I love the format of a long term durability report. Before i got my first Arrma, i watched a 60 pack durability report from Funcentric. It gave me a good idea of what I'd need to fix and when. My diffs lasted less packs than his, but i drove in longish grippy grass for 2/3 of my packs. I always heard the Senton was a beast. You probably did more packs through that thing than any other RUclipsr, for which i respect you. 👍🏽👍🏽 That's kinda nuts about the spur gears. In 5 months I'm still on my second plastic spur. The first one never actually stripped either, I threw it away when I bought a metal spur (Integy) that didn't have the proper spacing for the slipper pads. So I had to go back to the plastic spur. Learned a lesson, don't throw away working parts 😂. My input gears on the diffs were the things I broke. Rear in 3 weeks, front in 5 weeks. But I was bashing 3 packs a day, because I wanted to put it through its paces before the 30 day return window passed. Put RPM Typhon arms on it with stock Typhon turnbuckles, and both diffs are steel. The servo didn't last long either. I think right before or after the front diff went, the servo went. Not a big deal. $30 DSServo feels way better than stock. Put in a center shaft bearing support, because mine went very wobbly and got jacked up by some rocks. Repaired the shaft with thermoplastic pellets, and still working to this day. I actually did the pellet driveshaft repair before the center bearing support. I bought the center bearing because as the shaft wobbled, the repair I'd done with the pellets rubbed on the servo mount, and got so hot that the thermoplastic started to melt, due to its lower melting point (120 F) than standard plastic. I also broke one shock, on the bottom of the shock mount. Also, destroyed the motor mount by hitting a stone at 40 MPH head on. All in all, not bad for 5 months, doing 9 packs a week or more. 3s line is pretty durable aside from the plastic gears. I've still got it today, but my motor bearing got f'ed, and I stripped two of the motor hexes, even though I used a soldering iron to heat the hexes. Next month I'm building a roller Kagama, because I've never had an 8th scale truck. Cheers!
We're actually currently filming an all Senton showdown video. It's gotten pretty competitive. It should be up Sunday night I'm hoping, and it features my original Senton.
I would love to see a future video when you do several laps in both trucks (when you get the Team Associated) and see how close (or not) the times are!
That's exactly my plan, I was going to do a full side by side comparison between them, drag racing(Senton wins) then some lap times, then a head to head 10 lap race between them on a track(team associated wins) but they will both have their areas of brilliance over the other. The Senton really is the fastest strait line speed 1/10 out of the box RTR sct on the market, probably the toughest in its class too. It's a truck you can race but was built to be a speed basher. The TA is a race truck built with the track and handling in mind, but you can bash it a little bit, I wouldn't bash it like a Senton though.
A more experienced person.told me that, then I got to looking around RUclips and realized how rare it is to see a Senton on the track in an event. Just goes to show more speed doesn't always mean faster.
@@Rek_Rc I did my lil research on the senton.. I was just gonna get it then get to changing it for the course.. idk if I can even legally do that.. 1ot seems to roll on quick turns. New wheels. I like the wheelies, but not for racing.. needs a weight up front, metal diffs......
@@TheHobbyAvenger yeah I'm not sure what can and can't be done to it for racing. I know the minimum weight for 4x4 SCT is usually 2505 grams, I think you can weigh more than that but I don't know by how much, but metal diffs would seem to balance the truck better I would think. Might also help it roll over less coupled with different tires too. It really is a fast truck, but I get the impression it was built as a hard basher, but with racing in mind as an after thought.
Arrma 3s rcs are great from my experience too. Surprisingly I’m one of the few without a broken spur gear yet (abt 3-4 months of basing) but it’s gonna need one soon as it’s pretty worn down. I have had to replace a rear input gear like u have and I’ve also had to replace the main rear diff gear. So all of those breakages are similar to what you have experienced. One other thing I broke was the front shock tower. I’m gonna say this break was totally my fault. I went to a bmx park and was launching it 30-40ft high over and over. Had a horrible landing and the front shock tower snapped. I will say tho that it’s my fault and won’t expect that to happen again. Great long term review!
