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[Garry]

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The Mad Force Kruiser VE promises a breathtaking performance directly to ReadySet out! In contrast to the proven Mad Force Kruiser with his nitro engine, the VE is expressed by a Vortex Brushless drive from the home team at Orion tours. The heavy-duty chassis and a very robust drive train know the Mad Force Kruiser VE convincing as well. In ReadySet the vehicle is already assembled ready to run and provided with a painted body. For operation only must transmitter batteries, car battery and a suitable charger are concerned and the fun can start. The price: 499 €.



Features

* Permanent four-wheel drive
* Ball-bearing drive train 20 times
* Power transmission by chain drive
* Long Wheelbase
* Oil shocks
* Front and rear axles are designed as a pendulum
* Spur plate and pinion gear of hardened steel
* Splash-proof RC box
* High-Grip Monster perfect tire for off-road traction
* Compatible for rim mount 14 mm and 19 mm



Technical data

* Length: 545 mm
* Width: 415 mm
* Height: 245 mm
* Track (v): 310 mm
* Lane (h): 310 mm
* Wheelbase: 360 mm
* Tire (front / rear): 160 mm x 100

Source: RCNews.de

[R46]

looks like it still carrys the flaws from nitro model

[Nitroholic]

The rather exposed chain drive worried me about the nitro one, and would with this too.

I can't work out what it is supposed to be. Is it a monster truck or a rock crawler? I like hte old style shell, but don't think it looks tough enough suspension wise or drivetrain wise to cope....but if it's a crawler, then why the truck tyres and looks? I am confused by this car.....

[Thunderwolf]

that is one ugly truckling

[barnetbasher]

Nitroholic, on 09 September 2010 - 01:18 PM, said:

The rather exposed chain drive worried me about the nitro one, and would with this too.

I can't work out what it is supposed to be. Is it a monster truck or a rock crawler? I like hte old style shell, but don't think it looks tough enough suspension wise or drivetrain wise to cope....but if it's a crawler, then why the truck tyres and looks? I am confused by this car.....

its a monster truck.... I own the twin force...same thing bar a few changes....
It can crawl but solid axles mean it cant pull itself out of too much ..
With tweaks and upgrades its a great bit of kit.. very simple to work on.
But R46 is correct..kyosho are not really commited to improving thier products...and they have terrible spares supply issues.
That said..I suppose thats why I l ove my twin force so much....i've sweated blood getting it right and now its a favourite attraction at the bashes i go to.
And pretty much quicker than a lot of nitro trucks and even some buggies !
Drivetrain is fine inboard...but you need to shim the diffs and add 2 more planet gears ..they only tended to come with 2.
Ive also bought the RC4WD alloy axles/hub carriers so it doesn not break when cartwheeled/jumped !

[Josh1A1H]

i wasnt sure about this truck either.. but after seeing chris's truck, i really do like it... Its like the under dog sort of truck. It really does pull hard, and is a lot of fun to drive by the looks of it

[louder]

I like the look of this. Not sure if I like the chassis but as a whole IMO it looks the most like a proper monster truck then any RC out there....its stance is just so nice.

[barnetbasher]

Josh1A1H, on 09 September 2010 - 01:37 PM, said:

i wasnt sure about this truck either.. but after seeing chris's truck, i really do like it... Its like the under dog sort of truck. It really does pull hard, and is a lot of fun to drive by the looks of it

Love the translation in the text for this acticle...very funny mistakes!!


Shucks Josh !! I'll let you have a blast next time we meet..it'll make you smile for a week !

Yeah ..its appeal to me was that it was different ..plus my twin force was self build which i really wanted.
It can be made good despite its flaws...in short..if you put on the upgrades listed below (ally axles/hub carriers/knuckle arms) and the steering kit from thundertech...
you will have a truck that will never break if you cartwheel it at speed or jump land badly. Id chuck in some metal shocks as the plastic ones pop open on jump landing.
Mine runs 4s on MMM/2200KV and its very quick. Im going to try it with 5s but i know that slipper assembly cant handle 6s (see thread "project mad diff")
you need centre diff for any more power. Thick oil in the rear and thinner in the front diff makes it cool for tail slides (brake works rear wheels only)

http://rc4wdstore.co...9d4f15a64936031

http://www.thunderte...cing.com/TF.htm

oh and yes it looks like something from "grease" but you can get any 1/10th shell to fit - i popped in a 3rd pair of mount posts so its supported in the middle.

Enjoy

[Bazzokajoe]

looks like they sorted the shocks... but same old slipper...

[barnetbasher]

Bazzokajoe, on 09 September 2010 - 07:09 PM, said:

looks like they sorted the shocks... but same old slipper...

yeah bro, mines done right up now...good thing i can dail in throttle control with the MMM ...although ive not tweaked it down on my new one yet ..wheelies are fun (but a snapped drive shaft isnt)

[nosmonkey]

can i have a go chris
I have yet to feel the power of teh brushless trucks

[barnetbasher]

nosmonkey, on 10 September 2010 - 04:25 PM, said:

can i have a go chris
I have yet to feel the power of teh brushless trucks

of course

[joe of loath]

This is probably going to be the worst handling E-MT EVER.

[creamsodauk]

been fidling with a nitro one of these today helping a mate get it running, their certainly entertaining to drive and they look the nutts driving about, just a shame its so plasticy and fragile feeling and the chain drive is a little odd haha

[xbasher]

I like the real monstertruck looks of it and i was thinking about getting the nitro, but this one? hell no!! i would never pay 500Euro for a madforce.It is way overpriced IMO

Edited by xbasher, 12 September 2010 - 07:39 AM.