Wheely King Project Study - need help

[IntelAgression]

Hi guys,

I am working on this project at college and we decided to work on the Wheely King cuz its wayyyyy more fun then working on a toaster or an umbrella (LOLOL)

Anyways, we need to conduct a user study for our product to identify possible ways to redesign our Wheely King 4x4 and could really use your help. If you guys could spend 5 minutes of your time to answer the following questions, that would be truly appreciated

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before?

• What age bracket do you fall under?
  • 0-18
  • 18-35
  • 35+

• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • Racing
  • Rock Crawling
  • Fun
  • Annoying family members
  • Passing time
  • To perform wheelies
  • Other (please specify)

• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good)
3 (Average)
4 (Bad)
5 (The worst)


Cost


Racing Performance


Rock Crawling Performance


Speed


Maintenance


Assembly & Disassembly


Ease of Upgrade


Other (please specify)

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King?

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance?

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King?

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them?

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2)

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King?

[RnRJeep]

Originally Posted by IntelAgression

Hi guys,

I am working on this project at college and we decided to work on the Wheely King cuz its wayyyyy more fun then working on a toaster or an umbrella (LOLOL)

Anyways, we need to conduct a user study for our product to identify possible ways to redesign our Wheely King 4x4 and could really use your help. If you guys could spend 5 minutes of your time to answer the following questions, that would be truly appreciated

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before? Yes

• What age bracket do you fall under?
  • 0-18
  • 18-35 *
  • 35+

• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • Racing
  • Rock Crawling *
  • Fun *
  • Annoying family members
  • Passing time
  • To perform wheelies
  • Other (please specify)

• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good) *
3 (Average)
4 (Bad)
5 (The worst)


Cost
altogether 600

Racing Performance none


Rock Crawling Performance
outstanding

Speed
SLOW

Maintenance
lots

Assembly & Disassembly on a scale of 1 to 10 about a 8


Ease of Upgrade fully upgraded


Other (please specify)

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King? stock

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance? New chassis upper and lower links servo mounts clocked tranny 4 wheel stering locked tranny and axels

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King? its stock

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them? Modified rite out of the box never played with it stock

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2) sure

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King? new chassis

larry

[kwkride]

Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before?

What age bracket do you fall under?
35+

Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
Fun

How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

(Out of the box?)
4 - Bad

Cost
$209 (Stock)

Racing Performance
N/A

Rock Crawling Performance
Low when stock, great now

Speed
Depends on what motor I have in it

Maintenance
Good

Assembly & Disassembly
Good

Ease of Upgrade
Great

Other (please specify)

What are the specifications of your original Wheely King?
Stock

What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance?
New chassis, links, transmission, servo, ESC, driveshafts, motor, beadlock wheels, crawler tires

What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King?
The original ESC (Jolt) was junk. It smoked the first day.

When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face?
The ESC burned up

How did you resolve them?
I bought a Novak XRS

Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2) It has been a lot of fun.

What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King?
Offer one that comes with HPIs new rock crawler conversion kit in the box.

[EARRNHARDT3]

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before? Yes

• What age bracket do you fall under?
  • 0-18
  • 18-35
  • 35+ *

• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • Racing
  • Rock Crawling *
  • Fun *
  • Annoying family members
  • Passing time
  • To perform wheelies
  • Other (please specify)

• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good)
3 (Average)
4 (Bad)
5 (The worst)


Cost
2


Racing Performance 5


Rock Crawling Performance MODIFIED 2 , STOCK 4


Speed 2



Maintenance 2


Assembly & Disassembly 2


Ease of Upgrade 1


Other (please specify)

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance?
• HPI Crawler kit installed , HPI gear reduction box installed, High torque steering servo, Pro-Line Flat Iron tires, Pro-Line 8 Shoter bead locks and 6 oz. of lead in each front wheel. chassie flip,
• It crawles alot better now.
• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King?
• To much plastic parts
• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them?
• No real problems
• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2)
• Yes
• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King?
• More metal parts , better trany , better ESC.

[sdcrawls]

Originally Posted by IntelAgression

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before? yes
  

• What age bracket do you fall under?
  • 0-18
  • 18-35 *
    
  • 35+

• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • Racing
  • Rock Crawling
  • Fun *
    
  • Annoying family members
  • Passing time
  • To perform wheelies *
    
  • Other (please specify)

• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good)
3 (Average)
4 (Bad) * stock
5 (The worst)


Cost
$200.00

Racing Performance


Rock Crawling Performance


Speed Fine for stock

Maintenance Pretty easy

Assembly & Disassembly Pretty easy, servo and linkage are kinda lame to get at

Ease of Upgrade Great

Other (please specify)

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King?

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance? Nothing yet.
  

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King? It's a fun little basher truck, great to let other people use because it's so tough.
  

