Arrma Gorgon - Found its weakness!

[@Rangoli_rc]

My Gorgon should be here tomorrow. I’ve really been enjoying your videos on it. 👍✌🏼

[@rcilluminati26]

Cool man, have fun! I need to get mine out again. It’s been a while

[@paulmaldonado7039]

I got my gorgon brushless motor on and it's a lot of fun 😊.took me a while to get the transmitter to bind together.watch videos on KZbin and figured it out 😂.pm out.

[@rcilluminati26]

Nice 👍

[@runnerbaba]

The weak and expensiv body is the weakness. Plastik Steering links is ok, i have them on my Big Rock 3S. Steels ones are a bit tougher, but they are ok.

[@rcilluminati26]

Agreed. So far, I’ve smashed the body pretty good and the shoe goo/gorilla tape has been working great! It’s the first mod that this truck needs.

[@sskkuuddrraa]

did you check oil level in shocks? I have some info that they come 2/3 empty.

[@rcilluminati26]

Yes, I added some

[@2XRC]

Now that these are back in stock I started watching clips. This is amazing for $139. When it first came out, I thought it was a cool body and tires on a “new” Voltage. It is so much more. Wow!

[@rcilluminati26]

It’s such a good truck especially for the money.

[@sameold77]

Did you have any issue with your build? I just finished mine and the gears grind when under any kind of little pressure. Even just turning the gears by hand without the motor out it sounds like the gears clicking as if they are not meshing properly however there is no adjustment. All you have to do is drop the rear gear and driveshafts in so IDK what the deal is but pretty upset about it.

[@rcilluminati26]

It was a little tough getting the trans aligned with the chassis. It needs to sit perfectly flush. The chassis is split down the center so you really have to squeeze it to get the trans to sit in the correct spot. Take a good look at all the alignment, yours is probably not fully seated somewhere

[@BobPavlow]

Great video. But I would like to just respectfully say that I don’t think it’s fair to consider the steering arms as a “weak point”. The vehicle was designed as something to withstand the factory brushed motor and an included NIMH battery. Although it can obviously be upgraded to brushless, it’s not really meant to handle extreme 3s power. That’s like comparing it to the granite 4x4 3s. Which I have and it is much much heavier and more durable than my Gorgon. I have however seen a few videos where they consider the body and servo saver as weak points. Which I can agree with to some point. However most of those videos the damage to those parts also occurs when they’re running on a brushless motor with 3s power. So I do think this video was awesome. You do give a lot of informative information when you bash along with being very entertaining. I just think in my opinion, it’s not fair to say the Gorgon has weak points when it’s going balls out and jumping ramps on a brushless 3s system. 😂

[@rcilluminati26]

I wasn’t saying it so much as a negative, a $2 weak point is fine by me. Even brushed, that landing would’ve broken it. If the arm was stronger, something else would’ve broken My Xmaxx broke the exact same way the first time I used it and that truck cost 5x what the Gorgon does. I will say that the fact that this is all that broke is amazing. Every RC has a weak point, if not multiple ones. It’s very possible that this is the only weak point as long as you reinforce the body. Overall I love this truck and I’m more than impressed with it.

[@maszkalman3676]

Nope nope you are wrong arrma claimed that the car is brushless and 3s ready which ain't....

[@Stoned_Sparky]

Your also forget the brushed system itself is a weak point my factory motor cooked it self 3rd run so it’s forcing you to change it out to brushless which then shows the weak points in the steering links and servo saver and the servo itself all weak spots for the gorgon

[@MrJay24]

My gorgon is starting to act up. It's fine when you bash it about to start off with and then the moment you reverse and then try to go forward again the traction just stops. I've to turn it off and on again to make it working only for it to repeat the issue above. Does anyone know what could be wrong?

[@rcilluminati26]

Hard to say. Does it roll smoothly with power off? Maybe broken gears?

[@johnjay7961]

Very nice brushless conversion Gorgan is great gg

[@joseCalderon1976]

You beat the crap out of it to break that thing. The body on it is pretty weak too. Overall, this thing is pretty durable for the price 👍

[@rcilluminati26]

Definitely need reinforcement on body. So far mines holding up with e6000 and Gorilla tape.

[@V8chump]

Use flex seal, rough up the inside of the body with a Brillo pad a little bit first so it bites.

[@michaelhughes1225]

I just made a turnbuckle for my gorgon's steering. i used turnbuckles off of a Mojave 6s (ARA330601) and a set of rod ends (ARAC8807). I used the short rod end for the side that connects to the servo and a long/thinker rod end to the wheel

[@rcilluminati26]

Nice! Great have that adjustment too. Thanks for the input

[@treklocura]

How long can the battery last approximately? Do you recommend me in general to buy to play with my 6 year old child? thank you

[@rcilluminati26]

Yes, this would be a great truck for a 6yo. Battery life depends on a few factors. Lipo batteries are the best bet for run time. I’d recommend getting a decent charger and a few 2S batteries. I would expect 20-30 minutes per pack.

[@UrbanLegendRC]

Nice bashing session and I see you definitely found the weak points

[@rcilluminati26]

Thanks! It’s $5 for two links and comes with camber links too so very cheap and easy fix.

[@owen8538]

Hi do you know if 32dp pinions work well with 0.8 aarma spur on gorgon

[@rcilluminati26]

Should be fine, might be a tiny bit noisier

[@owen8538]

@rcilluminati26 did you use it tho an worked well

[@EBthere]

Excellent video!! Really liking the Gorgon too.

[@rcilluminati26]

Thanks a lot!

[@paulmaldonado7039]

Not fair 😮I don't know how to put a brushless motor and ESC combo in.!!

[@bklotz1]

Gotta do a vid on that re-issued powell board. Looks sweet!

[@rcilluminati26]

Haha! No doubt. That was a fun build

[@pizzomedia7261]

Great review, what battery did you use?

[@rcilluminati26]

Lately Ive been using CNHL 6200 3S. Nice batteries and good price

[@rcilluminati26]

Cnhl 3s 6000mah.

[@marshallkeves5145]

Waikiki beating it up with a broken

[@marshallkeves5145]

More money than

[@guymarotta2596]

I consider that more of a strength than a weakness, considering how hard you were abusing it.

[@rcilluminati26]

I’d rather break something cheap and easy to fix for sure. It was $5 for two steering links and two camber links so now I have spares.