Good information Aaron, definitely stuff we need to know. Appreciate the video my friend. 🙏💯

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video man! 😀

Hey Brother, great first impressions here. Thanks for sharing. Yeah that’s crazy with the electronics! Subbed ya

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😀 Just a weird experience on this run. Electronics issues are the worst when they are inconsistent!

I feel your pain. My first session was horrible. I did get a few good licks in but after that the truck just went downhill. She will definitely need some tuning to be a performer. It just sucks that Arrma made such a beautiful truck. But couldn’t tune it properly. A lot of the issues I believe are the tires Were used to tires expanding to give us that rotating mass and with those new big rock tires they just don’t do that. I’m sure you’ll get her tuned brother Grate honest feedback we need more of that.

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Aldo! King Salami in the house 😀 Completely agree with you. The truck looks amazing but isn't there out of the box. We will get it performing though! Appreciate you watching and all that you do for the hobby man!

@SOMNIOHM

8 ай бұрын

*_Using this slightly smaller wheel/tire setup was unequivocally a way to "maximize the performance" of what would otherwise and normally be a somewhat sluggish truck with a much more full size setup. As you already know and have mentioned... TUNING is going to be huge for this truck.. starting with all the diff fluids! Arrma has your average consumer fooled with this truck and its good looks, and its rebranded but still cheapo Spektrum electronics! Rip it all out, and put high end goodness in there!_*

@SOMNIOHM

8 ай бұрын

*_Honestly amazed yours is not in a little ball of a thousand pieces already!🤣🤣_*

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks man 👍 I will get it running right!

Great first run with the Big Rock Aaron even though you had some electronic glitches and stiff slippery tires LoL 🤣. It snapped outdrive too!? That's very surprising from Arrma 😳🤔. The stunning tough Look did not match its durability 😢. That's a bummer you didn't have a good experience on your first run brother. Hopefully she'll perform better after some upgrades and tuning Love.

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris! I was really bummed. I had a certain expectation based on every other Arrma, and this one just didn't match. You're right though, time to get tuning and make this truck what it needs to be!

@JasonPerrinRCVlogs

8 ай бұрын

Aaron. I would be curious if you just swapped escs with one of your v1 firma 150s what it would be like. That is truly bazar.

ive never been able to figure out what them lsd diffs are supposed to be in aid of I got rid of them straight away

awesome rc and bashing

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Glad to see you in the comments 👍

Had a similar glitchy problem with my Mojave 4S I got recently. Turned out to be a faulty transmitter, not sure if Arrma had a bad batch of SLT3’s? Definitely give a different transmitter a go, pretty gutting when a new truck plays up out the box! Cheers for the honest video as always 👍🏻

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Very interesting! I am starting to wonder if the dual protocol is the issue. I have never run the SLT transmitter with a DSMR receiver 🤔 I'm gonna bind it up to my DX5C, several others have done that and haven't had the issues that I have.

@cbix86

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC that’s exactly what I did and worked perfectly, seen a few more videos on the Mojave and Big Rock with similar issues so definitely a bad batch of transmitters. Hope you get it sorted and get to enjoy it properly, it’s such a great looking truck 👌🏻

@Paul0088

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC if I get one it will be changed to a TQI with TSM , all my other bashers Arrma and Traxxas are on the same tx

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Arrma and Traxxas together 😱

@Paul0088

8 ай бұрын

yep works perfectly @@GreatLakesRC

Dam man shame about the issue you were having .... Hopefully next run you get it running sweet 🔥

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks. Working on fixing it up! Trying not to be too negative about this 👍

@kaosr.c

8 ай бұрын

@GreatLakesRC it happens mate .... all part of the hobby 🙂🤘🏻

Wow, weird problems. What battery are you running? I'd try lowering the Lipo cutoff to a lower setting. Good info on the 80k, I didn't know that, I'm going to try something more in the 30-50k range.

