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08-24-2010, 01:01 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2010 Location: jacksonville NC
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ok so i need a few opinions, i have seen alot of complaints about the xr10 so far which is kinda throwing me off on wanting to buy one, so whats the better option here, waiting to see if they work out the bugs and such and pick one up....or......load up my ax10 that i have built over the past 2 years with the hot racing moa conversion to go to moa and still keep all my upgrades that i dunno would work with xr10 or not.... all comments welcome thanks guys  |
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08-24-2010, 01:19 PM
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| Ex Nor-CalRCRC slave   Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Mateo, CA.
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 You should work on your rig setup rather than buying an XR-10. | |
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08-24-2010, 01:29 PM
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Not to be rude....But the XR10 stock will put your AX10 to shame with whatever upgrades you could possibly put on it. I currently drive a LCC. I love it. The XR will even put that to shame. Last edited by fa1rch1ld; 08-24-2010 at 02:10 PM. |
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08-24-2010, 01:33 PM
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mabye but what i hear is there boss until they break somthing about the gear sizes. so yeah it might be better suited than my ax but if it breaks dont really matter right? | |
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08-24-2010, 01:39 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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08-24-2010, 01:41 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2010 Location: N/A
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I went through the same dilemma. I don't know much about the XR-10, I just didn't want to wait for it. I considered putting bully axles on my ax-10. I started looking around and a lot of times you can find roller on the classifieds for a good price. The down side to using the ax-10 chassis it it is a lot wider than it need to be. You can narrow it, but then you change your link mounts. You really wind up starting over anyways. You don't save that much money if any either. It doesn't matter which axles you run, they all have some sort of design weakness. At some point you wind up spending the money. Just my opinion. As far as wasting money, I don't think it is wasted if you have fun with it. Good luck
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08-24-2010, 01:42 PM
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08-24-2010, 01:45 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Columbia Gorge
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08-24-2010, 01:48 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: appleton
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I have 5 moa rigs now and soon to be a sixth one in the fleet xr-10
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08-24-2010, 01:56 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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You think the XR-10 has issues but you are willing to put Hot Racing MOA axles on your AX-10? Get ready for issues.....and wasting money. Quote:
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08-24-2010, 02:03 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: On the G-Train!!!!!
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08-24-2010, 02:07 PM
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08-24-2010, 02:34 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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Unlike some manufacturers, Axial is in this for the long haul. They sponsor drivers, major comps, and minor comps. They hired great crawlers so that they could produce great crawler products. Giving up on their latest release because you heard from a few people that there were issues is crazy talk. Wait a few months if you must but don't think for a minute the XR-10 will be a waste of money. | |
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08-24-2010, 02:38 PM
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All this XR talk is getting me pumped....Anyone have a date on release? Its August 24th....Its getting to the end of the month. |
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08-24-2010, 03:22 PM
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i know this and im not saying its a waste of money either, you are reading to much into it, i just cant decide if i wanna swap out my ax10 that i have had so much work and time into for somthing that is just breaking out but it seems that its all going twords moa, my origional question was should i go with a moa swap for my ax or give in and get a xr, and looking at the pros and cons of both sides. Edit, the title of the topic was an attention grabber, i wasnt exactly stating that it will be a waste of money buying the xr, wasting of money refers to me giving up on the ax Last edited by usmc-walker; 08-24-2010 at 03:27 PM. | |
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08-24-2010, 05:26 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Aurora Colorado
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When I was driving an AX-10 I cannot even remember a comp where something didnt break. I think the XR-10 is going to be an incredible rig that should be pretty reliable. I would not be scared of wasting money by investing in one of these kits. By the way I think that your rear axle is a little off on your ax-10 as it seems like it is clocked to much and also seems like one side of your truck is longer than the other. |
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08-24-2010, 08:30 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Haunted Forest
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As for durability issues, I wouldnt worry too much. The abuse I've seen these trucks take is phenomenal, and if there were an issue, Axial would be quick to make things right. | |
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08-24-2010, 10:32 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Malaysia
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I have also heard "a lot of complaints" but they're all quoting the same thread on the same web forum, complaining about the same part, so in essence I'm only hearing two complaints about the XR-10. One: the rear gears, and two: why isn't it available? Even if this is a genuine weakness of the XR-10, and even if Axial doesn't come up with an upgrade, and even if other manufacturers don't fall over themselves to come up with the most needed upgrade for the most anticipated crawler in the history of RC crawling... I'm sure one of the tinkerers on rccrawler will figure out a solution before I get a chance to. I have an AX-10 as well and was halfway through modding it when the XR-10 was announced. I'm happy driving it around for the moment, but I'm already preparing small mods for my new rig. |
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08-25-2010, 01:54 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Seattle
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That seemed really shady to me. It may have been unintentional but I think he was just telling me that so I'd pre-order from them. I ended up paying $15 more to buy it at RPP Hobby. They've always been good to me in the past. | |
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08-25-2010, 08:52 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Stockholm Sweden
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Received mine today (bought from Ebay in Germany) and I really dont think Iīve waisted my money.. and I havenīt even begun to build it  I think itīs an early night for the kids, to allow daddy to plow through everything in the box and start the build Peter  |
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