Sneetch's Capra Chronicle When Axial teased the Capra, I was elated when it was revealed to be a caged buggy. I'm a fan of the Wraith, like the Bomber cage (though I eschewed owning one since I already had the Wraith), and put a Yeti cage on my Slash. The Capra also ticked some specific boxes for me, mainly the fact that it was narrower than the existing Wraith cage and had a small dig enabled transmission. First off, why the name Capra? Well Capra is latin for goat and latin words are automatically cooler. Second is the fact that some of you city slickers might not realize that goats will climb literally anything and do not fear death: https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/w...n-cliffs-3.jpg Now that we have that out of the way I will go ahead and say that I didn't really take too many build pictures, so if you want mine step by step you'll have to wait until I buy a second Capra. Instead I will just list my build notes by section: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...43844652_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5513b62f_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...93c625d4_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...62683384_o.jpg
So once you have your kit you need electronics to finish it, and here's my current setup:
The kit doesn't include tires however there are so many choices here that it'd be a pain to list them all. Any 1.9 choice over 4.6" should work fine. Anyways, some pics: Stockest form with softest springs, no preload on the adjusters. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d84df628_o.jpg As I mentioned with the stocks shocks you could easily compete for Facebook Friday as a FleXX G0d (as seen with 2.2s as well in the pic) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0decd64c_o.jpg --- So in my haste after finishing the build I went out and crawled naked, luckily without getting charged for indecent exposure. I went to the comp spot where I can test rigs on the same fixed rock lines for consistency and within the first couple of minutes I knew the Capra was already going to be good. Barring electronics, here was a rig with no immediate modifications out of the box that was pulling lines that I had to build my Wraith and other rigs up in order to make. There are a couple uphill lines to test how planted you are and I guffawed when I drove straight up them first attempt. I also found some nice lines to test out the dig: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IBf1V0VHCk0" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ---- After two sessions with the Capra my overall impressions were that it was finally proof that a manufacturer could release a rig that just works out of the box, and could actually pull off some nice lines without needing to spend hundreds on upgrades out of the box. The portals are a welcome addition in my opinion, and I don’t see myself taking them off except for a 2nd Capra build for fun. There are only 2 weak points that stand out to me immediately and that's the servo mount and slipper assembly. I found a couple lines where the slipper wanted to hold me back a bit, and required some coercion to get going. The servo mount just flexes too much for my liking, but I get it. Aside from those though I think this is one of the best out of the box crawling rigs you can buy besides the Bully 2, which is just in a whole nother class anyways. |
Re: Sneetch's Capra Chronicle Supershafty.com is offering an aluminum servo mount for the Capra. Already ordered one for my build. |
Re: Sneetch's Capra Chronicle I'd say there are 3 weak points, as BOTH servo mounts are "weak points". ~ More peace, love, laughter, & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place |
Re: Sneetch's Capra Chronicle Nice write-up and pics!"thumbsup" Looking forward to seeing the non-nude version!;-) |
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I never had a problem with my LCC and its slipper for the 2 seasons I ran that truck, but I also used a spring on it instead of a plastic spacer. I understood the slipper on the LCC but it does puzzle me why they bothered with it on the Capra. Nice write up though - keep the info coming "thumbsup" |
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Re: Sneetch's Capra Chronicle Click this link for the video (embeds are currently broken in this subforum): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBf1V0VHCk0 So anyways, Instagram technically saw it first and my lazy ass didn't get around to posting it, but I painted the panels up. It's Tamiya Gunmetal, backed with Tamiya Silver and then backed with Tamiya White. I also mounted some Dravtech shocks for testing and I didn't have this color scheme planned, but I think I like it. I mounted the Pitbull Rock Beast XLs on some 2.2 Injoras but it turns out Injora switched to the 1.2" wide wheel so I also need to change that up, because the foams slide around too much. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5b76d573_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6889213f_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...07872219_o.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ce06e99c_o.jpg -- So I followed WT's cue and went ahead and tried to get more steering out of the truck. At first it was like "maybe a bit" but since the axle housing is only 10$ I just started trimming away to see how far I could really go. So in order to get further the list was as follows:
Now of course with this much steering you have to clearance the universals if you intend to go to full lock and throttle it unless you really want to head to snap city. If you keep it slow it won't be as big of a deal but I would like to see the easiest method for getting the pins out of the yokes. Seems like some sort of modded chain press tool would work nicely, and I just wanted to avoid hammering on them at the moment in case I break a yoke or something dumb. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4c3c8eb1_o.jpg |
Re: Sneetch's Capra Chronicle What's your steering angle now, with the mods? ~ More peace, love, laughter, & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place |
Re: Sneetch's Capra Chronicle Wow, that steering!:shock: Love it!"thumbsup" Great choice on the color! Always been a fan of the gunmetal! Lookin' good with Dravtech's and RB XL's! They are both on my build list! |
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