![]() With the speed control’s Crawl mode activated, the Doomsday has a powerful hold brake at neutral that will only allow a slow roll on steep pitches. ![]() ![]() I backed down by easing into neutral and letting gravity do the rest, with a bit of brake when the truck built up more steam than I liked. I expected the truck’s firm-ish tires to slip from the start, but Doomsday made it a good 10 feet straight up before the bar treads began to give up grip. My test spot is located beneath an elevated road and along a creekbed, and the first challenge I gave the Doomsday was a run up the 43-degree concrete embankment that reaches up to the road. The speed control is set for normal forward/brake/reverse operation, so the truck stopped gently when I let off the throttle and it was easy to drive smoothly. I let the truck get ahead of me so that I could point it at obstacles along the way, and the Doomsday showed off good articulation as it rolled over landscaping boulders and roots. Since it’s geared like a trail truck, the Doomsday is only a click or two faster than a brisk walk but has mounds of torque. I went ahead and fast-charged the pack to hit the trail sooner, and hoofed it about a quarter mile via sidewalk to get to my favorite spot. The Prophet Sport will only set you back $30, and will charge the Doomsday’s included pack in half an hour instead of six-plus hours. But if you want to minimize downtime, I suggest you buy something extra-namely a fast charger, like the Dynamite Prophet Sport NiMH or a similar unit. The Doomsday includes a 100mAh charger, so you can get rolling without having to buy anything extra. The steering linkages are 5mm steel rods, just like the suspension links.Ī nicely detailed blower and dangling skull join flying side pipes and bullet headlights on the detailed body. Articulation is improved over the Barrage, and since the steering servo is mounted on the axle, there’s no bump steer. The plastic-body shocks are shared with the Barrage trail truck, but the Doomsday mounts its shocks outside the chassis rails and skips the Barrage’s travel limiters. The plow-style front and stamped-aluminum rear bumpers are adjustable too, and telescope in and out with about 35mm of adjustment apiece.īoth of the Doomsday’s solid axles are located by upper and lower links that look like aluminum but are actually steel, which is even better because it concentrates more weight down low and will slide over rocks more easily. The transmission is held in place by a compact plastic skidplate, and the shock towers hold adjustable-height body posts. Cross-bracing is minimal, so the chassis is easy to flex torsionally-which isn’t a bad thing since the truck is very light and the extra twist may augment axle articulation. ECX didn’t skimp on the steel chassis rails, which have a tall cross-section and are deeply stamped to make the chassis exceptionally rigid front to rear. The Doomsday shares its chassis with the Barrage trail truck, but it mounts the battery in the rear and the electronics up front (it’s vice versa in the Barrage). From the factory, the unit is set for NiMH batteries and forward/brake/reverse operation, but you can also activate low-voltage detection for LiPo use and choose a “crawl” setting with a powerful hold brake. Voltage is fed via a Dynamite speed control rated at 60 amps, and it’s programmable via jumper plugs-no button pushing or flash/beep counting required. Instead of a “370” can, it’s a longer “390,” and it’s about 3mm larger in diameter with a 22-turn armature. The Doomsday gets a larger motor than the Barrage trail truck. X2 medium size servo (size: 35x15x30mm, minimum 10kg)Īlso requires all the usual accessories such as transmitter, receiver, batteries, powerbox and possibly other small accessories.The Doomsday shares its transmission and steel universal joints with the Temper and Barrage, but gets a new motor plate to hold its larger 390 motor. The above five servos slots are also easily adaptable to fit standard size servo if preferred. X1 standard size high torque ( important: minimum 28kg) Requires you own servos and turbine of choice. Pilot-RC electric landing gear & brakes set Pilot-RC 1/7 BAE Hawk kit with gear doors installed Dual wall tail pipe (for 60-100N turbines).Pilot-RC electric retracts and electric brakes.Complete air frame (including fibreglass control horns).Painted outside the mold so no seam lines.Two piece wing and two piece full flying stabiliser, both fully removable. ![]()
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