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ORIGINAL: HerrSavage

Nice Haddi.. I'm looking at getting one of those braces too.. I actually like the stock body - seem to be in the minority there..

Though yeah the MT4 is based on a truggy, it's pretty monster-like with those huge tires and ability to wheely at will without needing to resort to trickery like locking the center diff.. An LST2 is also incredibly well balanced, possibly even moreso in terms of weight distribution.. My nitro truggy would never be this fun in a parking lot - because it's made for the track. Gearing, tires, suspensiom, etc.. And being nitro you can't really run huge tires like these. For me, my fun rides are LST2 and SC8 for nitro, MT4 for electric. Bug and trug are for the track..

is that the Volts right after a run or after sitting

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ORIGINAL: HerrSavage

Not too sure on the diffs.. I noticed after my first outing, there was some oil around the center diff. Don't know if that is from a leak, or just excess working its way out. My fronts are ballooning more and more though. Need to get some heavier stuff in the middle..

Was just at the park up the road. Was a trip to be there in the middle of all these people walking and cycling through, and I was thrashing around, while sitting on a park bench. Lot of oohs and aahhs.., few questions.. I get that with nitro too, but generally you have to be much further from city centers.. One wide-eyed mom (with two wide-eyed kids and an even wider-eyed husband..) asked me how much.. - "€150?".. I told her more like €500 (not including batteries), and she quickly lost interest..

So cool though, that I can run this thing anywhere - big difference, especially in an über-uptight country like Germany.. Am kind of feeling the urge to run some nitro though. With nitro though it's pack all this stuff up, and if you're gonna take one out, take two in case one has issues. Big ordeal - then drive someplace, probably not be able to drive between 1-3pm, etc etc.. This thing I can walk to the park from the front door. I still love nitro(have no choice, have six of them...), but being able to walk out the door and run it - in the middle of a city btw - is a huge huge plus, given my particular circumstances..

Also bought a lipo checker this morning. One pack I ran for about 15 minutes in a parking lot yesterday. So I ran it for about 15 more today, then the power noticeably dropped of. When I put the lipo checker on it though, it said cell 2 was at like 2.9, with all the others around 3.6-3.7.. How bad is that? I then ran the second pack through, and the second cell was also under 3.2(though more like 3.1 I think..) They seem to be trying to balance themselves back up naturally...?

Definitely need to try 5s..

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ORIGINAL: Haddi Taha

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ORIGINAL: HerrSavage

Not too sure on the diffs.. I noticed after my first outing, there was some oil around the center diff. Don't know if that is from a leak, or just excess working its way out. My fronts are ballooning more and more though. Need to get some heavier stuff in the middle..

Was just at the park up the road. Was a trip to be there in the middle of all these people walking and cycling through, and I was thrashing around, while sitting on a park bench. Lot of oohs and aahhs.., few questions.. I get that with nitro too, but generally you have to be much further from city centers.. One wide-eyed mom (with two wide-eyed kids and an even wider-eyed husband..) asked me how much.. - "€150?".. I told her more like €500 (not including batteries), and she quickly lost interest..

So cool though, that I can run this thing anywhere - big difference, especially in an über-uptight country like Germany.. Am kind of feeling the urge to run some nitro though. With nitro though it's pack all this stuff up, and if you're gonna take one out, take two in case one has issues. Big ordeal - then drive someplace, probably not be able to drive between 1-3pm, etc etc.. This thing I can walk to the park from the front door. I still love nitro(have no choice, have six of them...), but being able to walk out the door and run it - in the middle of a city btw - is a huge huge plus, given my particular circumstances..

Also bought a lipo checker this morning. One pack I ran for about 15 minutes in a parking lot yesterday. So I ran it for about 15 more today, then the power noticeably dropped of. When I put the lipo checker on it though, it said cell 2 was at like 2.9, with all the others around 3.6-3.7.. How bad is that? I then ran the second pack through, and the second cell was also under 3.2(though more like 3.1 I think..) They seem to be trying to balance themselves back up naturally...?

