Noob trx owner Hi everyone I finally decided to make an account after reading about the trx4 issues and various upgrades that are possible. I just purchased my trx4 and I’ve been loving it up until today. I turn it on when I get to the trail and I’m walking from my car with the defender cruising next to me and about 5 minutes into cruising it stops working. No smoke no weird smell just loss of steering and no sign of life. I opened it up to find that my xl5 is toast. To kill downtime since I know dealing with Traxxas warranty will take at least two weeks. I came home and ordered the quicrun wp 1080 which will be here tomorrow surprisingly. I’m thinking about doing a couple more mods to make the truck more reliable but some of the things require soldering (which I’m not familiar with at all) so I had a couple of questions. 1) the quicrun wp 1080 comes with a xt60 connector and I have a traxxas 3 cell 5000 mah Lipo with the traxxas ez peak. So my question is there an adapter I can buy? I would cut the connector off the xl5 and ask my local HS to solder it for me but I’ll be mailing it back to traxxas tomorrow so I need to keep it in tact. 2) I’ve been looking into upgrading the servo as well since those are notorious for burning up. I’ve been looking into the savox 1210sg and was wondering if I need a BEC If I’m running it with the quicrun? 3) Contemplating buying a dx5c 5 channel radio and receiver to preserve the locker and transmission servos. I am also going to be purchasing a boat to tow with the trx so I think it would be worth It in the long run. Open to opinions Cheers, Bruce |
Re: Noob trx owner Hi and welcome to the forum, just an fyi there’s a Trx4 section that you’ll get more info from too, you shouldn’t need a bec with the 1080, you could get your hobby shop to just solder you on a traxxas connector for the time being, you will also need some bullet connectors for the motor as the 1080 doesn’t come with any. I recommend a hacked fly sky gt3b or gt3c radio you can run up to 8 Channels with this radio and they are affordable. If you plan on sticking around in this hobby I highly recommend you learn to solder it’s definitely a useful skill in this hobby and very easy once you get the hang of it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
Re: Noob trx owner Thanks for the reply and advice. I’ll check out those controllers since the spectrum are quite pricey. I want to learn how to solder I just have to purchase the soldering gun. Any recommendations on a good inexpensive one? |
Re: Noob trx owner I own that one for many years. https://www.amainhobbies.com/trakpow...pr0950/p204594 always get the job done, no matter what I threw at it... ;-) |
Re: Noob trx owner Welcome CdnCrawler this is the soldering iron I use. It’s very easy to learn and I use it a bunch. https://www.amazon.com/Weller-WLC100...OXL&ref=plSrch I believe I bought mine at Home Depot years ago. |
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Re: Noob trx owner Honestly about to buy the savox right now cause I can get it by tomorrow. Do I need a glitch buster? |
Re: Noob trx owner Try a ds3218 servo from Amazon, affordable and works great, do you have throttle? It seems like maybe something else is going on. You have no need for a glitch buster. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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Looked up that servo and it seems great. How does it do in the water? I know it’s water proof but I’d like to take it swimming once I get it working again. |
Re: Noob trx owner I haven’t submerged it, but I have blasted through puddles and it’s been pretty wet and have had no issues. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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