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04-29-2009, 08:51 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: West Monroe
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|  AX10 Questions I just purchased an AX10 RTR. I am new to the crawling sport and am wanting to just take a general pole on which direction I should go with it, parts and such. Thanks! |
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04-29-2009, 09:01 PM
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| instigator  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: other side of the track,the bad side
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| whats our budget??hope its high cause your gonna drop serious coin to get what you want or need to comp:-PIf I were you start with wheel weight and tires  |
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04-29-2009, 09:20 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: West Monroe
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| SO what do you mean by me going to need some serious coin. Is there a downside to the ax10? |
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04-29-2009, 09:30 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Greenfield
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| All the little parts add up  but don't worry, its only money. But its worth it. I love my AX10. Figure out what you want in the first place and you will stand to save alot of money. That way your not buying parts just to replace them later. |
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04-29-2009, 09:33 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: eaton
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| weight the front tires weights from auto tire shop are cheaper than hobby shop get a split 2/3a battery put on front axle |
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04-29-2009, 09:52 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Aurora Colorado
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| Bender SWX Chassis Dig A good servo Losi crawler shocks CKRC BTA steering kit CKRC Viper front plate Possibly a better speed control and motor Sintered Lockers for the diffs |
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04-29-2009, 10:00 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: West Monroe
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| The stock ESC and motor will do me for now, that is while I am "learning" to crawl. However are there any good things to say about the Novak Rooster system? Also a crawler guy that I know said something about running a BEC to run the steering servo directly off of the battery. |
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04-29-2009, 10:28 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mill Valley
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04-29-2009, 11:11 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: aurora
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| i started at the same spot as you and have done everything here and then some!!! i have the rooster crawler an i think it works great, the biggest bang for your buck right off the bat imho is weights, tires, and batteries on the axle. you will notice a huge difference. remember that there are alot of mods you can do with stock stuff that will make a great difference, do some searches and read some threads. after that tune suspension. i agree with the mods that have been recomended but i would also 4-link, this helps alot with torque twist. have fun man get as much wheel time as possible!!! |
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04-29-2009, 11:30 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southwest
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| gotta get the dig i borrowed a friends crawler and thats my current upgrade to my ax10 my cralwer crawls great but sucks cause of me driving it i dont know much about crawling but from reading these threads ive learned even if u have a great truck driver has alot to do with it as well |
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05-01-2009, 12:53 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ogden
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| Get a good servo the FIRST time or you will kick yourself in the ass later! |
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05-01-2009, 06:32 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: powder springs/douglasville, Jawja
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| just drive the thing man, read read read on here then decide what you want to do. you dont need all the comp stuff right off the bat, just go find some rocks and have fun. thats whats its about! |
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05-01-2009, 07:14 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: West Monroe
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| Comp is the way that I want to go. No point in doing something if you arent going to take it to the fullest! For example I have a traxxas rustler that I stripped down and put a MMM esc and medusa motor on with a maxamps 4s lipo a car that is supposed to do 60 should do 90 with my setup. Im a go big or go home kinda guy. and i say should do 90 because i just got the motor and all in today and havent had time to test it yet. |
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05-01-2009, 07:36 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: In a very dark cave can't you tell...
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| Lets see Run what you got for now, so that you get a feel for it. There are lots of things you can do with a AX10 RTR starting with buying metal links, new metal gear turning servo, softer springs for the front shocks, softer tires, four link plate out back, batteries over the front axle, 55 turn motor and speed control combo, and trim that stock body for better tire clearance when on rocks. Thats just a few things to get you started. |
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05-17-2009, 10:43 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2009 Location: St. Charles
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Too often we get excited and upgrade before we've driven a vehicle enough to know what the upgrades actually did. Eddie Van Halen can make a $50.00 guitar sound like a Les Paul. I can take a Les Paul and make is sound like a trash can... | |
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05-17-2009, 11:28 AM
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| I like to #*&^ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky
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| tires super soft springs wheel weights bent lower links stronger steering servo and alum. sterring links and most important is get a split cell and put iton te front and a motor with atleast 35t i run a 55t on 8 cells its awsome this is most of the stuff i did to my rtr and it also has dig with the front axle locked and a few other alum. parts here and there and i love it |
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05-17-2009, 10:10 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ogden, Utah
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I just purchased the RTR and added a Novak 55turn "quality" motor rather then the stock 27t that comes in the RTR its to fast for crawling even geared down. The RTR shocks the RTR work pretty well I just limited them internally changed shock oil and swapped to 2.5” Losi springs. I also trimmed the body so no rub. And a used metal gear servo i picked up. All of these mods cost me a total of $60 and my truck works great. I couldnt be more happy with it!  | |
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05-17-2009, 10:54 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southwest
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| what about running a four link instead of a 3 link is there a difference? and what is the purpose of link? i dunno so im thats why im asking |
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