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them? Broken stock servosaver. I put in a better one.
  

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2) Yes, I bought it to bash
  

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King? Servo mounted on the axle.
  

There ya go

[Rob]

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before?
• What age bracket do you fall under?

0-18

• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)

To build a rock crawler

• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good)
3 (Average)
4 (Bad)
5 (The worst)


Cost
2


Racing Performance
5
Rock Crawling Performance
1

Speed
5

Maintenance
1

Assembly & Disassembly
3

Ease of Upgrade
2

Other (please specify)

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King?

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance?

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King?

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them?

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2)

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King?

[mutiny22]

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before? Yes

• What age bracket do you fall under?
  • 18-35

• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • Rock Crawling
  • Fun
  • Other (please specify) Parts truck

• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good)
3 (Average)
4 (Bad)
5 (The worst)


Cost
2

Racing Performance
4

Rock Crawling Performance
2

Speed
3

Maintenance
1

Assembly & Disassembly
3

Ease of Upgrade
2

Other (please specify)

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King?

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance? Lockers and longer links. Crawls alot better.

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King? Top heavy and alot of plastic

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them? It would barely do a wheely with stock battery so I put a better one in.

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2) Yes

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King? Turn the chassis around so the battery is in front and lock the axles

[IntelAgression]

I would like to thank everyone who has responded so far...

If my team successfully redesigns the HPI Wheely to improve on the stock version, there is a possibility that our final prototype and recommendations will be forwarded to HPI.

Therefore, we need as many respondents as possible...So, please keep responding people...

[gadget]

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before? - Yes
• What age bracket do you fall under? - 35+
• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • Fun
  • Passing time
  • To perform wheelies
  • Other - I have a crawler... wanted something to bash on
• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good)
3 (Average)
4 (Bad)
5 (The worst)


Cost - 2
Racing Performance - 4
Rock Crawling Performance - 4
Speed - 3
Maintenance - 2
Assembly & Disassembly - 3
Ease of Upgrade - 2
Other (please specify) - Fun Factor = 1

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King? - Stock

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance? - None yet

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King? - None

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them? - No Problems

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? - Yes

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King? - If you want a Rock Crawler - Buy a Rock Crawler, if you just want a fun truck to bash around buy a Wheely King and just run it and have fun!

[Mriswith]

Originally Posted by IntelAgression

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before? - Twice
• What age bracket do you fall under?
  • 0-18
  • 18-35
  • 35+
• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • Racing
  • Rock Crawling
  • Fun
  • Annoying family members
  • Passing time
  • To perform wheelies
  • Other (please specify)
• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good)
3 (Average)
4 (Bad)
5 (The worst)


Cost
3

Racing Performance
4

Rock Crawling Performance
4

Speed
4

Maintenance
2

Assembly & Disassembly
2

Ease of Upgrade
4

Other (please specify)

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King? - 4x4 RTR version

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance? - Chassis, transmission, steering servo relocated, axle link mounts/truss, rear steer lockout, replaced all links, upgraded axle ring/pinion gears, locked diffs, equal length 4-link bars (Only the axles are left from the original kit and the internals have been upgraded)

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King? - poor steering. Needs extensive modification to be a competition caliber crawler but it wasn't initially designed for Rock Crawling. Minor mods make it a capable basher/trail rig

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them? - Marginal Electronics = Replaced all RTR kit electronics, Center of Gravity/Gear ratio = Swapped stock trans for Axial AX10 trans, Plastic links = metal links

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2) - Stock = No, After mods = yes

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King? - Compact, low mounted motor design

Here's my submission

[SnoopMaxx]

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before? No
  

• What age bracket do you fall under?
  • 0-18
  • 18-35
  • 35+

• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • Racing
  • Rock Crawling
  • Fun
  • Annoying family members :smile:
  • Passing time
  • To perform wheelies
  • Other (please specify) Formula Off-Road
    

• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best) 2 (Good) 3 (Average) 4 (Bad) 5 (The worst) Cost 3


Racing Performance 4


Rock Crawling Performance 3


Speed 2


Maintenance 2


Assembly & Disassembly 2


Ease of Upgrade Other (please specify)

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King RTR Model
  

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance ALLOT ... Bta steering, Wider axles, tube top, Midgard ProRock chassis, Wheels and tires Rear lockout Steel drive gears Hardened Steel diff gears
  

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King? Plastic drive gears, alloy diff gears
  

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them? Electronics blew up after 2 weeks .... now all Traxxas .. VXL-3s and 3500kv BL Motor
  

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2) Yes after extensive modifications
  

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King? E-Savage diff gears as standard and a slipper to protect the gearbox ..... Better Transmitter, receiver and Servo
  

[kdubb88]

Originally Posted by IntelAgression

Hi guys,

I am working on this project at college and we decided to work on the Wheely King cuz its wayyyyy more fun then working on a toaster or an umbrella (LOLOL)

Anyways, we need to conduct a user study for our product to identify possible ways to redesign our Wheely King 4x4 and could really use your help. If you guys could spend 5 minutes of your time to answer the following questions, that would be truly appreciated

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before? YES, I have two of them.

