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Corally RC's
  1. Sketer
Will update as I go. Just delivered. Going to be a good day!

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Obligatory new unboxed still stock pics

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Changed out to EC5 connectors and did a first run.

First off - stock pinion is WAY too small. Thing was so slow I was laughing. Ran for about 5 minutes, switched to a 16t pinion. Turned punch up to level 5.

OK - feeling better....but still needs more.

Was able to pull one slowwwwwwww backflip off the ramp. landed front tire first, but still pulled it off. Level flights pretty easy with this thing.

Handles pretty well for the width. But have the widening kit and going to put on it, and need to order some BF LPs for it for sure.

Ran most a pack on the 16t pinion, not installed the fans yet. Motor was close to 180F, so not too bad - but fans will help. Have a 40mm for top of the motor and 30mm fan for the chassis slot fan mount behind the motor.

ESC temp got up to about 165-170F. Better than I thought - so may be OK. Thermal cut is set for like 221 degrees for both motor and ESC from factory - so I am fine if it gets up to 180F or so max.

Need to go through the diffs. Going to go with 100k/500k/50k for F/C/R.

I think it is a great rig for the cost. Love that I don't have to worry about the drivetrain for any upgrades from stock.

Had one or two bad landings, nice cartwheel, etc - handled it like a champ.

Hoping switching to the larger tires and keeping the 16t will be good enough to get the speed and power I want. May move up to an 18t.

If all else fails - time to throw in a new Castle MMX 2200kv system. Will see how it goes.
 
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BashingBrian said:
Great little write up, look forward to see where you go with this power wise..!!
For the diffs I'm thinking of 60/500/30 in mine ( fingers crossed next week )
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Yeah - that will work well. It def needs 500 center

Man that center diff is a pain to get to. Have to pull off all the chassis braces, etc.
 
Wide hubs installed.

JX servo. Bumped the BEC up, much better steering speed. Also didn't even think about it...the ESC fan speed went way up with the 7.4 BEC, so ESC will stay cooler.

500k center diff, 16t pinion. Done for the night.

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Maybe full size backflips will be too much....haha

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HZRDOS said:
Obligatory new unboxed still stock pics

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Changed out to EC5 connectors and did a first run.

First off - stock pinion is WAY too small. Thing was so slow I was laughing. Ran for about 5 minutes, switched to a 16t pinion. Turned punch up to level 5.

OK - feeling better....but still needs more.

Was able to pull one slowwwwwwww backflip off the ramp. landed front tire first, but still pulled it off. Level flights pretty easy with this thing.

Handles pretty well for the width. But have the widening kit and going to put on it, and need to order some BF LPs for it for sure.

Ran most a pack on the 16t pinion, not installed the fans yet. Motor was close to 180F, so not too bad - but fans will help. Have a 40mm for top of the motor and 30mm fan for the chassis slot fan mount behind the motor.

ESC temp got up to about 165-170F. Better than I thought - so may be OK. Thermal cut is set for like 221 degrees for both motor and ESC from factory - so I am fine if it gets up to 180F or so max.to

Need to go through the diffs. Going to go with 100k/500k/50k for F/C/R.

I think it is a great rig for the cost. Love that I don't have to worry about the drivetrain for any upgrades from stock.

Had one or two bad landings, nice cartwheel, etc - handled it like a champ.

Hoping switching to the larger tires and keeping the 16t will be good enough to get the speed and power I want. May move up to an 18t.

If all else fails - time to throw in a new Castle MMX 2200kv system. Will see how it goes.
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Totally agree to every single observation you are sharing here - my 'adjustments': switched the center gear from 52t to 46t and earplugged it - since I did this it is even more agile than ever before. MAX8 + FG150A ESC as modified Combo instead of Corally Stock. With dBoots Backflip LP the Sketer is spinning like hell on 4S and compared to the stock tyres have GRIP! For the 6S Beast Mode I needed to get it even tougher with unbreakable body, +10mm, some bumper and body TPU upgrades. 15t in the skate park and more on speed runs is fast, agile and one of the best decisions to directly upgrade it making it a MAXX killer. :))

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svenvisser said:
Totally agree to every single observation you are sharing here - my 'adjustments': switched the center gear from 52t to 46t and earplugged it - since I did this it is even more agile than ever before. MAX8 + FG150A ESC as modified Combo instead of Corally Stock. With dBoots Backflip LP the Sketer is spinning like hell on 4S and compared to the stock tyres have GRIP! For the 6S Beast Mode I needed to get it even tougher with unbreakable body, +10mm, some bumper and body TPU upgrades. 15t in the skate park and more on speed runs is fast, agile and one of the best decisions to directly upgrade it making it a MAXX killer. :))

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Awesome. So you are using the stock 2150 motor still?
 
