Bucknut

I have a nitro RC-10GT (share it with my son) for a while but moved overseas and can't get any fuel....for my son's 7th birthday I ordered him a Traxxas Rustler RTR w/Radio & ESC and two DuraTrax Shark 6-Cell 1500mAh Sport Standard batteries. I'm brand new to electric so I have no idea what ESC is (electronic speed control - throttle?) and I don't know about the batteries as far as how long they'll last (per charge and total life) and their quality in general.....any inputs would be appreciated.

I went through a few of the threads here and some of you had me almost sold on the stampede, but in the end I wanted a stadium truck.

The hardest part is going to be waiting for it to get here and then letting my son have it. []

That0neGuy

My Feedback: (-1)

The batts you got him will do fine for right now.Did you get him a peak charger.I have found a nice charger isnt something to cheap out on.Duratrax has some nice intelpeaks for cheap and work pretty good.Now as far as runtime on those sharks.Your looking at 4-5min tops with that stock stinger motor.Now for a ESC, if you got him the one with the MSC(Mechanical Speed Control) then your guna wana get him a new ESC.The diffrnece is the MSC uses a second servo to move a arm accross a little board controlling the power to the motor.A ESC doesnt use a second servo.It is a lot more efficiant and way better overall.As far as witch one to get.I would recomend one of the Duratrax intelspeed ESCs.There cheap and work pretty good.Now if you would like to get him a little something better I would go for a Novak XRS or Roster.Of you want some afforable batts that are very nice hit up www.boomboombatteries.com

If thats a little to much in price get him some Venmon 1800s or even some 2500s.

Hope this helps.

EDIT:I just noticed that you got him the one with the ESC with it.There pretty crappy ESCs but it will work.Use my suggestions for a upgrade idea

rcmaster1029

Yeah you won't get too much runtime with those batts but its more like 7-10mins because those batts put out low voltage and other stuff. And also Duratrax escs and chargers are good so yeah.

jkrustchinsky

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nonono, guys hes only got the stock stinger motor in there, they run with that stinger motor and a 1500 pack for atleast 11-13 minutes, yeah you should probably get the xrs because novak puts out great products and its affordfable to, mtroniks is another great brand of speedcontrol that has treated me well, plus they are water proof

rcmaster1029

Man it kinda sucks that munkey has to see ur posts but I wont complain cuz then i;'ll get my butt kicked but I thibk you deseerve to come back now jkrust.[:-]

StOcKerRaCer

If you want good runtimes for cheap towerhobbies sells sport 3000's for about 18bux. it will give you about 20 mins runtimes . But for my new project it will be about 4hrs

capone12

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Ok how much money do you plan on putting into this truck? I think one of the first upgrades should be rpm bearings carriers and then bearings for the front and rear. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXNY89&P=Z and http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXNY90&P=Z and some bearings http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXD121&P=V and you are going to need 8 total bearings for them. Then for upgrades I've heard many good things about the reedy quad mag 19t motor. It will work with the stock esc too so you dont have to upgrade it but its a welcome upgrade. Also boomboombatteries has some of the best deals on batteries out there and its a good price. Then theres always brushless if you dont want to worry about replacing brushes and comm. cuts.

Viper 15

Here ia a list of things that will make tha rustler a good truck.
1:[link=http://boomboombatteries.com]boomboombatteries.com[/link] for good batts.
2[link=http://duratrax.com/caraccys/dtxm1055.html#dtxm1070]esc[/link] for the esc. You would want to get either the 12t or the 8t.
3:[link=http://www.modelrectifier.com/products/batteryChargers/index.asp]charger[/link] get the 959 or the 969 DO NOT GET THE 819!
4:[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXAVJ4&P=ML]motor[/link] this is a great motor.

capone12

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NOOOOO Sir. I havent heard many good things about that charger and mainly about its overheating problem.
I had to choose which one I wanted between that one and the intellipeak pulse charger and Im happy with the pulse charger. I would go with the intellipeak here.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXUF43&P=ML

That0neGuy

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STOCK PEOPLE STOCK!!!!God guys.You really think you need a 19T motor to stay fast?My Birdman Eagle will SMOKE any 19T Spec motor and some mods.Conbine a bad***** Birdman motor with some nice matched GP3300s (1.16+)With a properly broken in motor and proper gearing youll do 25 easy.Thats plenty fastIf you want faster drop a few teeth on the spur.

