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03-24-2019, 04:45 PM | #41 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hickory,NC
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| Re: What's with all the gen 8 hate?
Haha sweet post Jeepiac. I ran mine stock for a while and change the electronics. HW1080 and a Tekin Pro 30t. Thinking about trying a HH Revolver with a Mamba X. |
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03-24-2019, 06:26 PM | #42 | |
Newbie Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: US
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03-24-2019, 07:12 PM | #43 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Detroit
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| Re: What's with all the gen 8 hate?
Glad to see the Gen8 starting to garner more positive feedback and respect.
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03-24-2019, 10:20 PM | #44 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Oakridge
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| Re: What's with all the gen 8 hate?
Hey Jon, where have you been? Ernie |
03-25-2019, 07:00 AM | #45 | |
Moderator Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Readsboro, VT
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To be honest, the fact that people are bitching so much about foams & velcro should say something about how the rest of the truck works. | |
03-25-2019, 11:08 AM | #46 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Orange County, CA
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I've not had an issue with the skid bump, and I probably won't do anything about it. RTR electronics are RTR electronics... Replace them when you feel like it. Personally, regarding the bump steer and the driveshafts... that's just me tinkering to get everything as perfect as possible, but it certainly doesn't make me hate the truck. Maybe I haven't read enough threads on here, but is anyone actually hating on the gen8 and saying it's garbage? I think all the threads I've read have been the normal "tinkering" that you see in any other truck. It's just one of the newest truck platforms out so you just see more people finding initial things to tinker with. Last edited by soze; 03-25-2019 at 11:13 AM. | |
03-25-2019, 08:39 PM | #47 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: In the sticks
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03-25-2019, 08:49 PM | #48 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: In the sticks
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| Re: What's with all the gen 8 hate?
I've got a couple guy's making fun of me on FB right now because I stated that this cheapo Redcat will out crawl my fully moded Ascender. I've decided that I'm going to comp the gen8 this season just to see how far I can to take it. I set down and started taking off all that's not needed last night and also started trimming the overly long chassis. Just an estimate, but getting rid of the Scout body and inner fenders has shaved close to 2 pounds of above the axle weight from it. Now, if the drivetrain holds up to the power and my driving I think I'll make a few people eat their words by the end of the season.
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03-25-2019, 09:36 PM | #49 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Oakridge
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Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Ernie | |
03-25-2019, 10:18 PM | #50 | |
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03-25-2019, 10:47 PM | #51 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Orange County, CA
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I can't bear to get rid of the Scout body though, It's one of the things I love most about the gen8. | |
03-26-2019, 06:36 AM | #52 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: In the sticks
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03-26-2019, 08:08 PM | #53 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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That’s my plan, buy the G8 PACK and use all my take offs from the G8 to use for a second rig. I’ll take it to local GTGs and if I see someone who looks interested in what we’re doing, I’ll hand them a radio and let them experience it for real. 👍🏼 | |
03-27-2019, 02:13 AM | #54 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: california under the rock im crawling on
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03-27-2019, 06:19 AM | #55 |
Moderator Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Readsboro, VT
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| Re: What's with all the gen 8 hate?
I'm thrilled with the Gen8 body, and I don't mind that it creates limitations. I have my Bomber for when I want to be able to crawl over everything. My scalers serve a different purpose. They offer additional challenges, and they look good doing it.
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04-14-2019, 03:53 PM | #56 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Danish badlands
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| Re: What's with all the gen 8 hate?
Consensus here now seem to be " it will only be good with a load of expensive mods" And several that said they would want one now say O hell no. If only i had the money i would get one and PO them so bad, just for the hell of that. |
04-15-2019, 07:05 AM | #57 | |
Moderator Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Readsboro, VT
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| Re: What's with all the gen 8 hate? Quote:
The only issue that some guys are seeing from a reliability perspective is the upper portal gears breaking. From a performance perspective, the truck is fine. The steering angle isn't bad, the approach & departure angles are average or better once you tuck the bumpers, diff clearance is outstanding, and tire grip is better than most RTRs. The steering geometry is a non issue no matter how much somebody wants to complain that it matters. | |
04-15-2019, 08:25 AM | #58 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: The OC
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| Re: What's with all the gen 8 hate?
Yup. I definitely want a rig that breaks axles. Yup yup. Over the past couple of years getting into this hobby I find there are toys and trail rigs, and then there are comp-rigs. Some fit these categories better, one way or other. I think there's a lack of differentiation here, and it's confusing to new and old alike. |
04-15-2019, 09:06 AM | #59 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Danish badlands
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| Re: What's with all the gen 8 hate?
Yeah i have seen some have snapped something on the axles, that maybe have a hop up part ( don't know ) And i am very much so a driving / handling guy. But i am also sure the G8 can be made to perform really good with little extra cost, like some of the tires / foams i already have, a few free mods, and maybe 100 - 120 USD on a few essential upgrades. I will also be taking my information from in here, as the people we drive with well aside for me and my M8 that have been doing this since before Axial, then the other guys are pretty noob in comparison, some driving close to stock rigs and others just throw any and all upgrades on. As i said really would like to prove them wrong, just can not afford it, but could potentially be one helluva giggle to outrun the guys. Which i already do fairly well with my pretty darn low 10.2 C1 power wagon against portal / non portal vehicles with around 1" taller tires. Just comped 1 time with the 10.2 came second only to my friend driving his lightly modified BOM, so competition are not stiff here, in the US i would probably get my ass handed to me on a silver platter. |
04-15-2019, 09:49 AM | #60 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: california under the rock im crawling on
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| Re: What's with all the gen 8 hate? like the ar60s i had a hell of a time keeping my wraith axles together the only axial part i will ever run in my ar60s are the front universals every other part is junk the housing the stock gears stock lockers knuckles and the bearings are under sized the first month with the wraith was mostly just replacing parts i couldent even get a pack through it with out breaking something the gen 8 hasent broken anything yet and is being beat way harder than the wraith did in the early days my scx10 couldent keep a axle shaft in one piece no matter what i did i had to step up to the narrow xr mod set up and even thoughs shafts snap so in my opinion the redcat has axial beat by far in the durabuility of its rtrs aftermarket is another story my wraith took over $300 on top of the purchase price to make it through a hole pack the redcat hasent broken 1 thing yet the gen 8 dose have some down sides but so dose every rtr outhere and most of there fixes are free or close too free i probably wont buy another rtr my next one will be a mix of redcat axial and traxxass aftermarket parts |
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