Re: Axial 1/18 Yeti (and Yeti Score)
 

so have all the problems been worked out of this truck? i remember early on people having electrical issues and what not.

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Has Axial fixed the electrical problems yet? I want to get a pair for son and I

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No, nothing has been "fixed" and nothing has changed for either of these trucks since launch. Axial won't even acknowledge that there are serious design and or quality control issues with 90% of these trucks out of the box. I called Axial CS the other day to ask that very question and you know what the guy had the nerve to tell me? "Hmm, yours is the first issue I've heard of". :roll: Ridiculous! Same song and dance they've been trying to feed us since the release of this truck. The story remains the same. If you are buying this truck as a roller knowing full well you will be getting a bunch of guaranteed to fail electronic garbage and an awful battery and charger then feel free. You WILL have to replace the servo and ESC/receiver combo at a minimum. After putting quality electronics in the truck it becomes a lot of fun but now you get to deal with little to no aftermarket support and little to no factory support since parts are very scarce due to Axial's manufacturing and supply woes currently. Save yourself some money and a lot of frustration and disappointment and get yourself a 1/16 Traxxas Slash. It'll be fun, durable, have an abundance of parts support, and perform well out of the box. In retrospect, I know what I should've done.

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I think nobody can answer if there will be improvement. Cause i don't think anybody had seen one out of a second batch.[emoji41]

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Im about to post my Yeti JR rock racer forsale here today or tomorrow. I drove it in a friends driveway once.

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I just installed a set of the GPM trailing arms. For the price, I figured I'd give them a shot / potentially modify as needed.

First impressions:

1. They look awesome. Fit was perfect. Came with stainless hardware.
2. Regarding flex:

The OEM arms when removed offer very little twist (which would allow for flex vs. pure up/down travel). Certainly nothing significant at the kinds of loads they'd see on something this light. It seems most of the flex comes from slop in the joints at each end.

The GPM arms have some sort of soft (silicone?) bushings at each end. Installed they seem to provide every bit the flex (which is to say very little) the OEM setup provided.

Additional thoughts:

I'd guess the conjoined upper links are the current limiter for flex. If those were freed up, the lower arms may become an issue.

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No pics?

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My bad. Pics:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sd...w1928-h1084-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/K1...w1928-h1084-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9U...w1928-h1084-no

Re: Axial 1/18 Yeti (and Yeti Score)
 

Earlier today I received a notification from tower that there are available parts for the yeti. I have already ordered some. I think that it's available also the truck

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They were in stock as of yesterday.

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Yeah, looks like they dropped the price to let you save some cash for all of the required electronics replacements. I should get a refund for the difference for being Axial's unsuspecting test mule. Don't they test these trucks for at least 5 minutes before shipping hundreds of lemons to customers? :lmao:

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I'm out of the loop there, but what happened?

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These trucks have a 90% failure rate right out of the box for either a bad servo, bad ESC/receiver combo or in my case both. This usually happens before the first battery pack is dead. They used to sell for $179 now they sell for $20 less. That almost covers the servo that will fail in the first 5 minutes.

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Had two friends buy two of these yesterday even though I warned them of the known failure rate. Both failed right out of the box. One steered left then right then nothing. The other drove for 5 minutes then went dead. All these guys did was charge the battery and try to drive the truck. Axial should be embarrassed but they're probably just sitting back laughing as they continue to unload $160 paperweights to good paying customers. Brandon won't come anywhere near this thread because he knows better. Sad

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On the flip side Screamer. I bought both the RR and TT when they first came out (ordered direct from Axial). Then ordered Savox servos for both, CC micro esc's/motors, 2S lipos and Spektrum RX's when things went sideways for most people off the hop. However all my after market stuff is still in the package as both of my units are performing great so far! Go figure!


