Arrma Typhon 3s 18 Month Update/Longterm Review! 

Thank you, that’s why I waited so long to do this review 🤣😂. Thought it would be nice for people to get a longterm review! 👍

Glad ur enjoying them. I typically like to wait for the stock parts to break before I replace them but I can understand replacing them all at once to reduce maintenance time and downtime. Btw I have run a lot of batteries through my Typhon, I would say prolly north of 100 cycles.

Yup, you gotta love to work on em as much as u like driving them.

@@GeddyRC I’m glad you went for it, you will really enjoy it! The best advice I can give if you really use the car regularly is that once you get to the point where stuff is breaking on every run just pitch the car and buy a new one. That’s the beauty of it being such a cheap rtr. Trust me it will end up saving you money in the long run. I have spent the cost of the vehicle once over in replacement parts and the thing is still just sitting on the shelf right now because little issues pop up every time I take it out. But like I mentioned in the video, this is only an issue if you really drive the crap out of this car (which most people don’t). Have fun!!!

I’ve actually looked into both before. The metal spurs seem to hard to find and quite expensive ($40-$50 a pop). I also haven’t experienced any unusually fast spur or pinion wear (yet) that might indicate I have bent motor mount. But I am keeping an eye on it. Thanks for the suggestions!

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You’re very welcome! 👍

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Yup, I’m sure I could’ve kept it in better condition than I did and it prolly would’ve lasted longer without needing as much replacing but it’s a realistic review. I purposely included those details as an attestment to just how good it did do considering my lack of maintenance and care while running. Because how many of these viewers do you think are actually going to take the proper RC precautions and care is all’s I’m saying. Good point though nonetheless.

Dirt only for mine. My desert buggy with 4wd rips hard in the dirt. 😲

Oh man, that sounds like fun, what is it?

Yeah it seems like the more money I put into the Typhon the more it breaks, it’s like theyrw only made to last a certain duration of use and then you’re better off just buying a new one.

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Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed!

no problem 👍😎

Thanks 😎

Yeah that servo was just plain cheap, I’ve heard they almost all die quickly. I’m glad I didn’t have those gearbox problems (or maybe I do)!

@mjrprojects9476 ya I have the servo in the typhon and noticed I get the sways while going straight.

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Thank you! I really appreciate it 👍

Yeah, it’s definitely my most driven RCs but still one of the funnest!!!

No I only have the Typhon. But I think you’ll enjoy it if you decide to go with it. Sorry about the audio I actually had the music at 5% in the background so I thought that was enough.

@@mjrprojects9476 Well I enjoy your videos so far, keep up the good work, and thanks for your input on different RC's.

I like the Typhon because of its classic buggy design as opposed to the sort of monster truck-ish look of the granite. Also the Typhon comes with the larger 8th scale wheels. It’s really just a matter to preference though. If you are looking to buy you might want to wait until Black Friday cause they sometimes knock em down to $199.99 which is a steal. But if u don’t want to wait they are still a pretty great deal at 300. I bought mine at 300 and I haven’t regretted it a bit!

I ran it mostly on the street when at home but whenever I take it somewhere I will run it off-road usually on sand and dirt. So it is probably somewhere around 50-50 concrete and off-road usage because I don’t run it as often at home.

I love my Typhon as well, I think it’s a great value for money. As far as the looseness fix you mentioned some sort of kit with the ball ends and other replacement parts? Could you tell me the name of this kit or give me a link and I’ll look into it. Also I have a replacement aluminum bellcrank that I bought but haven’t put in yet so I might look into that. I know I could have bullet proofed it from the beginning but I don’t run it that hard and I like to get some use out of the rtr parts. After all if you buy a cheap car and immediately start pouring money into it then it’s no longer a cheap car and you could have just saved the hassle and brought a more expensive car. I don’t really understand what you mean by not elaborating enough, I just made an entire video detailing every problem I’ve had with the car and how I fixed it. If you’re talking about my summary at the end, I was just including general dates about when I encountered each batch of issues to create a kind of timeline for viewers to see at what age and amount of usage to expect what problems. I was exaggerating when I said each time I take it out there is a new problem as you can see from the video how recently the problems have been getting more and more frequent.

