Plasticbadger
Newbie
So, to cut a long story short, I'm new here having just got back into RC after 15 years only playing with 1:1 stuff. I've landed a used Ascender off eBay, it came with a esc, brushed 35T crawl motor and Savox servo for £170 (about $250), which I thought was pretty good... I hope this thread will help me get some questions answered and also help some other Newbies.
It took me about 10 minutes to unpack my purchase, chuck in a new 2.4ghz receiver and shorty lipo and head out and play in the forest with my boy and his FS racing buggy.
I spent more time upside down than I did on the wheels, but there were issues not connected to the driver:
The steering looked weird, with loads of reverse camber:
It appears the previous owner hadn't read this forum and fitted a 66mm upper link, sadly I didn't get any spares with my purchase so I've had to order some new 61mm links.
The truck also has Boomerang Type 1 internal Spring shocks, they sit too high, don't flex and limit travel, so they've got to go. It does flex when sat, but not at speed:
Other issues are:
There's a lighting controller that I have no idea how to function, so today was spent with hazards flashing all day.
The pinion is oddly worn
The truck appears to have mostly been used on the beach, so it's very rusty, but has little rock rash
The tyres have already pulled off the crappy non-beadlock wheels
I've got two weeks to get it sorted before I go for a weekend wheeling in Wales with the 1:1 race team (1 x Ultra4 unlimited, 1 x Ultra4 modified/trophy raid, 1 x challenge plus my chase truck and couple of other buddies). It will be the perfect test with loads of rocks!
It took me about 10 minutes to unpack my purchase, chuck in a new 2.4ghz receiver and shorty lipo and head out and play in the forest with my boy and his FS racing buggy.
I spent more time upside down than I did on the wheels, but there were issues not connected to the driver:
The steering looked weird, with loads of reverse camber:
It appears the previous owner hadn't read this forum and fitted a 66mm upper link, sadly I didn't get any spares with my purchase so I've had to order some new 61mm links.
The truck also has Boomerang Type 1 internal Spring shocks, they sit too high, don't flex and limit travel, so they've got to go. It does flex when sat, but not at speed:
Other issues are:
There's a lighting controller that I have no idea how to function, so today was spent with hazards flashing all day.
The pinion is oddly worn
The truck appears to have mostly been used on the beach, so it's very rusty, but has little rock rash
The tyres have already pulled off the crappy non-beadlock wheels
I've got two weeks to get it sorted before I go for a weekend wheeling in Wales with the 1:1 race team (1 x Ultra4 unlimited, 1 x Ultra4 modified/trophy raid, 1 x challenge plus my chase truck and couple of other buddies). It will be the perfect test with loads of rocks!