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Review on SUV Remo Hobby Smax RM1631, 1:16, 28.5 cm, blue/black by Micha Pyra ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The quality is at the level, I am satisfied with everything.

In fact, I bought it for spare parts)) I bought the Urals and decided to put good components there, and taking the whole car is 3 times cheaper than spare parts. I bought it, turned it on, didn’t like it, removed the microcircuit, servo and acc, and removed the car. Then in the Urals (wpl b36) the child burned his native engine, ordered a new one from China, and everything hung for a long time. The child rode a crawler (104310), and I was bored on vacation and decided to assemble a rear-wheel drive smax to slip and drift, mud flew in all directions, really anneal. Why drive 25 km / h in circles with a boring 4x4, I never understood, rear-wheel drive has always been the most enjoyable, so for 120 years, look at Ferraris, Porsches, Mustangs and others. I ordered a new microcircuit, a servo, headlights, a cover and removed the front cv joints and voila - an interesting thing came out. My 4-year-old son immediately took it away from me and now he only rides on it, quickly learned how to spin donuts, buries himself skidding in the sand and mud, everything scatters around 3 m and we have enough minimum power on the remote control, gorgeous, juicy and a lot of positive. The remote is huge, but he holds it backwards, presses the gas with his thumb and steers well. You can drift and twist the wheels in the direction of skidding, go sideways. The child constantly slips, but the battery lasts for an hour. The tires are wide and tenacious, the mass is small, even though the rear differential is free, it rarely slips with one wheel, the cross-country ability is good skid). There is also no problem of broken parts, because there is no all-wheel drive, you don’t want to add power, so it stalls, there is no crazy speed, accelerations and accidents, you get pleasure from the driving process itself, and not from how the car flies into a wall or from a high springboard. I’m thinking of taking a second one for myself, otherwise they won’t let me)) A large remo hoby 4200 battery got in and closed with a regular derb case. The springs were tightened with clamps.

Pros
  • The battery works well in the cold. Very powerful motor and servo. A large number of spare parts and tuning. Excellent remote control with a bunch of settings, a good chip allows you to control smoothly. Moisture protection, although we bought a cover, it’s not scary to get into the most nasty dirt, everything can be washed in the bathroom. Excellent soft suspension, behaves like a real one and swallows bumps well, it’s nice to look at the car from the side, it doesn’t jump like a toy, but it drives like a real one, with real physics - skidding, slipping, roll during acceleration and cornering.
Cons
  • It doesn’t drive well at low speed at home, it drives very slowly with jerks and knocks - there are very powerful magnets in the engine and it is revving, the main gear is fast. Doesn't keep straight. At maximum compression of the front suspension, the tie rods are strongly bent, and at high jumps they will crack. There was no lubrication in the gearboxes and final drive, absolutely dry, but perfectly protected from dirt and water.

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May 29, 2023
Has pros: Excellent performance, price and quality. Suitable for both adults and children. Different cons: The native battery is weak, order a second one immediately and at least 2022
May 29, 2023
Some pros: Wide parameter setting, incl. speed mode. Strong enough Has some cons: Haven't found it yet (used for 1 month)

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