jaxcoffee
Quarry Creeper
It will be interesting
It will be interesting to see what happens now that Austin has won with a set of these axles.
It will be interesting to see what happens now that Austin has won with a set of these axles.
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New OCM 2.2 Crawler Review
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joesbruiser
I wanna be Dave
I do not know if he won them or not but he was running them at the ECC last weekend .
Stick King
Rock Crawler
ocm's
What all have you broken so far & are parts available for it? I was in Tenn. and I saw 1 or 2 there, axles @ least. Also why doesn't it handle well in your opinion? Are you running 2 esc's? One last question for you, what motors are you running? Kamikaze thought that the axles were pretty good...... Any info would be greatly appreciated."thumbsup" Reason for asking is that mine's in the mail, wanted to know what to expect.:lol:
What all have you broken so far & are parts available for it? I was in Tenn. and I saw 1 or 2 there, axles @ least. Also why doesn't it handle well in your opinion? Are you running 2 esc's? One last question for you, what motors are you running? Kamikaze thought that the axles were pretty good...... Any info would be greatly appreciated."thumbsup" Reason for asking is that mine's in the mail, wanted to know what to expect.:lol:
dkingston
Rock Crawler
I was being sarcastic. The axles with the Gatekeeper chassis is an incredible combination.
The only parts I have broken were the front axle stubs from pretty good falls. The Axial stubs are direct replacements and I haven't broken one of them yet.
The reason I believe they broke is, I am using the VF Assassin wheels with the Clod/WK offset. With that offset, the wheel nut sticks out and in both falls that caused breaks, the nut hit first. The stub sheared right behind the threads.
I am running a single Mamba Max with two Integy 55T motors.
Sorry for being sarcastic earlier. I have been preaching about this rig for a few months now. When I have done good with it I hear "cheater truck" or "yeah, if you can get one." The reality is that it has been available for sale since January and it is just a truck. Somebody still has to drive it!
A great driver like Austin will do very well with it. An average driver will do very good as well. It is not the end-all, be-all of rigs. It is just another option that is based on sound engineering and quality parts.
Would I suggest you get one? Sure! Will it automatically put you in the finals at the nats? Nope. Could this potentially be the "next-level" of crawlers? Only time will tell.
I origionally held off to see if replacement parts were going to be available. Now they are, so I shall be getting one.
Stick King
Rock Crawler
ocm
dkingston Thanks for your quick reply. I do understand that it takes more than a kick @$$ rig to win comps. You gotta know how to drive. I am still working on the driving part myself. I run a clod tcs stick as my super. i could drive it ok with 1 esc but went with the 2 esc / dx6 set up ive been all thumbs. I've suked @ driving it ever since. J.i.a. was cool enough to take the time to set my dx6 up so i can learn to drive it better(Thanks again jason). This is why I wanted the ocm. 2 esc's same set up on both rigs. i will learn faster. I run a sw3 shafty 2.2 now but love the 2 motor control of the clod type rigs. This may be the ticket for me. Thanks for all the info fellas, seems like all I do in my spare time is read posts on RCC. man time rips by... I gotta go:lol:
dkingston Thanks for your quick reply. I do understand that it takes more than a kick @$$ rig to win comps. You gotta know how to drive. I am still working on the driving part myself. I run a clod tcs stick as my super. i could drive it ok with 1 esc but went with the 2 esc / dx6 set up ive been all thumbs. I've suked @ driving it ever since. J.i.a. was cool enough to take the time to set my dx6 up so i can learn to drive it better(Thanks again jason). This is why I wanted the ocm. 2 esc's same set up on both rigs. i will learn faster. I run a sw3 shafty 2.2 now but love the 2 motor control of the clod type rigs. This may be the ticket for me. Thanks for all the info fellas, seems like all I do in my spare time is read posts on RCC. man time rips by... I gotta go:lol:
Anybody running a 2.2 clod here's the same thing. I agree with you and your post.
X2. I love my 2.2 pimp cane clod, but if I can achieve the same thing with smaller, possibly liter axles, I am going to try it. I was very excited to read about the people using these axles at the ECC.
OCM kit no longer on a main hobbies
So now that I scrounged up the cash I no longer see the OCM kit on a main hobbies. I see parts but no longer see the kit. Now they have another Crawler kit which looks suspiciously like the OCM kit.
It's called the enRoute Berg 2.2
Here's their link. p://www.amainhobbies.com/product_info.php/products_id/23788
So does anyone have any idea if these are made by the same company? They seem too similar not to be.
Anyone know of any other places to purchase the OCM kit from? I wanted to get it while they were still having a sale but figures that it's not even on the website now that I can.
Thanks..
So now that I scrounged up the cash I no longer see the OCM kit on a main hobbies. I see parts but no longer see the kit. Now they have another Crawler kit which looks suspiciously like the OCM kit.
It's called the enRoute Berg 2.2
Here's their link. p://www.amainhobbies.com/product_info.php/products_id/23788
So does anyone have any idea if these are made by the same company? They seem too similar not to be.
