Wheelie King Scalers

[Crawling Calvin]

Okay, I am looking at picking up a wheelie king "roller" off Tower for cheap () and was wondering how well they can be made into "scalers." I got experience with my AX10 but was wondering if there was anything I needed to "really know" or, is it all just, pick one up and go from there.

I was thinking of either doing a custom chassis, or picking one up off the net. Read a few threads and I am guessing just use what I got and go from there

My plan is to use a Tamiya Cr-01 shell as my "size gauge" and go from there, I don't "plan" to run in comps but I will build it close to spec size for that though. I hear the diffs are good, is the transmission good or am I better off with one from like an AX10. Just wanted to know,

[roglum]

axles are a little wide for scale. and the trans is good if it has metal gears. otherwise it'll click, like mine does. other than that it's like any other, mostly.

[adamargue]

the axles are just about perfect for a new bright jk

[Evandiego]

Hey dude
The sealed pinion and spur is a plus for sure. The stock nylon tranny gears are decent but metal ones are bullet proof...I still need to buy a set. Roglum is right the slipper does click under heavy load. As temp fix I glued mine together and that solved the problem.

I've got mine on the way to a semi-scaler.

[Crawling Calvin]

ok, anyone know what the "assembled" version comes with or ? Thats all I really need to know, I am not going for the "ooh wow its a super trick scaler" (Axial land) but I want something cheap that I can have fun with friends on a trail with... I'd rather not let them use my AX10 rig till they get better

[rottenbelly]

Originally Posted by Crawling Calvin

ok, anyone know what the "assembled" version comes with or ? Thats all I really need to know, I am not going for the "ooh wow its a super trick scaler" (Axial land) but I want something cheap that I can have fun with friends on a trail with... I'd rather not let them use my AX10 rig till they get better

Assembled version has everything but electronics. I took mine and put it on a X trail chassis. Used the wk axles and tranny with a clocked motor plate. Used the stock axle links. Had to make my own skid.
Pics here.
X trail width

[Crawling Calvin]

Originally Posted by rottenbelly

Assembled version has everything but electronics. I took mine and put it on a X trail chassis. Used the wk axles and tranny with a clocked motor plate. Used the stock axle links. Had to make my own skid.
Pics here.
X trail width

Thanks a TON! I may go with an AX10 tranny if the "stock one" gives me to many problems but I love an engineering challenge also so Will work on ordering up one soon, should be a fun little project right

[rottenbelly]

Originally Posted by Crawling Calvin

Thanks a TON! I may go with an AX10 tranny if the "stock one" gives me to many problems but I love an engineering challenge also so Will work on ordering up one soon, should be a fun little project right

I really enjoy making my own stuff. If you need a clocked motor plate East end machining.com has them, along with alot of other WK goodies.
I never had any problems with the stock tranny till i started running 3 cell lipo and Holmes hobbies Motors.
I screwed the slipper together and it held ever since. I usally run the aluminum tranny gears from CKRC in them now.

[Crawling Calvin]

Sounds cool, you think the car could hold up to a 4600 mamba (on 2S geared down mind you with a lot of limiting on the power ) to give the scaler some "pep" and power My plan is to have it with a "tank of water" and a pump, the idea is to copy a brush fire truck, and it adds to the fun if it can spray water, RIGHT

[rottenbelly]

Originally Posted by Crawling Calvin

Sounds cool, you think the car could hold up to a 4600 mamba (on 2S geared down mind you with a lot of limiting on the power ) to give the scaler some "pep" and power My plan is to have it with a "tank of water" and a pump, the idea is to copy a brush fire truck, and it adds to the fun if it can spray water, RIGHT

I think it would hold up ok. Its the ones that try to go fast that go thru parts real fast!!

A brush truck would be awesome. I would like to see it. I worked for CDF out of Julian, Ca back in the mid 90's. Kinda miss it once in awhile.

I did see a build somewhere were a guy had a spray rig setup. I think it was on Scale 4x4.com

[Crawling Calvin]

My main idea is have enough power to get around, but yet have enough to just be able to goof around and have fun

Thanks for the complement, so far for a shell I have the Tamiya CR-01 Land Cruiser shell that (in my book) looks *wicked* for a brush truck but well see. I was thinking of my Pro Line Ambush shell but I decided not, its got to much open space to "look good" and it would be hard to find a driver to fit. I may change shells later but with the chassis I should be able to adjust the wheelbase accordingly

Out here in socal, trust me, getting fires out fast is huge, so any "little bit" I can do to help I am debating either a 2.2 or 1.9 "style" rig. Mind you the wheelbase is being made *around* the shell but, I got a set of Pro Line Gladiators for dirt cheap and I am thinking, for the time being, they may just do the trick for getting the power to the ground. The rest will be scrounged up stuff

I have made a successful pump "unit" using (I forget what) for a "tank" of water, a windshield washer pump, and the ESC for a small brushed motor to power the pump (we don't need it to suck water yet so... one way is fine) and an absolute NIGHTMARE of wires (), 2 ESC's, 2 batteries... don't ask how I crammed it into a small car but I did, overall it was pretty successful but I learned my lessons fast.

I am thinking of using either a cheap 4 or 6 channel 2.4 aircraft radio to operate the car, 2 channels for driving the car, and either 2 or 4 extra channels for "goodies":
Pump (one channel, variable?)
Lights (switched )
And anything else I add to there
(naturally the electronics are waterproofed for stream crossings...)

I guess I am lucky I know a few firemen soo.. maybe I can sweet talk them into letting me see their rigs or just keep browsing Youtube... till I get the gist of it

[rottenbelly]

Sounds well thought out and ready to build. Will be keeping a eye out for a build thread!!

[Crawling Calvin]

Lol yep, I just need to pull the trigger on the car With a few tower coupons, should take the bite out of the price Aah time to scrounge up stuff to sell

[Swamp Duck]

i have a crawler king i love it it's not the best crawler but its a fun rig im looking for a body for mine but i've had a couple wk's there pretty fun