Is my Yeti too heavy???

[cobrakillerta]

Please bear with me as I’m basically a complete newb to R/C...
(ok, that’s a lie, I briefly had a Revo 3.3 a few years ago.)

A couple of months ago I picked up a brand new Yeti RTR. I haven’t had the time to mess with it much and only ran two 2200mah 3S lipo’s through it.

Fast forward to today and I went to install a set of amazon/eBay beadlocks just to spruce up the truck a little and give it a little more of a legit look. I like the look of the stock walker evans wheels (and the shear fact that their scaled down actual walker evans wheels!), I just don’t like that they’re all black. The amazon bead locks I picked up are aluminum centers with black bead locks.

I immediately noticed how heavy these wheels felt. After breaking out a scale, they were 109g compared to the stock wheels at 47g. That’s 62g per wheel, 248g total. 1/2 a pound seems like a bunch of rotational weight for such a small vehicle. On a bicycle that is VERY noticeable.

I also picked up two 6000mah 3S lipo’s which are 15.8oz each. A full pound!

After installing the wheels and battery, the truck felt noticeabley heavier. On to the scale it went, 7lbs. 12oz...

I then brought it outside to see how much slower it would be (if at all). Floored it, slammed on the brake for a fence after 50’... dead in the water. Great, these heavier wheels broke something? And on wet pavement?!

I noticed this thread: http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/axial-yeti/604896-new-christmas-yeti-stopped-working-help.html

I checked my pinion/spur, and thankfully nothing was stripped, mesh was just terrible. I tried the paper method, but eye/feel seemed to work better for me. I’ll run it tomorrow to test it out.

Soooooo, to my main question. Is this truck going to be noticeabley slower and am I going to start breaking parts because of these heavier wheels and tank of a battery???

Are there other aluminum (or even aluminum looking wheels) that are lighter?

I really don’t want to start pouring money in to this thing because of some wheels.

 

[Zukiiholic]

Link to the wheels?
Some china wheels are Heavy Duty which means they are really heavy.
Yeti is meant to be light and fast.
A Heavy Duty set of 2.2 china wheels I bought had a weighted ring and was able to remove it.
Shaved off 2lbs.

The stock front diff tends to be a weak spot.
Steering is also a weak spot. sloppy. vanquish may still have a upgrade available.

 

[cobrakillerta]

Link to the wheels?
Some china wheels are Heavy Duty which means they are really heavy.
Yeti is meant to be light and fast.
A Heavy Duty set of 2.2 china wheels I bought had a weighted ring and was able to remove it.
Shaved off 2lbs.

The stock front diff tends to be a weak spot.
Steering is also a weak spot. sloppy. vanquish may still have a upgrade available.

These are the wheels that I bought:
MOHERO 2.2 inches RC Beadlock... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0799M7J4Z?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

I don’t think these are a ‘heavy duty’ version. Shaving off 2 full pounds of rotational weight on an R/C sounds crazy

 

[Zukiiholic]

ya, the wheels where heavy, good for crawling slow with the weight down low.
Not good for get up and go speed tho.

Good looking wheels.
Shouldn't be much heavier than the stock plastic wheels.
They do look like they may be SLW Hubs compliant so you can adjust your wheel off-set with vanquish hubs.
https://www.vanquishproducts.com/slw-hubs-axial/

I haven't done much to mine since I did a few mods and ran it once.
I like the scale 1.10 crawling a bit more.
Slow and technical.

 

[cobrakillerta]

ya, the wheels where heavy, good for crawling slow with the weight down low.
Not good for get up and go speed tho.

Good looking wheels.
Shouldn't be much heavier than the stock plastic wheels.
They do look like they may be SLW Hubs compliant so you can adjust your wheel off-set with vanquish hubs.
https://www.vanquishproducts.com/slw-hubs-axial/

I haven't done much to mine since I did a few mods and ran it once.
I like the scale 1.10 crawling a bit more.
Slow and technical.

I’m not sure what you’re saying. Initially you say my wheels are heavy, then you say that they’re good looking wheels and shouldn’t be much heavier than stock. Unless you’re talking about your wheels? Or different wheels which you did not link?

For what it’s worth, my wheels weigh the same exact as yours do. Both of which are very popular wheels.

 

[Jim85IROC]

I just bought a similar set of wheels for my Yeti. Mine are 114g each. I haven't installed them yet to see how handling is effected, but since the Yeti isn't exactly a carpet buggy anyway, I doubt the difference will bother me.

If your Yeti is still under 8lbs, I'd say the weight isn't too bad.

 

[Zukiiholic]

train derailed.
2 thoughts at once

At first I thought you bought HD 2.2 wheels but you showed other so your good to go.

Soo.
What does your yeti do now?
not move?
Mesh is good so is slipper clutch slipping?