Thanks buddy as always. You and another channel I've talked to haven't broken a spur gear, which tells me I'm probably being a bit too heavy on the throttle while landing. The nice thing about killing a rear diff is that you can usually just get away with replacing the crown gear as long as it's not leaking. So that removes a few steps from the process. I've heard the metal diffs are worlds better still, but the plastics have been really good to me so far. I'm thinking of going with metal just to see how it is, do you think it would add noticeable weight? The metal spur is noticeably heavier than the plastic but it doesn't seem to feel different driving other than the sound changing slightly.
I remember you saying before that you haven't broken a gear either. I used to have a bad habit of getting on the throttle too soon in the air during a jump and landing while on the throttle. Since I stopped doing that they've held up much better.
Very nice report, on thing I actually had a problem with on my sons vorteks after putting rpm a-arms on was the rear outer hinge pins kept popping out so I sanded the arms down just a bit and fitted Arrma 6s Typhon captured hinge pins, just thought I would share with anybody having that problem
@@Rek_Rc Yes Banggood has great prices but take forever. We both need to get back out there and make another video. It's either a hard bash with my AMP until it breaks or maybe my Typhon. I really hate to get it dirty. lol
@@RCRoads I think the AMP bash would be cool, the Typhon is the one arrma 3s car that even though it's tough like the rest, I imagine I wouldn't want to bust it up either, not sure why, I just feel like I wouldn't want to rough it up. One of the cars I'm waiting on is just a few days out now so I'm hoping that next weekend I can get a new review video up. But I also bought a Y harness and ran my senton on 4s parallel with duel 2s batteries and to my amazement it worked. I didn't push it hard at all, but I'm thinking of doing a speed test video of it running 4s on the stock 3s system.
@@Rek_Rc That would be awesome. I'm heading to the hobby store now to pick up some stuff. Maybe I should get a Y connector too and try it out on my Typhon on 4s. I have seen others do this and the motor survives but the ESC is the weak link. Honestly it should work for short burst but not long runs. Best of luck and I will be watching for your attempt at 4s. 👍
Change the control arms and turnbuckles over to the Typhon parts, adjust it up and get different off set wheels and tires, its not like you don't need new tires anyway.
It's all fixed up now. Actually going to custom paint a new body for it here this week. Hopefully it won't look like I did in the dark while in a hurry.
Great to see the truck is holding up so well! I just got one a few weeks ago and have yet to really start hammering it. I really like the senton body, and seems to be very high quality too. I laughed so hard when you jumped it straight into a railing at the skatepark lol! Honestly i figured it would go more up, too funny.
You can grab one on Amazon. They're like 30 dollars but worth every cent. They are 57 tooth, Arrma even has a store of their own in Amazon you can order directly from them.
I've had mine for a week. When I drive it its fine.....like put through the privacy fence and bounced it off the house a few times. (No damage) let son drive it, first time both rear wheels flew off mid jump....(Driveshaft screws came loose and hubs came off) and then his 2nd time out, bent front shock and ripped front bumper clean off.
Wow, that impressive in a way, because mine did 3 or 4 skatepark trips before it even broke one A-arm. But eventually my front bumper also came off along with the skidplate after almost 2 years of bashing.
Just got my 3s senton last week , running a lipo in it, how do I know if lipo low voltage is enabled on the esc ? Does it come standard setup with lipo low voltage enabled? Don't want to ruin another battery....thanks in advance
The Senton might not handle as well as TA or Losi but it would definitely out handle a Granite and it can still bash just as good. I can tell you drive it a lot because it has many scars. I thinks it's a great thing that you might be getting into competitive racing. I'm sure I would place last if I tried it but who cares at least I would enjoy it.
This truck sure has had a lot of "character" beat into it by now lol. It's funny because they really are as far as I know, the fastest 10th scale rtr sct out of the box. On asphalt I put my money on a senton 3s to beat any other 10th scale sct out of the box in a drag race (unless gyro is involved), but the track more focused trucks really are noticeably better in turns and general stability. But I agree that even if I place dead last every time, which is likely, racing the new truck will be so much fun I wouldn't notice winning or losing anyways.
