My First Arrma Felony Upgrade! And A HUGE Problem! 

Mine is also toast. Seeing more and more of the same reports making their way around. I didn't think too much of it but I'm glad it wasn't at speed when it cut.

Finally someone that agrees with me. The smart technology is nothing but a business ploy. I'll be upgrading the ESC fan surely and custom making a dual fan for motor the infraction V2.

@@jcallesano Regarding S.M.A.R.T., exactly...it's nothing more than Spektrum trying to "one up" Traxxas. Not that either brand is 'bad'...on the contrary, both brands are extremely 'good'...but they are doing nothing more than coming up with "technology" to make them appear "better". First, Traxxas came up with iD, and the Traxxas Link, to which Horizon Hobby/Spektrum responded with S.M.A.R.T. They are the "Ford & Chevy" of the RC industry, thus, it's possible that, in the coming years, there will possibly be more "one upping" between them. As much as I enjoy "technology", the RC industry needs less advancement in that type of technology, and more advancement in areas such as better/safer batteries (Richie understands that one all too well), better ESCs, better/more-efficient motors, etc.

@@robbryan3044 cant beat a single connector for the ID connectors though. Smart batteries still don't offer a single connector. Traxxas wins that all day long for user friendly and simplicity. Although I have connectors with leads for traxxas bats on my non traxxas charger. Its a give and take. Personal preference really.

@@jcallesano I understand what you are saying, but I would have to disagree. Yes, connectors are a "personal choice"...but, the iD connector is not a "one connector to rule them all" design. Anyone who thinks otherwise knows nothing about amperage. I don't know if you have seen Richie's 16S Infraction, but, if you have, would you ever use iD connectors on that? I'll help you out here...the smart answer is "never". The original Traxxas connectors were only rated up to 60A. The iD connectors have a higher rating, alright no one really knows exactly what it is (estimates are 90A). When you're dealing with high-current-draw vehicles/vessels, you NEED connectors with much higher amperage ratings. For example, for my two competition boats, I would never use anything smaller than 6mm bullet connectors. If I used something like the iD connectors, my boats would probably go up in flames. Other/Larger boats, with even higher power draw, can require 8mm, or even 10mm, bullets. The Traxxas iD connector is no more The "cure" than the IC3/IC5 connectors. There is no such thing as a universal connector. However, if you want something close, you can do no better than the XT60 & XT90 connectors...especially the XT60, as that has (essentially) become the industry "go to". Almost all of my land-based vehicles use XT60s...NOT so much because of "personal preference", but because of their being "universal".

@@robbryan3044 correct. Wasn't insinuating the ID connectors are the cure all, they're just easier to use since the lead is eliminated for people just starting out or anyone wanting a simple plug and play item. I'm not into the crazy powerful, untraceable vehicles. I have EC5s. They seem beefy, sturdy and good so far. Had deans on the batteries but changed those out.

Michael no I didn't but I upgraded my infraction V1 servo very early on as given the weight of the car it's always struck me as a tiny sized servo (Pulling power) given the 13+ lbs in weight the steering is having to keep in check. You do though raise a valid point, however without the new servo fitted the weekend before I attempted a top speed run, the esc shut down at about 75% and the car came back to me in limp mode, it's not, not, not the servo it's the esc. I didn't put that video up as I didn't want to raise the issue and make arrma look silly, and I don't like raising it here (Remember anything wrong with a traxxas car it's the car's fault, anything wrong with an arrma and it's always the drivers fault!!!!) If you start to google arrma infraction esc issues you'll see the problem. I owned 2 stock infraction V1's from the day they came out, both esc's had burnt out on the 100% stock cars within a week. The fact that horizon are out of stock of the 150A esc should say it all. Good and valid point you raise but no way is a servo going to overheat the esc.

