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04-21-2011, 08:10 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Dundas, Ont, Great White North
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As you can tell by the user name I'm looking in to the jump to all 4 wheels churning up the mud. I've had my 2WD Stampede for 4 months and done some upgrades. I'd like to have an RC I can go slowly up and over things so I have a few questions about these cool looking rock crawlers. While I get the appeal of scale trucks like the Axial SCX10 they don't seem to have the articulation and climb-ability of, say, the Losi Mini Crawler. (I know they are different sized vehicles but those are the 2 I'm looking at) Is it a choice of looks over talent? And I don't want to spend loads of money or time upgrading either, also not going to compete. Also are these 4wheel drive vehicles actually true 4 wheel drive or right rear/left front drive like all my Toyota four bys were. Are the diffs locked or do I need to upgrade to a locker/spool? One other thing, is there a listing of clubs for different areas as it would be fun to crawl with others. The dog is poor RC company, he just barks at the Stampede. 'Course I do egg him on a bit  ! I'm in the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada area.Thanks in advance Mart Thanks |
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04-21-2011, 09:05 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ontherocks
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 I had a mrc and i have 2 scx10 based scalers and i can happily say that scalers in my opinion are alot funner. some can get massive amounts of articulation out of their scx10s but it looks lame. the similarities between an even stock scx10 and a 1:1 are what make them so fun. trailing, muddin, crawlin they will do it all. and some really do CRAWL  . I would go with the rtr Dingo or honcho and go from there. the first drive youll be hooked. and yes all of the scx10s are full time 4wd
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04-21-2011, 09:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Vancouver, WA
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As for regional forums, look at the bottom of the forum there are regional forums for the United States and the rest of the world. Ask around and you should be able to find a club or at least couple buddies to crawl with.
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04-24-2011, 12:21 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC
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the scx10 has a locker in the front and rear so when you goose the throttle all 4 tires spin at the same time.
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04-27-2011, 04:09 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Okanagan
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one thing nobody mentioned to me when buying a scx10 is that the drive shafts are super weak, broke 1 in 2 weeks flat, so buying metal MIP drive shafts are a must if you are a basher, pushing your rc to the limit, i was doin fish tail on dirt down a hill gunning it good and yeah... you know the rest. tried to climb a hill and i'm dragging drive shaft :(
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04-29-2011, 12:43 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Antonio
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@Spiike yeah, within 20s of my SCX10 Dingo out of the box, i ran it on carpet and it broke a plastic yoke (plastic drive shaft piece connecting to the transmission). I got it replaced free, bought some spare Traxxas ones, but then bought aluminum ones immediately. With some thread lock, its a perfect under $20 investment! As for the OP...the thread is kind of like asking 'I wanna buy a vehicle, what should I buy?'. How will you use it? What do you want out of it? Realism/scalability, extreme crawling, competition, etc. Im with some others, the Scale is the best if you're not too competitive, its all about creativity, there are some amazing custom fab's here in this forum...if you're handy with tools, half the fun is building custom parts/upgrades. Im at about $500 with the SCX 10 Dingo RTR, upgraded aluminum links/steering/driveshafts, and when you buy the RTR you still have to get a battery/charger (they come with 2.4Ghz controller/receivers now). good luck  |
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