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by spaceace » Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:55 pm
needed something to entertain myself as i'm getting older and thought that a nice little nitro RC would do it... and it did
got it about a month ago and have already had to replace broken parts
Traxxas Jato 3.3
here it is with the factory wheels
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here it is with a set of aftermarket Proline Trenchers... also need to get a set of them for the front to add weight so the front tires stay on the ground more
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the most fun i have had in years
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by Gnome! » Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:19 am
To add extra weight to the front use big lead sinkers
Love my Revo 3.3
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by spaceace » Wed Aug 05, 2015 5:32 am
Gnome! wrote: To add extra weight to the front use big lead sinkers
Love my Revo 3.3
i almost got the Revo but i realized that i needed the speed that i could get from the Jato
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by spaceace » Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:16 pm
first damage...
shredded a rear tire
popped this puppy at a top speed of 74mph
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left front a-arm and camber link broken and waiting on parts
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also broke the same a-arm when it hit some concrete and shot up in the air about 8 feet around 2 weeks after the first breakage
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by Gnome! » Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:21 pm
I can see you are having a great time with the demolition erm I mean fun running of it
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by Gnome! » Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:38 pm
My Revo 3.3 next to my sons DBX
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by KittyCathy » Tue Sep 08, 2015 2:08 am
Wow! I'm a girl, but I'm jealous! You have great toys!
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by spaceace » Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:32 pm
after several hours of work completely taking my Jato apart and then putting it back together... my full set of stainless steel screws are done
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if you value your RC and want to keep it in better condition, i would recommend the stainless screws upgrade. as i'm sure you can see from the picture, there are a pile of extra screws in the kit i got
for anyone that don't know about the kits, here's a link for mine
http://www.rcplanet.com/Stainless_Steel ... tra018.htm
as well as i would recommend the site i got them from which is
http://www.rcplanet.com/
one thing i did notice when having it apart was that my axles were starting to twist... means i will probably have to get some new ones soon
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by Gnome! » Thu Sep 10, 2015 4:09 am
Good looking job done there
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by spaceace » Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:02 pm
here's a video of my Jato running. not the best video as i was trying to record it as i was running the car
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