Norcal_GIT_r's Cliff Climber.

[Norcal_GIT_r]

I recently bought a DTX Cliff Climber. This is my first crawler, so obviously I'm a rookie. But I've been wheeling in the rocks for almost 30 years in various different trucks, quads and dirt bikes.
Since I dig wheelin I figured I build a little crawling area in my back yard.
Thats done and now I have my first crawler.

Honestly I was a bit disappointed in the performance of the CC right out of the box.
It's very top heavy, it has a lot top end power that creates a lot of wheel spin. Being so fast it's hard to control at crawling speeds. I also found the RTR control very cheap and imprecise.

So I went and read through all the posts I could find here on setups and mods for this crawler.

The first mod I did was to short one of the battery lines and remove one of the batteries.
I then moved the existing batter to top of the front servo.

This helped with the top heaviness and the overpowered feeling. But now the rig felt a little under powered. I still had wheelspin and was stalling in spots.

So the next mod I did was to add the o-rings to the outer cups to lock the axles.
This helped quite bit but then I could feel the slop in the rear steer.
I then went and made 2 brass links to lock the rear steer.

Now with the rear steer locked and the rear servo removed I have a little extra grunt now and the crawler is quite pleasure to run now. It's crawling very smooth and I'm now able to pull off some technical lines I couldn't even come close to before all the mods. Overall I'm getting a lot more traction and I'm climbing and clearing all kinds of stuff.
This is what I was hoping for from a crawler. Overall I'm now very happy with my new Cliff Climber.
Now I'm just waiting for some of the add ons for it to come out.

Here's a few photos I took while wheeling through my backyard crawling area. These are actual action shots of it crawling.

[Norcal_GIT_r]

Here's a couple more shots.

[Jake]

Nice truck! Did it come with the Bronco body? Did you have to buy the electronics?

[Norcal_GIT_r]

Thanks Jake.
It was an RTR package it came with everything except batteries, including the body.

[Jake]

did you have to paint the body? how much is the truck? sorry about all the questions but i kinda gotta know. my dad does to. im just a boy thats really into rc rock crawling and 1:1 crawling too (but thats my dad's truck. im only 11).

[Norcal_GIT_r]

Nope didnt have to paint the body.
They cost about $230.00 and you can get more info at www.duratrax.com

[celsiusprime]

That's some great information. Thanks for posting the info and pics. How is the size? does it seem small? Would you please post a pic or two with something next to the crawler for size comparison? Thanks again.

[Norcal_GIT_r]

It's bigger than I expected.
I'll try and get more photos later.

[njrockcrawler]

Originally Posted by celsiusprime

That's some great information. Thanks for posting the info and pics. How is the size? does it seem small? Would you please post a pic or two with something next to the crawler for size comparison? Thanks again.

looks good Norcal....nice pics.


cprime chek this thread....super, 2.2 and cliffy for comparison


i had got 1 from tower when released...a roller(no elecs) had gift cert and
other discounts...100 bux but sent it back..look to cheap

Brought it Home..DTX cliffclimber RTR

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Cute truckl