I don't really understand his remark either. You explained it pretty well and I left the video unconfused and understood it pretty well. I like to bulletproof the car after the parts need replacing and not immediately after I buy it. Sounds like another 🤡

Thank you, and I throughly agree with you on the last part.

I will try my best! I am no expert in RC-ing by any means of the matter and I don’t necessarily maintenance my cars as much as I should. I kind of operate on a run it till it breaks and then fix it maintenance schedule. You would prolly be better off turning to the forums for proper professional advice as there are many more people with a lot more experience and knowledge on this subject than I have. But nevertheless I am always available for advice if u want to comment. I usually try to reply in a timely manner so if it’s something I know how to do I can walk you through it or possibly make a video. Anyways, welcome to the hobby!

@@mjrprojects9476 okay, thanks so much for taking the time to reply and I look forward to making this a hobby a big part of my life. I hope I don’t have any major problems apart from maybe having to change a spur gear or something but I’ll definitely let you know. Have a good rest of your evening/day.

@@mjrprojects9476 so I was out today and had a great time until I was on my way home and I stuck a 2s in there so i could walk it home with me and a motorcycle decided it wanted a race so I thought why not a blew it out the dust but the motorcycle decided to turn into my car a run it over! He bent my shock! That’s all I can see right now do you think it’ll do any internal damage to motor or esc? They both look fine and I’m praying the motor mount isn’t bent

There is Reddit communities too btw

That sucks, I would just repair the shock and keep running it if u can. If the motor is really bent up u could probably replace it for pretty cheap. Sorry I didn’t see your comment until now, for some reason RU-vid studio didn’t notify me when you posed this. I only saw it by chance because someone else posted a reply here and I happened to see your reply when I came to reply to their reply!

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Yeah I saw that video, I got click baited in by the thumbnail 😂🤣

I’m assuming by packs you mean battery cycles in which case I have no idea. But I drove the crap out of it the first 6 months with very little maintenance. I could estimate though if we say I ran at least 2 packs through every week that would be at least 48 packs in the first 6 months. - prolly more though

I don’t own a 6s but I think they have beefier shocks which means most likely not, idk tho.

@@mjrprojects9476 yea unfortunately they don’t even sell the 3s caps separately. Which is strange

I mainly do surface cleaning like if there is dirt or sand built up on the chassis or body I will blow it off but I never really take it apart and throughly clean the inside unless I am working on it.

@@mjrprojects9476 I suggest doing thorough cleanups everytime you run in loose sand for your usecase Sand just acts as an abrasive and if you run it alot it's basically like having your axles run on sandpaper

@@Gio98art I know but living in Florida I pretty much end up running it in sand every time! 🤣😂

With a 5000 mah 3s I’d say prolly 15-25 mins of moderate driving or like 10 mins if you just do speed runs the whole time.

I agree, and the fact that it’s a reoccurring problem because I’ve seen several other videos with people experiencing the same thing! It’s just a design flaw on arrma’s part but a small price to pay for an overall well built car.

There was definitely a lot that needed to be replaced for sure!🤣😂 But some things like the gears and diffs were just general maintenance that would expected running the car as long and as much as we have. On the other hand, the servo and suspension linkage and the wheel falling off were just bad design. A lot of this stuff is wear and tear over time tho after a lot of running it whereas most of the issues people usually encounter are from bashing and breaking stuff cause they don’t usually run the car as much as we have. So as far as durability and bash-ability the car is great and it stood up really well in the first 6 months where we ran it the most. So for you if u just wanna get the car out and run it every once in a while the car is very low maintenance and it’ll run great. I can say we’ve had cars that run at much lower speed and encounter less wear that we’ve spend more money on and had to replace more parts on (cough) (cough) (Tamiya CC-01)

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Don’t let it! It’s still an excellent car and you’ll have a very hard time finding another RC of the same quality at this price point. I was just making this video to let people know about potential issues they may face with consistent and heavy use.

@@mjrprojects9476 what sort of heavy use have you given it? Thanks

@@butchmeister80 Did you watch the video? 🤣😂

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Thank you for watching, I really appreciate the feedback!