bilinvic's Wraith Rock Crawler

[bilinvic]

It's been about six months since I've taken my DMG Wraith out for a crawling session and the first with the new rims and rubber.

I was very happy with the performance today and the MT/R tires worked extremely well. At the top of the mountain, my sensor wire was not working and I had to drive it all the way back down with crappy, stuttering low end throttle! When I got home I found two wires somehow pulled out of the connector at the ESC. Spare sensor wire put in and all is good.

I also found that the Holmes Hobby HV500 servo snapped yet another center gear pin. Very frustrating but I replaced the pin with a 1/16 titanium drill bit cut to length and hopefully that will last a long time!

Short video showing some tire wrap on a very steep rock face.

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I guess I took a traffic circle a little to fast!!!


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[durok]

That's a really cool video, I could watch tiress at the limits of adhesion all day!

(funny dust trail in the back of your 1:1, too...)

Your Wraith looks very scale when coated with dirt.

 

[DukeMinnix]

I guess I took a traffic circle a little to fast!!!


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King Ranch?

 

[bilinvic]

King Ranch?

Platinum"thumbsup"

 

[bilinvic]

Go big or go home.....694.4 oz-in @ 7.4v on tap.

 

[Mike Flea]

Oh Yeeeeaaaaa!! "thumbsup"

 

[ussprinceton2004]

I like the sticker bomb

 

[mikemcE]

This post has single handedly made me want a to get a wraith. Good possibility it will be my rig. Thanks!

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The Wraith is a time proven platform, many directions to go with it, all are fun!

Hang up and Drive

 

[MEDIEVAL_POSSUM]

Does this wraith still live on?

 

[azTony]

I have not seen anything on this one in a while. I got mine all put together then struggled on the dual tranny then lost time. Tons of new things in boxes… sad I know