Zintoatree's Ascender

[Zintoatree]

So I've had my Ascender for about a week and I am in love with it. It surprises me every time I take it on an outing. I'll be certain it won't make it past a certain section/obstacle and it just runs over it like it's nothing.

I am pretty new to crawlers but I am very impressed with this truck and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone getting into RC crawling. My brother was actually sold on the kit after 5 minutes with this truck. He is getting the Bronco bodied Ascender, I can't wait to compare the two. It looks like it has a shorter wheel base which seems like it can be both a pro and a con depending on the situation.


Anyways I figured I would make this thread because it would be easier updating one thread rather than making a hundred post.


Just got her home.


Fabbed up a battery tray to hold my larger 5000mAh batteries


Tackled a small dirt hill with ease.












Time to actually challenge this truck.

[2-shot]

I really like the battery tray you fabbed up! Great idea on mounting it!! It looks like you made a mount to fit in the stock battery tray to hold your fabricated battery tray!!

Do you have your fabbed battery tray attached to anything at the top, or is in entirely held in with the stock battery tray?


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[Zintoatree]

Originally Posted by 2-shot

I really like the battery tray you fabbed up! Great idea on mounting it!! It looks like you made a mount to fit in the stock battery tray to hold your fabricated battery tray!!

Do you have your fabbed battery tray attached to anything at the top, or is in entirely held in with the stock battery tray?


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The only thing holding the battery tray in is the strap from the original battery tray and some velcro on the bottom of the battery tray. It is pretty secure, although I am thinking about adding another velcro strap to remove some of the play in it.

[Zintoatree]

So I took the Ascender out to Line Creek Nature Area in Peachtree City, GA. I wasn't really expecting much and was very surprised at the potential this area has for crawlers. It just kept getting better the further I went down the trail. I was out there for around 2 hours and didn't even come close to trying out all of the areas to run. If anyone is close by I would highly suggest checking the little trail system out.

Couple of pics from the day.

[2-shot]

Originally Posted by Zintoatree

The only thing holding the battery tray in is the strap from the original battery tray and some velcro on the bottom of the battery tray. It is pretty secure, although I am thinking about adding another velcro strap to remove some of the play in it.

I would like to see some more pics of your battery mount! I think it's a very cool idea!!


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[Zintoatree]

Originally Posted by 2-shot

I would like to see some more pics of your battery mount! I think it's a very cool idea!!


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Here you go.

[Natedog]

Nice battery tray, very clean. I dont' know why, but these pics are fine...size could be little bigger maybe, but your trail crawling pics are huge. This is on my PC with 24" widescreen monitor.

[Zintoatree]

Originally Posted by Natedog

Nice battery tray, very clean. I dont' know why, but these pics are fine...size could be little bigger maybe, but your trail crawling pics are huge. This is on my PC with 24" widescreen monitor.

I've noticed that too. I'll try to fix them a little later.

[HDMM]

Cool idea and skills fabbing up a new battery tray. My only issue is the added weight. The K5 is already pretty darn heavy. I also understand people not wanting to have to buy a new shorty pack. Luckily, I race hear and there so I already had a Revtech 7100mah 100c shorty pack. Because the truck is already so heavy and I'm running a Holmes 35t, I'm not even running the shorty pack anymore. I'm running a small 2100 mah Venom 3s pack which is even lighter which is going to help keep the COG down even better and it fits right in the stock tray.

[Natedog]

Yes, that's why I bought 2s shorty pack just for my Ascender.

[Zintoatree]

Originally Posted by HDMM

Cool idea and skills fabbing up a new battery tray. My only issue is the added weight. The K5 is already pretty darn heavy. I also understand people not wanting to have to buy a new shorty pack. Luckily, I race hear and there so I already had a Revtech 7100mah 100c shorty pack. Because the truck is already so heavy and I'm running a Holmes 35t, I'm not even running the shorty pack anymore. I'm running a small 2100 mah Venom 3s pack which is even lighter which is going to help keep the COG down even better and it fits right in the stock tray.

I actually bought the stubby pack. I just built this so I could toss in one of my 5000mAh batteries if I need to. At the time I didn't realize how long the 4000mAh stubby pack actually lasted. All I have ever had was SCT style trucks so even the 5000mAh batteries only lasted 20ish minutes so I just assumed it wouldn't last all that long, I was wrong. It last quite a bit.


Also fixed all the ridiculous sizes on the pictures.

[Itali83]

I love my ascender too! I'm new to the scene also. The only thing that is a little lacking seems that the tires are a bit stuff for bare rocks. But it is still amazing me what it'll climb with my inexperience driving it. More pics please!

[HDMM]

Originally Posted by Zintoatree

I actually bought the stubby pack. I just built this so I could toss in one of my 5000mAh batteries if I need to. At the time I didn't realize how long the 4000mAh stubby pack actually lasted. All I have ever had was SCT style trucks so even the 5000mAh batteries only lasted 20ish minutes so I just assumed it wouldn't last all that long, I was wrong. It last quite a bit.


Also fixed all the ridiculous sizes on the pictures.

Yes, the higher MAH packs last forever on these rigs. I'm getting a couple hours out of a 2100 mah 3s pack. When running my 7100 shorty 2s, I've never managed to run it down all the way.