Definitely need to try 5s..

Glad to hear that the mt4 is allowing you to drive when you normally wouldn't, but I don't see any brushless being a complete replacement for a nitro lover, more like an addition, like when people buy mini's so they can drive indoors when it raining.

Now about your batteries, its not normal for there to be such a difference in voltage and it is quite dangerous, always balance charge just incase, so the better cells won't end up being overcharged. I think you should contact the seller, they should be at maximum about 0.1V between each other, mine a normally 0.02V  apart and they are just 4 old  2s Hobbyking Zippy batteries that I run in series to make 4s, nothing special. 

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ORIGINAL: Haddi Taha

hersavage

1. I think you should get deans soldered on instead of using adaptors, less resistance and heat for the plugs

2. I think you will need to hack up the back of your battery compartment to get those to fit. I can't seem to find any 5s or 6s that are of high mah/C rating but will fit the mt4 without too much cutting

turok

for a 2x 2s, I have these 

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__18606__ZIPPY_Flightmax_5400mah_2S2P_50C_Hardcase_Car_Lipoly.html

What Motor and ESC are you using?

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ORIGINAL: HerrSavage

The things in a village that can trip you up...

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ORIGINAL: turok007

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ORIGINAL: Haddi Taha

hersavage

1. I think you should get deans soldered on instead of using adaptors, less resistance and heat for the plugs

2. I think you will need to hack up the back of your battery compartment to get those to fit. I can't seem to find any 5s or 6s that are of high mah/C rating but will fit the mt4 without too much cutting

 

turok

for a 2x 2s, I have these 

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__18606__ZIPPY_Flightmax_5400mah_2S2P_50C_Hardcase_Car_Lipoly.html

What Motor and ESC are you using?

i will be using the stock setup.

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ORIGINAL: HerrSavage

Crazy.. Just went downstairs to run up and down the road since, being New Year's Eve, everything is in a state of chaos anyway.. Plugged in the bat, turned everything on, hit the throttle, and............................................... ......... wwwwhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..

"Great, something's fxxxed..." I thought. Nope.. Took the bod and cage off, and saw there was no pinion!! Ran yesterday flawlessly, turned it off, threw it in the car.. Anyway, looked around the sidewalk for it for about ten minutes. Came back inside, looked around in the truck, didn't see anything, then held it upside down and shook it. Out plopped the pinion. Threadlock is drying on a well-screwed in grub screw now..

(ps Checked it before running a week ago- seemed fine.. Oh well... Should have checked again...)

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ORIGINAL: HerrSavage

My RR 14T pinion arrived yesterday. What can U expect going from 12 to 14, everything else being equal(in this case, 4s)??

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ORIGINAL: speedeur

Hi

I'm a futur owner of a MT4 G3 an want to know something.
- At this thime is it a good price to buy the MT4 G3  new for 407 € including shipping, do you know a better price in Europe ? I'm live in France.
I don't know what type of prices are common in Europe
- Wich battery is better to take ? one 4s lipo or 2x2s. I want good power and long autonomy.
A 4s and 2x2s have the same power and runtime if they are the same mah. The only difference is that if one cell goes bad in a 4s, you have to throw the whole battery away, if one cell goes bad in one of your 2x2s batteries, you only have to throw one of them, so its cheaper to replace. 4s batteries are normally cheaper than getting 2x2s. However if you have a RC that can use 2s batteries, you can share the 2x2s batteries with them.
- Can you give me some example of battery correct for the size to put in the MT4 in example in hobbyking store ?
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__17265__Turnigy_nano_tech_6000mah_2S2P_65_130C_Hardcase_Lipo_Pack.html
Something like 2 138x46x25mm batteries with built in bullets like these will fit perfectly in a mt4
Thanks for your help.