@@DriftomaniacsRC Ahh..the other limp mode was before the Receiver...but it did drive instead of go dead? I don't think he's saying it caused the overheat, but maybe a voltage dip. That was the question I just asked before reading this. My Infraction v1 I was blaming my batteries at first, but then did the temp gun and read what the blinking ESC error codes was. Definitely overheating

But you also need to take into account the space that he was running it in all he was doing was spinning the tires in a very small area with minimal air flow to the cars electrical components. Have to take into account the actual environmental conditions along with practical throttle control

Thanks but also I'd point out that on a $650 RC car you should be able to run it ANYWHERE without it overheating. It doesn't say anything about limiting where you should run it or in what temp's in the instructions. There's probably a very good reason horizon have no stock of the 150A esc!!!!

Can anyone tell me the size of the fan on the ESC for the infraction version 2 as well as the fan size for the E Revo 2.0. Please say its a 35mm!?

J Mac got mine on back order but no ETA!

I needed new tires the second day of owning the felony.

@@JohnOnDaGo i totally hear ya! I just recently got the silver felony tires. There definitely a harder compound. Better for drifting. Also harder to control but they will definitely last longer than the white ones! I will never get the gold ones!

@@JMAC201 Damn, i just ordered the gold ones because i needed tires. Lol

@@JohnOnDaGo it is cold were I am, im sure that has something to do with it. You never know in the summer how they will be. Good luck. Let me know how the gold ones are!

Good points however Fog City and me speed tested this car the week before WITHOUT the servo upgrade, the car cut out about 75% into the first full throttle speed run, came back to us in limp mode, we put fresh batteries in (Although first pack was 100% charged and still 92% when we got home) and the same thing happened again. I didn't post that video to save arrma and horizon blushes, but we can post it? The car isn't running any fans other than the stock arrma ones. Could they be the problem? Horizon sending new esc on the way, oh and they are out of stock of all the 150A esc's. Now that does beg the question why are they out of those? The infraction v1 esc was notorious for overheating as you know. With a 5000mah 100C pack I just can't see the servo triggering esc to overheat , and last weeks speed test (or lack of) all points to the esc.

Driftomaniacs sounds like the ESC to me. I was just curious because the one time went limp and this time it wouldn’t drive. Glad they are sending a new ESC.

Mamba 8S esc and that TP motor should see the thing flying along, Should be good for over 100 with the optional pinion, but DO remember to adjust the brake setting to the max on the mamba esc, I'd recommend the castle B-link cable, it's bluetooth $39 and let's you adjust every ESC parameter from punch level to braking %, throttle curve, brake curve etc on the fly from you phone. Best $39 you'll ever spend on an RC (besides the $900 we're already into!) Shout out for any more help. If I don't respond straight away the guys and girls are pretty helpful

“Big fan of yours by the way” no pun intended

I have just bought a carbon z cub 2.1.. same story. Before i flown it i needed to purchase a cc 90a talon esc. And a bigger motor. Because the motor will drop a bearing the first few flights. And the esc will burn up. Servo's same story. To bad HH continue doing it. Cars same story. But i love the looks of this car. The whole concept is great. Much better than my hpi wr8. That should be a ken block car. The armma is one!. Love them.

Are you running the high speed pinion? 3min and it overheats, that's not what I wanted to see.. I like the felony and infraction but i think they still have a lot of work to build an extreme rc car that's pretty good out off the box 🤷‍♂️

It has nothing to do with children or kids, you're clearly using the stability management for the wrong reasons it's not meant for jumping or backflips or anything of the sort.

@@jcallesano can't you read dude? I don't use AVC, tsm etc.. it's useless in any way unless you cant drive or for kids

@@harrysrcchannel5651 I can read and well. But your only argument that you don't like that feature is for big jumps or doing flips, so why even mention it. Its litterally a feature for a different type of driving.

@@jcallesano no no dude, i just dont like it in general because it control your car. I prefer full control all the time for any rc car. A gyro can be easy for drifting but I think it's a little bit cheating 🤷‍♂️ I can't think of any rc car that needs avc unless for kids to make it easier for them to drive and enjoy the hobby. On a track it's not allowed to use avc, a basher doesn't need it so for me it's completely useless

I've twin XLX's in my own infraction! I'll keep this one fairly stock for the first few weeks!

@@DriftomaniacsRC sounds legit

Not even the same category of vehicle. Silly response.

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