Monday, December 30, 2024

WLtoys 14401 is a bang as it is... but mine's better :)

 WLToys 14401 is a 1:14 buggy that, out of the box, comes ready for 75km/h action. 

It's quite the thing. The power is such that the chassis is aluminium from start. 

This is the little brat I'm talking about.




Problem with that is that everything else is vinyl and, at 75km/h accidents tend to make things definitive when it comes to bending the chassis and pulling the threads out of the screws holding things together.

I should know... I brought one, My friend Marco bent it, I replaced with another chassis, my kid Miguel bent it... so:

THIS IS MY 14401:

Cover has been cut to accomodate and ventilate the 80 AMP surpass hobby ESC
I've also cut the airway to the motor active cooling.

Full metal differentials and differential housing
Full metal wishbones

SurpassHobby 80A esc

Better Servo

Surpass Hobby 5200Kv motor

Front foam lip to absorb impact
carbon subframes

ESC tied down and tidy next to RC module.

3S battery and some on-read wheels.

Full carbon chassis, no more bending


 This was something else as a 2S 75km/h car, but like this, it is very very promising. 

First tests indicate that it is powerful, because I've added High grip tires and making a few pulls off the line, it completely unscrewed the differential satellite gears, making me have to open and re-screw them with tighter torque specs.

Videos will soon appear.


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