Category: Traxxas
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Why Does My Traxxas Disruptor Chirp and How I Solved It
I notice that when I first start using the Traxxas Disruptor, it will cut power momentarily and give off a “chirp” sound. It is happening with a brand new, full charged Traxxas brand 4S 5000C. And I suspect it is hitting the low voltage cutoff. I’m not seeing any search results for this, but I…
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Traxxas Disruptor Day 6
Arrived at the lake before sunrise for my usual RC boating meditation. The Disuptor managed to do a mid air barrel roll and recover…
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Traxxas Disruptor Day 5
It worked! I wanted to upload a video to WordPress and see if Chrome would not ignore it this time as it did yesterday. The fix is in, see that post for details. It has to do with the phone recording in HVEC and Chrome not wanting to play it for patent reasons. Anyways. Zipping…
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Traxxas Disruptor Day 4
Day 4. Today I remembered my phone has slow motion capture and gave it a go. Turned out interesting. It’s a lot easier to see what’s going on in the wipeouts… Got some sunrise glow on the rooster tail….
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Traxxas Disruptor Day 3
Great morning. Gave it half a dozen full throttle pulls. Some texture on the water though preventing it from going smoothly. This model likes to skip around on the surface. It moves like a fish, sudden darts in tangential directions. Unlike a fish though, it really doesn’t want to be in the water. It loves…
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Traxxas Disruptor Day 2
Wow! I got to experience the Disruptor at full throttle. Day 1 was interrupted by the collet being too lose out of the box. And I didn’t bring the tools with me. Today though the water was fairly flat and I got to let it rip. It was actually pretty unstable at full throttle, and…
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Traxxas Disruptor Day 1
Today I got a Traxxas Disruptor. I was able to use it for a few minutes, but something felt off. At first I thought it was cavitating or something. But as soon as I gave it it’s first full throttle pull, it became clear something was very wrong. When I opened the lid there was…
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Peace at the Lake in the Morning
I have found peace getting to the lake at 6am, especially on a weekday before work. So much so that I am breaking my rule of using “what I have” and I’ve ordered a new RC boat. I did so because I really want my son to experience this peace. His generation stays indoors and…