Thinking about biting the bomber bullet
 

Well I'm thinking about finally bitting the bomber bullet in kit form. I thought for sure it would be easy to decide on a brushed or brushless system for it after doing some research. Also was considering 2 speed for it off the hop and possibly looking at IFS in the near future. And I got the answers I was looking for right off the hop.....hahaha right. It seems pretty split in terms of opinion on all these things. I already have 2 trailing/crawling trucks and dont care whether it does 30+mph but am aiming for a seriously competitive crawler with decent wheel speed.

I'd appreciate afew opinions on the above named. If I go brushed I know what I'm going to use but am basically completely clueless when it comes to brushless. Guess I have always felt comfortable and had my needs met by brushed but the bomber is opening a different area for me and I want to do this bomber justice.

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I think most members here are running castle or Holmes brushless setups, they can help you out.

I run my bomber on a hobbywing 1080 / trailmaster Sport 21T 550 combo and it's very smooth.
Snail pace crawling and decent speed for flat ground.

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The Bomber in kit form is the only way to go. The RTR needs to much work.

I also think brushless is the way to go in the Bomber because it's a rig that can crawl, but can also go faster. For that reason I highly recommend the Castle Mamba X ESC. Motor is up to you. I like the Tekin ROC412 motor and my Holmes Puller Pro. Supposedly the Puller Pro is smoother, but I haven't noticed the difference.

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I would type an opinion, but I can just do this and accomplish the same thing.

Ditto.:lmao:

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Make sure you get a dam good servo and check on the availability of replacement of gears.....that's seems to be the only thing I been able to destroy easily....i like the ones that get full power at 7.4v and if they pull 10+amps locked up get a BEC

My first servo was a home's hobby 500v2....great servo the only thing was it seemed a little low on power at lower the max voltage 14v very smooth and John has killed customer service...

I now have a older Hitec 7980 in my bomber....dam thing takes all the abuse I have thrown at it.. over the years .if it ever dies I will try one of the newer others as i read Hitec isn't what they used to be that a SHAME:twisted:

Any way my 2c. cool rig for whatever you do with it....mine is for trail and rock crawling

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Perfect

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Well...I ordered it last night!! 8 hours later and I wish it was here already hahaha

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Ordered mine sunday. Should be here today pending this winter storm. Not sure what I am going to run but leaning towards mx or mmx and a Holmes PP. Will be doing minimal crawling mostly trails. Does the mmx fit under the interior? From what I have been reading beef tubes are a good initial upgrade so those will be installed during the build. Any other parts that should be swapped out right away? Or better just running it and replace as needed?

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Sweet! Congrats! Hopefully you got it with the 15% off coupon on eBay.


Apparently the Mamba X is enough for the Bomber. You don’t need the Mamba Monster X.

Now start your own build thread so you don’t have to hijack this one. “thumbsup”

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Im no expert but from what I've read so far if you bought the RTR and are upgrading electronics and going brushless you should do beef tubes, Spool locker, HD gears then better rod ends and a 10T pinion from what I understand. I'm not sure if the mmx fits under the interior but lol from what I've read the mamba x does which is what I ordered.

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Paid $330usd...not a bad deal

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Did you buy the RTR or the kit? The kit comes with a bunch of upgrades that the RTR does not. Once you tell me which version you got I can tell you which other upgrades you need. It seems you got the RTR, but I don't want to assume.

I have my Mamba Monster X on top of the receiver box. It's a tight fit. I'd much rather have the regular Mamba X had I known it would have been "enough" to handle the demands of the Bomber.

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Nope got the kit I'm gonna ground up this one.

Ordered So Far:

-Mamba X
-Castle BEC
-Savox SB-2290SG (almost ordered a HH HV500)
-HH Trailmaster 540 - 2700kv
-10T Pinion
-64T Spur Gear (edited, sorry had pitch in there by accident)
-FlySky GT3C
-FlySky Receiver

I'd like a set of Vanquish front axle but they seem impossible to find in stock anywhere so I'm thing about Integy possibly or SSD. I am curious about interchangeability of wraith hop ups though?

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I just ordered my bomber kit too!!! should be here tomorrow or Saturday hopefully!!!!!! I'm ready to get it done!! My Yeti needs a partner!!

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I doubt the 32T spur will fit. It's either 64 stock or 68.

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That's pretty much the setup I have on mine, same motor and esc - it's stupid fast on 3s, perfect on 2s, and crawls as slow as a snail. Stock gearing for 2s, but it's a little too fast with 3s, so a gear or two down minimum is where I would go for 3s.

Super smooth. The mambaX is really a great ESC. The PC interface thing is amazing, as is the switching from 'rock racing' to 'crawl' modes. Just fantastic for this rig.

You don't need a bec - the built in one for the mx is 10ah, so will drive any servo.

I'm running stock suspension and links and so far it's fine. Upgrade what breaks, or as the need arises. Same for weighting, links and axle upgrades, etc. My 1.9's still get way more driving time. The Bomber is almost too good at crawling - it just spanks a 1.9 in the rocks.

I went through the same quandary, these same guys got me pointed in the right direction - in case you want to read that process my build thread is here: http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/axial...10-bomber.html

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Ya I had already ordered the castle BEC before I ordered the servo and originally I thought I'd need one with the servo I looked at. I saw the Vanquish Currie axles and I love those but cant found them anywhere in stock including vanquish.

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Well I think I went overboard last night on my parts list. But the thing I'll be most excited for is the Vanquish Currie Axels unless they never come off backorder. I love the centered diff pumpkin in the rear it'll really add to the scale look. Once everything arrives I'll post afew pics and get started.

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Definitely go with either SSD or Vanquish axles over Integy - friends don't let friends drive Integy!

You've got a sweet build list started there...

I desperately need to get off my keester and finish up Bomber #2.

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If you run a centered rear axle, you can't have the wild boar drive shaft, it will hit the spur cover. You'd have to get an MIP drive shaft. I've got an SSD centered diamond in the rear, SSD diamond front and MIP all around. One upgrade quickly leads to the next...