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08-25-2009, 09:20 AM
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Look at the rigs that are winning these big events lately. Yes they use nice high quality parts, but most of them are off the shelf. Kamikaze chassis, links, berg axles, machined wheels, rovers, etc. No need for hand made tires, or cnc axis. We have progressed the market to where you can buy almost anything you need. You just have to know what to buy. To have the best rigs it does take money but drivetime is more important than anything. Even if you have a poor setup rig you at least need to know how it will act. | |
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08-25-2009, 09:51 AM
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08-25-2009, 09:59 AM
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08-25-2009, 10:11 AM
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OK then why is it that I could not get an answer for the best product for a losi rock crawler but you can say that the best is better to get.
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08-25-2009, 10:18 AM
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| TEAM MODERATOR  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee
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Allot of guys think stock Rover foam is way to soft,specially in the front tires. Personally,I think it's perfect. Same thing can be used in motors,ESC's,servo's,battery's,CVD's....anything.  Allot of things can be learned on RCC to eliminate some trial and error. BUT,there will still need to be some testing and tuning by the driver in the field. | |
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08-25-2009, 10:24 AM
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08-25-2009, 11:14 AM
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I've sold crawlers for over $2K. I'd say most of mine have $1200+ in them. My collection I'd say is about $18k-20K+, that's all my RC's  Baller is up there, Joe is up there....I know a few on here that prob have $30K+ in RC's! | |
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08-25-2009, 11:14 AM
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I'm just going to put it this way rather than throw any figures up on any of my builds  Just since I've gotten into RC crawling (only about 3 years ago), my Paypal account reached it's spending limit. My spending limit was reached about 8 months ago...so it only took just over 2 years to get there. Anyone with a Paypal account will know how much that amount is  AND......I don't even comp my rigs............it's just a hobby :-P |
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08-25-2009, 11:19 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Moscow Mills MO
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When i add in my labor cost.......
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08-25-2009, 11:40 AM
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Not saying you can not have fun, I do just about every weekend. But it's not at a comp. | |
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08-25-2009, 11:48 AM
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08-25-2009, 11:54 AM
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i gave up trying to count after a month into crawlers and my bank account suddenly getting smaller by each passing click of the "pay now" icon on paypal my girlfriend curses the day i started looking through the vendors and for sale section of rcc |
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08-25-2009, 12:05 PM
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Our vendors are doing everything they can to make the hobby more expensive  Back in the day you could build a comp-winning rig with a pair of TLT axles (JB lockers FTW!), a Pede tranny and 20 bucks worth of aluminum. Those OG rigs can't even carry the jockstrap of a properly set up (and driven) Berg or Losi. The more stuff you make yourself, the less you spend. The more you bolt on, the better it looks. Some hop-ups are necessary, some are just bling, but none of them will win you a comp without proper testing, setup, and practice. If you're getting stuck at the start gate you need more wheel time. |
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08-25-2009, 12:30 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gold Bar
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This shits cheap compared to what some of us have into our 1:1's As someboday stated--you can't beat good quality/well built parts and you typicly pay for that quality. If you can't finish a course--you can't win |
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08-25-2009, 12:39 PM
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i think i had about $1500 into my axial but only about $700 into my badas$ berg! maybe less!  Last edited by jamesdicken; 08-25-2009 at 12:45 PM. |
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08-25-2009, 12:45 PM
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08-25-2009, 12:46 PM
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thats not fully true, you can buy a 1.1 for 10k, some rc's can cost up to 5-10k im not really saying crawlers in general but rc's, even scale rigs can cost up to 3-4grand all those little parts add up those sneaky bastards lol ive prob spent 7k in rc's in the past 5yrs and the past year like 3k damn hobbies  | |
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