CJSRCLIFE
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Hello everyone, I hope you all are having some great times with your families and with your R\C's this holiday season and looking forward to another new year that will soon be upon us. I have here a build thread for my Arrma Outcast 8s EXB V1 Roller i bought the truck during the Christmas in July sale for $400 i took a few months for me to save up for the parts needed to build it up. But here she is although i plan to eventually put better electronics in her someday like a Max 5 G2\56118SD 800KV combo and maybe a better servo someday i just built her to budget spec and with what i had lying around I hope you all like the build so far and can't wait to see more. Btw this was my first Arrma vehicle ever as well as my first vehicle to be compatible with 5th electronics out of the box.
Here's the brand new in box truck i got directly from Horizon Hobby and no i wasn't charged twice for the order or it got delayed a ton i got the truck within a week after ordering it.
Here's when i started building her up she got a Firma 160A V2 ESC straight from the new Outcast 8s BLX EXB RTR, An 1,100kv 5687 Hobbywing motor i originally bought for my X-Maxx but chose to put it in this truck for now until i can afford to put in something better and more powerful. I also bought a 24 tooth Mod 1 Safe-D8 Arrma pinion gear which i have grown to love the Safe-D series pinions from Arrma\Horizon Hobby i used them on my X-Maxx and this Outcast i have here. For the Servo i bought a Power-HD 65KG 1\5 scale servo since the EXB roller comes with two servo\electronics boxes for 1\6 - 1\5 size servos. And lastly is the radio system i'm running a Radiolink R8FG V2.1 8 Channel FHSS V2 2.4Ghz Receiver bound to my new favorite radio the Radiolink RC8X.
Here she is completed with the body i ran her last night for a couple of minutes due to the fact i didn't charge the batteries up to full charge and i didn't want to destroy\ruin my only pair of 4s batteries. But she ran awesome i did have to adjust my gear mesh a little bit since it felt a little tight but after that she ran great and tons of punch even with close to stock gearing and stock ESC punch settings.
Here's the truck with the body off and she's close to stock looking for a new Outcast 8s EXB i plan to get many more runs of her before i do more upgrades i may even compare her to my X-Maxx which has close to stock electronics and decide which one i like better but for now it's too early to tell or say which one i like more. And that concludes the build thread for now if you have any questions or suggestions for upgrades on my build please drop a comment down below and i'll speak to you all again soon bye for now.
Here's the brand new in box truck i got directly from Horizon Hobby and no i wasn't charged twice for the order or it got delayed a ton i got the truck within a week after ordering it.
Here's when i started building her up she got a Firma 160A V2 ESC straight from the new Outcast 8s BLX EXB RTR, An 1,100kv 5687 Hobbywing motor i originally bought for my X-Maxx but chose to put it in this truck for now until i can afford to put in something better and more powerful. I also bought a 24 tooth Mod 1 Safe-D8 Arrma pinion gear which i have grown to love the Safe-D series pinions from Arrma\Horizon Hobby i used them on my X-Maxx and this Outcast i have here. For the Servo i bought a Power-HD 65KG 1\5 scale servo since the EXB roller comes with two servo\electronics boxes for 1\6 - 1\5 size servos. And lastly is the radio system i'm running a Radiolink R8FG V2.1 8 Channel FHSS V2 2.4Ghz Receiver bound to my new favorite radio the Radiolink RC8X.
Here she is completed with the body i ran her last night for a couple of minutes due to the fact i didn't charge the batteries up to full charge and i didn't want to destroy\ruin my only pair of 4s batteries. But she ran awesome i did have to adjust my gear mesh a little bit since it felt a little tight but after that she ran great and tons of punch even with close to stock gearing and stock ESC punch settings.
Here's the truck with the body off and she's close to stock looking for a new Outcast 8s EXB i plan to get many more runs of her before i do more upgrades i may even compare her to my X-Maxx which has close to stock electronics and decide which one i like better but for now it's too early to tell or say which one i like more. And that concludes the build thread for now if you have any questions or suggestions for upgrades on my build please drop a comment down below and i'll speak to you all again soon bye for now.