RE: My
I've noticed that reverse delay and it is annoying. I just sold one of those Losi 12t ESCs on eBay about a week ago. I didn't even think about using it. The XL-5 just seemed like a solid choice. So far with this Novak 55T and a 2S LiPo it's gone places I never thought it would go. I'll have to try that crawler course at the hobby shop and see if my truck falls short. At full-boar it goes no more than 5mph with stock gearing so I think this is a reasonable setup. I'll look into the Castle ESC and read up on it too.
I wanted to order the other spring sets so I have options. I imagine that suspension tuning for crawlers isn't really anything like tuning for short course racing. When do you need to consider change spring rates? I wanted to go softer so I can recreate more realistic body motions. The medium rate springs that came with the kit perform well from what I can tell but, the truck looks stiff when it bounces over bumps. I want it to look something like the trucks in these videos...
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