It sparked into life pretty easily which was good because sometimes it can be a bit of a pig. Great! Then within seconds it went out of control and threw itself into a full throttle doughnut! A few seconds later it came back under control and I checked the throttle and steering. Everything seemed fine so I carried on then 30 seconds later it did the same but this time it held the full throttle doughnut for a good 20 seconds or so before thankfully dieing. Best put that one away then.
Disappointed I decided to crack out the Hyper 12... bugger... I left my road wheels at home. Oh well stuff it, I've got a spare set of off road wheels and tyres, lets trash these!
I had a great run with the Hyper 12 for about an hour or so and then the steering became a bit intermittent then died altogether. The reason, a stripped servo gear. First time I've ever done that, not a big problem though, I'll just fit the one that I had intended for the TC3. On the plus side despite an hour of full throttle abuse the tyres were still in good shape.
I decided to try and replicate the radio issues I had with the RS4 with the engine off this time! We found some weird issues with radio reception in that area in the past and I wanted to make sure I had a problem before replacing the radio gear. After 5 minutes of trying it didn't even glitch. So I decided to give it another run to see how it handled.
I was a bit concerned with how the front diff felt before taking it out and it seems that I was right to be concerned. The car tracked fine off the power but on throttle it dived to the left in spectacular fashion.
So in summary I need to:
- Fit a new steering servo on the Hyper 12 - no problem
- Rebuild the front diff on the RS4 - bugger!
Oh well, should keep me busy while I wait for my TC3's brushless setup.
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