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landmissle · 01-22-2011, 04:48 PM

for the money this crawler seems decent. Now what? What are the typical first upgrades.

It usually runs fine · 01-22-2011, 05:05 PM

Read the sticjy in the redcat forum called tips and tricks and you will see mainly what everyone has been doing.
1. Metal gear servo.
2. rear steer lockout.
3. tires
4. lower stance
5. spare battery
6. nice quick charger
Those are in no particular order of importance.

PhantomRS10 · 01-22-2011, 05:57 PM

What do you plan on doing?? bashing or comping..

Depending on what your plans are weither to lock the rear out. My redcat i kinda liked the rear steer. It wasnt going in to any comps just something to bash around with

rockproof · 01-22-2011, 07:16 PM

One of the first mod I've done with my RS-10 xt is remove the Velcro straps that warp around the battery. Then I when to the auto parts and bought some self adhesive velcro and put on the bottom of the battery box and on one side of the battery. This seems to keep the battery from sliding around.

bpd964 · 01-22-2011, 07:42 PM

I:

Relieved the binding in my steering
Replaced servos
Replaced ESC
Replaced RX
Put grease in diff cups and on dogbones
Oiled every bearing
Replaced shock oil with 5 wt
Ordered new tires
Ordered new chassis
Trim body to prevent tire rubbing
Lowered ride height
Installed Bec
Running 3s lipo

jsowens · 01-22-2011, 08:20 PM

These guys nailed it as far as the typical upgrades are concerned. The biggest thing is to do a lot of reading, drive your rig A LOT, and replace things as necessary. You could drop hundreds of dollars on the thing and not know how to drive it and not do so well with it. With that said, what I recommend considering as your first upgrades are:

1: a decent battery charger
2: metal geared servos with a good amount of torque
3: tires

landmissle · 01-23-2011, 03:50 PM

For all the good info. I will be just a basher for now. I wanted something to crawl with.

It usually runs fine · 01-23-2011, 09:02 PM

The reason I ditched the rear servo was that it wasn't powerful enough to hold the rig true when it got into a good bind climbing steep things. The servo would give and let the tires turn and flip flip flop all the way down the hill. I could have bought another 645 and a BEC, but I am only letting myself spend a little money at a time and I chose rovers this time around. I have a 645 up front and it works very well.

DinoCrawler · 01-24-2011, 09:32 AM

Here is a build you can look at for reference. It's the original RS10 not the XT but it's good info.

ZNO-RC Team Car Build

01-22-2011, 04:48 PM	#1
landmissle Newbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 10	new rs10xt for the money this crawler seems decent. Now what? What are the typical first upgrades.

01-23-2011, 03:50 PM	#7
landmissle Newbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 10	Thanks! For all the good info. I will be just a basher for now. I wanted something to crawl with.

01-22-2011, 05:05 PM	#2
It usually runs fine Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Beaumont Tx! Posts: 508	Read the sticjy in the redcat forum called tips and tricks and you will see mainly what everyone has been doing. 1. Metal gear servo. 2. rear steer lockout. 3. tires 4. lower stance 5. spare battery 6. nice quick charger Those are in no particular order of importance.

01-22-2011, 05:57 PM	#3
PhantomRS10 RCC Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: So. Charleston. Wv Posts: 1,221	What do you plan on doing?? bashing or comping.. Depending on what your plans are weither to lock the rear out. My redcat i kinda liked the rear steer. It wasnt going in to any comps just something to bash around with

01-22-2011, 07:16 PM	#4
rockproof Newbie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ephraim Posts: 1	One of the first mod I've done with my RS-10 xt is remove the Velcro straps that warp around the battery. Then I when to the auto parts and bought some self adhesive velcro and put on the bottom of the battery box and on one side of the battery. This seems to keep the battery from sliding around.

01-22-2011, 07:42 PM	#5
bpd964 Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Bridgeport, CT Posts: 280	I: Relieved the binding in my steering Replaced servos Replaced ESC Replaced RX Put grease in diff cups and on dogbones Oiled every bearing Replaced shock oil with 5 wt Ordered new tires Ordered new chassis Trim body to prevent tire rubbing Lowered ride height Installed Bec Running 3s lipo

01-22-2011, 08:20 PM	#6
jsowens RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Blacksburg, VA Posts: 1,882	These guys nailed it as far as the typical upgrades are concerned. The biggest thing is to do a lot of reading, drive your rig A LOT, and replace things as necessary. You could drop hundreds of dollars on the thing and not know how to drive it and not do so well with it. With that said, what I recommend considering as your first upgrades are: 1: a decent battery charger 2: metal geared servos with a good amount of torque 3: tires

01-23-2011, 09:02 PM	#8
It usually runs fine Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Beaumont Tx! Posts: 508	The reason I ditched the rear servo was that it wasn't powerful enough to hold the rig true when it got into a good bind climbing steep things. The servo would give and let the tires turn and flip flip flop all the way down the hill. I could have bought another 645 and a BEC, but I am only letting myself spend a little money at a time and I chose rovers this time around. I have a 645 up front and it works very well.

01-24-2011, 09:32 AM	#9
DinoCrawler Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Emmett, ID Posts: 148	Here is a build you can look at for reference. It's the original RS10 not the XT but it's good info. ZNO-RC Team Car Build

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