• What age bracket do you fall under?
  • 0-18
  • 18-35 *
  • 35+

• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • Racing
  • Rock Crawling *
  • Fun
  • Annoying family members
  • Passing time
  • To perform wheelies
  • Other (please specify)

• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good)
3 (Average)
4 (Bad) * "in stock form"
5 (The worst)


Cost $210


Racing Performance N/A


Rock Crawling Performance sub par


Speed Poor


Maintenance Excellent


Assembly & Disassembly Easy


Ease of Upgrade To vague. Upgrade with bolt on's, or custom parts?


Other (please specify)

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King?

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance? Custom chassis, shorter shocks, longer wheelbase, different transmission, etc, etc,. The only parts used from the original WheelyKing are the axels.

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King? To short, to high, wrong tires, aweful electronics, weight balance, poor steering. (if you want it to crawl)

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them? No power with the steering configuration. Put the servo on the axel.

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2) No, not in stock form. It does now.

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King? Get rid of the monster truckstyle frame, redesign the transmission and battery location. Improve the steering and make better axle mounts for the links and shocks.

Good luck with your study.

[crawler_king]

Greetings Fellow Pittsburgher!

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before? YES
• What age bracket do you fall under?
  • 0-18
  • 18-35 34
  • 35+
• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • • Rock Crawling
    • Fun
    • Passing time
• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good)
3 (Average)
4 (Bad)
5 (The worst)


Cost 2


Racing Performance N/A


Rock Crawling Performance 4 OUT OF THE BOX BAD BUT WITH MINOR IMPROVEMENTS GOOD



Speed 4 to quick out of the box for a rock crawler, but keep in mind it was designed as a Monster truck RC


Maintenance 1


Assembly & Disassembly 2


Ease of Upgrade 2


Other (please specify)

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King?
• RTR, 27 trn motor,

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance?
• Tummy tuck tranny replacement, Cutom upper and lower links, aftermarket link mounts, 45 turn motor, better shocks, ota

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King?
• Nothing for what it was designed to be it is excellent
• for crawling, tires, tranny stlye, weight distribution, ESC, servo placement,

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them? to fast, replaced motor, tires to hard, replaced with pro line M2K Mashers, and a set of axial beadlocks...

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2) It was flexy as heck and looked easy to modify into a rock crawler.. (I bought mine pre axial scorpion release)

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King?

[Offroader5]

--Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before? Yes

--What age bracket do you fall under? 18-35

--Why did you buy the Wheely King? As a cheap basher to have fun with, and then to later cannibalize to rebuild as a comp crawler.

--How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers?
-Cost: 2
-Racing Performance: 4
-Rock Crawling Performance: 3
-Speed: 3
-Maintenance: 2
-Assembly & Disassembly: 2
-Ease of Upgrade: 2

--What are the specifications of your original Wheely King? Not sure what you're looking for here. Try HPI's site.

--What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance? Check out my build thread...too many to list: Custom Chassis'd WK Crawler

--What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King? Too top heavy & tires are kinda lame.

--When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them? None that I can remember...it's been a while.

--Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? It does now.

--What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King? Of the stock rig...lower the trans and motor to bring down the center of gravity.

[speedwheeler]

• Have you ever used the Wheely King 4x4 before?

• What age bracket do you fall under?
  • 0-18
  • 18-35*
  • 35+

• Why did you buy the Wheely King? (Tick all that apply)
  • Racing
  • Rock Crawling*
  • Fun*
  • Annoying family members :smile: ********
  • Passing time
  • To perform wheelies
  • Other (please specify)

• How does the Wheely King compare with other RC Rock Crawlers? (Rate the following based on the scale below)

1 (The best)
2 (Good)
3 (Average)*
4 (Bad)
5 (The worst)


Cost 2


Racing Performance 3


Rock Crawling Performance 3


Speed 3


Maintenance 2


Assembly & Disassembly 2


Ease of Upgradem 2


Other (please specify)

• What are the specifications of your original Wheely King? box stock with reversed chassis and jb'd diffs

• What modifications have you made to your car & how has that improved the performance? in a class of it's own or at least the axle's are now

• What disadvantages do you see with the original Wheely King?high cog and low chassis clearance

• When you first used the Wheely King, what problems did you face? How did you resolve them? none took the stabalizer off the back lower link's

• Does the Wheely King perform the function that you bought it to perform? (See Question 2) yes

• What design modifications would you suggest to improve the overall experience of your Wheely King? lock rear diff at least