Buglebasher
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- Arrma RC's
- Senton 6s
Gotta think, that I got a lemon. My wife bought me the Senton 3s for Christmas. It's been in a state of constant repair ever since.
The front bumper failed within a few days. Replaced with a T-bone racing bumper, well worth it.
Couple weeks later, the motor starts cogging. Horizon sent me a new motor quickly, great customer service.
A few days after the new motor came in, one of the tires shredded itself, glue on inside of wheel came loose. Ordered a new set of tires, replaced the bad one only to find that 2 of the remaining 3 original tires also had the inside of the tires coming loose from the wheel. Removed and reglued. Spare set now.
Noticed the shocks were too springy, opened them up to clean and rebuild, only to realize that most of the fluid had leaked out. Ordered replacement big bore aluminum shocks. Much better, still not leaking.
Fast forward a couple weeks, the servo locked up, ordered a new one.
Finally, yesterday, after about 15 minutes of running, I hear the all too familiar sound of clacking plastic gears. I suspected the spur gear, only to find that was pristine. The bevel gears on the rear differential however, were shredded. Who thought it was a good idea to use plastic bevel gears?
After the rear diff failure, started going over the entire car. Every bushing on the various tie rods is extremely worn out.
This is likely the last arrma product I will own. Very disappointed in the part quality. I love the overall design of the truck, but using cheap materials on a brushless platform is unacceptable.
Especially since I am using 2s lipos and rarely use 100 percent power, as the small tracks that my friend and I have built in our yards, don't allow us to get to full speed before some S turns.
Are these issues common? Before my wife purchased it, I had really fallen for this truck. Online videos and reviews gushed about it's strength, speed and overall performance. I have to believe that all of those reviews were done by folks who only had the truck a very short time. Because, initially, I really thought I had found a great value.
In fact, my son was so impressed initially that he went and bought his own. Currently, he is awaiting a new ESC from Horizon, after he had issues. And three of his tires have also come unglued on the inside.
I think this could be a great truck if they used better material and better suppliers.
Rant over, wish I could get diffs with metal bevel gears ..
The front bumper failed within a few days. Replaced with a T-bone racing bumper, well worth it.
Couple weeks later, the motor starts cogging. Horizon sent me a new motor quickly, great customer service.
A few days after the new motor came in, one of the tires shredded itself, glue on inside of wheel came loose. Ordered a new set of tires, replaced the bad one only to find that 2 of the remaining 3 original tires also had the inside of the tires coming loose from the wheel. Removed and reglued. Spare set now.
Noticed the shocks were too springy, opened them up to clean and rebuild, only to realize that most of the fluid had leaked out. Ordered replacement big bore aluminum shocks. Much better, still not leaking.
Fast forward a couple weeks, the servo locked up, ordered a new one.
Finally, yesterday, after about 15 minutes of running, I hear the all too familiar sound of clacking plastic gears. I suspected the spur gear, only to find that was pristine. The bevel gears on the rear differential however, were shredded. Who thought it was a good idea to use plastic bevel gears?
After the rear diff failure, started going over the entire car. Every bushing on the various tie rods is extremely worn out.
This is likely the last arrma product I will own. Very disappointed in the part quality. I love the overall design of the truck, but using cheap materials on a brushless platform is unacceptable.
Especially since I am using 2s lipos and rarely use 100 percent power, as the small tracks that my friend and I have built in our yards, don't allow us to get to full speed before some S turns.
Are these issues common? Before my wife purchased it, I had really fallen for this truck. Online videos and reviews gushed about it's strength, speed and overall performance. I have to believe that all of those reviews were done by folks who only had the truck a very short time. Because, initially, I really thought I had found a great value.
In fact, my son was so impressed initially that he went and bought his own. Currently, he is awaiting a new ESC from Horizon, after he had issues. And three of his tires have also come unglued on the inside.
I think this could be a great truck if they used better material and better suppliers.
Rant over, wish I could get diffs with metal bevel gears ..