Kagama Horatio's Kraton 6S EXB V6 Build

[Nelson.81]

Cheers for the suggestion - it's a great idea.

I had a chat with Dubscustomworks. He's just moved studio/shop. So he stalled me for a couple of months.

I have only 1 pro painted body at the moment, but in time I would love to have all my fleet to following a theme. Certainly my race rigs.

Thankfully, I'm not in a hurry. So I'll try him again.

I do some stupid sh#t sometimes I think I’d be pissed at myself spending £200 on bodyshell but if I where to I think I might sleep bit easier knowing it was custom one done specifically for me. But would like to think you would get a chunk change back from £200 getting it done in uk

 

[Horatio]

I do some stupid sh#t sometimes I think I’d be pissed at myself spending £200 on bodyshell but if I where to I think I might sleep bit easier knowing it was custom one done specifically for me. But would like to think you would get a chunk change back from £200 getting it done in uk

Yes, you're right. £200 for a beautiful painted body is a lot.

In other news - I did the double at SWRCCC today - took TQ & the win in 4WD Mod buggy and qualified 3rd and took the win in 2WD Mod buggy.

Chuffed to bits I am.

2WD

4WD

In between, I took the EXB out and blasted it across some coarse gravel. With the Carbon chassis. Just like I stole it!

It was fun, I'm not going to lie. It has a certain reassuring purposeful nature about it.

And then Mike (proprietor of Onyx) sent me this:

Wow! Beast mode activated!!

Look at this Onyx pack...

Those are some super low IR packs....

 

[Horatio]

6400g

Vs

5946g

Running weight with 6S battery.

 

[Horatio]

M2C ESC plate is going in....

Watch this space. Mounts up all popular ESC's, including the Max 6. In the meantime, it also fits the stock Firma ESC.

Just lining it up.

Plate fits very snug, side guards required to be slightly relieved where the switch mount is, to avoid fouling the plate.

Care also needs to be taken mounting the plate to the chassis - so as not to pinch the wires to the receiver, between the brass stand-offs and the chassis.

Besides that, it's a fairly straightforward fit otherwise.

 

[Horatio]

It's a nice setup - when the Max 6 arrives, it will drop straight in.

 

[Horatio]

So blasting the EXB around today, the more I like it. From a driving perspective, it has a more neutral handling, but it still responds and goes exactly where I want it too.

This means I can still do scandi flicks with it, aggressively brake into corners to slide. Drive over kerbs. Lawns. Small people - it's just unstoppable. The extra heft reminded me of driving the Savage!

I literally can't wait to give this a blast at the Velodrome soon. It's going to be very interesting comparing the V6 electronics with the Corally Kronos XTR.

The brownout with the receiver has definitely stopped since fitting the Protek glitch buster cap. It fits inside the radio box no worries.

I'm running 16t pinion and 50t spur and nothing got too hot.

Will it hit 60mph at the Velodrome? Yeah, I think so. On the Copperheads, I've projected a top speed of 63mph. This is based on a rollout of 39.52mm/rev and Voltage at 22.2 volts (taking into account the sag) with the 2050kv motor. It's not going to hit 60mph as fast as the XTR, but I can forgive it for that

Things would likely be very different with the Max 6 and 4990 running a TTC of 71. 21/50. It's a heavy setup, but it will blast around without getting hot. At the expense of some agility.

So once again, for anyone thinking that the Kronos was just trying to be a Kraton - I definitely don't agree.

The XTR especially was basically trying to be a sportier version of a Kraton. With more aggressive steering response. And far better electronics.

The V6 EXB has about matched the Torox/Kuron with it's Spektrum Firma - if we look past the limits of the BEC.

What I really like is an almost 'Limitless' (pun intended) amount of upgrades available for the Kraton.

The Kagama is more 'extreme' bash than the XTR and should be up there with the EXB. Totally open to the prospect of trying a Kagama Ltd Edition to complete the bash Truggy holy trinity.

There are also plans afoot to blast these rigs at a Bash-fest at Pembrey Country Park, soon.