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

I am running a Zee 6000mah 100C 6s. I will definitely try lowering the lipo cut off. Anything to sort out this issue, lol

@RazorRC

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC it’s possible the battery can’t keep up, perhaps the initial hit of power is coming from the cap pack until the battery kicks in. That’s all the speculating I got… 🤷

@MrtipRC

8 ай бұрын

Same issue with mine on 4s , 18t pinion 120 c 6500 4s lipo , it's the esc. I'm just gona sell mine .

My arrives tomorrow, very excited. Getting bound straight to a DX5 rugged, that seems to have been the fix for Earl Moorehead.

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Nice! It's an amazing looking truck and despite small issues your gonna love it 🤩

Well that wasn't exactly a joyous maiden run with the all new Big Rock 😱. Loved your genuine, honest feedback Brother 👊. Between the heavy body and stiff compound tires (and possibly a bum ESC) I could feel your new truck disappointment. Maxing the punch is the first thing I do with all my ARRMA's. That should 100% improve throttle response and power delivery. It's possible the hard compound tires were slipping off your ramp on throttle, especially with colder temps and damp conditions. That will completely nose dive you because the normal blip of throttle on take off causes slip instead of propulsion. I think the tires are scale appearance focused, not performance oriented which is unfortunate. Throw on some Backflips and try a different ESC if you're glitching out. Shock and diff tuning will help, but probably won't solve the bigger handling issues. This truck can be made to perform great no question. Why it doesn't straight out of the box begs some criticism. You'll have her dialed in short order my friend. 🍻😎💪👊👊

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the advice Rich! Didn't think about the tires slipping off the ramp. Definitely will get her sorted 😀

@smitheshn6637

8 ай бұрын

Transmitter is the issue......!!!

@richduperbash2966

8 ай бұрын

​@@smitheshn6637yeah the truck deserves better. The SLT3 was a step down from the old Tactic TTX300.

@BASSstarlet

8 ай бұрын

@@richduperbash2966 ..and sooner or later the on-off switch will fail :/

Wow. You got a lot of comments from the big players. I agree on getting some backflips for it. Personally, I'd put LSD plates (full effect) in the front diff with a 50/50 mix of 500k and 100k. Fill the LSD center (full effect) with 80k, and 80k for the rear with LSD plates set to minimum effect. No completely open diffs. It sounds weird, but it's like computer controlled torque sensing AWD like that. Works for mine! I have no diff issues and run 8s in my K6. Everything is shimmed solid. The Big Rock needs more power up front to balance it out in the air, and on the ground. The diff setting should prevent wheelying so easily. No more Booker T spin-ah-roony. It won't turn quite as easy, but it won't want to spin out like that. Ya' can't know how you want the shocks till you get some traction with better rubber. I wouldn't know, anyway. Then see what you can do with the ESC. 🤷

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment 👍 I haven't messed with EXB diffs until now so there will be a bit of a learning curve. As far as the comments, I think this is a popular truck and I have been around for too long playing with RC cars 🤣

@Shadows-RC

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC Oh, and I think there's a way to relocate the battery tray. There should be pre-drilled holes for the tray to be moved rearwards, but I'm not so sure about the attached receiver box. That would drastically help with preventing nose dive as well my unorthodox diff tune. But you probably already know about the tray 😅. Edit: You shouldn't have to be disappointed with a $700 truck, seeing as how ARRMA blitzed everyone with the new EXB release. You should be happy with it all dialed in. 👍👍

Can u make a video showing how to fix the lean of the truck higher in the back Definitely would Appreciate you on that ???

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Planning on it! I am in the middle of pulling the diffs apart at the moment. Then it's upgrades and tuning 👍

That sucks bro, thanks for getting this out for people to see.... Not everything is roses😮 Maybe it's the delay like 9n the Max5 v2, so your blipping the throttle as you go off the ramp and because it's delayed or not giving all the juice, it's almost acting like your letting off the gas?? Throwing g it almost into a front flip, and the slow response makes it almost impossible to correct? And you sheered the drive cup....? WTH I'm sure you will drop the rear diff weight down to 30?...80 is way too much.... Maybe they want it to drive like a rwd pickup truck 😕 just no one else does😂 I think Razor put out a tuning video, I haven't watched it yet.... He's good on that stuff as you know Beautiful truck,

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video Dennis! I watched Razors video this morning. His truck performs amazing! I will get mine there, I know it can be done 👍

If you watch the Earl Moorehead vids in this. He found out it brakes itself on 3 quarter trigger causing the nose plant. A glitch in the ESC. Arrma knows about it also.

