jjsparx

Thanks for the tip, I will have a look and see if it's worth an investment. I want to get used to it as close to stock as possible and then see how much money I can waste on tiny imperceptible improvements.

From the manual, it offers: Standard: 7.3:1 - 50T x 18T High Speed: 6.7:1 - 49T x 19T Torque: 8.5:1 - 52T x 16T Not sure what any of that means, but sounds cool.

Excellent - many thanks for the fast response! Just what I needed to hear - I've looked at so many assembly videos on YouTube to check and no one seemed to mention it. I guess if I hadn't done a Hornet the week before, I wouldn't have questioned it. I can now add some power and see if all is working.

I am nearly finished on my Frog build and am checking everything over before I add the ESC and battery for a quick indoor test. Not sure what the technical term is, but the amount of free spin you should have in the rear wheels on the Frog has me questioning if I have assembled the gearbox correctly. I have chosen the "speed" gear ratio if this makes a difference. So, if I hand spin the wheels (no power connected, motor in place), they have no free play in them - the wheels move in opposite directions as expected, but they don't spin. I am comparing the amount of free spin in my rear Hornet wheels, which if you spin them by hand, just keep spinning nicely on their own (no power, motor in place). Is this correct? Free hand spin on Hornet wheels last at least 20 seconds, same force used to hand spin Frog wheels lasts not even 1 second, if at all. Many thanks in advance.