Me too should be fun :-)

Glad you enjoy the videos. Yeah the fan on the typhon does help quite a bit with the motor heat. It is expensive for what you get but overall it is high quality. Yeah there are a bunch of different companies that have aftermarket parts available for these now.

Thanks glad you enjoy it!

Yeah definitely. If you're looking for best value for money and don't mind having to deal with quality issues down the road or just consider it a throw away then this probably isn't the best deal.

Stay tuned it'll be soon!

Sweet

You're in luck! I've already released it :-)

Yeah that's the thing about a lot of these cars that people don't realize. Especially on the little ones if you want to work on them it's often going to be a problem. Like I said in the video if you buy one of the Amazon specials with the understanding that it's either going to be a pain to fix or you're just going to throw it away when it breaks eventually go for it but if you want something that's going to be easy to work on for a long time into the future these are hard to beat.

Very valid point, I have a WLToys 124016 and it is a nightmare to work on. I also own a Typhon 3s and that's really great to work on. Arrma seems to do well when it comes to maintenance.

@Neelis23 Yeah they're very good at making smart designs. You pay a premium for it but I think it's worth it.

Glad you're enjoying. Wait till the next video it should be pretty wild :-)

Yeah they're awesome!

Awesome thank you!

Whered you get all the parts you have used?

@@michaeldev5962 ostensibly they're all available from horizon but I pulled all of these off of my granite grom.

Unfortunately I don't really have a lot of experience with tires of that size. The granite grom ones are a little bit bigger but they also don't have foam in them. They might be worth trying though since they would be pretty cheap to acquire.

Yep that's going to be the goal!

Glad you enjoy lots more coming up!

Yes. It appears to be about 10 mm longer

@@DoRC perfect my 3s is about 2mm to long for the granite so it should be perfect

Check out the upgrade video. The extra weight definitely did help.

It's a subjective thing and it's just my opinion but you know how when you buy something really cheap and the plastic just feels cheap? That's how a lot of the plastic on the Amazon special cars feels. The Grom just like all arrmas plastic feels premium and unless they're using lower quality plastic on this than their other cars it's been proven to be pretty good quality due to the durability of their larger cars. Again oh this is all just my opinion

I haven't but I have owned one in the past. It's basically the model that all of the WL toys style vehicles copied. Definitely a step above those but we pretty much has the same problems with maintenance and repair. It's higher quality but still kind of hard to work on.

Unfortunately I don't think that you do.

I agree. from a safety perspective, to sell this with a Lipo that you cannot balance charge is an unwise choice, but Traxxas does the same thing on their TRX4-M.

@@RyanTucker-jw8dn the trx4m batteries do have a balance lead and it comes with a usb balance charger the batteries are excellent as well

It seems like there are some issues getting parts from horizon on a lot of their cars these days.

Horizon has got to big for there pants they own tower hobby losi amain hobby now they own arrma and several more 😊😐

@@richardbrown6762 I'm not sure exactly what happened. They were doing great until they did a system upgrade about a year ago and since then nothing has been like it should be. I really don't know what went wrong but it must have gone very very wrong for them to still be dealing with the effects a year later.

Nice!

For sure. Make sure you check out my latest video :-)

@@DoRC will do!

I will and yes as long as it survives to see it I will be putting 4S in it.

what's wrong with the chargers?

Agreed. I know it's tempting to Go with one of the Amazon specials but I think it's a long run this will be a better car.

A lot of people don't like the smart chargers. The battery's tend to fail more often due to the internal electronics and especially this small charger doesn't give you any information about the battery which is pretty important for monitoring its health.

@@DoRC so the internal components of the battery is a problem and folks don’t like the charger because they can’t see the voltage?

@@AnthonyBencomo I don't think everybody has a problem with it but yes. The people that do have a problem with it tend to not like it because it doesn't give you a balance cable to let you monitor and balance the cells and personally I prefer to be able to see what's going on with the battery. I think it's very important.

Yeah they're okay but I want to go bigger!

That's a sweet combo.

I don't know what people are talking about, I just ordered the upgraded diffs from Horizon. Like just now, no mention of being backordered or out of stock.

@troysrcchannel5659 Nice! From what I've heard they've been going in and out of stock so I probably just depends on when you look for them.

​@troysrcchannel5659 Horizon site had them labeled backorder on the 26th when I got paid otherwise I would have order 2 sets and a new granite grom body along with the typhon grom. It's really cool they are back in stock, kinda makes me want to cancel my transmitter order.

@@troysrcchannel5659consider yourself VERY lucky

Yeah I think it's unnecessary and to be honest with you I feel like it's important for people to monitor their own batteries though maybe that's just me being old school

Well you'll definitely get all of those things. That's its primary advantage.

Check now I think they may be in stock I forgot where maybe horizon

Someone said about an hour ago that they were able to get them from horizon.

@seanconnolly2179 they are but I spent my RC money on a radiomaster MT12 4&1 instead.

Is that a new radio with fov capable? 350$ sometimes 275 ?

No it's not FPV. This is only $120 new I think also

That would definitely be a tough sell at $180.

