CamoColton
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Jesus Christ people relax and go play with your toys, FFS.
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Well OK, but it is a forum, after all.
CamoColton
Pebble Pounder
CamoColton
Pebble Pounder
No worries at all.
Panther6834
I wanna be Dave
For anyone who has, or will be getting, the Promoto-MX...once certain plastic parts start bending/breaking, know that Vitavon Racing has released a few upgrades in 7075 aluminum, and will be releasing more parts soon.
~ More peace, love, laughter, & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place
~ More peace, love, laughter, & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place
CamoColton
Pebble Pounder
I cancelled my preorder for this bike. Tons of parts breakage in the fb groups I jumped in and replacements on perpetual backorder/preorder. Gonna wait a bit for a v2, or at least parts availability to stabilize. Between the "software upgrade" and the incredible demand, HH is have a rough time with this product.
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The next person that says "Trump", "Biden" or anything political in this thread is getting a week off (or in the case of somebody that just got a week off, maybe they'll get a month this time.)
Just noticed your EDIT notes which I can't quote.:ror:
Can you make this happen in the "real" world too???:lmao:
Panther6834
I wanna be Dave
That's a PROfessional MOTOr story, if I ever heard one...lol [emoji1360][emoji1360]
~ More peace, love, laughter, & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place
~ More peace, love, laughter, & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place
Shame Shame Shame. oolol
should had a v8. lol
Still waiting on my Amain order for the Pro circuit. Made June 22nd around 4pm PST. Seen a guy on the fakebooks got notification of his Pro circuit on Thurs or Friday. He said he ordered on the 23rd, but wasn't sure what time. So Amain are getting in the Green Bikes and getting them out. I may have mine before too muc longer.
In the Meantime, been getting my old DX450 going, which there are probably posts I made back in 2010ish on it and other rigs I had back in the day.
Thinking of going to a Supermoto on it with street slicks and a new power combo and suspension setup. Will need new body for it if I go this route, but I need a body anyways. lol
And Tomorrow (Monday) My FXR Promoto I bought from Discount Hobbies in San Diego will be here. Found they had some in stock and was able to secure the Red one while I wait for the green one, which I may cancel and buy the new LOSI 2.0 Baja Rey.
It looks like HH is getting the stock in from the Containers here finally as Ive seen dozens of posts over the last 5ish days of people getting their ordres, in many cases with no notification and not even being charged for them until a few days after they got them. Seems the Software Upgrade SNAFU is still having issues atm.
Missing toys, broken toys and tears? Sounds like a fight broke out in the playroom
The more things change the more they stay the same it seems...
The more things change the more they stay the same it seems...
BP6666VR
Pebble Pounder
Running the losi bike for 3 weeks update, how are they holding up ?
https://youtu.be/ii0BVDXRm-c
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https://youtu.be/ii0BVDXRm-c
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Mine showed up last week and I got to drive a pack through it. It's wild.
It's interesting lifting it up, you can feel the force of the flywheel and everything that keeps it upright. It drives great even over some bumps, but there is definitely a narrow margin between too little and too much throttle, if you punch it then it flips over on itself, although it does right itself pretty easily.
Turning performance is really poor, so is the braking performance. I was on a pretty wide gravel doubletrack road and could barely turn it around, if I went a little too fast, it wasn't making it. You need a lot of space to drive it, which is the main downside for me at this point, driving it in a small backyard is just a non-starter. I can't get the brakes to work, at all, like they barely slow it down much less stop it.
I also despise the whole Spektrum battery ecosystem. It's really damned annoying that they don't send out batteries with balance cables, the USB charger they send with it takes over 12 hours to charge the 5000mah battery. I know most will be aware of this already but I had forgotten about it, although it is nice getting the battery life indicator on the remote.
Finally, getting it to start up is kinda tedious until you get the hang of it. If you do anything in the wrong order, you have to shut it off and start all over again. Start the remote, turn the bike on, wait 5-10s, then turn on the flywheel and wait for it to start up. If you turn the flywheel on too soon, it won't start up and you have to shut it all down again. IMO this part needs refinement.
