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10-30-2007, 03:18 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Martinez
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|  Good crawler for a newcomer?
Ok guys, first post here. Anyways I have always been into nitro trucks and own a savage 25, x 4.6 and other vehicles but after going to an event that had a rock crawling area it got me and my parents looking at them. I don't need a top of the line vehicle, just something to mess around with. Nothing expensive..... what would I be looking at? Thanks! |
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10-30-2007, 03:20 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: FOUR 8 OH
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If your that much of an HPI fan check out the Wheely King. Its a great starting point that is RTR and a capable crawler with a few modifications. Or you can go the pure crawler kit with the Axial AX-10. Although with the AX-10 you'll need to provide the electronics.
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10-30-2007, 04:35 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SW WA
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Goes back to budget. The Wheely King ($200) comes RTR and for under $100 you can build a crawler. The AX10 (I've seen $259 as a start) is great, designed to be a crawler from the beginning, but not RTR. You'll need few items to get to that point. You can be into it $500 really easy. There are others, all purpose built, all take money. Sometimes, lots of it. |
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10-30-2007, 07:11 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Novi
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I've had good luck with my basically stock TLT. Just re-worked a few things here and there and any of the Michigan guys can tell ya they were impressed at the comp.
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10-31-2007, 12:52 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: YAKIMA
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for the price i would go with the wheely king since its rtr and than you could upgrade as you go just my .02 cents
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10-31-2007, 02:41 AM
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| Rock Stacker  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Sticks
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again, wheelie king. lock the diffs and its capible of hitting the rocks. mod the truck to be more capible as u get better or feel u need it and youll be in business
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10-31-2007, 05:51 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Coeurdalene
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If I was starting from scratch I would build the ax-10....especially after seeing the video of the one bender built. Might cost more but we're only talking about dirty paper.  |
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10-31-2007, 07:45 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit
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I would recommend an Axial, even stock form will outperform many expectations. Its all about what you want to do and how. The Axial gets you in quick and I think cheap. $230 + Servo and radio, cheap ESC and 55T lathe motor, and Batteries is all you need. You can of course do more, but the stock kit is a great performer. | |
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10-31-2007, 09:35 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Springs
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 I honestly have no experience with the WK but I only saw one at the comp and a few use the axles with a SW3 chassis. We had 39 2.2's at our last comp. Long story short, I vote AX10.
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