a bunch to get it but realized it after a few uses. It still doesn't have the adjustments you'd need for really good drifting but it's a great starting place! Thanks again for your comments! Cheers!

@@redvikinghobbies yea no worries bro I just got one and had to do the same thing. I use the second set of rubber tires it comes with and it does great the only thing is the modulation between the radio and receiver aren't the greatest I'm probably gonna switch it too a dumbro and see how that works plus a better servo besides that i think it will be perfect for a little drifting monster. Thanks for hitting me back we gotta keep this life and hobby alive. Cheers bro

God dag! They are right? I was surprised. Ordering up the Monster Truck one in blue! Lol. I love a great budget basher! Thanks for the sub!

Thanks so much! Cheers!

It really is!

Yeah, caught me off guard for the price. It seems it's a mixed bag. I put links in the description but I don't think all the resellers know there's a regular and a turbo. So I got a Turbo for 129.99. Bit that's awhile back. But it looks like Amazon and Ebay had the same thing going on and you could find a turbo pretty cheap. Thanks for the support!

Great little car. I know that many of us in the hobby buy directly from China and get some amazing deals. I try to support my local hobby store but often times Ebay and Amazon have much better prices. The hobby gets quite expensive if your not careful. So many cool cars but you can't own them all and the low budget ones are often times more fun. @@redvikinghobbies

Well I'll tell ya if you upgrade it to brushless AND CHANGE THE TIRES it's awesome. I have 2 brushless and ordered the kit for this one abd never did it. Tell you what. Soon as I finish a few more cars and the Gorgon I'll do it and post it up! Thanks for the comment! Cheers!

@@redvikinghobbies well I am having fun with the stalk engine that it comes with with these Zeee Batteries 🔋 man this this fly lol

But did you subscribe? 🤣 Just teasing. Thank you for your comment!

Welp this one fails but Horizon is sending a new motor/esc. Now I'll have to decide whether to put it in or put in the brushless I already ordered 😂 Thanks for the support JJ!

@redvikinghobbies definitely put in the brushless motor, it will perform better at higher speed. I haven't played with my Typhon for a while, maybe I should charge up the batteries and have a blast again. I still play with my crawlers from time to time, they don't require a lot of space so I tend to play with them more often than the high speed ones.

Looks esc failed.

It's much easier in 1/10th scale not just to work on (although you wouldn't have a problem with your models) but to tell which upgrades worked out for you because you tend to add them slower and try less. In 1/24th and 1/18th there's so many variables that you're not able to feel that you wind up running them sometimes and not noticing if you made things better or worse. I'm speaking from 24th scale experience but many of those parts fit 1/18th. So for instance after you put brass in a couple places and feel good about the tires you might question which shocks or servo to use, swap them, and have a net result. And you're like hmmm... okay try this another way. With 1/10th you'll know instantly how those shocks or a motor or servo are changing things. And in 1/10th I gotta give 50% to the right tires and foams. It's that high. It's just not a 1/18th.

Got that one too! Great rig!

@redvikinghobbies very very nice.. now I'm jealous. 😊😄

I'll have to see when I run the Trx4m tomorrow! I think as far as 1/18th crawlers they were wise to have the $99.99 introductory offering and have the upgrades ready knowing what we did with our SCX24. We couldn't leave them alone! And they were quite impressive out of the box. After the SCX24 when FMS hit the market they released that red pickup and the 6 wheeler but neither one gave us many upgrade options. Of course later models would and they still have some cool trucks. But before the TRX4m Axial released the UTB18 to some amazing reviews. I was done with small crawlers and back to 1/10th so when the Trx4m came out I refused to buy it. As a matter of fact I had ordered a car and was picking it up when they got them in and refused to get one. I didn't want to be straining my eyes looking for a screw on the floor anymore. And then they just released more of them and then the high trail. Still I didn't bother. However; I'm a huge Redcat fan. Love those guys. Have a Danchee, Everest, Gen 8, Gen 8 Axe, Gen 9, Ascent, Ascent Fusion Pro, and the Ascent18. And that's just to name the crawlers. So between someone asking me to buy an 18 and it being the last of the Ascents for my collection I did it. Next day bought a High Trail Trx4m Special Edition K10. Found everything I could want for the Trx4m but not too much yet outside of Redcat for the Ascent18. Let's say extended metal axles for instance. So I'll use brass spacers. I don't want to speak to the radius until I've compared a few but the vehicle is quite light. People forget that companies like Kyosho tried 1/24th trucks but it didn't stick like the SCX24. There was just something about them and they were super impressive out of the box. But Redcat knew this audience and knew we were gonna go nuts modifying them. I think that's why they're a little less impressive unboxed but for the 70 dollars we saved not buying Traxxas they know we'll just spend it on the upgrades. Stay tuned for the next video on the Trx4m and let me know your thoughts. I'm doing the Typhon Grom after that and hopefully will have enough bench time to have made some sick mods on the Ascent18 vs TRX4m video to follow. Thanks for your support, comments, and sub! It means a lot! Cheers!