@@Rek_Rc ha ha .. Yes you beat the hell out of your Senton but it keeps going. The Spectrum electronics are very dependable and fast. I wonder what electronics ie.. motors and ESC's come in the Team Associated short course rc's? I can't wait to see your new car after you get it all set up and ready to race. Hopefully you will come into some money and get 2 cars for racing and kick ass. You should take donations if at all possible. You do have lots of friends and maybe even a sponsor. Very excited for you and wishing you the best. ⭐
@@RCRoads I can't thank you enough for the kind words as always friend. I believe the TA SCT also has the same or similar reedy electronics to your MT 10, if there is a difference I would suspect it's probably just pinion size out of the box. Funny thing is that I can find tons of video of the TA SCT 4pro but not a single one doing a stock speed run. I don't think they hit 50 out of the box, but I'm told speeds in the 40s is what to expect, but they are said to be very smooth and if it's at all similar to your MT 10, I believe it. The senton is quite a handful to drive fast so I'm assuming the TA SCT is much more stable based on what I hear.
@@Rek_Rc The MT10 seems to be very comparable in punch as lets say the Granite 3s. Don't quote me on this but the reedy motor seems to be smaller in physical size than the Firma Spectrum BLX 100. The top speed might be less but who's to say. I should do a proper speed test and research the gearing on both. Are you allowed to use any 3s system for racing ? I have no idea but do they have stock class and modified?
I recently replaced my V1 Senton with a Boost version & just swapped the diffs/driveshafts/motor & ESC over & boom.. A brand new Senton for £180.!!😂 😂 😂 👍 👍 👍 Over it's 2 & a half year life I've only gone through a slipper clutch, a couple of spur gears (I've just ordered a metal one) a centre driveshaft, a set of link ends & 3 or 4 diffs. I used it a lot, like 3 or 4 times a week. Also.. I'm an even worse driver than you.!
Ohh cmon… your front bumper is smashed even on the video this i no 1 part to break and first to change… it breaks from watching it… i know 6 guys including me whochanged it several times
I love the format of a long term durability report.
Before i got my first Arrma, i watched a 60 pack durability report from Funcentric.
It gave me a good idea of what I'd need to fix and when.
My diffs lasted less packs than his, but i drove in longish grippy grass for 2/3 of my packs.
I always heard the Senton was a beast.
You probably did more packs through that thing than any other RUclipsr, for which i respect you. 👍🏽👍🏽
That's kinda nuts about the spur gears. In 5 months I'm still on my second plastic spur. The first one never actually stripped either, I threw it away when I bought a metal spur (Integy) that didn't have the proper spacing for the slipper pads. So I had to go back to the plastic spur. Learned a lesson, don't throw away working parts 😂.
My input gears on the diffs were the things I broke. Rear in 3 weeks, front in 5 weeks.
But I was bashing 3 packs a day, because I wanted to put it through its paces before the 30 day return window passed.
Put RPM Typhon arms on it with stock Typhon turnbuckles, and both diffs are steel. The servo didn't last long either. I think right before or after the front diff went, the servo went. Not a big deal. $30 DSServo feels way better than stock. Put in a center shaft bearing support, because mine went very wobbly and got jacked up by some rocks. Repaired the shaft with thermoplastic pellets, and still working to this day. I actually did the pellet driveshaft repair before the center bearing support. I bought the center bearing because as the shaft wobbled, the repair I'd done with the pellets rubbed on the servo mount, and got so hot that the thermoplastic started to melt, due to its lower melting point (120 F) than standard plastic. I also broke one shock, on the bottom of the shock mount.
Also, destroyed the motor mount by hitting a stone at 40 MPH head on.
All in all, not bad for 5 months, doing 9 packs a week or more.
3s line is pretty durable aside from the plastic gears.
I've still got it today, but my motor bearing got f'ed, and I stripped two of the motor hexes, even though I used a soldering iron to heat the hexes.
Next month I'm building a roller Kagama, because I've never had an 8th scale truck.
Cheers!
We're actually currently filming an all Senton showdown video. It's gotten pretty competitive. It should be up Sunday night I'm hoping, and it features my original Senton.
