How NOT To Upgrade An Arrma Felony! 

it and I! Got a bit hot along the way! Anyway with new motor in it flies along! Will drop you an email this week re: carbon parts

Awesome! Thank you!

As I did mention the cure is to either stick to 6s with the stock motor or upgrade to a poseidon 8s motor like I use on my twin 8s infraction. You raise good points though

@@DriftomaniacsRC It wasn't aimed at you. As you said yourself, it was the whole point of the video. I was just trying to spread the word, as it seems like everyone just thinks that higher kv = faster motor, like there's nothing more to it.

Thanks 👍

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John that depends 100% on where you have to run either car, Infraction V2 is going to be at it's best on an open parking lot 1000ft+ It'll do 90 and so a 500ft lot won't cut it! The xmaxx is good just about anywhere, but if you more likely to be running on grass / loose dirt the xmaxx is the best over multisurface terrain. If you've loads of good blacktop near you then I'd say the infraction

He said no in the vid

The guys at JJ customs have run the stock 6s motors on 8s and they will do 2-3 speed run passes (Like 100mph) before they get a little too warm, I hooned the hell out of it the other night in the yard and it was fine, so either I should have let it sit on the side with the fan running to cool it for 5mins, or the fan wasn't connected when hooning and it fried itself on the bench afterwards. Either way it was my error! The powerhobby twin turbo fan at $19 is my weapon of choice though!

I use the power hobby twin turbo fans $19.99 makes them hard to beat. The stock motor is always going to get warm at somepoint, as I say I hide nothing away but others may care to 'park' some details. Thought for the day? Maybe they are pushing the car as hard as me or using 100-200C batteries :-)

@@DriftomaniacsRC nah this guy shows everything like you👍 I did get a set of those same fans you use for my first infraction, I just wanted to try something else out for my Felony as I've upgraded the esc to a mamba monster x 8s.

Happy holidays!

What the fuck I dont understand what you mean dude !!! You have to use brake to stop the car, or release the throttle to slowly stop the car. If the car is hard for you to brake you should not play the rc car.

@@ouchsour4573 Someone teache this kid how to drive 🤣 He's not understanding basic Terminology

YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS???? I’ve had this same $h¡t playing in my head for months!!!!! “Why don’t the Felony STOP with the 8s esc??? If it can stop a 30 pound truck why they heck can’t it stop a car of 11 pounds??? Well I’ve asked alllll of RU-vidrs with that setup bcs they all said OH THERE’S BARELY ANY BRAKES!! Noooo reply wtf. SO….. my boy sent me his used 8s combo and I dropped both the motor and esc in the Felony and I ALSO raised the punch and brakes to 100%….. so, yes the shit STOPS with the esc programmed to 100%…. My only problem is, im just at 6s still for now but the 6s combo or just the 6s esc by itself STILL has MORE resolution than the 8s esc….. this is bcs higher resolution means more precise programming and accuracy with the ESC’s functionality! Off road you do not need that much esc functionality bcs it’s a sloppy driving condition. But on road with massive traction and high speeds with very little room for error, you need that esc to do exactly what you tell it to without slack. That consumes battery power to process that many commands per nano second and also heat. So on an 8s setup with that much processing and voltage plus weight of the truck, it’ll be impractical. The 8s speed control is good on the felony if you want to go in a straight line. But if you want to drift and have accurate throttle response, I do not recommend it because the reaction time is very sloppy. I have not tried it with the stock Felony motor but I will as soon as my adapters come in, Still all the videos I’ve seen on RU-vid no matter what the motor is, it’s only good for speed runs.

Part of the reason the 1/5 scale truck is kind of sloppy isn’t just because of the weight and the moving parts that jiggle a lot, it’s also the sloppy reaction time of the speed control.

Done it. Good for 1/2hr of fun

My V1 Infraction did the same thing on stock setup. I changed motor, then changed the ESC. Finally upgraded the stock 4mm bullets to 6.5mm with dual fans I've had no issues since 🤞🏾😁

I was a little worried as the end of that lot was 3-400ft away I was thinking is there any sign of smoke!!!

I've ordered the programmer as the manual doesn't match the variables! You follow the manual? ESC tells you brake setting has 9 settings but manual only shows 4...I've programmed loads of arrmas and somethings just not right...I will get to the bottom of it but the settings for the 160A esc don't match the manual. I've looked at the outcast 8s one and same problem.

@@DriftomaniacsRC my 160 is out of a outcast and has 7 brake settings like the manual. You have 9 on the one Horizon sent you? That’s interesting, once you get your programmer and are able to look through it all please update how different it is from these settings, www.horizonhobby.com/on/demandware.static/Sites-horizon-us-Site/Sites-horizon-master/default/Manuals/ARA5810-Manual-MULTI.pdf

Now my manual that came with the firma esc shows only 4 brake settings, the problem is when I go to the supposed brake settings? It has 9, which means it can't be the brake! Now I've looked at the 160 outcast manual as well and that also shows only 4. I'll look at that link (much appreciated) tonight, but somethings not right for sure! I've programmed enough of these esc's to know I'm doing it right but something ain't marrying up right! Info much appreciated though as that would explain a lot. Either the esc or the manual they sent is wrong! I'll get there though!

@@DriftomaniacsRC yeah that is strange, the manual from the link I sent is what works for mine, but like I said it only has 7 brake settings, not 9 like yours. I have another 160amp ESC on the way, I’ll see what it all has once it gets here and let you know, update me once you have yours sorted out. I’m also on the Infraction user groups on Facebook, I’ve seen you post over before.

Mac I've not 'range' tested it yet but it's better than the infraction V1 one for sure, although why the brake on the Esc is set on 75% is beyond me. If you have the 'brake range' on the TX turned up to 100% you're only getting 75% as that's what the ESC is set on, bit bizzarre eh?

@@DriftomaniacsRC on mine i will have no throttle or steering during a run. Now it turns on but keeps resetting itself. My guy at my hobby shop said its not the first time he's had someone with this problem with felony. What's a good remote that's similar? Thanks

old ones already in the bin!

I disagree, my box fresh traxxas slash ultimate needed hop ups to be able to finish a single 5000mah 3s battery without overheating and shutting down