@@redvikinghobbies thank you for the thorough reply, quite accurate too! I'm looking forward to more videos.

There's no toe out adjustment. There's 2 aluminum sets of steering parts that may help, steering servo bracket and steering block hub assembly. The tie rod/turnbuckles for the 16431 may fit but I haven't tried. We used to lengthen our Slash control arms for dirt oval with a heat gun so thr same could be attempted here if one is close to where you need it but if the one you got isn't even, both slightly toe out, you'd need to replace the parts which in this case I'd go with the aluminum. It's a fun truck bit not highly adjustable. Thanks for the question!

Your's probably have grey two steering links, like in my Citroen, just pop one screw out and twist it out. There is a threaded rod inside. The toe-out out the box is very, very.. mesmerizing :)

* grey two-piece steering links..'

I'm doing the Trx4m video now. Probably ready Sunday. I'll list them there and then copy and paste them into this description at the same time. The latest they'll be up is Monday. In the meantime on Redcat, if you follow my link, go to the Ascent18 and down the page click on parts. Won't say upgrade, but sure enough it's 4 pages of Redcat upgrades. Otherwise most of what I've gotten for the two vehicles, with stuff still coming, has been Injora on Amazon. Sorry I didn't list them for this video. The video after the Trx4m will be the Typhon Grom and hopefully I'll be done my 1/18th crawlers by end of next week. I'm in the eclipse totality area in Texas and have a busy Tuesday Wednesday but I'll do my best. Thank you for the question! Cheers!

At max speeds on and off the throttle expect it to start slowing at about 14 minutes. If you're easier with it it'll trail off around 19 but still run a bit. But the average on that nimh is about 20 minutes with stop and go. Can't say I've ever ran one full throttle to see how long until it completely died.

Thanks so much! Greatly appreciated. Hope you enjoy it! Cheers!

Awesome man! Sorry I didn't know about those codes. Haven't had that experience yet

I'm not quite sure because I've never had a gps pairing issue and unfortunately don't have time right now to troubleshoot that issue so I contacted Hypergo for you and am waiting for a reply to that problem. If I get the answer I'll create a link for you to follow that has further instructions. Sorry I'm not much help with this issue yet but we'll see if we can figure it out!

FREAKING AWESOME!!! Enjoy man!

Dude I have no idea. I tried to put that GPS on another car with zero success because the transmitter, gps, and esc are all tied together and the ESC was way to small for the new car (Rustler VXL.) I have no clue with how well that worked it isn't on all their cars!

Yeah, sometimes at the factory they get the wiring wrong. Take off the esc and swap the blue and yellow wire. If it's not blue and yellow don't worry. It only reverses the way the motor spins. You probably like any other reasonable person matched the wires. Usually it's just the sleeve colors don't match. Wish I could send you a pic but it looks like there's a space on the ESC that's left open in between yellow and blue. If you want to email me at redvikinghobbies@gmail.com a picture of yours or just a note I'll send a pic back. I did 3 cars in this vid. The first two were duds so im assuming it's the Hosim version of the Hypergo but either way I'd swap the wires into the esc disregarding color without the battery in and start again. You don't need to touch the motor side because it'll just spin the opposite way and require a solder job. Easier to just swap connections.

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Yeah, I wound up putting on limiting straps. Fun trucks. Thanks for the comment! Cheers!