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05-06-2010, 11:55 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2010 Location: Livermore, CA
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|  Exceed RC Maxstone 16 Unboxing,tips,video.
Hello guy, I just finally joined the forums earlyer, and thought id post some info up about this crawler since nobody has, and there are no videos anywhere becides mine. so here is an unboxing video i did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OSkxh6-Lk8 and hear is a video i did about some modifications. kind of outdated because i already did all of the mods i have mentioned. and even more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELigY4sd6M0 and lastly, hear is a video of it in action. the crawler right now looks differant than in the video, and it crawls night n' day differance compared to the video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWmaoXaWaI&NR=1 hear are some pictures. Brand now out of box.       continued below... |
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05-07-2010, 12:07 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2010 Location: Livermore, CA
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|  Ok, as of now it has a Proline 1980 1:18 chevy blazer body on it. greased internals, foam removed from tires, and 8oz added to the front wheels. I Have also stoped the torque twist. and put threadlock on the universal joint screws. no more screws backing out. body mounted  painting in progress.  done, and on the trail.    thats is for now. maby a TCS l-trail next. |
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05-07-2010, 12:13 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: East Bay
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| How is the center of gravity ..Looks all of your electronics and battery are mounted high.... |
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05-07-2010, 12:15 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2010 Location: Livermore, CA
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05-07-2010, 01:14 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greece, sun, sea and rocks
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Looks like it suffers from serious torque twist. I've only seen a maxstone in the past and that too had a similar issue.
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05-07-2010, 08:46 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: My Old Kentucky Home....
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Wow, so that video posted in another thread with the ridiculous torque twist wasn't a fluke?
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05-07-2010, 10:45 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hayesville
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05-07-2010, 11:00 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: waterville
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i saw these on a site for like 90 bucks. sounds good. looks like mrc parts would work. its tempting. how do you like it? it looks like a carbon copy of the mrc. if so id get one.
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05-07-2010, 11:31 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2009 Location: 354
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X3 on the torque twist ouch!!!. is there a way to lower the body a as well, it's sitting waaaaaaay too high.
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05-07-2010, 01:35 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2010 Location: Livermore, CA
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lol the TT is all fine now, got it under control.I thought the maxstone was the same size as the MRC. went to my local hobbytown usa and i was suprised that the MRC was a bit smaller. never realized it till i got this, and went back to hobby town to do part comparison. Some parts will work, but it looks like it will apear smaller on the maxstone. whitch isnt really a bad thing IMO. the body is for the MRC so it dosent fit the maxstone 16 like a glove. so thats why the body is sitting so high for clearance. Oh and did i mention that the servo is garbage! it "works" but just dosent put out like it should. Last edited by MAXSTONECRAWLER; 05-07-2010 at 01:39 PM. |
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05-07-2010, 03:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: My Old Kentucky Home....
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Really though, it's kind of asinine to release a product on the buying public that has that much torque twist to begin with. The other video I saw, the guy had his "dancing" by using forward and reverse in quick succession. I really thought it was a joke at first. Not that I'd ever buy one, but what did you have to do to get the twist under control? |
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05-07-2010, 04:12 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2010 Location: Livermore, CA
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basicly to control the torque twist for now, i had an old shock pack for a associated RC18. used the spring spacers on each shock. each shock has a wide, and thin spacer. then ontop of that i added a few drops of heavy wt oil to the existing. and it dose not limit anything becide the Torque twist. eventually some threaded aluminum shock will be put on. | |
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05-07-2010, 05:42 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: East Bay
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05-07-2010, 07:02 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MUSE, PA
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to be honest, i don't really think the TT issue with these is an issue at all. ALL SHAFTY'S ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME TORQUE TWIST ISSUES!!!! let me repeat that again.... ALL SHAFTY'S ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME TORQUE TWIST ISSUES!!!! really, i think all that would be needed to take care of that is some shock work. maybe a stiffer spring in the rear corner..... i am more concerned about the durability of this set-up. this could be my ticket into a 1.9 comp rig.... |
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05-07-2010, 07:10 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: EvilCrawlerDesigns@comcast.net
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Simply adjusting springs & shock oil is just a band aid fix. To truly control torque twist on any shafty, proper suspension geometry is necessary. Link placement, angle, length etc., along with shock position are extremely important. Once you get that, then fine tune it with springs & oil. Oh, and do something about the ridiculous amount of articulation. You're going to drive that thing into a bind and break parts otherwise. |
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05-08-2010, 09:11 AM
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05-08-2010, 12:59 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: palm coast
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That body or its post's need to be lowered A LOT! it looks ridiculous
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05-08-2010, 01:54 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: tauranga north island new zealand
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Not to be to rude,the losi MRC was blessed with a fair amount of torque twist ,and too much articulation out of the box when new as well. So at what ,a third of the price of a MRC,it cant be that bad.It then comes down to durability ,and how much you are willing to work on it to correct what issues the maxstone has. |
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05-08-2010, 02:05 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: EvilCrawlerDesigns@comcast.net
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To expand on what vipxj wrote, in my opinion, the LCC is the only kit or rtr that was capable of comp use right out of the box. The AX10, the berg, the MRC, etc. all need extensive modification...if not replacement of parts to make them comp worth. It's no different with this. However, this one hasn't shown a strong enough presence to gain the aftermarket support. |
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05-08-2010, 04:30 PM
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| Suck it up!   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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Did you buy that at Wal-mart?
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