HZRDOS said:
Awesome. So you are using the stock 2150 motor still?
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NOPE - replaced it by a Hobbywing MAX8 2200kv ... had the same Combo already in a CEN GST-E and it was great. But here even greater ... once whether is getting better and storm is over I'm going to share some videos. :)
 
svenvisser said:
NOPE - replaced it by a Hobbywing MAX8 2200kv ... had the same Combo already in a CEN GST-E and it was great. But here even greater ... once whether is getting better and storm is over I'm going to share some videos. :)
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Sweet. Thanks for the info. Have a Castle MMX 2200 combo in my Tekno. Was looking at the Max8 one since it is $50 cheaper. Love my Max6 1650kv combos in my 6s rigs.
 
No wasting anytime thats for sure, Congrats on the new rig!!
 
svenvisser said:
NOPE - replaced it by a Hobbywing MAX8 2200kv ... had the same Combo already in a CEN GST-E and it was great. But here even greater ... once whether is getting better and storm is over I'm going to share some videos. :)
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So you have a Castle 2200 and HW 2200....any difference in the two power wise?
 
Max8 HW Combo is solid as a rock. But for some extra performance I would always go with the 1515 by Castle combined woth Max6 ESC. I drive this combo in my MT410, an EXBed Notorious while keeping the max8 HW in my Sketer and an ET48.3...here the power is more than sufficient enough.
 
svenvisser said:
Totally agree to every single observation you are sharing here - my 'adjustments': switched the center gear from 52t to 46t and earplugged it - since I did this it is even more agile than ever before. MAX8 + FG150A ESC as modified Combo instead of Corally Stock. With dBoots Backflip LP the Sketer is spinning like hell on 4S and compared to the stock tyres have GRIP! For the 6S Beast Mode I needed to get it even tougher with unbreakable body, +10mm, some bumper and body TPU upgrades. 15t in the skate park and more on speed runs is fast, agile and one of the best decisions to directly upgrade it making it a MAXX killer. :))

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Whoa love the look you got going on there!
 
HZRDOS said:
Obligatory new unboxed still stock pics

View attachment 1045

View attachment 1046
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Changed out to EC5 connectors and did a first run.

First off - stock pinion is WAY too small. Thing was so slow I was laughing. Ran for about 5 minutes, switched to a 16t pinion. Turned punch up to level 5.

OK - feeling better....but still needs more.

Was able to pull one slowwwwwwww backflip off the ramp. landed front tire first, but still pulled it off. Level flights pretty easy with this thing.

Handles pretty well for the width. But have the widening kit and going to put on it, and need to order some BF LPs for it for sure.

Ran most a pack on the 16t pinion, not installed the fans yet. Motor was close to 180F, so not too bad - but fans will help. Have a 40mm for top of the motor and 30mm fan for the chassis slot fan mount behind the motor.

ESC temp got up to about 165-170F. Better than I thought - so may be OK. Thermal cut is set for like 221 degrees for both motor and ESC from factory - so I am fine if it gets up to 180F or so max.

Need to go through the diffs. Going to go with 100k/500k/50k for F/C/R.

I think it is a great rig for the cost. Love that I don't have to worry about the drivetrain for any upgrades from stock.

Had one or two bad landings, nice cartwheel, etc - handled it like a champ.

Hoping switching to the larger tires and keeping the 16t will be good enough to get the speed and power I want. May move up to an 18t.

If all else fails - time to throw in a new Castle MMX 2200kv system. Will see how it goes.
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Hi mate I’m new to this how do you change the punch on the skater xl4s?
 
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