MBX5T Maniac

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let him drive the freakin thing stock. we're talkin about a 7 year old. some of us had just gotten a freakin tyco or nikko at this age and you want him to learn to drive something like this first

That0neGuy

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Agreed.

Desert Racer

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I had a rustler for my 7 b day to me it seemed like it would do 50 but that was me know I am 15 so I would get him the rustler and some epic red 3000 and a good charger 50 bucks or so and you are set belive me I let my 3 year old bro drive my rc18mt he says he is too fast for him

Bucknut

HaHa, thanks guys for all the input....I'll probably be keeping everything stock. I may upgrade the battery depending on the run time or the motor depending on the stock motor perfomance, but if it runs for 11-13 mins per charge at a decent speed then that'll be fine.

Yeah, he's only 7 (almost, b-day is sep 11) but he can drive pretty good. He's had plenty of practice with my RC10GT and my old neighbors Rustler.....

Here's the charger that I ordered: Tower Hobbies 400 AC/DC Auto Charger http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?&I=LXJC33

Doahh

the 959 is the one that overheats because it has no fan in it
get the 969! it's GREAT mine hasn't overheated or false peaked ONCE!
and i have used it for about 130 charges/discharges

Desert Racer

My Feedback: (5)

the 959 is the one that overheats because it has no fan in it
get the 969! it's GREAT mine hasn't overheated or false peaked ONCE!
and i have used it for about 130 charges/discharges

that is a little werid you say it is bad yet you have one?

45mph pede

I have a 959, HATE IT its not that weird, its just hard to get all to exsited about buying a charger... Now buying a pro4, or a brushless motor or a checkpoint motor, or aluminum parts for the pede, thats exsiting and fun. A new charger has been on my list since about 4 days after owning a 959. It still charges the cells, you just have to watch it closely and basicly turn it into a manual charger.

Thats a timed charger, (basicly like the hobbico one that I started out with) it will be a pretty bad charger, just warning you dont put any good cells on it, you will regret it.
-Wes

Doahh

i own a 969 pro the 969 is black the 959 is purple and sucks

Desert Racer

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oo I got you I miss read sorry about that

Bucknut

This is from tower hobbies description.....


FEATURES: No Timer to Set! Charges 6-Cell, 7.2V NiCds Automatically.
(DOES NOT charge 7-cell, 8.4V NiCds).
Fast Charges in Just 30 Minutes and Automatically Switches to
TRICKLE Charge.

?

wedge_1

I am pretty sure that it is a timed charger but with no timer...basically an internal 30 minute timer. I could be thinking of the wrong charger though...

Bucknut

We've had it for a little while now and have run about 40 charges total on the truck (2 batts X 20 charges each)......

1. I'm impressed with the durability......it's been through a few accidents and even through a puddle. The only thing that has happened is that the motor brace screw came loose and caused the drive gear to slip and it was not meshing with the spur gear. Easy 5 minute adjustment.

2. I was initialy disappointed with the battery run-time.....but they seem to hold a charge better after each charge. They now hold a charge for around 10-15 minutes.

3. The speed is pretty slow, but for a 7 year old it's fast enough.

4. My only real complaint is the tires. They are already wearing down and they didn't come with foams, also they weren't even glued to the rims.

bIGmiK

ok, thats an easy fix.

[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEW44&P=7]RPM Clawz 6-Spoke Front Chrome Traxxas (2)[/link]
[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXEW42&P=7]RPM Clawz 6-Spoke Rear Chrome Traxxas (2) [/link]
[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDX55&P=7]Pro-Line Pro-95 M2 Edge Front 2.2" (2) [/link]
[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDX67&P=7]Pro-Line M2 Gladiator 2.2 Truck Tire (2) [/link]
[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXKAV8&P=ML]Great Planes Pro Foam Safe CA+ Medium Glue 1 oz.[/link]


Tires arn't really cheap, so make sure you buy tires that are good for your needs. The tires and rims I gave links to will fit the rustler. If you and your son dont run your truck much on the road, these tires will be good, they are very good all-round tires. Most Proline tures (including Gladiators and Edges) come with foam inserts. They will just need to have the bearing added to the front, and have the tires glued onto rims. Have fun with your rustler.

MBX5T Maniac

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get some dirt hawgs if you wants some nice all-terrain tires