I would love to see a future video when you do several laps in both trucks (when you get the Team Associated) and see how close (or not) the times are!
That's exactly my plan, I was going to do a full side by side comparison between them, drag racing(Senton wins) then some lap times, then a head to head 10 lap race between them on a track(team associated wins) but they will both have their areas of brilliance over the other. The Senton really is the fastest strait line speed 1/10 out of the box RTR sct on the market, probably the toughest in its class too. It's a truck you can race but was built to be a speed basher. The TA is a race truck built with the track and handling in mind, but you can bash it a little bit, I wouldn't bash it like a Senton though.
The RACING ADVICE tho!!! I'm living what u just said. Great advice for me..
A more experienced person.told me that, then I got to looking around RUclips and realized how rare it is to see a Senton on the track in an event. Just goes to show more speed doesn't always mean faster.
@@Rek_Rc I did my lil research on the senton.. I was just gonna get it then get to changing it for the course.. idk if I can even legally do that..
1ot seems to roll on quick turns. New wheels. I like the wheelies, but not for racing.. needs a weight up front, metal diffs......
@@TheHobbyAvenger yeah I'm not sure what can and can't be done to it for racing. I know the minimum weight for 4x4 SCT is usually 2505 grams, I think you can weigh more than that but I don't know by how much, but metal diffs would seem to balance the truck better I would think. Might also help it roll over less coupled with different tires too. It really is a fast truck, but I get the impression it was built as a hard basher, but with racing in mind as an after thought.
Arrma 3s rcs are great from my experience too.
Surprisingly I’m one of the few without a broken spur gear yet (abt 3-4 months of basing) but it’s gonna need one soon as it’s pretty worn down. I have had to replace a rear input gear like u have and I’ve also had to replace the main rear diff gear. So all of those breakages are similar to what you have experienced.
One other thing I broke was the front shock tower. I’m gonna say this break was totally my fault. I went to a bmx park and was launching it 30-40ft high over and over. Had a horrible landing and the front shock tower snapped. I will say tho that it’s my fault and won’t expect that to happen again. Great long term review!
Thanks buddy as always. You and another channel I've talked to haven't broken a spur gear, which tells me I'm probably being a bit too heavy on the throttle while landing. The nice thing about killing a rear diff is that you can usually just get away with replacing the crown gear as long as it's not leaking. So that removes a few steps from the process. I've heard the metal diffs are worlds better still, but the plastics have been really good to me so far.
I'm thinking of going with metal just to see how it is, do you think it would add noticeable weight? The metal spur is noticeably heavier than the plastic but it doesn't seem to feel different driving other than the sound changing slightly.
Like you my spur is fine but my input gear went after about 20 battery packs.
@@Rek_Rc I don’t think it would add noticeable weight. Lots of people put metal diffs in the arrma 3s cars, most use hot racing
@@runnergt8594 hot racing are the ones I was looking at too.
Senton 3s is a beast you can't destroy this thing🤙🏻
It's one tough truck that's for sure. mine is still on the stock electronics, including the servo.
Great damage report I haven't really broken anything on mine had a rear tire blowout and some body damage
I remember you saying before that you haven't broken a gear either. I used to have a bad habit of getting on the throttle too soon in the air during a jump and landing while on the throttle. Since I stopped doing that they've held up much better.
You got the Mojave 6S too? That thing is a beast.👌💪
I have a Senton, and haven’t broken it yet, been months and gave it everything!
They sure are tough
Very nice report, on thing I actually had a problem with on my sons vorteks after putting rpm a-arms on was the rear outer hinge pins kept popping out so I sanded the arms down just a bit and fitted Arrma 6s Typhon captured hinge pins, just thought I would share with anybody having that problem
Awesome, I'm glad you found it useful, and I appreciate the info on your fix.
cool rc and great bashing
Just checking to see how your doing. Looking forward to your next video. Hope all is well.
Not doing bad at all. Just waiting on some more RC stuff to arrive but sometimes Banggood says 10 days when they mean several decades hahaha.
