Team Associated teasing a scale crawler!

[GrimmTheTourist]

Could one of the Enduro owners meassure the general tires?
I read somehwere they are 4.6 but now they are listet as 4.75 on amain. No specs on the official Element RC page.

[Browneye]

They are molded 4.65 on the tire itself. Doubt I could discern .65 from .75 inch even with a ruler. They fit the truck well and are of pretty soft compound. Even the foams aren't too bad. The rig just needs an ounce or two on the front axle.

[GrimmTheTourist]

Thanks! 1.75 inch would be almost 5 mm in metric which would have been noticable.
Guess they will still look great on my TRX Land Rover and should work well with the CI foams.

[Browneye]

Originally Posted by GrimmTheTourist

Thanks! 1.75 inch would be almost 5 mm in metric which would have been noticable.
Guess they will still look great on my TRX Land Rover and should work well with the CI foams.

The difference would be .1 inch, not 1.75 inch, or 2.5mm. That's about an eighth of an inch. Or in the case of PitBull tires - WAY more.

[GrimmTheTourist]

My brain... It is too hot... 1.75 would be 44 mm

Of course - 0.15 inch (4.6 to 4.75, which was, what I was guessing) is 3.8 mm...
Or as it seems now 0.1 = 2.5. So it really doesnt matter xD

Anyway. I should go and jump in the river to cool down.

[Shinchu]

Originally Posted by Natedog

5 slot vs 3 slot armatures.

Yep tasty donuts no bueno for you lol.

eh, close enough.
and i still pass my PRT every 6 months

where's your enduro, Nate? order a kit, did ya? get on the bandwagon!!!

[stormridersp]

Whats the size of the big battery tray? Can you put a full 3d interior? If not, is it possible to install the battery tray in the back?

[HumboldtEF]

JRH just put out an unboxing video

https://youtu.be/ri5-l7h1P2M

[Browneye]

Like.

[svt923]

Originally Posted by HumboldtEF

Is it just me or does it look like JRH is trying to gnaw the box open?

[Shinchu]

Shinchu: Jrh y u eat box is not donut!?!?!
Jrh: Om nom nom nom

silliness aside: gotta drop something off at the post office in a bit then OFF TO PICK UP MY ENDURO!!!!

[soze]

Originally Posted by Natedog

It's an innovative truck, but I'm not sold on it completely. Frame is flexier than the OG SCX-10 Honcho, frame side panhard mount is single sheer, axle housings are kinda square and clunky looking center section. We'll see, hopefully it does well and gets improvements along the way.

I'm hoping that SSD or someone comes out with a shock hoop/panhard mount. The frame flex I want to see how much adding those extra braces help if I get some of the "hard" plastic pieces, and use the extra braces as appropriate.

I can see where the square axle housing might bug some, but I guess that's their compromise for being able to flip the diff gear.

There are several "Hard" pieces that I've been keeping an eye on, but I want to wait to see what the aftermarket comes out with. The panhard mount has flex to it, and that's one of the ones I'd like in metal. You could probably use a hoop made for the SCX10.2, but the orientation of where the panhard rod connects to the mount would be different from stock, and the panhard rod might need to be a little longer.

[soze]

JRH seems like he's got a good sense of humor. I love some of the stuff he pulls off in his videos!

[BrokeBob]

Does anyone know if the axial link mounts for the ar44 fit this axle? They seem to be very similar.


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[B-MOW71]

Originally Posted by soze

I'm hoping that SSD or someone comes out with a shock hoop/panhard mount. The frame flex I want to see how much adding those extra braces help if I get some of the "hard" plastic pieces, and use the extra braces as appropriate.

I can see where the square axle housing might bug some, but I guess that's their compromise for being able to flip the diff gear.

There are several "Hard" pieces that I've been keeping an eye on, but I want to wait to see what the aftermarket comes out with. The panhard mount has flex to it, and that's one of the ones I'd like in metal. You could probably use a hoop made for the SCX10.2, but the orientation of where the panhard rod connects to the mount would be different from stock, and the panhard rod might need to be a little longer.

Yeah, after looking over it, the panhard mount has me a little worried. It may be just fine, but I am so used to my Samix shock towers/panhard on my other rigs that it has me concerned. I guess I will see how it holds up after a few runs. I'm sure someone will come out with an aluminum panhard mount eventually.

[Sexy Bob]

i just want to know what is the problem with flex in the frame? unless you have a tube frame chassis any real car would flex too. if i lift my tacoma in one corner the doors dont close as well. when i had my civic i literally couldnt close the door when one corner was jacked up.

and again for the panhard mount, the only way it could be broken is with a super hard hit or jump. it is only carrying the absurdly light weight axle, links, wheels tires when unloaded and when loaded there is basically no force on it becasue the shocks are taking all the force. there is no lateral force on the panhard unless it is max extension or max compression.

can you feel a flexy chassis vs a stiff one in your controller?

[soze]

Originally Posted by Sexy Bob

i just want to know what is the problem with flex in the frame? unless you have a tube frame chassis any real car would flex too. if i lift my tacoma in one corner the doors dont close as well. when i had my civic i literally couldnt close the door when one corner was jacked up.

and again for the panhard mount, the only way it could be broken is with a super hard hit or jump. it is only carrying the absurdly light weight axle, links, wheels tires when unloaded and when loaded there is basically no force on it becasue the shocks are taking all the force. there is no lateral force on the panhard unless it is max extension or max compression.

can you feel a flexy chassis vs a stiff one in your controller?

Regarding the panhard mount... for me it's not so much worrying about breakage, but predictability of what I expect the behavior of the front axle is doing when in a spot where you're trying to be precise with your steering behavior. It might not be a big deal in most cases, but I'd rather not have that freedom of play on that particular mounting point, or any of my suspension mounting points.

[Shinchu]

What, you dont like driving a car made of jello???

Yeah I would be interested in hard ae plastic hoops or aftermarket. Single shear stuff makes me worry too. Well not worry but... Yeah.
Also waiting to see if anyone makes some bta brass knuckles.

[self-future]

I just picked up mine the other night! I love this thing, it's my first time driving a scaler/crawler and I am pretty excited to take it more places. Not something you get to do often with race vehicles!

Originally Posted by Sexy Bob

i just want to know what is the problem with flex in the frame?

I also don't understand why this would be a problem. Sure it isn't dampened like your suspension, but couldn't it still be helpful? In what scenario does it hurt performance? Honest question.


I think I'll start designing some printed parts for this thing, any requests?

[self-future]

Well, just broke a universal somehow... first pack too. I sent Element a DM on instagram, probably should shoot over an email too. I don’t think that should happen.
Universal broke at the pin and the c hub scooted itself off the housing.