Bigjimknickers

Granite 3s, 1/8 nitro nanda, 1/8 st-1 truggy I went on this list -

St-1 currently has two stoke oil in its centre diff. Lol

I don't have any of those RCs, but my Kraton ran 50k/100k/30k f/c/r. Some people run 200k in the centre. 

Since you have a decent selection there, just go from there - there really isn't a must-have selection because you tune to your liking. Some people like it tighter, others less so. 

https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/diff-oil-recommendations.38048/  For 1/8 truggy

https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/what-wt-do-you-use-differential-oil.14013/ Granite

https://www.rctech.net/forum/nitro-off-road/492190-buggy-diff-oil-combos.html Nitro buggy

https://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-truggy-399/4416588-thunder-tiger-st-1-a-308.html St-1

you can go less KG but as you say it can struggle a bit 

To be fair, 25+kg on steering is pretty stout. More than i'd throw at it. Personally i run 15-20kg, with more focus on the "fast" part - 0.10 sec or less. 

25kg and up, for me, is more truggy territory. No idea about throttle servos though, i don't do nitro. 

Also depends on how fast you need it - good budget servo options available on ali, but of course they take a while to arrive. BLS-HV25MG for example, 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002921824429.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.3.365c7bfbTQgPSC&algo_pvid=f29943d6-b219-468d-89c0-cedbd4ac5add&algo_exp_id=f29943d6-b219-468d-89c0-cedbd4ac5add-1&pdp_npi=3%40dis!GBP!38.17!32.44!!!!!%40212279b716830269885291690d075c!12000022810349696!sea!UK!2163004527&curPageLogUid=272wm4Ji77eS

Stupid fast, and 18kg at 6v - plenty. For me personally, anyway. I ran my pretty heavy Typhon 6s on a 20kg servo, didn't need more. 9imod as well as DMOND (brushless variants) are currently all the rage in terms of budget servos, if you can wait for them to arrive. Otherwise.. I guess Power HD is always a reasonable choice, though not as cheap anymore as they once were. They're decent (somewhat slow though) enough. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ANNIMOS-Digital-Torque-Waterproof-Control/dp/B076CNKQX4/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa?crid=3FJNQO4SOMCZS&keywords=20kg+servo&qid=1683051112&sprefix=%2Caps%2C115&sr=8-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRm&psc=1&smid=A1CKMA0BUACLUU
 

this looks like a bit of a bargain? Anyone tried one?

I’ve got a 30kg one for my TRX-4 but not got round to fitting it yet. 

Do you need one??

ive got one you can have for postage mate 

@Gaz! Are you sure? That’d be fantastic!

enjoy jim !!!

Are the NRB 5 hard to tune? Thinking of one as a basher 

@Masterdave I’ll let you know in a few days but I’ll say it’s easy as it’s an SH.21 engine pretty solid budget engine as standard.👍

Pretty sure one of the Nanda’s was a Hyper 7 clone 

is that the same nanda that makes wheels and tyres? got nanda's on my converted hyper 7 🙂

I believe nanda is a Schumacher company?

Years ago i got 1 of these for same reason

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/fastrax-high-capacity-glow-starter-4500mah-20391

And it still works ok 

like storm linked get a bigger mah charger jim will last a lot longer when out and about 👍

Could just get something like this and run it from a random lipo, I’d probably use something like this as my main starter nowadays if I still did nitro I reckon.

The TRX.s look good filthy 

sounds fun brudda 😁

I got them from banggood 👍

Has your sons 1 arrived yet ?

Nope his is delayed for some reason!

Ahh sorry should’ve been clearer- yes the servo lead, seen a few that require extension wires on YouTube 

i guess it wont hurt to have 1 to hand just in case

did you need an extension lead ?

Which Corally model? Kronos ? Skeeter?👍

Avoid the Skeeter, the Kronos is solid 👍 

The Kronos is good so is the Shogun just diferent wheels and body 

No I don’t have the module yet

Get one Jim, it makes life so much easier if want to change and set up new electronics 👍 

Will do 👍 it’s on “the list”

Merry Christmas mate 

What 1 did you get ?

Red Trx4m bronco 👍

nice 1 mate 

When I'm WFH I can see the drive way so I usually open the door before they can knock, a few times I've had Amazon say something has been delivered however the driver didn't even get out of the van and just drives off! 

