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10-04-2009, 05:44 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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|  SCX10TR used and abused UPDATE Ugly Yota rebirth 10/25/10
Figured ide add this thread for those of you thinkin bout buying the SCX10 TR RTR Got my TR in the other day and immediately started roughin it up. I have to say, i am VERY impressed. First day I ran it with the battery in the back like it came, on a dry day. I have a rock pile in the back that leads to some old pavers from a patio Im building, nothing planned, just crawled it the way I found it. Another area was pavers side by side just wide enough for the truck to cross that I set up in different configurations. Ill let the pics do the rest of the talkin. Oh, no poser shots either except the flex shot with the tires, the rest were shot while driving. Got Flex?   Hittin the Rocks  The Gap  King of the Hill  Wheelies!  The Paver course     Stuck LOL  End of 1st battery pack  Matt Last edited by 66sprint6; 10-29-2010 at 12:52 PM. |
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10-04-2009, 05:59 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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Day two, battery moved to the front and rain added to the mix. Finally ran into trouble. 1) battery up front makes the front heavy so its harder to "hop" over obstacles which made it harder to pass some areas. More scale tho i guess. 2) glitching...what a pain, often the ESC would shut down in key tight areas making for some annoying times. Creeping was hard due to it shaking alot. Due to some good advice i hope to have this fixed soon with a BEC. 3) Rear driveshaft fall off ending my day, but didnt break anything so all is well!!! This thing handled the rain no problem, made it alot of fun and a little difficult in areas but still made me proud. Dont laugh at the videos, seems like when I finally try to capture video my driving goes to crap lol...and no I dont live in a Ghetto, the cops scream down my street all the time  First time in the rain  Pavers wet  The Gap wet  Whoops  No more forward wheelies...but backward wheelies are fun too!!!  backward wheelies can lead to problems lol  Failure video crossing the gap  Matt Last edited by 66sprint6; 10-04-2009 at 06:19 PM. |
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10-04-2009, 06:17 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oxford, MA
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Looks like you're having some fun!
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10-04-2009, 07:19 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Raleigh
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Thanks for posting.  What type of run time are you getting? What type of battery are you running? Would like to see some video of it doing general off roading (trail riding) too see wheel speed and see how it handles trail type stuff.
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10-04-2009, 07:29 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: westfeild IN
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x2 above and it might be a noob Q but whats BEC? "Due to some good advice i hope to have this fixed soon with a BEC" |
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10-04-2009, 07:32 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: algonquin
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sweet! thanks, i plan on getting one of those for my gf. looks like a great rig
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10-04-2009, 08:30 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Orangevale
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It does a few cool things.... It makes it so we can run our receivers (also servos and anything plugged into the Receiver) off of the same battery as the motor instead of having to have a separate battery to power the receiver. It supplies a constant, more reliable voltage to the receiver. Very important if you want to get the maximum power out of a 6v mega-torque servo(or two). Otherwise, many stock internal BEC's(located in the ESC) only supply voltage like 4.8-5.2. Hardly adequate for a servo that hungers for more voltage.. Google battery Eliminator Circuit as well, it's fun!..LOL Hope this helped... JB | |
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10-04-2009, 09:30 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Las Vegas
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yup that happened to me too, except the front and rear came undone  oh and how did you get your tail lights on? |
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10-04-2009, 10:16 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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This this is GREAT!!! I usually get about 45minutes to an hour with my 3600 battery. Its not the fastest thing in the world, its a little quicker than walking pace, but it handles itself VERY well at full speed on a rough trail. Ill try to get it out this week and maybe get a video of it runnin full out on some rough terrain. Im very happy with how it crawls and look forward to makin it better!!! OH, all the lights worked out of the box, just plugged my battery in, turned it on and they worked. Matt |
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10-04-2009, 11:21 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Orange, CA
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Nice pics! I love my SCX10 TR and will soon be moving my battery up front also. |
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10-05-2009, 10:03 AM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: May 2009 Location: anaheim
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Nice pics! I also just got one of these and am having a lot of fun! I moved the battery to the front and it seems to crawl a lot better now
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10-05-2009, 03:18 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky
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love the look of it! it really looks better than i thought! nice place to crawl too
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10-05-2009, 04:47 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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10-06-2009, 11:19 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: tabernacle
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looks great man!!! a bec will clear up alot of the jitteryness and will also help the servo go lock to lock while crawling a lil better... i moved my battery upfront on my scx10 kit and didnt really like it... so i threw a tiny lipo i had laying around (1000MAH to replace the 5000mah lipo i was using) in the rear and it handles itself alot better... (my suggestion to anyone is ditch the nimh and go lipo for sure) |
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10-07-2009, 06:00 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Camp Hill
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That looks too cool. Looks like alot of fun.
