Looking for a crawler, done a ton of research

[Natedog]

I've not had good luck with ProTec LIHV lipos, so kinda not a fan of their stuff.

Go straight to Hitec HS-7950TH, run them in all my 1/10 scale.

HS-7950TG would be my second choice, but not nearly as bullet proof.

[WHITE-TRASH]

I'm a huge proponent for quality servos and I never mess with servos under 500 oz as a rule. That said I have a cheap servo in my trx4 and it's been great. The stock electronics in the rig works great too.

I run 2.2's on it too and it is fine. Depending on situation or terrain it'll have short & fat pitbull xors or tall & skinny sling kings.

[CM9000]

Listen to White trash just this once. The man beats on his rigs hard.

Cant go wrong with a rtr trx4. it can be made more capable than what it is with similar mods that Nova's ark did to the C.I.'s truck.


Also, check out the TRX4 section here.

[ApostateTapir]

Originally Posted by Natedog

I've not had good luck with ProTec LIHV lipos, so kinda not a fan of their stuff.

Go straight to Hitec HS-7950TH, run them in all my 1/10 scale.

HS-7950TG would be my second choice, but not nearly as bullet proof.

Got it. Thanks for the heads up on the servo. I just had heard that the Proteks were good. Thanks for the correction! Any recommendations on a metal arm for that servo?

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

I'm a huge proponent for quality servos and I never mess with servos under 500 oz as a rule. That said I have a cheap servo in my trx4 and it's been great. The stock electronics in the rig works great too.

I run 2.2's on it too and it is fine. Depending on situation or terrain it'll have short & fat pitbull xors or tall & skinny sling kings.

Color me shocked. You just OK'd RTR electronics! I would agree that the Traxxas stuff isn't bad to start.

[WHITE-TRASH]

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

Color me shocked. You just OK'd RTR electronics! I would agree that the Traxxas stuff isn't bad to start.

I'd never swap the the stock stuff into anything but for what it is I have no complaints.

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by WHITE-TRASH

I'd never swap the the stock stuff into anything but for what it is I have no complaints.

Yeah I agree. I felt that the stock servo was weak with the stock ESC - no surprise there - so I installed the HobbyWing WP 1080 ESC and cranked up the internal BEC to 6.0V. More power really woke the servo up, but it also caused a gear to strip after only 1 or 2 trail runs.

[WHITE-TRASH]

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

Yeah I agree. I felt that the stock servo was weak with the stock ESC - no surprise there - so I installed the HobbyWing WP 1080 ESC and cranked up the internal BEC to 6.0V. More power really woke the servo up, but it also caused a gear to strip after only 1 or 2 trail runs.

The stock steering servo is barely good enough to be a shift servo. The stock bec keeps up with the cheap servo I posted fine. When the esc pukes I'll have an excuse to drop in an mmp with a 2700 kvnpuller on 4s. Until then it will live on with stock stuff.

[ApostateTapir]

Again, thanks for all the info guys. Any more servo recommendations other than the Hitec HS-7950TH?

[Smokin' Joe]

If cost isn't much of a concern, I'd recommend looking at the Savox 2290SG or the Promodeler DS630.

[ApostateTapir]

Originally Posted by Smokin' Joe

If cost isn't much of a concern, I'd recommend looking at the Savox 2290SG or the Promodeler DS630.

Under $150 would be great!

[CM9000]

There is a savox waterproof servo around $80 bucks. Has 400oz of torque or so at 7.4 volts.

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[Smokin' Joe]

Originally Posted by ApostateTapir

Under $150 would be great!

You should be able to get either of those for under $150.