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06-13-2013, 03:41 PM | #61 | ||
No idea what I'm doing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground, CO
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| Re: axial coming out with a MOA comp crawler anytime soon? Quote:
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I do agree with Jeremy that practice will get you much further than a fistful of $100 bills, but seeing all of the latest stuff is what fuels the perception that money is what's needed. As a vendor, I know I'm partly guilty of this myself. It's not intentional, and I would never suggest buying something I sell over practicing with what you have first. | ||
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06-13-2013, 03:52 PM | #62 | |||
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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If you stopped being the "concourse champion" you'd stop running in comps with your scalers? Quote:
BTW, if you paid attention to sportys, you'd realize that they are a LOT more competitive these days. I'd be willing to bet that a sporty could do very well against a lot of the pro rigs on pro courses. Quote:
These days, scalers are more like comp rigs than you realize. | |||
06-13-2013, 03:53 PM | #63 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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As Dlux says: "wanna get, gotta want" | |
06-13-2013, 04:05 PM | #64 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2010 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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| Re: axial coming out with a MOA comp crawler anytime soon?
+1 to everything Jeremy said, i have seen guys with no dig stock chassis ax10's beat full out bergs before, it's really all about knowing your truck...
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06-13-2013, 04:07 PM | #65 | |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oreganastan
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I have a crawling buddy that is not very mechanically savvy but has lots o money. I bought a RTR Wraith & he bought a used, slightly built XR10. I have been modding & improving my wraiths crawling ability, while he has bought many "bling" type parts that don't really improve its ability. When I have a problem I research & investigate until I find the problem & solution & fix it. When he has a problem he buys more new parts he assumes will fix it & then gets pissed when it doesn't drop right in or fix the problem. His perception is the more $$ he dumps into his XR10 the more he can walk all over my wraith. My perception is the more time I put into my truck (driving, tweaking) the better we will drive. He is wrong & I am finally able to prove it with my Fastback II chassis & lots of thinking, tinkering, driving & buying only what I need to get where I want. He is currently trying to figure out what to do cause his XR gears are popping under stress (he bought all new HR gears to solve it against my advise.) I have drove for the past 5 days straight & his is on the shelf with all new gears. Perception is the key. | |
06-13-2013, 04:26 PM | #66 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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| Re: axial coming out with a MOA comp crawler anytime soon? What has he done so far? There are several good tricks to get rid of that. Is he running that titanium shaft?
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06-13-2013, 04:33 PM | #67 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oreganastan
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| Re: axial coming out with a MOA comp crawler anytime soon?
He bought new gears. His gears are fine. I think its bearing play on the shaft/bearing at the top of the axle where it meets the tranny. I think he is tightening too much or not in a good order. I suggested (even emailed links) he check out some of the solutions people have used on here (ca, foil shims, etc.) as well as the VP AL upper rather than new gears as a possible fix. Rear Axle Pop Mark Reel's XR10 Build 11th place at nats No stock shaft I believe. You can lead a horse to water.............. |
06-13-2013, 04:36 PM | #68 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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| Re: axial coming out with a MOA comp crawler anytime soon?
Those are good solutions. Personally, I use a dab of CA along the lower bearing race and I have also shaved the housings a bit to get them to close tighter. I have also found that no matter what I do, anytime I use the Ti crossshafts, the gears pop. I think that shaft is just bending.
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06-13-2013, 05:10 PM | #69 | ||||||
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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I put more time and money than I care to even think about trying to promote and grow RCC, the USRCCA, and rc crawling in general. I put everything I had into something I loved because I wanted to see it grow. The only way I was going to get better was practice, right, well spending my free time practicing would mean even more time away from my wife and kids and I will only give up so much for toy trucks. My wife and kids had let me have my fun with no complaints, but there is a limit to what you put into a hobby. Quote:
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I travel thousands of miles to go to competitions knowing that I am going to do terrible in the driving competitions and knowing that someday I will lose the concourse title. What keeps me going to the events is the fun I have seeing old friends and making new ones. Quote:
Many people don't have time to spend practicing, they have jobs, families, and other obligations. So no time to practice means they aren't competitive and they don't enjoy being at comps. So here we are talking about it. BTW, Juan nailed what I had implied. It's the lure of better equipment, the belief that better equipment is needed because that's what the winners have. Quote:
Nope. $100 Hitec servos, MMP, and a Pro4. Nope, a combination of stock foams from old tires I had. Quote:
Good luck with the comps. | ||||||
06-13-2013, 05:12 PM | #70 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hellsberry
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| Re: axial coming out with a MOA comp crawler anytime soon?
