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Mines not turned a wheel for months. Daren't get it out in the garden as the new Puppy will eat it! Anyone wanna buy a 124019? Don't know if there's much of a market these days. 😕

Picked my Focus up 5 years ago today! Dunno where that time has gone...

No I haven't sorry. I only got the 124019 rather than the 144001 as it was longer and could take the normal 2s / 3s lipo packs I already had. The A979 being even smaller might Not be possible?

I've got one and it's pretty good for what it is. You need to remember it's quite small compared to most 1/10 or 1/8th cars like Arrma etc. Spares are easy enough to get but key ones like steering linkages and arms are the ones you're more likely to need. There's a few UK suppliers (me included as I went a bit mad when I ordered spares from China 🤣) Converted mine to run a regular 2s hardpack rather than the silly little battery that comes with it. As with all RC cars - it depends what you want to do with it. It's not a high strength basher by any means, but then it doesn't weigh 5KG either.

Well the Big Rock on the right is @Fourmiz29 truck not mine so I can't play with that one 😂 The Granite is more agile at the skate park etc and can flip / trick brilliantly. The longer wheelbase ones tend to be more stable at speed across wide open spaces. Got a Gyro in my green machine and it certainly helps it to stay stable at speed where as the Granite would twitch a few millimetres and cartwheel for miles! Just depends what you want to do with your car really.

In short: Granite = Short 3S wheelbase / chassis, standard arms, wide wheels Big Rock = Long 3S wheelbase / chassis, wide arms, narrow wheels Pictures paint a thousand words etc... left to right.. Green = Long wheel base 3S chassis / wide arms / Big rock wheels / Kraton Body Middle blue = Short wheel base 3S chassis / standard arms / Granite wheels / Granite body Right Blue = Long wheel base 3S chassis / wide arms / Granite wheels / Big Rock body

Better late than never.. 1st decent run for the "Kratock". Nearly 47mph over a dirt field isn't bad on 4S. Should be "lively" on 6S 😁 VID_20210410164509.mp4

I just asked her (she's busy doing something else) and said "The shell doesn't need modifying but you need the big rock body posts." The body posts fit just the same way as the sentons.

Trouble with laptops is they tend to have CPU / GPU chip (i7 etc) so you're paying for a video processor in the chip you're not using if you have an separate video player rather than just "all the power" for the maths. if it's only light CAD work then I guess it doesn't matter. Desktop computers invariable have better power supplies and more room for cooling etc if you need the power. A bigger screen than 15" is always better - and preferably x2 monitors. Saying that, I can run full fat Solid Edge on my i7 / 8GB ram laptop OK as long as I don't push it too hard. EDIT: You also have to take into account what CAD / editing software needs. Some CAD / VFX software uses multithread processing, some don't. Aligh your processor and graphic power accordingly.

Currently got this on as background whilst working.... Stops the dog hearing the wildlife whilst I'm on Skype calls 🤣

Thanks chaps! 😊

Arrma 25T servo savers (AR340151) are out of stock until the end of time (June) so has anyone got an alternative I could snaffle? Ta!

A dodgy soldering joint is far worse than a decent connector of course! But all things being as they should, a connector is still less safe than a proper soldered joint. Albeit only slightly in this instance agreed. The fact that given a choice most safety conscience folk would prefer not to have an adaptor says it all. No chance with a correctly soldered connector and a tiny chance with a correctly made and fitted adaptor. Especially when you take failure mode analysis into consideration over time. Maybe I'm just overly cautious being an old school Engineer. 👍 (And saying all that - I still run Deans adaptors to EC5 when running 4S Deans Lipos rather than 6S with EC5 lipos.. but I mechanically join them so they can't come unattached when running 🤣)

Have to disagree with your last statement. There's a much greater risk with an plug adaptor than a properly soldered joint. Any plug or connection is inherently more risky than a soldered - and in effect - one piece cable. You'll get failures at plugs and connectors in general and far fewer in general one piece cable runs. The risk goes up if you've got poor fitting or worn connectors which will deteriorate over time. Deans plugs can loose their spring force for example. Less contact area = more resistance = more heat = more potential failure. Not saying that it especially matters in RC car use where current / voltage / power isn't that high - but it used to be a very big deal when I worked with 280kVA Power Amplifiers!

Swapped the short arms for long ones on the "Kratock" Long left, short right - mid swap.. And fitted Big Rock wheels as my Granite has a hole in a tyre so needs the Granite wheels this had.

I've got one like that 🤣

Definitely go Vitus if you can find one in stock. I managed to get one of the last 2020 Nucleus 27 models before they changed the lovely Altus 2x9 gearset to that horrible single Samox thing on the 2021 which I didn't like. You might need to go up a price bracket to get decent gearing though.

The senton bits are also Kraton bits so could be a Kratite? 😁

Finished the Senton/Granite/Kraton mongrel. Quicrun WP 8BL150 150A ESC - mounted on a plate so I can still get to the receiver screws 4068 2050kv Surpass motor with a 15T pinion for now 25kg metal servo with 25T servo saver DumboRC 3/4/6S compatible Will see how it goes on 4S and 6S at the weekend.

I got a few directly from Arrmaskinz (using 20% off) and they arrived on a Tuesday after a weekend order. Fits my LWB 3S fine so should be OK for the Typhon.

https://www.makeitbuildit.co.uk/arrma-1-5-kraton-4x4-8s-extreme-bash-roller-black-exb-ara5208-99133?fbclid=IwAR1e5e5FtMJsXltWGfRCiWFAwUEjA2f6vbqPlCvTqV8gqEukC7sc_QrmS0Y £719.99 from 11th March

Tidied up the wiring, loctited, set end points and have some slightly longer velcro straps on the way for the stack of batteries. Just painting the body shell (slowly) now so should be able to have a blast in the field at the weekend all being well. Tried it on 4S and 6S (probably need to fit the smaller pinion really) in the house so just need to let rip and see what happens! Not quite sure what it is though as it's got bits of Granite, Senton and Kraton. Just a mongrel I guess.

Tidied up the wiring, applied loctite to all the screws, set the end points and stuck the arrmaskinz on.

Well it moved under it's own steam - albeit only around the kitchen for now. Ended up getting a LWB 3S chassis for stability so have the SWB one as spare for the Granite still. Got to tidy up the wiring, double check the diffs and threadlock all the screws before running in anger. And paint the bodyshell. Quicrun 150A - mounted on a plate so I can still get to the receiver screws 4068 2050kv Surpass motor with a 15T pinion for now 25kg metal servo with 25T servo saver DumboRC 3/4/6S compatible