FS Racing Victory 53631 brushless Monster Truck Review

FS racing Victory FS53631 is my second Monster Truck remote controlled hobby car. After the Foxx S911 1/12th scale, this is a 1/10th scale and all I can say was. This Truck had some serious power. Bundled with 3S lipo battery of 5400mah and 45C discharge rate. It can do the wheelie thing. Thanks to the add-on anti wheelie bar to avoid flipping it over. Price wise, this is a thing to consider. Powered by a 3652 KV3000 motor and 80A ESC by Hobbystar, This truck really kicks in.

General description:

Length: 430mm
Width: 340mm
Height: 240mm
Wheelbase: 270mm
The Diameter: 130mm
Age range: >8years old
Power: Motor
Motor: 3650 KV3215 KV varies sometimes it was KV3000
Gear Ratio:10.8:1 (pinion gear 13T--Drive gear 50T)
Drive system: 4WD
Chassis: 2mm AL6061
ESC: 45A
Material: Metal,Plastic,Aluminum chassis
Remote Distance:300m
Battery: 11.1v 5400mah, 45C lipo battery Deans connector
ESC: Brushless hobbystar 60A 5mm bullet connector
Model Number: FS-53631

Product features:
1.Metal bevel gear differential equipment
2.Tyre set with 130mm large diameter
3.Front double ball make the steering more flexible
4.Totally enclosed dust cover
5.Full car equipped with ball bearing, drive more slide
6.Additional slipper clutch(option parts)
7.Extra wheely bar
8.Water proof ESC and Servo
9.Alloy chassis is to hard to be destoryed
10.Suspension device is so strong that you can fully enjoy
11.Brushless electric with brushless motors and brushless electric, the speed is commonly in 70 km/h speed - 80 km/h

Distinctive properties:

Front linkage of the truck uses ball type as shown,

Advantages of it was it does not break, on impact, it just snap out. Just snap it in and ready to go again. Compared it with my Foxx S911, that uses bolt on top and bottom, I already broke the front hub.

In addition to camber adjustment of the front wheel, can easily be performed on that ball stud using hexagonal wrench, by pulling out the wheel and inserting the wrench on the head of the ball stud.

Brushless motor used.
Powerful motor 3652 (36mm diameter and 52mm length) with a 3.175mm shaft size powers this monster truck. They vary from KV3000 -KV3215 upon purchased of this RC monster truck. Bullet connector size is 4mm.

Motor controller or ESC (electronic speed controller)

This again varies in the brand of RACERSTAR, hobbystar, and generic hobbyking clone 60A brusless motor controller..My FS racing Victory EP/BL came with a hobbystar 60A ESC. It has been long before i figure out what was the brand equipped on my monster truck, that i searched each and evry look alike of the motor controller, and came up of the hobbystarlabs brand due to all program card i purchased didn't work on it, and that the last LED Program card i purchased from Banggood did make it work and able to configure the settings. The actual external look of this ESC do not have any markings but, there are two specific 3 wire , 1 short 3 pin connector and 1 long wired connector.

This alone was the very important visual indication that it is indeed a hobbystar 60A ESC. Power switch are the same, including the setup button and the two input wires I have been telling all of you. The long wired goes to the receiver, while as the shorter one, is the programming pin for the led program card.

Hobbywing program card will not work as shown.
It works on TSKY 60A V2 SL hobbywing clone quicrun ESC.

Standard program card will not work either as shown
This works on GOOLRC ESC line up of 35A to 45A only..and possible RACERSTAR variant of the FS victory bundled ESC.

The only program card that works on the hobbystar ESC is shown BELOW this. Without this card, there is no way to access various settings of the ESC such as Li-po cutoff, drag brake percentage etc.

FS victory receiver used or bundled receiver.

Inside the waterproof casing is where the receiver was placed.

It uses the FlySky Gr3E, a 3 channel receiver uses the AFHDS mode, that can be binded on almost Flysky radio transmitter, such as GT3B, GT3C or the advanced FlySky IT4S gun transmitter.
The bundled radio when you buy this was the FS GT6, the bulky radio transmitter or standard radio without throttle dual rate option.

MONSTER TIRES

Equipped with 135mm overall diameter tire and 65mm wide, 12mm hex adapter, it would be better if they put the 17mm size fittings of the tire to make it more appealing.

Here are some photos for you to to have a look before buying this. For me this is a great RC monster truck for a competitive price range below 200USD!!!