AX-10 Bronco goes (semi) scale!

[Arctic Fire]

So i had so much fun at the meet at websters falls, I thought it might be time to put a little effort into the AX. I was rolling with my stock AX-10 under the ProLine CGR bronco body at the meet, and It did pretty good.

I ordered a Grey colour kit, some proline eight shooters, picked up some ultra soft flat irons with memory foam and threw it all together. I decided that it still wasn't quite where i wanted, so i fabbed up a rail frame from stock aluminum that bolts on to the Axial Frame. Added a front proline western bumper (rear coming). I left the suspension as is, because I like how well the AX-10 crawls.

What I wound up with was a semi-scale looking bronco that crawls like a demon. I am thinking of adding rear steering just for something to do, as I won't be competing in anything any time soon. I posted in the other forum because i"m not sure where everyone hangs out.. Let me know what you guys think! Can't wait for the next meet that's within driving distance

[DV8ion]

Looks good And it crawled pretty darn good too if I remember corectly

[4WDwannabe]

Hey Arctic, good lookin rig! As I posted at londonrc.com any idea if your rig would be legal for a scale comp like was supposed to happen at Webster's last time? I do like the flex of my MRC and a 10th scale flexing that much would be pretty cool. It would also be fun to run in a comp. Any idea if a rig has to have a 1:1 style frame to qualify for a scale comp? You seem to like the AX10, would you buy it again or is the Wraith a contender? Questions, questions!
Wildcat(Mart)

Oh ya, those frame rails, are they just to attach the bumpers or do they have another use?

[4WDwannabe]

F-L-E-X!!!

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[Arctic Fire]

Hey Mart,

I imagine I wouldn't be able to do scale comps (i installed rear steering now) and I am not sure what the restrictions are. Maybe a more experienced member can chime in?

The frame rails right now will just be holding the bumpers front and back on, they are made of stock aluminum 1/8 inch with as many holes drilled into them as I could to reduce weight. They weigh practically nothing now but are very strong. I was considering moving the shocks out onto them too, but not sure how that would work. I sprayed them with rubberized undercoating from canadian tire.. worked amazing.. they have texture and wont chip or scratch.. the rubberized coating just kinda "moves" when you try to scratch it.

I was interested in the AX-10 from the start, Just for the proline CGR bodies. I love the way they look on the AX, like a 1:1 bogger truck with huge tires. The crawling ability of this rig is way better then a SCX, but less then that of an AX-10 Tuber or wraith. it's my "best of both worlds" philosiphy. I changed to a 15t pinion since webster's, which gives me a fast walking pace. The new tires are pretty amazing too, and I would love to get back to webster's to try it out again.

The only issue I have now is body roll under hard/quick acceleration. i stuck a 1.9 tire in the spare tire well to try to keep weight down, but the whole shell, rails and bumpers makes the rig roll from side to side a little too much. I am experimenting with spacers in the shocks now to try to combat this. If I run without the spare tire, it's great!

The nice thing is that the frame rails pop on and off with 8 screws, maybe 30 seconds, allowing me to switch to my "crawler cut" body and do some serious crawiling while out on the trail. I think I have found a perfect set up for me, allowing me to hang out/crawl with the scale guys and then switch to a strictly crawling rig when I am home. And with cheapo- but decent- 2075 traxxas waterproof servos and a stampede w/p radio box, i can submerge through creeks and streams.. which I love doing.

I heard that the wraith is waterproof too though, and I do like the look of the buggy chassis... so if i hadn't have found such a killer deal on this AX10 roller, It would have been a very hard decision.

[4WDwannabe]

Diamond geologist? Cool! Do those qualifications help examine a difficult line through a rock pile? Do certain types of rock exhibit different traction characteristics? LoL
That rubberized coating is a great idea.

I like the "best of both worlds" idea but I thought an AX10 would crawl better than a Wraith being a crawler and all. Did Axial "do it" and blend the 2 worlds?

With my MRC I had some body roll, this sucker would flip over in a stiff wind. I used the Ride Wide kit which pushes each wheel out an inch. Big difference.

So you chose the Flat Irons, are they all soft compound or are the RTR tires a stiffer compound? They were my second choice, I went with the Rovers and they are much better than the stock Losi rubber.

It would be nice if a regular body would fit on a Wraith, I have a Unimog body I've been wanting to use. I have some neat ideas for it, a cool light bar on the roof etc. Be good on an SCX10. Ha ha! And around it goes!

[Arctic Fire]

Yeah my job rocks. Get it? huh? yeah thats lame. I could talk for days about rocks!

This is what I drive daily about kilometer under the ground.. some real 1:1 crawling the terrain underground would be outta control for crawling, but I don't think I can play with toys at work. It might be frowned upon.





Someday I'll do a scale of one of these, but i need to find a cab that matches.. They're land cruisers, I know that much, but not much else!?!

[4WDwannabe]

Any idea what year Land Cruiser? it looks newer, like less that 10years old, tho I don't know my newer Cruisers. I really like the older ones, I had a chance to buy an early 70s one that looks like a Jeep for $500 some years ago but someone snapped it up. They are pretty sweet.
How long do you go to the Arctic for at a time? Must be cold brrrrrrr.

[Arctic Fire]

2 weeks work,2 weeks off.. which equates to 2 of fooling around. Can't beat the schedule.

.. and it's only -15 right now, balmy.