Other crawlers in RS10 XT price range?

[Higgins909]

Originally Posted by mowheelin

Another.....it wasn't upside down when it left me....not sure how to fix it either. Help?

Idk :/

The stock rims not beadlocks? or not 2.2? looks like you put rs10 rims on. I see shocks without springs on, are they inside or something?
Overall, the things you did to it look pretty cool!

Idk where to get plastic to make one of those battery trays :/ but I got a scroll saw and drill bits and a drill but after that, I don't got a lipo to fit, unless my 6cell stick style lipo will fit somewhere.

Did you get yours off amazon? A link would be great.

Are you trying to stress your maxtorque 10? right now I'm still sketchy about durability Connect Box W/Main Gear(38T) I cant tell if this connect box is plastic or not, but I think this is what people were tearing up
The transmission looks very identical in the parts explode paper tho not sure about anything else XD

The one other crawler that caught my eyes is the mad torque 1/8, but cant dig up much info.

Edit: what are things you have done to your RS10's?

[glweek]

im in the same boat and looking for a good rig in the same price range.

[o-o]

Originally Posted by mowheelin

Another.....it wasn't upside down when it left me....not sure how to fix it either. Help?

This needs posted here lol How steep of an incline can a well built crawler climb?

[mowheelin]

Wow....tons of questions. Not sure about long term durability, but as I said earlier, if it breaks I will buy the AX10 upgrade part. Trans included. Yes I am saying the Maxstone if you are looking for a fun crawler that is easily upgraded. I will say this is just MHO, from having the two rigs in question.

The shocks are axial that I had in my parts bin with internal springs so as to not be in the way of steering. Plastic on top is the original battery/electronics tray cut in half and mounted upside down. Good eye on the wheels, those are off of the Cat. Lipo's are cheap, I will try to post a link but I have been buying them from Hobby King 1300mah 3s for about $12.

Here are two cats and a bone stock AX10 that belongs to a friend.

[mowheelin]

Originally Posted by o-o

This needs posted here lol How steep of an incline can a well built crawler climb?

Very nice....very nice!!

[mowheelin]

My boys Grave Digger "cat"

[Higgins909]

Cool, I think I will get a maxstone 10 when I can, if the cat was 540 motors and metal gears rtr, I'm sure I would go for that instead.

Today I put my old Traxxas Scorpion 20t 540 motor back in my vintage but upgraded traxxas bandit, and that low end speed!!! same gearing, with that motor I can crawl motor doing 1rpm per few seconds thats how slow it could spin vs my sv3 4600kv, its got to spin several times faster for some reason.
also it could have been my sv3 esc but for some reason there where no brakes, but I could put it into reverse when going forward

Soon Im gunna head over to the motor forum.

I have gotten several of my lipos from hobbyking, also have gotten some servos from there tho for a plane I was building, and a motor/esc props

Thanks,
Higgins909

[cabron]

turn the camera upside down

when i click on a picture i want to download, my pc comes up with
windows picture and fax viewer. if the picture is upside down
you can rotate it right there and when you close the viewer the
picture stays roteted. might work for you too


www.nitrorcx sell the exceed
the 1:10 mad gear and the 1:10 mad stone are shafties
the 1:10 mad crawler is moa
the 1:8 max stone and 1:8 mad torque are moas as welll as the 1:5 maxstone crawler the 1:16 is a shafty
they have parts too but not the same quantity as redcat.

i looked at these after i had my rs10 a while and decided that for the money and for the upgrades i wanted i was better off with a berg
and now even though the bully2 is a bit steep it does come with
the majority of the mods most people want from the bullys and bergs
already included

it is all in what you want out of the hobby
also "different tools for different jobs"

[Higgins909]

Here I am again XD did you get yours off amazon?
Amazon.com : 1/10th Scale 2.4Ghz Exceed RC MaxStone 4WD Powerful Electric Remote Control Rock Crawler 100% RTR : Hobby Rc Crawlers : Toys & Games
I would like to get the latest model of it.

You still haven't broken anything on it?
what all have you done in upgrades to it? -electronics
I'm really scared of the possible plastic connect box, in the diffs.
Really if you haven't broken it, thatd be very surprising.

Thanks again,
Higgins909

[mowheelin]

That is the one I have. Nothing broken yet (10" of snow) can't play in the rocks. No electronics upgraded other than motor and a lipo alarm that plugs into the balance port and is good for 2s or 3s. I have changed to bent links ( home made), filled both axles with dielectric grease, jb weld and nails in hollow male part of driveshafts, ground off all axle guard mounting posts on bottom side of axle housings and epoxied shut the holes. I would very much recommend getting everything off of the top plate and as low as possible in the chassis or on the links or axle housings. Must do tires. I hope I break something soon so I can say I'm using it to full potential. Best of luck!

[Higgins909]

Originally Posted by mowheelin

jb weld and nails in hollow male part of driveshafts

Is that this part? Just filled it good or what? and why nails? (nail hammer wood, that kind of nail right?)

[derycksan]

Just went through this search recently and It boiled down to Exceed trucks and the Redcat.

I chose a redcat for my son for the sheer fact that there is tons of more information and parts available. Servo upgrades are a must (I went cheap with towerpro mg995) and cut threads on stock wheels and this thing has impressed me and my son quite a bit.

[cabron]

the towerpro 946 is 12kg as opposed to the 10kg torque of the 996
for the same price