Newbie and my first crawler

[nd4spd71]

Finally picked up a crawler to start another addiction. It is kinda a mutt of parts but should be a good starting point.









Rc4wd Trex-60 axles
Rc4wd R2 dig trans
Rooster Crawler Esc and unknown turn brushed motor
Rc4wd bumpers
HT Crawlers chassis (Which I can't seem to find any info on)

Look forward to tweaking it and learning more

[sweli]

Great place to pick up and jump in! Welcome!



The chassis is an Xtrail.
http://www.tcscrawlers.com/tcs-x-tra...-scorpion.html

Does the front wheel hit the fender under flex?
Front axle might need to come forward a 1/4" or so.
Might consider trimming the front fender just slightly at the bottom corners.

So you have a waterproof Rooster.
Time to plastidip that servo and balloon the Rx.

We'll have to meet up soon!

[nd4spd71]

Thanks for the info on the chassis. I saw on the info the I looked up on the Rooster that it said it was "water resistant" wasn't sure if that included being submerged? Toying with the idea of plasti-diping the esc also, but maybe it isn't needed.

[nd4spd71]

Took it for its maiden voyage on Sunday and of course couldn't resist playing in a little water and mud....





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSUm00FV4Co

Ended up getting the Rx a little wet and some gunk in the motor.....but guess that is how you learn the weaknesses of your truck.

[nd4spd71]

Tore quite a bit of the truck down tonight both to give it a good cleaner from Sundays excursion but also cause there were a few things with the layout that I didn't really care for.





This is one of the bigger things that I want to try to change. This is how the trans was mounted when I bout it which puts the motor really low in the chassis.



Good for COG but not for keeping the motor from being in all the gunk.

I want to make a bracket to mount it this way.



Might hurt my COG a little but will make great strides in keeping the motor from being one of the first things drug through the slop.