I just bought an Axial SCX10.3 Basecamp Builders Kit and Im about to start building..... Im thinking I want SERVO ON AXLE. I dont see many people doing it? Is Servo on Front Axle a good idea for the SCX10.3 ? And what about Battery tray positions? I'd like forward battery tray. Either over the axles inline with the length of the truck or perpendicular just behind the axles and inline with the Axles. Im thinking those are two important build considerations. Thoughts and advice greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!
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SCX10.3 Servo on Axle worth it?
- Thread starter jpt145
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If you are keeping the truck as a scale or trail rig, there is nothing wrong with a servo on chassis setup.
If you are going to put 120mm shocks on, SOA,
Setting it up as a comp truck, SOA.
SOA eliminates steering angle changes as the suspension droops and compresses.
Back in the day SCX10 were SOA than RCBros released a chassis mounter servo kit. That was the thing, convert to CMS. Today, we have CMS and people want SOA.
You can fit a 1300ma 3 cell between the servo and shock tower.
If you are going to put 120mm shocks on, SOA,
Setting it up as a comp truck, SOA.
SOA eliminates steering angle changes as the suspension droops and compresses.
Back in the day SCX10 were SOA than RCBros released a chassis mounter servo kit. That was the thing, convert to CMS. Today, we have CMS and people want SOA.
You can fit a 1300ma 3 cell between the servo and shock tower.
He pretty much nailed it. Back before the scale craze, everything was servo on axle.
Somone made a kit to mount the servo on the chassis and companies listened. Now everything is that way.
For performance, servo on axle. For realism, servo on chassis.
Depends on how you want your rig to perform.
I love both setups, so I agree, there's nothing wrong with either.
Somone made a kit to mount the servo on the chassis and companies listened. Now everything is that way.
For performance, servo on axle. For realism, servo on chassis.
Depends on how you want your rig to perform.
I love both setups, so I agree, there's nothing wrong with either.
hnoroian
Rock Crawler
Build it as is and rock it till the tires fall off.
Heres whats going on: Im still shell shocked from the bad experience I had rebuilding my SCX10.2 Deadbolt. It had a horribly loose front end. I was contemplating tons of upgrade parts for it... so many that I decided to just spring for an entirely new SCX10.3 kit -which was the right decision. Im gonng build the kit as-is with servo on chassis first and run a few packs through it and see how I like it. Thanks guys!