@@Rek_Rc Yes Banggood has great prices but take forever. We both need to get back out there and make another video. It's either a hard bash with my AMP until it breaks or maybe my Typhon. I really hate to get it dirty. lol
@@RCRoads I think the AMP bash would be cool, the Typhon is the one arrma 3s car that even though it's tough like the rest, I imagine I wouldn't want to bust it up either, not sure why, I just feel like I wouldn't want to rough it up. One of the cars I'm waiting on is just a few days out now so I'm hoping that next weekend I can get a new review video up. But I also bought a Y harness and ran my senton on 4s parallel with duel 2s batteries and to my amazement it worked. I didn't push it hard at all, but I'm thinking of doing a speed test video of it running 4s on the stock 3s system.
@@Rek_Rc That would be awesome. I'm heading to the hobby store now to pick up some stuff. Maybe I should get a Y connector too and try it out on my Typhon on 4s. I have seen others do this and the motor survives but the ESC is the weak link.
Honestly it should work for short burst but not long runs. Best of luck and I will be watching for your attempt at 4s. 👍
This is really very interesting video and I’m very happy to watch and follow your channel 🤝👍 keep up the great work 😊thumbs up 👍
Wow thank you so much. You're channel is awesome. You got some of my dream cars on there.
Nice update report my friend. Very durable rigs!
@@Rek_Rc Thanks! You have a great channel here as well 👍👍
Change the control arms and turnbuckles over to the Typhon parts, adjust it up and get different off set wheels and tires, its not like you don't need new tires anyway.
It's all fixed up now. Actually going to custom paint a new body for it here this week. Hopefully it won't look like I did in the dark while in a hurry.
Nice run til the "wheel fell off"..😁 great vid!!🏎️💨🏁👍
Perfect timing too. The Senton always makes some kind of exit, I don't even end a Senton video, it tells ME when the video is over hahaha.
Yup...it did that😆
Great to see the truck is holding up so well! I just got one a few weeks ago and have yet to really start hammering it. I really like the senton body, and seems to be very high quality too. I laughed so hard when you jumped it straight into a railing at the skatepark lol! Honestly i figured it would go more up, too funny.
I hope yours is as good to you as mine has been to me. Oh man I can still feel that railing smash hahahaha.
@@Rek_Rc it was so funny, it hurts to watch for sure. Thanks for sharing that one
@@JIPPERR_1 thanks for watching watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly
@@JIPPERR_1 they are honestly such fun trucks. I’ve got a 6s arrma and still use the arrma typhon 3s just as much
Great video love the channel and I’m going to subscribe. I also like your senton videos
Add the Kraton 4s shocks and get the AVC system and you'll see a MASSIVE handling difference 👍👍
I love the Senton. We have 2. You didn't mention the broken front bumper frame.
They are awesome. I probably overlooked the front bumper because it broke not long after I got it. I'm sure I forgot about it.
@Rek RC all good. They are a common weak point on the Sentons.
Love my senton,the only thing is stones jamming steering mechanism, had to make covers out of plastic bottles 👍👍👍😀
Yep, that is a thing, but they usually work their way out, sometimes I've had to flip mine over to remove a stone though.
Yeah..i menber you was looking for the front side and was wedged into the body and chassis
Hahahahahah yep
Yoo where did you get the spur gear upgrade from? link pls🙏🏼?
You can grab one on Amazon. They're like 30 dollars but worth every cent. They are 57 tooth, Arrma even has a store of their own in Amazon you can order directly from them.
@@Rek_Rc gracias good sir 🙏🏼
I've had mine for a week. When I drive it its fine.....like put through the privacy fence and bounced it off the house a few times. (No damage) let son drive it, first time both rear wheels flew off mid jump....(Driveshaft screws came loose and hubs came off) and then his 2nd time out, bent front shock and ripped front bumper clean off.
Wow, that impressive in a way, because mine did 3 or 4 skatepark trips before it even broke one A-arm. But eventually my front bumper also came off along with the skidplate after almost 2 years of bashing.
@@Rek_Rc to be fair he hit the stop sign post wide open on a 3s probably 50mph+ I'm shocked it didn't do more damage lol
@@elmoz71ls15 oh hahahaha, ok that sounds about right then.
