Harley's EXO Terra Buggy #AX078553

[Harley]

I'm beginning my journey down a path I have never tried before and not enjoyed.... a RC that goes fast. With all the crazy King of the Hammers trucks being built in the real rock crawling/desert racing world, my interest is peaked right now. I want to see what I can incorporate from those worlds into the RC version. I know this isn't a crawler, but I am and it's all I know how to do! We'll see what that means for this truck.

I had a Slash, didn't care for it. I thought it was at first but it just wore off quick. The minimal scale styling of the other SC trucks lead me to think I could get into them but after 20 mins of driving one I was over it.


Now comes the EXO. The cage and detail work really draw me on by my scaler roots. At this point I don't have much to add about the truck other than I think it looks bad ass We'll get into the details as I go.

I'm completely unsure on what direction I'll take this truck at this point. I am struggling with the idea of hacking off the rear end and making it a trophy truck but at this point I want to drive it as it was designed.

[Harley]

Current Setup - Stock unless noted otherwise below

Front Diff: 10K
Center Diff: 20K
Rear Diff: 10K
ESC: Traxxas VXL
Servo: Futaba 9353HV
Servo Horn: Robotronics knock-off

[Harley]

Right now the truck is basically box stock. Built pretty much completely by the book. I didn't assemble this truck myself I will admit. A local club member who we call Fat Jesus built the truck. He's meticulous and thorough, he made tons of notes in the manual on things to watch for and notes to make to Axial. I'll go over some of those later.

Here are some shots as she sits now.

Wiring was ran in the wiring channels that Axial built into the chassis wings.

[ittybitty]

Now I'm dying to get mine in my hands...the motor and ESC for it are on the way and the servo is sitting here waiting for something to twist! I'll be keeping an eye on your progress Harley

[MR.VERTICAL]

Hey Harley what are you using the bec for, the servo or to power the rx ?.

[Agama]

Subscribed! Can't wait to see where this goes. And all of the VP goodies.

[slickwillie]

Originally Posted by Agama

Subscribed! Can't wait to see where this goes. And all of the VP goodies.

Agreed, if this is anything like the Wraith build, this will get very interesting

[cspyy]

sweet i could get into these

[Harley]

Last night we started working on the Skinz.

[4xFord]

Are the diffs the same as AX10/wraith? Or are they bigger?

More tech please!

[Harley]

Originally Posted by 4xFord

Are the diffs the same as AX10/wraith? Or are they bigger?

More tech please!

The diffs are exactly the same as came in the RTR AX10 that had the open diff.

[4xFord]

Originally Posted by Harley

The diffs are exactly the same as came in the RTR AX10 that had the open diff.

So then one could run overdrive front if they were so inclined. Cool.

[Harley]

Originally Posted by 4xFord

So then one could run overdrive front if they were so inclined. Cool.

Yup, all the gears sets are listed in the manual as option parts.

[MR.VERTICAL]

Hey Harley what are you using the bec for, the servo or to power the rx ?.

[Harley]

Originally Posted by MR.VERTICAL

Hey Harley what are you using the bec for, the servo or to power the rx ?.

The BEC goes into the RX and powers the servo. The servo is a new HV Futaba in an all metal case. I am running it a 7.4 volts. The servo is crazy fast and should be a great choice.

[Fat_Jesus]

Originally Posted by MR.VERTICAL

Hey Harley what are you using the bec for, the servo or to power the rx ?.

Its wired up to power the servo. 6v just didn't seem right for a HV servo

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[Harley]

/\ /\ /\ That's Fat Jesus. He built this truck.

[EeePee]

Crawler?

[Harley]

Originally Posted by EeePee

Crawler?

KOH / Desert ish...

We'll see where it ends up.

[EeePee]

Oh, we'll see where it ends up, alright.



























Heck, maybe it's a scaler? General scalers makes more sense, to me, right now.