After a very long time I’m returning to the world of RC cars, my wife decided to get me a FTX Carnage Brushless Monster truck, few pictures below.
I’ve been out of this game for a while and I was impressed just how good a brushless and lipo combination is.
Back in the days I used to have a Nitro HPI Savage and in those days the electric RC models were nowhere near as quick. I also had a 1:16 Traxxas revo and a few Ansmann models, but again the nitro HPI Savage was a beast.
I took it out for its first spin today and the bug has firmly bitten again, it’s now time to start improving it. I genuinely think that this is probably quicker that the HPI savage was, and far far easier to maintain, no messing around with glow plugs and pull starters. Press the on button and good to go. Granted I miss the sound of the big boy exhaust on the Savage.
What I have already noticed is that the rear shock ball ends are knackered; the rear shock shaft piston is supposed to screw into the shock balls but doesn’t seem to and keeps popping out. I will just order some replacements instead, any advice on these?
I also need to get a decent charger as I think the charger that comes with it is a trickle charger for the lipo batteries, any advice on what charger to get?
Anyone have a FTX Carnage that can offer some pointers? Any decent tips?
I need to buy some fuel pipe, I used to have tie ropes through silicone fuel pipes connected to the body clips to make it easier to remove the body, where is the best place to get a small amount of fuel pipe from?