Just got my 3s senton last week , running a lipo in it, how do I know if lipo low voltage is enabled on the esc ? Does it come standard setup with lipo low voltage enabled? Don't want to ruin another battery....thanks in advance
Yes it comes with a standard low voltage limit. It will cut the power before you can over discharge your battery.
@@Rek_Rc Great thanks for the reply
@@seanconnell622 no problem at all. Thanks for the comment.
I think the Senton was trying to tell you that it wants some new tires 😂 but that’s not a bad damage report having that many smiles per mile on it.
It sure is screaming for new tires, I think I owe it a set of nice ones after all the smiles per mile it's given me.
Will you please comment link to the RPM A-ARMS?
Has these got centre diff
Slipper clutch
The Senton might not handle as well as TA or Losi but it would definitely out handle a Granite and it can still bash just as good. I can tell you drive it a lot because it has many scars. I thinks it's a great thing that you might be getting into competitive racing. I'm sure I would place last if I tried it but who cares at least I would enjoy it.
This truck sure has had a lot of "character" beat into it by now lol. It's funny because they really are as far as I know, the fastest 10th scale rtr sct out of the box. On asphalt I put my money on a senton 3s to beat any other 10th scale sct out of the box in a drag race (unless gyro is involved), but the track more focused trucks really are noticeably better in turns and general stability. But I agree that even if I place dead last every time, which is likely, racing the new truck will be so much fun I wouldn't notice winning or losing anyways.
@@Rek_Rc ha ha .. Yes you beat the hell out of your Senton but it keeps going. The Spectrum electronics are very dependable and fast. I wonder what electronics ie.. motors and ESC's come in the Team Associated short course rc's? I can't wait to see your new car after you get it all set up and ready to race. Hopefully you will come into some money and get 2 cars for racing and kick ass. You should take donations if at all possible. You do have lots of friends and maybe even a sponsor. Very excited for you and wishing you the best. ⭐
@@RCRoads I can't thank you enough for the kind words as always friend. I believe the TA SCT also has the same or similar reedy electronics to your MT 10, if there is a difference I would suspect it's probably just pinion size out of the box. Funny thing is that I can find tons of video of the TA SCT 4pro but not a single one doing a stock speed run. I don't think they hit 50 out of the box, but I'm told speeds in the 40s is what to expect, but they are said to be very smooth and if it's at all similar to your MT 10, I believe it. The senton is quite a handful to drive fast so I'm assuming the TA SCT is much more stable based on what I hear.
@@Rek_Rc The MT10 seems to be very comparable in punch as lets say the Granite 3s. Don't quote me on this but the reedy motor seems to be smaller in physical size than the Firma Spectrum BLX 100. The top speed might be less but who's to say. I should do a proper speed test and research the gearing on both. Are you allowed to use any 3s system for racing ? I have no idea but do they have stock class and modified?
@@RCRoads as far as I know, 10th scale SCT racing is 2s only. But wow would 3s be spectacular though.
Wooow, awesome video and channel 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for sharing ✌️
New friend and subscriber 😉🙏💯
Wow thank you so much. Your channel is awesome too. I was checking it out a bit. Some really cool stuff you got there.
Compared to the tires the body is in great condition
Lol yeah I got new tires on it now. I was bouncing back and forth between 2 sets over the last few months.
I recently replaced my V1 Senton with a Boost version & just swapped the diffs/driveshafts/motor & ESC over & boom.. A brand new Senton for £180.!!😂 😂 😂 👍 👍 👍
Over it's 2 & a half year life I've only gone through a slipper clutch, a couple of spur gears (I've just ordered a metal one) a centre driveshaft, a set of link ends & 3 or 4 diffs.
I used it a lot, like 3 or 4 times a week.
Also.. I'm an even worse driver than you.!
The Senton line is and will always be in my top 3 all time RC cars.
Wow i think im not gonna broke anyhting if i drive it smoothly and not gonna blash it😃
Ohh cmon… your front bumper is smashed even on the video this i no 1 part to break and first to change… it breaks from watching it… i know 6 guys including me whochanged it several times
Lol it's been broken so long I forgot about it.