Not that you should have to with an RTR, but did you calibrate the ESC/Remote? Same issue @rcguygarage has, either they decreased the neutral width in the programming or your trim is creating an unintended braking situation after throttle let off from launch. Those tires are horrible regardless, I run 100k Rear and 200k Front in most of mine for consistent air control but you should go through the diffs to see if you actually have EXB/fluid inside cups. Can't imagine the frustration a new RC owner would have with this $700 investment acting that way.

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

That's interesting 🤔 I did not see that video, but I will check it out. I didn't do anything to the truck when the video started. I wanted to drive it just as Arrma had set it up. That's why I was so bummed out, every other Arrma I have had has been pretty good out the box. I am in the process of upgrading and tuning now. Definitely getting into all the diffs. I will be recalibrating and researching what others have done. Thanks for this comment!

Well, I'm definitely glad for YT. Guess I'll wait it out on this.

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video! It might be good to wait on this one. Sometimes a new release has issues and then second batches are better. I remember that was the case when the K8S first came out 👍

I never drove mine with the stock remote and receiver I put in the 6200a with avc and bound it to my dx5c I haven't had this nose down problem.

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video 👍 Definitely putting this on the DX5C

@Mark-yy2vw

8 ай бұрын

​@@GreatLakesRCyep, it's the radio that is junk, car is mint

Little tear shed at 4:47? Not comparing the two. But my first run with the Kagama was not good at all. But it's gettng there.

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

🤣🤣 Yes, some tears on the first roof landing. When you can take a look at how the truck goes up, then takes off again onto the roof. That's the ESC issue. It's got some weirdness

What ramps do you have? Thanks!

@GreatLakesRC

7 ай бұрын

Discount ramps.com

@pizzomedia7261

7 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRCare those the skateboard ramps on that site? Thanks

@GreatLakesRC

7 ай бұрын

@@pizzomedia7261 no idea. I bought these 5 years ago. They were listed as large skate board ramps back then

@pizzomedia7261

7 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRCok Thanks!

We saw the same issue with Traxxas Sledge, the wieght on the front end. But if you think about it, its not all doom and gloom..with some tuning it can be nice. But imo the industry needs something new.

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video 👍 Totally agree, it's gonna be awesome with a little bit of tuning.

Man that is a strange acting Arrma🤔 Everything from the tyre compound, lack of air control and that weird glitchy throttle, maybe you got a faulty esc? Really hope you can get it figured out🤞

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I am tearing the truck apart right now to upgrade it and go through everything. First thing I am going to try with the ESC is to get rid of that jumper. I agree though, I think I have a glitchy ESC. It's a bummer, but I will get it sorted! This truck looks too good to not have it running right.

Ah Aaron, I was feeling pissed for you! To spend this kind of money and have that kind of first run. Those tires trested your driveway as if it were ice or something similar. Maybe putting the backflips on for more air control would help? Possibly scab an esc from one of the other beauties in your collection. I watched Razor Rc’s vid immediately after he didn t seem to have the same outcome. I m sure you ll figure it out soon.

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks man! It was pretty frustrating. I think tires and an ESC change and it will be good 😀 Razors video was pretty awesome!

@phillybrc

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC yes it was. He had his truck bound to the DX5R transmitter. Maybe a receiver issue? 🤷‍♂️

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Its definitely worth a try. It will get rid of one of the radios on the shelf too 🤣

I don't know what the he'll is going on with the bigrock design! Every video I've watched for the bigrock 6s has been, ummm to say the least, disappointing. Owners of the bigrock with honest reviews haven't been impressed either. We all, well at least me, have come to expect so mutch more from Arrma. COME ON ARRMA!!! REALLY!!!

