New crawler

[horsinaround]

So I have been out of the crawler scene for several years. I picked up a losi night crawler for my oldest boy for his birthday this past fall. I recently started messing with it and that got me back into it. I want to pick up one for myself with tax money. It seems everything has gone to rock racers or scale trucks. What is everyone starting with for a platform for a crawler ? ax10 deadbolt ? I want something that has good aftermarket support and good replacement parts availability. It seems the losi comp crawler,xr10 etc have all been discontinued. I think the night crawler is a good platform to start with but aftermarket parts availability is scarce.

Thanks everyone !

[SCX10bgfn!]

Axial SCX10 deadbolt is like 300 bucks on tower. I love the platform, I have the Jeep version. Plenty of parts availability, and countless upgrades.

[horsinaround]

I am not really interested in the scale trucks. Thanks though.

[SCX10bgfn!]

Are you looking for a competition crawler or just something with big tires and lots of flex? I'd say meet in the middle and get the ax10 or wraith.

[horsinaround]

Yes something to do comps with. But nothing crazy. I am thinking a second gen ax10. I can't seem to find much else out there. Rc4wd did just come out with a new crawler though.

[SCX10bgfn!]

I just found out about their (RC4WD's) 1/4 scale crawler, and and holy hell it's huge! Not sure it's the best for getting back in though, I think your choice of the second gen is a good one. There isn't much on the market anymore for comp crawlers, it's all scale trucks or rock racers anymore, you can always make a custom crawler instead of buying one rtr or artr...

[rob5059]

The gen2 AX10 out of the box is not to bad. You will need to swap out the motor and tires, and drop the battery down. If I am comping for fun, I bring the AX10 but if it is a real comp I bring the Losi.

If you want to be serious about comping, I would pick up a set of SCX10 axles and do the XR mod, than pick a chassis that you like and build from there.

[horsinaround]

What is different about the scx10 axles versus the other ar60 axles ?

[rob5059]

Originally Posted by horsinaround

What is different about the scx10 axles versus the other ar60 axles ?

Width. The AR60s can hurt you when you are going through gates.

wraith axles vs. scx10 axles width?

The scx10 with XR mod is about 1/2" wider

[SCX10bgfn!]

Never thought about doing the xr10 mod on my scx axles... Might have to try that out just for fun, if I like it than I'll pick up a new chassis and use Trex60's for my scx10 chassis. Thanks for the idea, rob5059.

[horsinaround]

Good idea rob5059. Maybe I will look into doing that. I will have to price it out and see how it works out versus buying a ax10 and addind scx axles and moding it. Probly cheaper to start with the axles and build from there. Are the chassis the same gen 1 to 2 or do I need to find a gen 2 specific chassis ?