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my esc was the first part to go and my lipo battery was second so now i have a stock 2wd 1/10 ruckus with a 3500kv brushless motor 60a esc and 2200mah 3s 25c lipo the truck has noticeably a lot more power than stock so much that the wheels always slip taking off i read the book that came with the truck it said making the front suspension soft and rear hard would improve rear traction but it still slips on take off what can i do to improve traction(other than adding dead weight)
 
Learn trigger control :p it's always going to be a handful, especially on loose surface. You could get a gyro to help it pointing straight. I'm on mobile so can't link you right now but the turnigy gyro is supposed to be good value.

If your transmitter supports it, some expo on the throttle can also help.
 
You can also adjust the slipper a bit. Making it slip a little will help alleviate that wheel spin. Just be careful not to loosen too much, or you'll melt your spur or simply go no where. :D
 
thanks, i looked at the turngiy gyro and i dont understand what it does as far as loosening the slipper i ran the truck for the first time this year yesterday and the clutch was getting really hot i figured it was from friction because the clutch was slipping so i had to tighten it more
 
Slip is good. I don't have slip, I have wheels up to the point of flipping.

Loosening slipper helps with wheels up and traction, allowing more slipping at the clutch to produce less torque when hitting the throttle fast and hard. Tightening slipper will cause either a traction issue or a wheels up issue. Sometimes with too much power, any slipper adjustment is useless and becomes too little or too much with no in between.

My slipper got eaten last week after months of usage on a 3s.


My son loves the 3s on the ruckus but way too fast...wheels up anytime and any speed whenever full throttle is used. Ballooning/pizza cutter tires are a common occurrence. I need to go up in tire size to try to limit that, maybe 1/8th tires.
 
A gyro goes between your receiver and servo, it has an inertial sensor (gyroscope) that feels when it is not pointing straight, and filters your steering input to help minimize the slip angle. I've never used one, mind.
 
A gyro goes between your receiver and servo, it has an inertial sensor (gyroscope) that feels when it is not pointing straight, and filters your steering input to help minimize the slip angle. I've never used one, mind.

My Circuit has the ESC with AVC, which is essentially that. It does a great job of keeping you pointed straight and reeling in wheel spin when it is engaged and you can vary the "help" quite a bit.
 
The Speedtreads Shootouts are an awful tire, mine the compound is so hard its almost like plastic. They do not grip on anything I drive on. Duratrax Shootout 2.8 MTs would make a good replacement.
 
Was reading thru this and got some helpful tips. Thank you all for sharing your info.
I'm running a 2650kv brushless system on 3s Lipos. (amp MT) And it's litteraly wheels up all the time. To the point when it's power band kicks in it flips right on its back. It's a monster to control. So I think I'll go back to toying with the slipper more. I have it pretty tight at the moment. I've tried programing And taking all its power out. Punch to 0 timing to 0 dead space maxed. None of which helps lol my last resort will be putting this back to stock. And installing these electronics into something 4 wheel drive.

It's sad that my redcat blackout XTE Pro running 3800kv on 2s Lipos keeps right up. Due to only being able to go half throttle at Max on my amp.

But the gyro, Will that help keep from wheels up? Or is that mainly to auto correct steering?
 
The gyro won't do anything against the wheelies.

How is it on 2s?
 

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