3Racing Crawler Ex (EX Real)

[kaybo]

Originally Posted by Kylar

The diff gears look very strong, and very similar to scx10.2 gears. I wonder if they are the same/compatible? Is the width of the axles the same as scx10.2 axles?

I didn't get an exact measurement or a pic, but these are a good 1/4 inch shorter on each side.

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[kaybo]

Teaser shot, because I was bored earlier this morning

This was to kill time before I built the rear links

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[kaybo]

So then I got building. Didn't take pics of the rear links, they are shorter 55mm (upper) and 64mm (lower)

And then altogether. Looks like a roller now (or will, once I put the motor back in) tires are borrowed from my SCX10

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[StomperCrawler]

Great job! Can you please show us the steering angle? I can't find that info anywhere!

[kaybo]

Originally Posted by StomperCrawler

Great job! Can you please show us the steering angle? I can't find that info anywhere!

Remember this no servo and no shocks

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[StomperCrawler]

Looks to be about 45 degrees until it touches the chassis in the front. Not bad. Fatter hexes should help with this.

[gasgod]

Lookin good kaybo-I wish mine would show up.How long did yours take?It's gonna be a bi#%## ta get it assembled by motorama.I do have other rigs but I wanted to break it there.They have some wierd rules this year --Maybe I'll skip it.Was gonna try for class 0 but entered class 1.

[kaybo]

Originally Posted by gasgod

Lookin good kaybo-I wish mine would show up.How long did yours take?It's gonna be a bi#%## ta get it assembled by motorama.I do have other rigs but I wanted to break it there.They have some wierd rules this year --Maybe I'll skip it.Was gonna try for class 0 but entered class 1.

I got it insanely fast. Ordered 1/18 and it was delivered 1/25

I think that's the fastest I've ever got something from HK

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[kaybo]

Originally Posted by gasgod

Lookin good kaybo-I wish mine would show up.How long did yours take?It's gonna be a bi#%## ta get it assembled by motorama.I do have other rigs but I wanted to break it there.They have some wierd rules this year --Maybe I'll skip it.Was gonna try for class 0 but entered class 1.

I wanna do motorama one year. Was hoping this year, but ended up with too much going on

Maybe I'll try next year and my son will wanna do it with me. Assuming he gets some course time whenever TAP gets their crawler area done

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[kaybo]

So started on the shocks today. The big bore bodies are pretty nice. They get you a notch in the adjustor so you can keep track of how many turns (just like they do on the touring chassis shocks)

3Racing gives you 3 sets of pistons, 1.4/1.3/1.2, and they're tapered, which is also pretty nice. The 1.4 ones get installed stock.

Building them is easy, just like any other aluminum bodied shocks, except this one added the top spacer/guide, which was new to me either way just trim off any flash and (I use) green slime to keep leaking to a minimum. I was never a fan of using the green slime, but after using it on leaky 12th scale shocks (and the metal body axial's), I use it all the time

They include #350 weight oil, which I'll get around to adding later

On to the pics.....

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[Kylar]

Those shocks look nice!

Probably a dumb question, but where do you order spares for this kit?

[kaybo]

Originally Posted by Kylar

Those shocks look nice!

Probably a dumb question, but where do you order spares for this kit?

3Racing's eBay shop, or 3Racing directly - that's how I'm going to do it. Unless I find a shop that has an account with a 3Racing importer

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[Kylar]

Originally Posted by kaybo

3Racing's eBay shop, or 3Racing directly - that's how I'm going to do it. Unless I find a shop that has an account with a 3Racing importer

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Excellent, thank you sir

Selling off some stuff so i can get one of these....lol

[kaybo]

Shocks finished. Nothing special, so no assembly pics

The bleed holes are nice, but I didn't get as much oil bleeding through as I expected, or I guess should've leaked out. Oh well, they are buttery smooth so I'm not complaining

Also, I'm glad I didn't have to rebuild a shock, I might not have had enough oil

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[kaybo]

Mounting went well, aside from the screws in the lower supports, being an absolute b!tch to screw in

They give you 2 holes, and inner and outer hole. The manuals say mount on all the inner holes, so we'll see how it works

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[kaybo]

And of course, some flex shots.

Will probably flex better after all the remaining weight is in place, like maybe a 3rd rally under a tire


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[StomperCrawler]

Originally Posted by kaybo

I got it insanely fast. Ordered 1/18 and it was delivered 1/25

I think that's the fastest I've ever got something from HK

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Where did you order from? It looks like they've finally arrived in the states so we can save on shipping:

http://www.integy.com/st_prod.html?p...3#.Wn57NSNRU0P

[kaybo]

Originally Posted by StomperCrawler

Where did you order from? It looks like they've finally arrived in the states so we can save on shipping:

http://www.integy.com/st_prod.html?p...3#.Wn57NSNRU0P

I got mine thru 3Racing's eBay shop

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[kaybo]

So the remaining steps were way too simple. Steering went in without a single hitch. I swapped the stock plastic servo horn for the harden axial one for my airtronics servo.

Shifting servo was simple, once my radio cooperated (damn flysky) - now I just need to adjust the endpoint, but the damn radio wasn't cooperating. Oh well

Battery tray was simple, even with my 3s 5400mah pack. Fit in the standard build directions.

Radio box needs some thought and planning. I can run the esc and receiver in there, but based on how it's built, I need super long battery leads - so that might cause me to do a little tray behind the battery to mount the esc (it's waterproof) and stick the receicer and something else inside the receicer box

So at this point, I just need to out the motor back on and then I can take it outside for a test drive - maybe, Monday

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[OSRC]

If it ever stops raining... very interested to hear some details on how it runs