He’s done it again!!! (Trx is here, different driver!) he’s not even knocked or a card! My daughters prezzie this time. He’s getting a roasting when my missus catches him. Hopefully I’ll be back in time Tomorrow & he’s getting an earful.

record him in the act as he keeps doing it 😞

2nd that on the stock servo of ours is still going, its in a different rig, but never died in the trx4, ran mine on an axe system with 6v set on the bec.
You should be fine but a stronger servo transforms performance allowing you to pinch into corners and have more power and control with a 7.4v or stronger servo
3s brings the rig to life, too fast go low range, still to fast, gear down on the pinion, but overall stock its amazing on brushless 😉

I still have the stock servo with heavier wheels, brass portal covers and brass pumpkin and has been fine for a couple of years.  No doubt it will break now I have said that 😜

I run a 11T Rocket 540 PLUS V2 brushed motor in my TRX4, with the two speed gearbox, which is about 2300kv compared to the 1850kv of the stock traxxas motor. I very much enjoy running it on 3S but have found for really technical trails sticking a massive 3S pack in the standard battery tray isn't as helpful as putting a smaller on up front. I just really wish they had made the front battery tray fractionally bigger so that a standard shorty pack would fit.

For a servo I've got a 32kg JX HV7032MG brushless model which I'm probably only getting 26kg out of as I've left the BEC voltage at 6.0V in case I fry the micro servos used to switch the gearbox and diffs.

Both have a very deserved place in your collection mate. 

I liked the TRX4 that much i got Yrkoon 1 and got myself a TRX6 

Only trouble is she’s keeping what model & colour she has a secret til Xmas! I could have double broncos! Haha

sorry no meant some of the courers companies are overstressed as they cover alot of RM stuff my DPD order was a day late earlier in the week least they emaied to let me know 👍

Mines with DHL…. Theyre the worst in my experience

@Kpowell911 any updates?

@Nick hmm not sure whats going on then

I’m a bit gutted, looking at ftx outbacks now as it’s annoyed me. 😂

£5 more for a 10th scale is a no brainer! And its got bearings haha

They are meant to be really good, better than Arrma good 😂

Yep I’m already checking the YouTube vids, not an awful lot on there really, that’s why I figured I’d see on here. 👍

heres mine doing a 720 at around 8 mins 

Thats an E-Savage ..... Brushless will chew that drivetrain up in no time.

I'm fortunate in that I have 2 nitro Savages, both heavily upgraded, and both actually quite capable trucks. But they do need to have money put into them to get them good.

By the time you have beefed up the gearbox, upgraded the diffs and driveshafts, deleted the rear uprights, improved the silly axle nuts and put in decent servos....fixed the low tank lean running and...er....yeah. On one of mine I ended up with a Twinzilla kit running a pair of .28 nitros....

aww yeah your right brother it is an E havent seen one for sooo long now

i bought a savage for £60, spent about £60 making it mint and sold it bidding on ebay expecting £150 and it went for nearly £300, it was a x4.6, but not the newer ones with the square body.  that was last summer! crazy. 

So 12th in store & online two weeks later?

Something like that, depends on your shop Id imagine 

awesome hope you get one bud and im interested in how it is as i love my normal size trx4 🙂

Not bad,  they are just a crawler with a cage, so a bit top heavy but also something different. Few of us have them, heres an owners thread.
https://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/forums/topic/244584-element-rc-gatekeeper-thread

They're pretty good, they aren't as top heavy as they actually look, that said I have broke mine a few times and the senior engineer for Associated told me they know of a brittle issue with the plastics, well the 'hard' plastics anyway.

That shows even more in the new Sendero HD release, they've made the plastic somewhere in between normal and hard according to John Schultz.

I would recommend them, but don't bash it lol.

I say absolutely its always a worthy upgrade. PowerHD are great too i think they are equal to the old savox 1256tg benchmark servo. 20kg with 0.17s ish, perfect servo. 

Keep the standard servo though if you ever sell refit that and use the powerHD on the next rc. Thats what I'm doing now with all add ons that can carry over will carry over. 

upgrading the servo on my granite was the best thing i ever did used as savox one!

banggood have some really good £10 20kg ones which i have on order

Anything I’ve ordered that’s time sensitive never turns up on time or goes missing at the moment,  but any odds and sods turn up quickly..... 

might get delivered today?

@froggy8 its mental! think of a not so crappy savage XS that's really good, I've gone straight to 3s & used two 5000mah packs-lasted ages, it wheelies for miles but I haven't got the ramp out yet to test the jumps, but so far its been great fun, id does get a bit hot on 3s I noticed- so I will take the temp gun next time to check, overall I don't think there is any 1/10 4wd to touch it & I did a LOT of research (as you all know!!)

cheers mate, realised lastnight that its a 10th scale but i like 10th scale, reminds me of the hyper 10tt.  dare you take your new granite to the wall of death  

I’ll do a few jumps & flips & wheelies- but I don’t bash the snot out of my trucks @ skate parks I’m afraid!

Built like a tank this feels like!!

now to decide. Ditch the stx2 straight off or give it a chance & make up my own mind?

selling it will recoup a few £

Clean up my DX4C or buy a FS GT5 is another option..