HPI Crawler King vs. Axial Honcho

[Philly116]

Is there really enough diff between these trucks to justify the big diff in price? Im really surprised the SCX10 doesnt have beadlocks! I also can't believe the Crawler king has an fm transmitter and not 2.4ghz!

[CrawlinMike]

Put simply...., YES. The honcho is worth the extra

[theloudone]

buy the honcho,you'll spend less with the honcho than you will in repairs for the wheely king

[ScaleFreak93]

How did you get to the wheely king? He's asking about the crawler king. And yea, get the honcho. Or do it the hard way and get the CK and then realize you wish you would've gotten the honcho. Your choice.

[Philly116]

Lol. I think I see the direction this is going. Honcho it is.

[crawlerkeith]

wow wow wow, back the truck up... i have the hpi crawler king and it is awsome... and besides it has way more power then the honcho( out of the box) trust me i have both of them.

[322]

Originally Posted by crawlerkeith

wow wow wow, back the truck up... i have the hpi crawler king and it is awsome... and besides it has way more power then the honcho( out of the box) trust me i have both of them.

More power? That would come down to motor and battery choice nothing to do with truck vs truck. Axial will be the smarter choice in the short and long run.

[execelon]

Threads kinda old, he's already come to the dark side...

[crawlerkeith]

yeah you may be right about the battery part. but the only reason you are right id because they dont come with a battery, so when you buy a battery you of couse you would by the better battery... besides the fact, the crawler king has a 55t motor so it already has more tourqe, along with that it has a stronger transfercase with metal gears... as for the honcho it has a 27t motor so it has almost half as much tourqe as the crawler king, also it has plastic gears in the transfercase... and plus the crawler king is cheaper... dont get me wrong im not trying to say the honcho is crap, because its not. i even give cudos to axil for making an awsome truck but if your wanting more tourqe and a steadier throttle the crawlerking is the way to go.

[66sprint6]

Old thread and he made the right decision in the end, but the best answer to this would have been to look at the build threads sections and see whats used most. SCX10 is in an overwhelming majority of the builds compared to every other kind of setup available combined.
Matt

[execelon]

Originally Posted by crawlerkeith

yeah you may be right about the battery part. but the only reason you are right id because they dont come with a battery, so when you buy a battery you of couse you would by the better battery... besides the fact, the crawler king has a 55t motor so it already has more tourqe, along with that it has a stronger transfercase with metal gears... as for the honcho it has a 27t motor so it has almost half as much tourqe as the crawler king, also it has plastic gears in the transfercase... and plus the crawler king is cheaper... dont get me wrong im not trying to say the honcho is crap, because its not. i even give cudos to axil for making an awsome truck but if your wanting more tourqe and a steadier throttle the crawlerking is the way to go.

Wrong, wrong and um wrong!!!

Neither truck has a transfer case and neither truck comes with metal transmission gears.. The 55t vs 27t sounds good but the axial has a better motor, esc and gearing. I've driven both box stock on the same 2s battery and the honcho had better low speed throttle resolution and plenty more speed...

Ps I'm not bashing the king I've had one since 06, but the axial is a supior truck hands down!!!

[crawlerkeith]

wrong, wrong and um, wrong!!! each truck dose have a transfercase. because if the didn"t the wheels would spin in oposite directions and the only reason why the honcho has more speed is because it has a lower turn motor so its going to go faster, with less power.

[666]

Originally Posted by crawlerkeith

wrong, wrong and um, wrong!!! each truck dose have a transfercase. because if the didn"t the wheels would spin in oposite directions and the only reason why the honcho has more speed is because it has a lower turn motor so its going to go faster, with less power.

[crawlerkeith]

look up crawler king transfercase, and honcho transfercase... if im so wrong then proove it

[666]

Well, read here, what does it say.....

Axial Racing - Axial SCX10 Honcho 1/10th Scale Electric 4WD - RTR

Please prove me wrong?

[crawlerkeith]

well if your right, (suposeavly) then tell me what a transfer case is... i looked at the site and low and behold the transmission has a transfercase on it

[322]

They do not have transfer cases. Only Transmissions. The most comparable thing to a transfer case on an RC is if you put a dig unit on.

[crawlerkeith]

(scale4x4rc.org )

and look up crawlerking transfer case

[johnnyh66]

Originally Posted by 322

The most comparable thing to a transfer case on an RC is if you put a dig unit on.

or a transfer case.

[666]

I once had a scaler that had a Axial TRANSMISSION the was hooked up to a WK TRANSMISSION that acted like a transfer case. But it blew up the crappy gears all the time so I switched back to just having a Axial TRANSMISSION.