[Rising Storm, what's next?]

Thanks Tipsy, this explains about the shorter runtime (still a good 30 mins with the 2200 packs).

Will experiment a little more with different gearings to see what happens...

[Rising Storm, what's next?]

I've got one Rising Storm build from the kit...

+ Carson suspension and ball bearings

Everything else stock.

Since I have two children [}] I also bought a 2nd hand

Rising Storm XB. Everything stock.

The motor of that one was worn, so I changed it with a

Graupner Speed 600 an a 18T (instead of 19T) sprocket.

Will change bearings in the near future, Carson suspension

is very good but a bit on the expensive side (so I use the CVA's from the other one)...

The questions:

First buggy runs fine, but is not exactly punchy so I guess a 540 sport tuned would be a nice option. Leave gearing the same???

2nd one is very agressive and a little faster than the first one,

I like to drive this one best... But battery life is 30% less...

Can't imagine that only the plastic bearings are responible for that?!

I only started playing with these beauties a few weeks ago so I don't have any experience. Hop-up suggestions would be nice...

Ah yes, at the moment I'm using 2 Nosram 2200 packs an 1 Sanyo 2000Race... RC3300 saddle pack is on it's way[]

Thanks for your suggestions!

[what does the 540 motor rev to?]