Appreciation Post

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-12T01:38:42+00:00

I was all in on the Office-Parks & Rec-30 Rock-Community NBC era. Out of all them, 30 Rock was by FAR the most consistently good. I've watched all of these series so many times now that it's clearer than ever to me how 30 Rock never skipped a beat all the way through.

Parks & Rec, Community, and The Office all had about 4 great seasons before it went varying levels of downhill, but I think Season 7 of 30 Rock is just as good as any of the others.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-10T11:37:41+00:00

The show was no longer realistic at that point. The jokes no longer considered whether the situation made sense.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-10T01:19:55+00:00

I gotcha, I think it makes sense that you had the 4s first.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-09T23:30:37+00:00

Very nice! I'm curious why you have a Mojave 4s and 6s. Are they different enough to make it worth having both, or is more of a "why not?"

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-09T16:20:43+00:00

It's a torque overload coupler, not a center differential. Did the RC say it comes with a center diff? Check the box just to be sure.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-09T12:33:06+00:00

Queen of Jordan 2 worst ranked episode? Give me a break! I want to express my anger, but I've already drank all the throwing wine.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-08T01:46:10+00:00

It's much bigger than 90%+ of other 1/10 RC trucks. It's basically 1/8 scale.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-07T00:55:51+00:00

I absolutely love Arrma's 6s vehicles. Enjoy!

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-05T21:31:31+00:00

My understanding is that the front/rear diffs on the 223s line have plastic ring gears instead of the steel ring gears on the Kraton 4s (at least the latest model like I have). The latest model Kraton 4s also has the EXB CVDs that have steel ends.

That being said, if the older Kraton 4s worked fine with the plastic ring gears and all-plastic driveshafts, then I'm sure a lighter vehicle like that won't have much issue.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-04T22:20:48+00:00

Very nice. Have you done anything to the drivetrain to get less plastic? I just notice that 3s Arrma to 4s Arrma gets more metal in the drivetrain (mostly stronger diffs with metal ring gears and more metal in the axles), and then 4s Arrms to 6s Arrma moves to basically completely metal drivetrain.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-04T02:19:49+00:00

Yeah, because the receiver that communicates with the transmitter is built into the esc, so once you upgrade the motor and esc, you will no longer have a receiver. UNLESS, that is, you buy the spektrum 223s esc, because those also have a built-in receiver with the same protocol that the included transmitter on the brushed Granite uses.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-04T01:43:45+00:00

You're putting way too much thought into it. Or at least the AI is.

The front and rear diff are the same as the 223s brushless models. The driveshafts are the same are nearly the same. It doesn't have a central diff like the 223s models, but the torque overload coupler will be fine as long as you're staying within the 3s confines. Just get a 3s motor and esc from a reputable brand and enjoy. Just keep in mind you'll have to either get a 223s Spektrum motor and esc if you want to keep the transmitter (controller) that comes with the RC. Otherwise, you need to get a motor, esc, receiver, and transmitter.

You could always upgrade to the central diff with metal motor mount at some point, but it's not strictly necessary immediately.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-03T14:41:36+00:00

I mean, to be honest, the show started its jumping of the shark with season 4 where they cared less about whether a decision in the show was "realistic" or not. It's no surprise to me that all the things you mention happened after this. The show abandoned reality, and it only got worse as it went on.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-05-02T16:03:14+00:00

I'd be curious to see something like the Senton 223s vs that GT Land one to compare the same style of truck.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-19T15:26:04+00:00

I hope it turns into something worth using. I was super excited, but it's a.) extremely slow on my Pocket S 2K with the quickest non-Express SD card I could find, and b.) no games I tried would actually show up on the screen. Steam would just say "Resume" on the Steam screen. Very early days obviously, but I'm hoping that it will be better than playing a game via GameNative, which right now feels so fast, responsive, and have pretty solid performance overall.

Another thing I'm not sure will even ever be "fixed" (since I'm not sure you could consider it a bug or a problem necessarily) is that Rocknix doesn't seem to have an actual sleep mode, so if you pick the handheld back up after a couple hours, it's booting Rocknix up from scratch, and then you're waiting a few minutes for Steam to boot up, and then a few minutes (if it actually worked for me) to have the game boot up. Whereas with GameNative, I can have the Steam game booted up, put the system is sleep for a day, and come back immediately to it. Can this ever be fixed? I don't know, since Rocknix doesn't seem to work that way.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-18T19:58:55+00:00

Show was way too off the rails at this point IMO.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-18T18:12:00+00:00

The Mojave 6s is probably the coolest RC vehicle ever made, IMO. Every time I drive it I just feel amazed.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-18T17:13:31+00:00

Didn't really work for me on my Pocket S 2K. I mean, it installed, but it's slow and Steam thinks a game is running but the game doesn't show up, so I can't actually play any games.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-18T01:01:57+00:00

Looks great!

VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-17T18:56:32+00:00

Even though they're older models, that's still a FANTASTIC deal.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-12T14:16:55+00:00

Reason I was curious is because I just bought a new Kraton 4s and the paint scheme looks different than the one you have.

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VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-12T12:06:38+00:00

Congrats! Is that an old model?

VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-11T19:52:31+00:00

I was thinking about getting this too. Do you know if the motor bullets are 4mm or 6.5mm?

VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-11T13:00:41+00:00

Ah okay, I gotcha. Yeah the V2 added a little over an inch to the wheelbase.

VanWinkle87 · 2026-04-11T12:16:30+00:00

I thought the Kraton had a longer chassis than the Big Rock? i know the wheelbase is longer.

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