It's a blast to drive, absolute blast and it will throw rocks 20-30 feet behind it. The wheel mode holds a wheelie really nicely. I can't speak to durability as I haven't sent any huge jumps with it, but I haven't had the space either. As much as I want to love it, the size and turning radius makes it really difficult to find somewhere to drive it. The braking situation is straight up dangerous IMO.
It's interesting lifting it up, you can feel the force of the flywheel and everything that keeps it upright. It drives great even over some bumps, but there is definitely a narrow margin between too little and too much throttle, if you punch it then it flips over on itself, although it does right itself pretty easily.
Turning performance is really poor, so is the braking performance. I was on a pretty wide gravel doubletrack road and could barely turn it around, if I went a little too fast, it wasn't making it. You need a lot of space to drive it, which is the main downside for me at this point, driving it in a small backyard is just a non-starter. I can't get the brakes to work, at all, like they barely slow it down much less stop it.
I also despise the whole Spektrum battery ecosystem. It's really damned annoying that they don't send out batteries with balance cables, the USB charger they send with it takes over 12 hours to charge the 5000mah battery. I know most will be aware of this already but I had forgotten about it, although it is nice getting the battery life indicator on the remote.
Finally, getting it to start up is kinda tedious until you get the hang of it. If you do anything in the wrong order, you have to shut it off and start all over again. Start the remote, turn the bike on, wait 5-10s, then turn on the flywheel and wait for it to start up. If you turn the flywheel on too soon, it won't start up and you have to shut it all down again. IMO this part needs refinement.
It's a blast to drive, absolute blast and it will throw rocks 20-30 feet behind it. The wheel mode holds a wheelie really nicely. I can't speak to durability as I haven't sent any huge jumps with it, but I haven't had the space either. As much as I want to love it, the size and turning radius makes it really difficult to find somewhere to drive it. The braking situation is straight up dangerous IMO.
CamoColton
Pebble Pounder
Excellent feedback, thanks for sharing. I'm surprised that the flywheel thing isn't more automated. Or "smart" enough to not turn on immediately until the rest of the system is ready.
Mixed feelings myself on the spektrum batteries. I have a spektrum charger that I use for regular batteries as well as the few smart batteries I have. I give them credit for allowing "dumb" batteries from third-party with EC3 or EC5 connectors to be used in the vehicles, unlike Traxxas.
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Agreed, appreciate hearing user feedback. Parts breakage seems somewhat inevitable when pushing high speed surface RC to the limit. Hardly seems like something to complain about barring some glaring design issue. Lack of parts availability on the other hand...
Hope to see some bike mod threads on the board. Haven't yet gotten over how cool this thing looks
Hope to see some bike mod threads on the board. Haven't yet gotten over how cool this thing looks
CamoColton
Pebble Pounder
Has anyone ordered from HH, or Tower hobbies lately? Is it still a mess? I have a coupon for a PL body from the SCX10 III kit.
I'm kinda surprised to hear so much about parts breakages, I am not on the FB groups so idk what people are breaking, but it seems well put together to me. Way better and more robust feeling than the first gen LMT.
That said, seeing the way people are jumping it on YT, it seems a little excessive. The bike is very heavy and there's only so much abuse it can take, small jumps are probably fine but sending something this size and weight to flat or nose bonking is just asking to break something. There's a reason a lot of moto and mtb jumps have smooth transitions.
Agreed, that is really nice esp for a vehicle like this where changing the battery connector would be difficult. I do appreciate that, I think the fact they made this run so well on 2S is great as well and, despite some annoyances, it is VERY fun to drive especially once you learn it.
On the flywheel, I'm not sure why they did it that way. It's bizarre and the tx starts playing weird music at you if you do it wrong. It's really a non-issue once you get going with it and understand the process, but at first it's a little alarming when nothing works.
CamoColton
Pebble Pounder
I can't say much, I got accosted for even suggesting the first gen LMT had durability problems when I broke an axle halfway through the first pack. In the weeks that followed I pulled a shock shaft out, bent a chassis rail, broke the bumper mount, pulled a link out and broke a c-hub. Mostly broken doing backflips. So maybe I fall into that category too
I just don't look at this bike and think: "this is made to send 30ft to flat". It is well put together, it's just not the type of thing I'd envision sending like that. Small jumps seem fine though.