flint mann
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Got my Rampage Dunerunner 4X4 Friday evening about 7pm. Un-crated the car did a battery and switch mod, charged the battery, and put on the wheels. All that has to be done is charge and install the battery, mount the wheels, put double A’s in the transmitter, fill it with gas fire it up and run it.. Redcat enlarged the cutout in the front brace to facilitate removal of the radio box cover, a definite plus. On my 2X4 I just left the screw out after a dismal try at doing my own cutout. They have replaced the dogbones with cvd’s so the ear plug mod doesn’t need to be done. The engine comes with the stock TT/MT air cleaner and muffler can with stinger. To facilitate the forward drive shaft the Dunerunner had a modified tank and a carrier bearing. The tank is shallow in the middle so the drive shaft fits over the top going to a carrier bearing that is at an angle in front of the tank. A second drive shaft takes the power from the carrier bearing to the front diff. The rear drive shaft is the same as on the 2X4.
I took it out Saturday morning to take pics and a little running. The radio is basic, 2 channel, but works well, and it’s a 2.4 gig not an FM. It is defiantly not bad for a starter radio. The engine started extremely quick. I left the radio and receiver off when I started it. After priming the bulb, three pulls with the choke on and it sputtered, two pulls later it fired up. I let the car idle for 5 minutes or so, it was a slow smooth idle. After turning on the radio and receiver I blipped the throttle the RPM’s came up well and settled back down nicely. I then went quarter throttle to closed, half throttle to close, and full throttle to close with the same results. It was time to put it on the ground for some preliminary runs. The engine and gears were a little tight but that is to be expected. Filling the tank is not a quick process. The right side doesn’t fill as fast as the left, due to its design, so basically the left half gets full first tip the car to fill the right side then refill the left side. The steering servo is noisy but it does its job, the throttle servo works well.
I took the car to Gladewater Sunday to put it through its paces. Sprint and I drove the DuneRunner. It handled well although a bit under powered due to the stock exhaust can. It was also tight but loosened and was developing more power by the end of the day. We ran on an oval to start then over an off road course. The RedCat handled the corners, jumps, and track irregularities with ease. The stance keeps the car on its wheels I only had it on its top a couple times and those were caused by bad launch off a jump and a pine tree that liked to jump into the path of oncoming RC’s. I bent a shock and broke a right rear turn buckle do to that pine tree.
The things I am going to “upgrade” are the servos to digital, the receiver to the radio that I am running for my other large scales. I am also going to put HPI hubs to run Hostiles. I will also be putting on a tuned pipe, which one I don’t know yet but I’ll probably start with either the HPI tuned pipe or the RDlogics.
Over all a good car for the money
I took it out Saturday morning to take pics and a little running. The radio is basic, 2 channel, but works well, and it’s a 2.4 gig not an FM. It is defiantly not bad for a starter radio. The engine started extremely quick. I left the radio and receiver off when I started it. After priming the bulb, three pulls with the choke on and it sputtered, two pulls later it fired up. I let the car idle for 5 minutes or so, it was a slow smooth idle. After turning on the radio and receiver I blipped the throttle the RPM’s came up well and settled back down nicely. I then went quarter throttle to closed, half throttle to close, and full throttle to close with the same results. It was time to put it on the ground for some preliminary runs. The engine and gears were a little tight but that is to be expected. Filling the tank is not a quick process. The right side doesn’t fill as fast as the left, due to its design, so basically the left half gets full first tip the car to fill the right side then refill the left side. The steering servo is noisy but it does its job, the throttle servo works well.
I took the car to Gladewater Sunday to put it through its paces. Sprint and I drove the DuneRunner. It handled well although a bit under powered due to the stock exhaust can. It was also tight but loosened and was developing more power by the end of the day. We ran on an oval to start then over an off road course. The RedCat handled the corners, jumps, and track irregularities with ease. The stance keeps the car on its wheels I only had it on its top a couple times and those were caused by bad launch off a jump and a pine tree that liked to jump into the path of oncoming RC’s. I bent a shock and broke a right rear turn buckle do to that pine tree.
The things I am going to “upgrade” are the servos to digital, the receiver to the radio that I am running for my other large scales. I am also going to put HPI hubs to run Hostiles. I will also be putting on a tuned pipe, which one I don’t know yet but I’ll probably start with either the HPI tuned pipe or the RDlogics.
Over all a good car for the money
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