Rlaarlo is doing slightly better on small scale bashers than the traxxas and arrma

@lyricofwise6894 sort of. Their stuff is pretty good but it's based on the same platform as the WL toys cars and they all share the same difficulty in repair etc.

@@lyricofwise6894 I would rather go with 1/16 e-revo. I don't like Traxxas, the only Traxxas I ever had was Stampede. but I would still get e-revo before Rlaarlo

@@n00b247 overpriced for what is has to offer, their teton was worse durability than a $50 random rc

I just opened one up to verify and yes unfortunately the internal gears are plastic. Horizon is intentionally ambiguous with what they say on the box. It says metal gears in the box but not all metal gears on the box.

​@@DoRChorizon be that ambiguous even on their product pages when you try to buy a part. They don't say "plastic" they say "composite" If something has plastic gears they just don't tell you the material, and they'll sucker you into HOPING their $330 truck doesn't have a plastic ring gears in the diff. I love Arrma, but they need to get their s#it together when it comes to cheaping out on servos and plastic crap. I'm fine with the plastic spur on 3s. Plastic outer diff gears that lasted me 3 weeks on 3s ? That's bullplop on a $330 vehicle. 380 size brushed can motors that last less than a year ? I know brushed is to keep the cost down, but 380 size are known to fail early. Make the trucks $10 more and put in a 540 motor. Part of the problem is trying to make the product prices all "round" numbers. Insisting on $149 so they can say "under $150" when if they used the unconventional $158 (for example) they could put in a motor that won't crap itself in less than a year. But literally every major company is guilty of the "round number" pricing\marketing BS I don't care if the price tag ends in a 9, a 5, a 0, whatever. I want parts that work good in real life, not LOOK good on paper.

Yeah they're pretty good out of the box.

At least in my experience with stock power they hold up okay but others have said they've broken theirs on stock power as well.

I would buy a Gorgon, if they sold it with a Lipo instead of ancient NIMH battery technology.

So far so good. I haven't had mine pop off once. Check my latest video I definitely tested it :-)

Weird. I don't remember getting one with mine.

@@DoRC the USB to USB-C right ? I use it to charge the battery off my laptop all the time

@@G35Jeesh Yeah. I pre-ordered mine the day that they came out. It's possible they added it soon after that or maybe I just forgot. That's also entirely possible :-)

Nice! I enjoy putting different music in each video.

Either that or an EXB.

Yeah I don't plan on doing 4S for normal usage. It'll primarily just be to have fun in the video. I'm putting a 1010 motor in this so should be even better :-)

@DoRC holy cow. That 1010 is gonna be insane. Im assuming the 4400kv right? If so, with a 16t pinion, you theoretical to speed with be around 53mph lol 😆

@colerippeon3903 yep. I have a 16 tooth and an 18 tooth pinion to put on it. I was planning on going straight to the 18 Do you think they 16 would be more appropriate?

@DoRC i would go all out with the 18 tooth. Regardless, this system is way too much power either way for these trucks, so see what kind of craziness you can get out of it. It will make for a great video. The only other thing i would recommend is increasing the brake percentage in the esc. I think the micro x2 is set at 25% stock calibration

@colerippeon3903 I will definitely do that. Yeah I'm expecting Carnage by the end of the videos :-)

Interesting. It is possible that my original Grom also came with the adapter but I don't remember seeing it and mine was one of the very first batches so it's possible they added it to them as well afterward.

That's pretty unusual. How many times have you followed up with them?

I have heard this about Horizon hobbies previously. They're reals bastards to deal with. Sorry about your bad experience man. See all the Traxxas haters have now found out Horizon hobbies are assholes too. Good luck and I hope you get it sorted out quickly. I was looking at a Typhon Grom but now I'm not so sure.

@@JimbobJames-n2p Yeah I don't know. I think every company is going to have their share of negative opinions and bad experiences but I personally have had nothing but good luck with horizon. I've had to use their warranty a few times and it's always been great. Their entire system has been kind of messed up the last year or so but I have a hard time thinking someone could be actively pursuing a warranty claim for 6 months and not get it taken care of.

Yeah there are good vehicles from several of the Amazon brands but in my opinion none of them match the quality of the groms.

@DoRC Yeah you get what you pay for, mostly. Just wish they built them with the upgraded diffs from factory. 50 bucks extra is insane

Glad you enjoyed thanks for the sub!

Yeah the reflex is pretty cool. It is a little harder to work on though and upgrades aren't as readily available.

​@@DoRC have you tried the TA reflex 14 lineup? Was thinking about getting one of those or this typhon grom if so and if u can remember, how did the handling feel comparatively speaking?

@lyricofwise6894 Yes. I've had the buggy and I currently have the monster truck. They are good though not quite as easy to work on as the Grom.

@@lyricofwise6894 I have the reflex 14b and the reflex 14mt. The 14b has the dna from bigger 8th scale buggies shrunk down. It handles well on most surfaces. It does well as a little bruiser but really shines on the track. While it may be a little more difficult to work on, the ability to tune the suspension out of the box is nice to have. The 14MT is less of a precision tool like the buggy and more of a sledge hammer. I’ve smashed into pretty much everything and it just continues to go. I plan on getting the 14r but only to round out the collection since they’ve neutered it with a non brushless setup. You’re paying for a slice of Ken Block’s legacy and then made it the opposite of his values. It should come with more power than it can handle in respect to the man’s life.

