RC Mart is in China or somethign, right? RC superstore in MN.
Yep. I'm bad like that. It's called O.L.D. :lmao:
Or as my mother says, CRS - can't remember shit.
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TRX4 Sport kit
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RC Mart is in China or somethign, right? RC superstore in MN.
Yep. I'm bad like that. It's called O.L.D. :lmao:
Or as my mother says, CRS - can't remember shit.
DukeMinnix
Rock Crawler
I've yet to get the confirmation email from my purchase on ebay yesterday... starting to get a little nervous.
Which eBay store or seller? They were probably swamped yesterday with the 15% coupon.
I agree with Jato. You used D&D, right?, which is still a smaller start up, I think.
RCSuperstore shows having sold 20 kits yesterday. Ebay pays the difference on any coupons, I think, so sellers shouldn’t have any complaints.
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DukeMinnix
Rock Crawler
Yes I used D and d sports cards and hobby shop. Storefront in St Mary Ohio
I almost used them when I purchased but went with RCSuperstore because of past service. However the d&d listing was also guaranteed 3/18 delivery so they should ship today or tomorrow. Are they in OH or PA? I can say I’ve ordered from them a few times will no issue but I can’t say how long it took to ship.
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DukeMinnix
Rock Crawler
Saint marys PA you're right, and I just got the shipping email "thumbsup"
johnnyluv
Rock Crawler
Ha! I also will have three, although one is a Bronco slider chassis I bought last year, but still haven’t built.
I’m stoked about the entire kit! I think it’s going be the main buzz this season.I started to purchase their last stock of the kit, and right before confirming the purchase I got notification that the price has been raised. Forget that! I canceled it and purchased from a non-RC shop that had plenty of stock, and even got an additional discount.
Never heard of D&D. I'll have to keep them in mind since they're just on the other side of PA.
DukeMinnix
Rock Crawler
ddgamezone.com
that's the website I found for them. Looks more like a comic and game card joint, but they do carry traxxas products so why not. I hadn't heard of them before my ebay search and they had good feedback with over 3k transactions so I thought what the hell
Ha! I also will have three, although one is a Bronco slider chassis I bought last year, but still haven’t built.
I started to purchase their last stock of the kit, and right before confirming the purchase I got notification that the price has been raised. Forget that! I canceled it and purchased from a non-RC shop that had plenty of stock, and even got an additional discount.
Man sorry to hear that. Ebay pays the difference when there is a coupon. The sudden price hike is something that I don’t tolerate in a business when it’s just to gouge customers. I will be hesitant to use them in the future. Glad it worked out for you.
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Inspector86
RCC Addict
Y'all are making me jealous with all the sport kits in transit. But with 5 TRX4s currently I just could not justify buying another one. I'm actually saving my pennies for a set of the tracks to be released. Post up your build threads, this could be interesting.
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I was able to score the only Sport kit my LHS had last Saturday for $250 plus tax.
Frankly, I was surprised I got it. Everyone else was basking in the gloriousness of the Blazer on the counter that no one looked up to see the Sport kit sitting on the shelf among all of the other cars.
Frankly, I was surprised I got it. Everyone else was basking in the gloriousness of the Blazer on the counter that no one looked up to see the Sport kit sitting on the shelf among all of the other cars.
This is a motor I've been interested in trying myself. Recently, an indoor crawling trail opened in our area and I'm thinking of building my Sport to run there. It's a very technical course and the top speed is probably only 1-2 mph tops (actually barely crawl speed most of the time). I figure it'd be smart to build the truck for this kind of action since I already have two other 2-speed TRXs for outside trail duty.
What do you guys suggest for a motor? I was thinking of trying the 27T version of this Trailmaster 550. What about gearing? I was thinking of picking up a 45T spur but I'm unsure about the pinion.
I was also considering the OD/UD gears since I only plan to run the truck on that course. Is it the OD gears that go in the front?
Of course, any other suggestions would also be gladly accepted. ;-)
27T will definitely slow it down. You can get the spur gear and pinion from the 2 speed 45T/11T as well. And you can go lower with the pinion if needed.
OD goes in the front and UD goes in the rear. You can do both or one of the other. For what it sounds like you're doing I'd install both. That will help climbing as well as turning.
Does the Sport Kit include shock oil? If not, does anybody know what weight the Bronco came with?
Edit: Bronco comes with 30W. Sport RTR comes with 20W.
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I just looked and there's a bottle of shock oil in with the shocks. It doesn't say what weight though (but it looks like you already figured it out).
Silly question: Should I buy the Traxxas 45T spur gear or does it matter what brand? As long as it's 32 pitch any spur gear would work, right?
I was digging through my 'extras' collection and came across a new HW WP1080 ESC plus an older but still new Holmes SHV500 servo. I think I shelved the servo because people were reporting issues with them. Think it'll be good to try on this kit?
If the Trailmaster 550 27T is a good choice for an ultra slow crawler then I'm going to order one up. Thanks for the help. "thumbsup"
Thank you! I checked the manual, but misread it. I does say shock oil is included.
Spur gears are usually universal, given the pitch is the same, but I can't confirm since I've never changed a spur on the TRX-4.
Here's another silly question: Looking at the other Holmes motors on their website, are all of the 27T motors comparable across their lineup? In other words, how does the power of a $20 Trailmaster 550 compare with a $65 Torquemaster Expert 27T?
@RCTom - my thoughts exactly. I want a comp rock crawler too, so 550 27T with a hw1080, start with stock gearing, go lower if necessary. I have regeared all my crawlers from when I first got in the hobby - I wanted them to go faster. Now I want them to go slower. LOL
And something to weight the axles, at least the front.
I can't believe how much interest there is in these things. Wow.
And something to weight the axles, at least the front.
I can't believe how much interest there is in these things. Wow.