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I do know that there's several out there that are running great and I'm glad for those people. This is not the X Box red ring that affected 60% of owners this is much worse and not only does Axial not address this, they lie to our faces and deny it entirely. I talked to the same guy three times and heard the same story then he remembered who I was and started making all kinds of awkward excuses. All I've seen is failure. Personal experience, online reviews and posts here, except for very few happy owners, and local guys who've bought them. It needs to at least be addressed not Axial's classy move of, "let's drop the price $20, that'll take people's minds off of all the bad stories they've heard." God forbid Axial fix the problem, that'd cost too much and they are in the business of making money however they have to do it.

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Got a TT today from my lhs. First impressions are that the electronics are insufficient. The battery and charger were red for nearly 4 hours before I unplugged it to run it. Manual said 2-3 hours so that was of concern. The servo is weak, the motor seems sufficient enough for me as my scx10 is a slow crawl. The TX needs some time setting the trim and reverse does not seem to want to work and instead glitches. I bought a servo anticipating this and will move ahead on a rx and esc next. I still think it looks sweet and will keep an eye out for some of the RR wheels and tires. Some improvements out of the box seems easy enough for axial. If I can't figure out the reverse I'll join the masses and make a phone call

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I placed my order for one today. Back ordered until the end of the month.

I was planning on a new servo and motor/esc combo anyway, but was hoping the receiver and radio were up to the task. Looks like I should plan on a new receiver purchase as well.

Aside from electronics, how's the rest?

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It really is a fun truck once you replace the ESC, servo, and receiver. I used my RX/TX from my RTR Bomber and it's great. You don't have to go overboard or spend a lot of money to have fun with this truck, you just need reliable. I've got a $25 servo, a $40 ESC and I'm having a blast now. I'm wondering how long the stock motor will last but so far so good.

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Thanks for the heads up. That's pretty much what I figured since those with running trucks seem to like them.

I built a small track in my backyard this winter and a few buddies and I are having a blast with it. We have Animus 18sc's and Tacon Thrillers, but I wanted something with at least a little "crawl" in it.

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I dig mine. The glitchy turns out was me being a new and not realizing how the esc worked. Still issues with the servo but that's ok I knew it was the case. I think the motor is sufficient for me

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Any update on metal lockers? Seen a good mod for rear metal axles. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c70008e968.jpg

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GPM has a bunch of aluminum parts on ebay. What caught my eye was the steel rear driveshaft and steel front axle shafts.

Hopefully there working on gears, locker and rear shafts next.

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Other than body and wheels, is there anything else needed to convert the Score truck to the Yeti?

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My son loves his Jr with only a servo and horn replaced. But when I drive it. I notice the steering still seems like it does not center well or seems to over turn coming out of corners. I was thinking could it be the esc providing low power or slow response from the crappy esc. Would a new esc fix that. Or is its the plastic steering and links.

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I found that the stock plastic links have a lot of resistance to them. Even with a good hitec servo it didn't center perfectly. I got a set of steel links/plastic cups for the RC18T (Part number: ASC21052) and it steers a lot better now.

I also found that with an aftermarket servo the bec built into the stock ESC couldn't keep up and it would lose power constantly.

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When I replaced the stock servo with a good one, I figured out a way to make the stock servo saver work for the sake of longevity. After the first drive I had to get rid of it because the spring was too weak to hold a centered position on the horn. I decided to throw caution to the wind with my $25 investment and just use an aluminum servo horn. Steering control became much more positive and the wheels returned to center as they should. I did all this at the same time I replaced the ESC and receiver so I'm not sure what did the trick but I know the combination of the three took this truck from frustrating to fun. I also replaced all four steering and camber links up front with the Team Associated titanium turnbuckles mentioned in one of the earlier posts. I did this primarily to gain adjustability but I didn't really feel like the stock links were all that noodley.