​@@lyricofwise6894 I compared the two and ended up getting the TA 14T a few days ago...very happy with it so far.

Yeah unfortunately it doesn't really have enough power to attitude correct.

@@DoRC Well, I just got my ebay soldering station in, xt60 connectors, and have a hobbywing esc/motor ready to be thrown in. Gonna practice soldering and hopefully get this HRB 2200 battery hooked up too it. The 2200 HRB fits AMAZING.

@G35Jeesh nice!

Don't think it's going to happen. They've got some URLs that don't go anywhere and the sentin Grom is not one of them. The Mojave Grom is though.

@@DoRCI just want a mini short course truck to come out

It definitely does limit choices though for a car this size I think something like the castle system I'm going to be putting in is going to be more than enough. It's going to be pretty wild :-)

Glad it made you smile!

I'm surprised to hear that on a stock system. I've run the granite on 3S brushless a bunch of times and haven't broken a single pin.

@@DoRC I was quite surprised myself. Could have been a defect I suppose, or maybe just from the track. Didn't actually see what happened when it broke, just that he broke it, so maybe he was landing on throttle a lot or crashing it. Track driving is actually surprisingly hard on these trucks. I don't do it much, so I just always forget how many screws and small parts you lose out there, and how many little things go wrong with your trucks.

@@NerfCraft Yeah there's a reason why race buggies make really good bashers. They have to be built strong to hold up.

Seems reasonable. I think that motor will be more powerful than the stock one though I'm not sure how much more powerful as it's pretty small.

@DoRC ya, it is small. I'm not sure the mount for this motor would reach the spur gear. Like the size would not probably sit enough to be drivable.

I ordered a set when the granite grom originally came out. I then managed to snag a set off of eBay which is what I ended up putting in the granite grom for its upgrade video and then eventually they shipped me the original set that I ordered.

I recently found mine on eBay not marked up!! got lucky I guess!

Stay tuned:)

@@DoRC Like get the popcorn ready stay tuned, or like a bonus episode of GOT season 8?

@@jonhowland4985 I'm hoping for get the popcorn but even I won't know until tomorrow because I haven't actually finished making the video. It will be out tomorrow though!

@@DoRC awesome…for what it’s worth you’ve got yourself a sub. Looking forward to seeing future content.

@@jonhowland4985 awesome thanks for the sub!

Wow that's a very good price.

From what I've heard they have started shipping the terminators.

They're the same part.

Check out my latest video. Very cute!

It's out :-)

Thanks for your feedback and thanks for watching :-)

You are somewhat paying for the name but you also pay for a better design higher build quality ease of maintenance and repair and a more robust upgrade path.

It definitely isn't fast. It's pretty fun for just small area bombing around though.

That would be nice. This clipless body is definitely the best I've seen.

No thank you. I have the self removing body on my Xmaxx and hate it. I spend a much time chasing it to put the body back on as I do bashing. I like my body clipped Arrma bodies that just stay on. It takes 30 seconds extra to put on once a opposed to 5 seconds dozens of times. Add in the 100 yard walk back and forth and I could install dozens of body clips faster. Use clipless on crawlers or really scale stuff but keep the clips for bashing. KISS keep it simple, stupid.

No for a buggy it's pretty much 1/14 scale. Buggies are differently scaled than monster trucks because full size buggies are a lot smaller than a full size monster truck. That's why you'll see 1/8 scale buggies on the same platform as 1/10 scale monster trucks.

Hi!

Don't like this car or just don't like small cars?

@@DoRC i think the small cars are kinda gimmicky. But it looks legit for the price

@@kiethpederson7558 yeah they can be. But they're also really awesome when you want to bash some place that you can't normally with larger vehicles

Maybe though I think it just depends on what your goals are. This thing is going to handle better than the granite grom due to its longer wheelbase and lower center of gravity. As far as ground clearance you're just a tire swap away from whatever ground clearance you want. The biggest difference between this and the granite that I found is that the granite tends to land on its wheels more frequently when it does roll over because of the flat roof profile on the typhon. Ultimately just like buggies versus monster trucks of any scale they both have their advantages and disadvantages.

@@DoRC Interesting perspective!

Ya small scale rcs struggle offroad unless you like the scale feel, since even small rocks or potholes would be so huge in real life comparatively speaking, (like mini crawler), hence I use em indoors or driveway

@lyricofwise6894 I actually think they're fun on the rough stuff because it's harder to keep them going then larger cars. Makes for a good challenge.

Maybe. They definitely have their place though and at least in my experience they are the highest quality small cars you can get.

They are just fun and smaller scale racing is getting easier to get into on this scale and cost

I mean for the same price or even less I can go for example with an Mjx hyper go:still great quality, still small scale but brushless with amazing torque and speed...so why choose a brushed car in 2024?

Do you not like the small cars or just not this one?

Just one?