Anyone know of any other places to purchase the OCM kit from? I wanted to get it while they were still having a sale but figures that it's not even on the website now that I can.
Thanks..
dkingston
Rock Crawler
OFFICIAL LINEAGE OF OCM/BERG
The company NewAge is the manufacturer of both of these rigs.
NewAge makes the Berg for the Japanese company EnRoute. They sell the Berg 2.2 in Japan.
OCM was distributing their version of the NewAge crawler in the US. Time will tell if we ever see this rig branded as "OCM" again.
amainhobbies.com was selling the OCM crawler and when delivery became a problem, they contacted Berg. Since contacting Berg, amainhobbies has established distributorship directly with NewAge.
The current price for the Berg from amain is $299. I cannot imagine that price will go up. If anything, when their pipeline is full from NewAge, the price if anything should go down or stay the same.
I hope that makes this as clear as mud!
Holy Crap Dave!!:shock:OFFICIAL LINEAGE OF OCM/BERG
The company NewAge is the manufacturer of both of these rigs.
NewAge makes the Berg for the Japanese company EnRoute. They sell the Berg 2.2 in Japan.
OCM was distributing their version of the NewAge crawler in the US. Time will tell if we ever see this rig branded as "OCM" again.
amainhobbies.com was selling the OCM crawler and when delivery became a problem, they contacted Berg. Since contacting Berg, amainhobbies has established distributorship directly with NewAge.
The current price for the Berg from amain is $299. I cannot imagine that price will go up. If anything, when their pipeline is full from NewAge, the price if anything should go down or stay the same.
I hope that makes this as clear as mud!
You are on top of this stuff! I try to keep up with the OCM/NEWAGE/BERG news as much as I can, but you definitely have the inside scoop! Nice work!"thumbsup"
Weird how Austin driving one and winning one comp with one (your's) creates more buzz than you and I could by singing it's praises for months.:lol: Only a few gave a crap a couple of weeks ago, now everyone and their brother is interested.;-)
Just to add to the discussion, enoute sells their axle assemblies at about 1/3 the cost of the kit, so in turn, two would run about 2/3 the cost of the full kit. In a prediction, if amain starts supporting the replacement parts, two axles should run about $200. At $200 for the axles, or $300 for the full kit..................I WOULD DEFINITELY advise the full kit!!
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Berg
Sweet. that makes me feel a little better. I was worried that these were just generic companies that wouldn't have much of a following and much for replacement parts.
Sounds like it's not too huge a risk to get into.. Now hopefully Amain will get some in instead of them being on back order.
Other than the obviousness of the different finishes on the kits do you see any difference between the 2?
Thanks..
Sweet. that makes me feel a little better. I was worried that these were just generic companies that wouldn't have much of a following and much for replacement parts.
Sounds like it's not too huge a risk to get into.. Now hopefully Amain will get some in instead of them being on back order.
Other than the obviousness of the different finishes on the kits do you see any difference between the 2?
Thanks..
Kamikaze
I wanna be Dave
I got 3rd with one.................
Kamikaze
I wanna be Dave
See......
Don't let that big Axial sticker fool you, I didn't have time to paint another body.
Don't let that big Axial sticker fool you, I didn't have time to paint another body.
Kamikaze
I wanna be Dave
I didn't do anything to it, matter of fact I just got it 1 day before I had to leave for the comp, I built it in 5 hours, got in the car, drove it the morning of the comp and then compeated. Its a damn good truck.
I think the truck didn't get recognition because enough people hadn't held one. This was the first comp that pulled a national field of competition where the OCM/berg was competing.
Congrats on your finish!
dkingston
Rock Crawler
For the record, it would probably be more accurate to refer to these rigs as "NewAge" to eliminate confusion.
I had been looking at the NewAge truck since it first came out. I too was worried that it much just be some generic truck that we couldn't get parts for. I wanted to see one in person first too. Well I saw it at ECC and ordered one of the last OC OCM Sunday night. Got the box sitting in my hobbie room right now!!! Trying to deciede if I want to use the stock chassis like Kamikaze or use a GC-1.
Congrats Kamikaze!! I knew you had placed high, but didn't realize you had run a Newage."thumbsup"
I think it is great that GateKeeper and Kamikaze did so well with these at a major event! It has peaked a lot of interest, and I for one, am definitely glad to see it!
I have been so busy lately that I haven't gotten much shop time in at all in the past couple of months. My rig is still sitting in my car, and hasn't made it into the shop in about three weeks.:roll: So, my modifications have been few and far between............but hopefully now, a lot of ideas will start getting tossed around!!"thumbsup"
I think it is great that GateKeeper and Kamikaze did so well with these at a major event! It has peaked a lot of interest, and I for one, am definitely glad to see it!
I have been so busy lately that I haven't gotten much shop time in at all in the past couple of months. My rig is still sitting in my car, and hasn't made it into the shop in about three weeks.:roll: So, my modifications have been few and far between............but hopefully now, a lot of ideas will start getting tossed around!!"thumbsup"