You guys were talking about rules and such earlier. Let me throw this in; Why in the heck do I have to run in pro class if I have a bodiless AX10? If I wanted a body, I'd get into scale. I don't see why the sportsman class doesn't allow it. I have a Edge chassis now and I'm tired of dragging all the extra weight around. I've done a ton of research and looks like Juan is the only guy making bodiless. I want to start comping, but I mostly run here on the farm. I just wish I could buy a full cf or delrin chassis like the bodied guys can run. I've read back into the archives and seen a few threads about this rule. Seems to me that allowing bodiless would open up a market for our supporting vendors. I know I'd jump on one. Then when I'm tuned and practiced up, I could go and not fear getting moved to a class I'm not ready for. @Juan, I'll be hitting you up for a fastback soon. I'll have to start over with a forward bias learning curve. |
06-13-2013, 05:20 PM | #71 | |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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Jeremy's answer would be that you don't practice enough. I don't speak for the USRCCA anymore but I think the reason is they wanted a class where bodies were used to help promote manufacturers of bodies. Since so little of the 2.2 pro rigs run bodies anymore. | |
06-13-2013, 06:49 PM | #72 | |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hellsberry
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As far as who the sanctioning body is trying to keep happy, I'm not so concerned. I'd rather support Underground, Chris the battery Man, etc. Where is Proline, Parma, etc in the true comp scene anyways? | |
06-13-2013, 07:12 PM | #73 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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06-13-2013, 07:16 PM | #74 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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06-13-2013, 07:18 PM | #75 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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We tried for a long time to make major players happy.......and they are all GONE NOW! I say good riddance. We still have the one man shop vendors on this forum who make specialty parts for us to enjoy ourselves. We need to try and make THEM happy to repay the favor. To hell with the companies that used us for a quick buck, then tucked tail and ran... | |
06-14-2013, 12:02 AM | #76 | |
No idea what I'm doing Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground, CO
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As a manufacturer of bodiless shafty chassis', when I first heard of the 2.2s rules I was totally against them. I thought they went against the spirit of "Run What Ya Brung". However!! I changed my mind when I thought about what it could really mean. Imagine if a Parma body (or insert your favorite maker here) won a National Crawler Championship. They would have the money for a big 2-page ad in all the magazines promoting their win. No matter how you slice it, that's free advertising for RC Crawling...something that all of us smaller vendors could not possible do. I'm against the bodiless ban, but I understand why it's there. However, if nothing comes of it, I say let everyone run what they want. Wow...did this thread take a serious detour or what?? | |
06-14-2013, 06:39 AM | #77 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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I too, understand what the RC was trying to do, but the follow through was simply not there and it does not seem to have the effect that was hoped for.... | |
06-14-2013, 07:22 AM | #78 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: a house
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| Re: axial coming out with a MOA comp crawler anytime soon?
could care less if i win or lose a comp, just like to go out and have fun. if you piss and moan everytime you dont win this is the wrong hobby. its all about making your rig the best you can, and most important have fun. isn't that why we all got into this hobby? I've seen too mny guys throw or kick there rig because they didnt win or finish a course, seen sally1800 throw a temper tantrum almost every time he didnt come out on top. guys like that are just giving the nebs a bad example. of what good sportman ship is all about. thank god the fool no longer comes around, makes a much more enjoyable day for everyone. |
06-14-2013, 10:17 AM | #79 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2010 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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06-14-2013, 12:34 PM | #80 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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| Re: axial coming out with a MOA comp crawler anytime soon? The biggest class is 2.2 Pro and very few people run bodies anymore at the national level. If Proline and Parma don't get exposure or sell product why support the event. You gotta remember, they still have to run a business and see a return on their investment. |
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