I am new to crawlers and haven't had an RC since I was a kid. Last Christmas I was with my young nephew who had a cheap crawler (don't remember what it was) and it was really fun to toy with. I wasn't sure how much time would be spent enjoying it so the RS10 XT was the way to go, especially for a new driver. I found that working on it was as much fun/relaxing as using it. Here is what I have found out through trial and error plus this forum.
- Servos suck (duh). One stripped out within minutes of getting it out of the box and the other caught fire. Replaced them with a HS-645 in the back and a Savox SW-0231MG in the front because the LHS was out of cheap ones.
- Tires were really stiff. I originally removed the foams but had to have the TSL SX as a replacement. Just too cool to pass up.
- Suspension was too high. Moved the shock mount locations down the lower links about 3/4" of an inch. This helped with center of gravity which was a problem out of the box. It doesn't roll over nearly as much.
- The set screws with a post that lock the drive axles in place on the spur gear all were loose. One of them backed out and snapped off. It carved a groove inside of the plastic axle housing. I used a regular set screw on the opposite side to allow the now shorter stud to drive into it as a fix.
- 5oz per front wheel with stick on weights. Nothing in the back. Helped with clod stall.
- Steel 10t pinion and gears in the front. Still stock 8t plastic (pinion is steel) in the back. The overdrive in the front is helpful from a new drivers point of view. Much less clod stall with the front overdrive.
- Lowered the body about an inch and cut the crap out of it. A little too much really. I will probably order the new red body for it.
I am in the Portland Oregon area and have hit several of the spots that were listed on orcrc.com. High rocks and Lucia falls are awesome. Met some other crawlers as well which was great. Everyone has been friendly and had a chance to check out their Axial gear which is really nice.
Here is a vid from Spring Park RS10 XT at Spring Park - YouTube
- Servos suck (duh). One stripped out within minutes of getting it out of the box and the other caught fire. Replaced them with a HS-645 in the back and a Savox SW-0231MG in the front because the LHS was out of cheap ones.
- Tires were really stiff. I originally removed the foams but had to have the TSL SX as a replacement. Just too cool to pass up.
- Suspension was too high. Moved the shock mount locations down the lower links about 3/4" of an inch. This helped with center of gravity which was a problem out of the box. It doesn't roll over nearly as much.
- The set screws with a post that lock the drive axles in place on the spur gear all were loose. One of them backed out and snapped off. It carved a groove inside of the plastic axle housing. I used a regular set screw on the opposite side to allow the now shorter stud to drive into it as a fix.
- 5oz per front wheel with stick on weights. Nothing in the back. Helped with clod stall.
- Steel 10t pinion and gears in the front. Still stock 8t plastic (pinion is steel) in the back. The overdrive in the front is helpful from a new drivers point of view. Much less clod stall with the front overdrive.
- Lowered the body about an inch and cut the crap out of it. A little too much really. I will probably order the new red body for it.
I am in the Portland Oregon area and have hit several of the spots that were listed on orcrc.com. High rocks and Lucia falls are awesome. Met some other crawlers as well which was great. Everyone has been friendly and had a chance to check out their Axial gear which is really nice.
Here is a vid from Spring Park RS10 XT at Spring Park - YouTube