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01-15-2011, 04:49 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Western NC
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|  Another New Exceed Maxstone 16 Owner here!
What's up everyone? I've been hanging around this forum for several weeks now reading up and trying to learn about this hobby. I've been interested in RC crawlers for quite some time, but never bothered pursuing it until recently. What kicked it off was that my son got a "toy" RC crawler from the local Wal Mart for Christmas this year. I think they clocked in at $30 but I was impressed and we both had a blast with it. So after a few days, I decided I was going to go get one myself. However, upon several return trips to several area Wal Marts, there were none to be found. So after a bit of looking and searching I decided to plunk the $80 down on the Exceed Maxstone 16. Maybe my complete lack of experience with RC crawlers shows in this next comment, but this thing is AWESOME. I've only ran it around for maybe half an hour in the living room floor so far, but I'm totally digging it. My son thinks it's pretty awesome too! Anyway, just wanted to make a quick intro and let everyone know that there's another Maxstone 16 owner in your midst! Hope to see everyone around the forum!  |
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01-15-2011, 05:13 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota
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Welcome to the hobby |
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01-15-2011, 05:36 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Floyds Knobs, IN
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if you think the maxstone 16 is awesome wait till you get a xr10 in your hands!
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01-15-2011, 07:25 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maine
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Welcome to the hobby. Wait till you get an Scx10 or and ax10 or an xr10. I have an Scx10 and its a blast to play with and to customize |
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01-15-2011, 07:40 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: TX Coast
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Don't worry- some Axial guys are a little whiny around here.  No need to "wait" for anything... enjoy the Maxstone! There is a small group of owners here that is steadily growing. Get some pics up in this thread: exceed rc maxstone & madtorque crawler pics here |
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01-15-2011, 07:49 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2010 Location: The east coast
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and a welcome from me. i bought a maxstone 16 for my 4yr old son so he could drive around with me (i have a venom creeper). here is another thread you might look at (exceed rc maxstone 16 upgrades and tuning?). i started it awhile back when i was trying to decide on the maxstone. my son loves it and with the most recent upgrades i've made it is really tough. enjoy!  |
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01-15-2011, 11:15 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: a house
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[QUOTE=TexasJeff;2862328]Don't worry- some Axial guys are a little whiny around here. not whiny just smarter  |
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01-15-2011, 12:08 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: vancouver island
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Hey Btilson. I got the max16 for Christmas. With 2 or 3 free mods that little crawler will keep up with a lot of the losi mrcs. One suggestion though. Break her down and grease everything real good before you run too many pacs through it. The axles have binded on mine and I can't remove them from the trans without drilling them out. Have fun!
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01-15-2011, 02:28 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Western NC
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I've already decided that my first "upgrade work" on it is going to be working on lowering the center of gravity. It seems to have a pretty good bit of power for crawling, but it flips at nothing! Lowering the CG and maybe adding some weight to the front axles I think will be my first "mods". I'm stoked!  | |
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01-15-2011, 05:09 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maine
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01-16-2011, 08:03 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Berlin, VT
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01-17-2011, 04:54 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Western NC
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01-17-2011, 10:26 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Western NC
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First question. The Maxstone 16 came with an extra set of 4 springs. I've heard a bunch of people talking about 'hard' and 'soft' springs. How can I tell which are which? Any particular arrangement of hard/soft that most people like?
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01-24-2011, 04:44 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Seattle
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the ones that come on it are the soft. you can see if looking close that the diameter of the steel is thinner on them. torque twist is completely gone when you install them on the drivers rear and passenger front.
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02-01-2011, 10:23 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Western NC
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Awesome. Thanks Bucklee. That's one thing I've noticed a massive problem with with the Exceed 1/16th. Torque twist out the wazoo. My 6 year old said "Daddy, your crawler drives sideways!" All in all, I'm pretty freakishly impressed with it, especially for $84. I'm gonna start working on an in depth review of it pretty soon and get it posted up here. |
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02-01-2011, 05:52 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: vancouver island
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02-01-2011, 06:08 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: So. Charleston. Wv
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Welcome to the site. Enjoy it here.... Post up some pics.
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02-02-2011, 04:57 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Western NC
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02-02-2011, 09:41 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Salt Lake
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Where did you buy your max16? I can't find them for less than $200 which is way higher than I am paying for one.
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02-02-2011, 10:08 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Southern Indiana
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