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11-21-2009, 12:35 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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| UPDATES: Hilux Body wheels/tires and lots of crawlin!!!
Been a while, figured Ide update with where my TR is now. I always wanted a hard body so the TR body, bumpers and sliders went up for sale. Finally settled on, yes, just like the rest, a Hilux body. It fits so well on the SCX10 I couldnt pass it up. Ill start the pics from this point to tell the rest. Fresh Hilux cab and bed  Little bit of trimmin and smoothin    Lookin official...still dunno bout a color, but Im bout ready to crawl!!!    Hittin the rocks for the first time with new body   More to come...  Matt |
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11-21-2009, 12:42 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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Finally decided on a color and somewhat of a "scheme"...but gettin the color JUUUUST right seems to be a trial and error deal. Heres the first green i tried for a while. Out came the Satin Hunter Green paint  Lookin good and ready to rock on some hacked up garbage tires  Wasnt plannin on doin a bob but the bed kept draggin on stuff so out came the tape and the thread.    This color lasted a good couple weeks but never saw any action outside the backyard rock pile...I finally gave up on the Satin Hunter and went lookin for another green... Matt |
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11-21-2009, 12:57 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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Satin Olive green was the next color to grab my attention. Its a little light for me, still not convinced Im happy but itll do for now. Completely on coincidence I painted the entire body with brown "rusty metal primer" before spraying the green. This proved to be an AWESOME addition and I highly recomend this step to anyone doin a scale build. Check the damage pics posted here shortly and you will understand!!! With the new paint literally an evening old, i went lookin for a new crawl spot and found a DOOZY!!! It starts with a long tall section of boulders and loose rocks, followed by a LARGE area of loose fist sized rocks into a wash under a bridge, down some large rocks into Stones River...its pure crawler heaven!!! I figured out that im not a very good driver and the SCX10 is a bit tipsy. Anyways, on to the pics!!! New Paint   Hittin the new spot      5 minutes in, already damaged. SWEET!!!    I can see the water!!!  Just gotta get down to it   Looks tough  I think I can  Reeeeeaaaach  DOH!!!  I dunno...never been in the water before  Meh, why not, whats the worst that could happen?  Conquered first river rock lol    Can still climb wet    Need a snorkle!  The trusty F100...wonder where the inspiration for this paintjob came from??? LOL  Matt Last edited by 66sprint6; 11-21-2009 at 02:21 PM. |
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11-21-2009, 12:59 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northridge Automotive & Off Road
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Are the fender flares on the original body removeable?
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11-21-2009, 01:12 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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Hacked up Flat Irons lost a bead so on went the stock axial wheels and Flat Irons...I love these things, they were awesome outta the box but the more I abuse em the better they get!!!  Tried this little lip and pulled the entire way in a WICKED wheelie. Tried my best to capture it...best I could do drivin with one hand snappin pics with another lol   Another steep climb I actually figured I wouldnt make...  Kinda surprised myself!  All done, end of an amazing day...poor new paint lol, but I think it looks tough!!!     Alot of the damage came from the truck tippin all the time. Ive since lowered the battery till it rests on the receiver box and added weight to some hummer wheels and Flat Iron tires. Im goin back out tomorrow to try again, hope to see some results! I bought this truck to beat on and Im amazed and very very happy. I highly recommend the TR and hope this thread takes away any hesitation that the plastic links etc might be weak...so far so good!!! Matt |
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