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video 😀 I guess every truck can't be a hit 🤷‍♂️ I will get it sorted.

I heard something about auto brake in the esc

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Really 🤔 Well that would definitely account for what I experienced. I even double checked to make sure drag brake was off. If that's true, Hobbywing has to stop messing with their ESC's. That new Max5 G2 has a bunch of delay in it, and then possibly these new ESC's....

Try some 6s backflips on there should give some more grip / better control in the air🤷🏻

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

I think your right 👍 Definitely will be putting a set on to try.

@daig1984

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC don’t be to bummed ☹️ with some greatlakes tuning I’m sure you’ll get it running 🏃‍♀️ how you like it

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I'm already on it. Started pulling the truck apart last night. The Big Rock will be back better than ever!

I’ve been doing videos on this issue for 3days now rc Guy Garage noticed it as well 🤷🏻‍♂️

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video 👍 I just watched RC Guy Garage video. I am definitely experiencing the same. You come up with a fix? Lots of good suggestions in the comments here.

Throw a different esc in it and see if it's the esc

Don't think ill be getting a Big Rock just yet

@BeautyBeastRC

8 ай бұрын

I pre ordered the new kraton instead 🤣

Set your droop screws if it has them

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

It does have droop screws 👍 Gotta have a look!

@spike--

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC Probably why it broke

I'm jumping on the band wagon... Watch earl's videos on the big rock.😛🤪😝

I’ve been told they get grippier over time

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

👍 I hope so!

@jasondemers8522

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC You’re definitely not the only one having troubles. Watch earl morelands vids. Think he’s getting to the bottom of it

Try with another controller i think its the controller. I don't know why arrma for 699 should aleast put dx3

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

That is a possibility. I have a spare DX3 👍 Thanks for watching 😀

@KalsRcAdventures

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC I watch couple videos to. Make sure u recalibrate to for good measure. That bull crap controller ain't good. New exb rtr comes with dx3 same thang price. Make that make sense

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Arrma did themselves no favors pricing the new Kraton EXB the same as the big rock. I think the BR should be $650 and the K6 EXB should be $750. That would make sense, lol

@KalsRcAdventures

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC right. I was gonna get a big rock but if it's the same price as a exb I'm getting exb I mean I already still got my m2cfied kraton still gonna get another. Hopefully my suggestion is correct is a controller lag issue and I might be wrong. Seeing these videos getting me thinking 🤔

Check Earl Morehead he had a lot of issues also

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Yep 👍

Change the tires for handling

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Going with Backflips for now 👍

The new black/gray esc are garbage…gotta new one on the way for my K8 rtr

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

It's looking that way. I'm hoping my ESC issue is a fluke and not a trend.

@jasondearden1394

8 ай бұрын

others have narrowed it down to the TX, please try and different TX can call HH for warranty if that's it

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

@@jasondearden1394 I am planning on hooking it to my DX5C to see if that fixes it 👍 Will definitely call Horizon!

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Update: I bound it up to my DX5C. It takes most of the issue away. I had one time off the ramp that it applied brake but I was able to correct it in the air. I changed out to a 15t pinion to achieve that. I contacted Horizon about the issue. Hopefully they can come out with a firmware update. @jasondearden1394

Too many people with same issues…Arrma should have a recall 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

I'm starting to see that as well. I'm glad it's not just me!

5 Arrma 3s cars/trucks I sold all Firma BLX100 AND GOT HOBBYWING ESC. FIRMA ESC SUCK

This is turn out to be as bad as the Redcat Machete debacle!

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

Let's hope it doesn't get to that point 🤞

@rccarsandmusic2641

8 ай бұрын

@@GreatLakesRC Spoke to Do RC he just replicated the same symptoms, as well as RC car garage, Facebook is blowing up with owners returning there trucks for refunds. Now new v2.5 4s line V2 120a ESC coming out soon will it have a glitch?

@GreatLakesRC

8 ай бұрын

@@rccarsandmusic2641 I haven't seen all that. I'm not returning mine 👍

@rccarsandmusic2641

8 ай бұрын

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