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Thank you Robert and Screamer. Do the Associate cups pop onto the stock axial ball ends. What esc do you recommend. Thanks

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Yes they do with the right amount of force and fit with no slop. I'm using a Hobbywing 1080 Quicrun and it's great. Lots of adjustment with the included program card, waterproof, switchable 3 amp BEC, 2s or 3s, small footprint. Great little esc for $40. It's definitely overkill but not overpriced.

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...and the first 2 scratch and dent yeti jr's are posted up on Tower's site right now, both with bad rx/esc's and a bad servo. I'm sure they'll move fast at $96 each, I wonder if you can use coupons since they're scratch and dent?

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I have a Score on the way from RRP Hobby, and if I ever find either of these in the scratch/dent at Tower I'll be buying one/more as well (I have a veritable ARMY Of Dromida SC18 carcasses from the scratch/dent. My main rig doesn't quite like the Mamba Micro X system I put in it.)
I think I'll probably be "converting" to a normal Yeti Jr. after a while... The more I think about it, the more I want to try and do some light crawling/rock racing with it.

I have a Novak 18.5T (4400Kv) and Mongoose ESC currently in a Vaterra Kemora, and I'm thinking it might be switching to the Score when it gets here.

I hate beating on that motor, though, because it's a cool little part of history, in my opinion.

Looking around I found these:
Carisma Racing 4600KV Sensored Brushless Motor | Products - Carisma Radio Control Model
Leopard 2838 4700KV Sensored Motor for Losi Mini 8 LC Racing EMB-1 1/14 | eBay

Color me interested in that Carisma unit. Who cares if it's expensive, they make great stuff!

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GPM has an aluminum bell crank.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTMzWDgwMA...RZETu4/$_1.JPG

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Finally picked one of these up and so far my electronics have held up ok. However on my 2nd battery it snapped the center doggone. Does anyone make these in steel yet? The is.

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Has anyone turned their Yeti Jr. into a sorta "mini-wraith" for crawling? I know some guys are locking the diffs and of course many of you are switching our the servo. Any other thoughts? Worth the try or not?

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Not worth it. This has nearly zero support from Axial or aftermarket. It was a flop.

I've seen you posting around about mini and micro crawlers. The best option is to bite the bullet and go 1/10 scale. Micros can be fun, but the 1/10 is where it's at...globally. I keep a 1/24 Fungi rig for uncooperative weather days, but my go to crawler is a 1/10 Wraith or a GMade R1 with an SCX10 drivetrain. Both have less than $200 invested each.

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I was working on a solid front axle, but as Brake Weight said, these didn't end up being as popular as they could have been, so it stopped being worth developing the parts. I might still make my own for fun, but it wouldn't be something I would sell unless I can get enough people to commit to buying it. (don't post that in this thread though, this isn't the place to do so.)

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I'd love to see a 1/18 straight axled RC that's more high speed than low crawler. It'd need a new chassis aside from this YJr one because these will soon be obsolete...as will the axles be, too.

There's a few smaller Chinese RCs running a similar setup as the YJr but I haven't looked at them closer than noticing rear axle indy front.

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Not popular because, somehow, Axial actually screwed this product up even worse than they usually do.

Literally these electronics were absolute crap - $179 for a servo that wont center and electronics that literally burn up within 5 battery packs. For $15/ea they could have partnered with a halfway decent company and included electronics that weren't literally the worst I have ever seen in included on a RC car. This coming from a guy in the hobby for 25 years and I have owned over 35 vehicles. Even after multiple reports and complaints Axial does nothing for its customers or to fix the products in future production.

Axial acts like Ford/Chevy did in the 90's. They completely take the loyalty of their customers for granted and do not even care if they literally release sh't products.

I eagerly purchased the first one launch day - burned up within 3 batteries and had a servo that was sh)T, had the full size Yeti preordered months before launch, had 2 SCX-10s, 1 AX-10. I m done with them as a company. Too many other options where companies actually make an effort.

/Rant

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All I can say is "wow"
I imagine it would run more like an uncontrolled helicopter with those electronics [emoji23]

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It won't fit.