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Justind97 · 06-23-2009, 04:00 PM

Hey Guys,

Brand new to crawling. I was in my LHS one night talking to the guys and said, I'm going to build a crawler. They looked at me as if I was crazy until I started buying all the parts that I needed.

I received an AX10 body for free so I decided to use that as the grounds to build my chassis. The chassis is custom built with 3/16" steel rod and brazed that fits perfectly within the body.

I decided to go big or go home, so I bought almost everything new.

Here's what I built...

MOA Bully V4 CNC axles. ( special edition?)
Integy 55 turn motors.
Hobbico CS-170 - 250 oz-in steering servo
Revo Shocks - Waaay too stiff. These definitely need to be changed. Limits the articulation and it's killing me.
2 Traxxas XL -5's. I don't think these were the best idea, next time I'm definitely going to get tunable ESC's so I can change the throttle curve etc.
Losi rims with Rock Claws

I don't seem to have enough wheel speed and will have to look into seeing if its the motors just not producing enough, or the esc. On a side note, it has an amazing amount of torque though, I pushed around about an 8-10 pound rock at the last comp when trying to get through one of the courses.

And the pictures..

lmk what you think!

Ripperfi · 09-06-2009, 05:20 PM

Great build up. Surprised nobody has commented on this. Any follow ups?

bmaxx245 · 09-06-2009, 06:24 PM

I seen it run quite awhile ago and it ran good, but he sold it after the comp.:?

fernando · 09-06-2009, 11:44 PM

Rugged looking spot to do some crawling. The rig is really going at it.

Ripperfi · 09-07-2009, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmaxx245

I seen it run quite awhile ago and it ran good, but he sold it after the comp.:?

Well that explains it. Thanks for the info.

06-23-2009, 04:00 PM	#1
Justind97 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ottawa Posts: 3	The Custom Hey Guys, Brand new to crawling. I was in my LHS one night talking to the guys and said, I'm going to build a crawler. They looked at me as if I was crazy until I started buying all the parts that I needed. I received an AX10 body for free so I decided to use that as the grounds to build my chassis. The chassis is custom built with 3/16" steel rod and brazed that fits perfectly within the body. I decided to go big or go home, so I bought almost everything new. Here's what I built... MOA Bully V4 CNC axles. ( special edition?) Integy 55 turn motors. Hobbico CS-170 - 250 oz-in steering servo Revo Shocks - Waaay too stiff. These definitely need to be changed. Limits the articulation and it's killing me. 2 Traxxas XL -5's. I don't think these were the best idea, next time I'm definitely going to get tunable ESC's so I can change the throttle curve etc. Losi rims with Rock Claws I don't seem to have enough wheel speed and will have to look into seeing if its the motors just not producing enough, or the esc. On a side note, it has an amazing amount of torque though, I pushed around about an 8-10 pound rock at the last comp when trying to get through one of the courses. And the pictures.. lmk what you think!

09-06-2009, 11:44 PM	#4
fernando RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: In a very dark cave can't you tell... Posts: 1,708	The Custom Rugged looking spot to do some crawling. The rig is really going at it.

09-06-2009, 05:20 PM	#2
Ripperfi Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tucson Posts: 625	Great build up. Surprised nobody has commented on this. Any follow ups?

09-06-2009, 06:24 PM	#3
bmaxx245 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 37	I seen it run quite awhile ago and it ran good, but he sold it after the comp.:?

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