After completing 5 cartwheels at 60mph, I had to replace a bent stuffing tube.
When I reassembled everything, it looks to me like the gap between the strut and propeller is quite big. (I can't remember what it looked like before I took everything apart)
Would be nice if I was able to attach a picture, but I can't for some reason.
Traxxas Villain EX/Traxxas Spartan (2nd Gen.)
You can move your strut back and forth & up and down to get you the right space between and the right tilt of your strut and prop. The distance between a strut and prop should be the diameter of the flex cable being used. As far as tilt, it depends on you, but I set mine 1mm lower than parallel when using the bottom of the boat as my reference.
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