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| View Poll Results: is rock crawling the best for a newbie?? pleast tell me fast!! | |||
| other rc |     | 5 | 10.87% |
| rc crawling |    | 42 | 91.30% |
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03-25-2009, 07:20 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: canada
Posts: 18
|  is crawling the best for a rc newbie?? please tell fast! i need the info by march 25
please i nned the info im desprate:-(
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03-25-2009, 07:26 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: lafayette
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do you want fast r slow???
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03-25-2009, 07:28 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: canada
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03-25-2009, 07:29 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sebastopol CA
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I suck at driving fast RC's, always have, but I do pretty good with a crawler. I don't think there is a "best" pick what you like and go with it. |
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03-25-2009, 07:31 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: canada
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03-25-2009, 07:31 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbia, TN
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Everyone here is naturally biased in their opinion. It's a very good point though. I've messed with other r/c's in the past and the fast ones just get boring after a while. They're so limited really in what you can do with them, where crawlers have an endless supply of what you can drive on and over. I've never had as much fun with any other rc vehicle than what I've had with crawlers, and best of all you can easily run them inside the house if you choose because you have so much more low speed control of them.
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03-25-2009, 07:37 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: canada
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03-25-2009, 07:59 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Out in the country
Posts: 352
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I also very much still love my fast trucks as well.  | |
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03-25-2009, 08:01 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Somewhere between the Atlanic ocean and Mississippi river
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ive not been into rc long, ive had one crawler and a 1/6 scale nascar, ended up destrying the body and cracking the chassis, ive also seen youtube vids pf the highspeed rc vehicles like hitting a curb and turning into a pretzel.
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03-25-2009, 08:06 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: BV
Posts: 1,170
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 Seriously though, crawling is a lot of fun. When I first started I got a really fast stadium truck and it broke every time I drove it, cause I kept running into stuff, which was incredibly frustrating. Carnage is only fun when you mean to do it. Crawlers break less often, and I've still not gotten bored with it, whereas I've gotten bored with every fast R/C I've ever owned. | |
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03-25-2009, 08:10 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Behind the wheel
Posts: 16
|  just have fun
If you are into rc hobbies you will eventually have a number of trucks and cars both fast and slow.
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03-25-2009, 10:20 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sonoma County
Posts: 13
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Go with the MRC it's the best!
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03-26-2009, 12:48 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bay Area
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with a crawler you need way less room to run it.
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03-26-2009, 01:05 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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A crawler may not be a bad place to start, gotta crawl before you can sprint afterall!
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03-26-2009, 01:32 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Antonio
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Im moving from nitro to electric touring cars to slow myself down. I can't tell you how many bent driveshafts I have from running into curbs because I was going to fast and couldn't stop in my nitro. I drift my 1:1 car and I've got a 93 Tacoma 4wd so I've done my share of crawling. I would rather do something technical like drift/crawl than have a car that'll haul ass. Ripping back and forth in parking lots gets boring after awhile.
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03-26-2009, 02:13 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 112
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Been an addict of the hobby for 20 years... have run everything from 1/8 nitro onroad, 1/8 offroad electic monsters... and everything in between (1/10 onroad, 1/12 pan, 1/18, etc)... my turnover rate with MOST rigs is less than 2 months... but with my crawler... I haven't let it out of my sight in the last 12 months |
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03-26-2009, 02:23 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fresno
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personally i dont think rc crawling may not me the best choice for a newbie. dont get me wrong, i love my crawler and is my favorite sect of the hobby but newbie might not have the patience to really tool and tune their crawler for a newbie id recommend a good electric solid basher. they can take a pretty good beating and because they are relatively simple in design, parts are easily replaced Last edited by NeXt559; 03-26-2009 at 02:26 AM. |
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03-26-2009, 05:06 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy
Posts: 901
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if i was to start over id ether go with a axial rtr ( its a lil faster then a standard crawler) or a slash ( if anyone watched the live coverage of the 2.2 midwest challenge it was like death race ) but thats just me |
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03-26-2009, 10:02 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: west salem area, illinois
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i think a crawler would be pretty good for a newb. i started out with a t-maxx, and spent so much money on it i could have built 3 trucks. had a nitro car, cant remember what it was, but it was belt drive 4wd, and it only lasted about a month. ended up selling it for parts. started out 1/10, ended up the size of a 1/18. lol. smashed up good when i lost signal, hitting a concrete wall about 45mph. parking garages are so much fun. lol. i have way more fun with my venom creeper, no more driving 30 min to get fuel, and i can run it anytime of the year. plus on rainy days, i crawl on the couch.... i doubt anyones wife or mom wants them drivin nitro inside. lol. later, devon.
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03-26-2009, 10:08 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Planet Earth
Posts: 173
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Rock crawling is a great place to develope good motor skills and focus on smart driving. I think an AX10 RTR by Axial is perfect for a beginner. You never really know what suites you best when it comes to your driving, whether you are the fast type or the slow type. The AX10 RTR covers both worlds. You can get your crawling skills down, but still be able to throw the hammer down and do some jumping.
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