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Pedro Lahoz

Hello fellow enthusiasts!!!
Want to share some more observations from my bully 2 user experience.
1.
At the same time I bought my bully, thanksgiving 2022, i also bought a protek 1/10 scale carry backpack. It has enough room for your rig, control, batteries, key tools and spares. Love that thing. Just have to throw in a couple of charged batteries and I am ready to go. That is because it also serves as my rigs’ and transmitter’s garage, so it is always ‘ready to go”. It is comfortable enough to walk, or bike with. I have ridden wiith the backpack in my mtb to remote rocks I have spotted and wanted to try crawling, enjoying simultaneously both my hobbies.
2.
The bully transmission has various unused screwed holes, to allow for modifications, I suppose? You can screw in those holes a couple of spare screws, that may be able to salvage a crawling session for you or for a buddy.
3.
Servos. As I have accrued driving time and become more aware of the intricacies, details, that affect the type of crawling I enjoy, I’ve been noticing the enormous effect steering servos have on your driving proficiency. For The first servo I had to replace on my capra, I looked for the cheapest ok servos on amazon, 2 for the price of 1 type deal. For the Capra was ok, as that car’s geometry, or my novice driving, didn’t really allow the drivetrain to be subjected to strenuous conditions. I continued maturing my driving on a modified danchee (light moa) and started noticing the 25/35(?) kg amazon servo’s limitation. Time for something else! So I went for 35 and 40 kgs AGFR servos on the 40 to 60 dollar range, and they improved much my driving on the danchee. These same servos went to my bully 2. But true to its name, the bully can be “Yogaed” in positions that heavily stress suspensions, steering axles, tires, frames, electronics your brain!!. The 40kg agfr in the front, grinded its gears, the 20 dollars replacement did not fix it (the plastic internal cap developed play). The 35kg in the rear was getting easily overwhelmed. I did not blame agfr, not yet. I decided to go for their top of the line servos: 55kg for the rear, 75kg front both esc’s bec connected. I find myself driving smoother, clearing more lines, steering binding much less.
4.
Always carry a spare servo horn. Which could be the humble platic one that comes with most new servos. Can save your carefully planned and scarse, crawling session.
5.
As my driving smoothens, improves, I am starting to notice some jerkiness on the stock motors. So a next upgrade along with hobbywing 1080g2 may be a pair of holmes hobbies motors. Probably from their mid range selection +/- 50 bucks.