WLToys 12427. Anyone else use/have one?
WLToys 12427. Anyone else use/have one?
Not the catchiest of names for an RC car, but not terrible considering it's price. Good enough for a dog chase vehicle.
Combo (I think) ESC/receiver seems to overheat pretty quickly and the rear driveshaft no longer sent power to the axle (ball joint mounting failure).
Aftermarket (aluminum?) replacement driveshafts were actually worse as they fell apart under load. Had to replace the roll pin with a steel nail and use heat shrink tubing to get everything to stay together.
Anyone else have experience with this car/buggy/thing?
Got one, it's sitting in a box of parts. Did the same trick for the roll pin! So many broken parts, stock and aftermarket. Used it as dog chase vehicle for a while.
Switched to the HBX protector, put in a cheap brushless system. Going on 3 yrs of hard use and abuse by dogs. Nothing has broken on it other than bent shocks from a 100lbs dog landing on it.
Here is a video of the dogs chasing the HBX in FPV https://youtu.be/aSnr16UzrHw
The protector looks pretty sick. Looks like the big thing was going from live axle to independent suspension all around, so no driveshaft being thrown in weird orientations and breaking things.
On my way down the rabbit hole, I saw the spectre, which looked like the 12427 with upgraded parts, and the rear driveshaft looked put together better than the one on the wltoys truck, very similar to the Traxxas axles. But that truck really isn't available and spare parts are hell to find for these things apparently.
Part of me still wants to find an rc buggy with a solid rear tho. It did real nice at the dog park with the uneven surfaces and whatnot.
Lol at the idea of a "dog chase vehicle", that's both brilliant and hilarious. In my (limited) experience most of the cheaper Chinese brands don't hold up very well, especially compared to the more "mainstream" brands (Traxxas, Arrma, etc...). We had a guy in our group with a Redcat truck and not only did it break constantly, even when it was working it handled and performed noticeably worse than the least expensive Arrma on the track. Although I guess if you're not racing it then speed/performance probably isn't much of a concern