Anyone into R/C?

possibly taking my ax10 and making a wroncho with a friends old scx10 frame tomorrow

 

got my crawler up and running again. sitting in a storage unit in florida for 6 months took a toll on it. rusted out the springs, seized up the motors, dry rotted the crappy plastic gears in one of the steering servos, and toasted the receiver.

had extra springs, and some motors laying around, so that was easy. then stopped off at the store today and got a new all metal gear, high torque servo. also picked up a spectrum DX3C, 3 chanel transmitter/reciever combo. old setup was 2 channel. so now with the 3, i can control the fron and rear steer independantly. just have to do a little limit tuning and go for a test crawl tomorrow

 

Good idea I'll remember that, since I got a a Scx10 on the way

Isn't a wroncho a wraith(axles) +honcho(frame) ?

 

These would be perfect for it

 

I got 4 left from a previous build

 

Did some wheelin today with some local guys on here..only pic I got was the aftermath..shit was muddy...I need more power!!! Motor and gear suggestions?

 

Do you want more wheel speed, or more torque? Wheel speed go brushless or lipos(2s,3s might be too much) torque go with anything over 35t (motor)

 

Torque..not worried about speed..I get in sort of a bind and it just doesnt move..spots I know itll crawl up it just doesnt have the ass to pick it up

 

here you go matt. after today i want to upgrade my motor as well.

 

Im running 35t motor, 87/18 gearing and it does really good. It will pull the front wheels of my Wraith off the ground. Its has plenty of torque and just enough speed to get the tires going in the mud or pop up over a obstacle. The 56/12 setup Hunter is running is like 4:70 gear ratio and my 87/18 setup is is like 4:83 ratio. They are both great with a slow turn motor. If you go brushless it needs to be sensored no matter what. I also added 2oz of weight to each front wheel and 1oz to each rear wheel.

 

I've ran 45 and 55 turn motors on previous crawlers, sllooww but if it got traction it could go up a / angle. You dont get much wheel speed more of a slow motion spin lol. Hopefully I hear back from the person I bought mine from (sent payment but got no tracking info hope I didn't get scammed). I can't wait to mod it (if I get it)

 

getting all twisted up on the maiden voyage after the overhaul. 3 channel transmitter was a great upgrade.

got a video of the summit uploading now.

 

yeah i got it all together just having problems with the links binding like everyone does when they do this conversion, gonna make some custom bent links hopefully soon and get it running

 

water and mud to start, rock crawling starts at 2:25, and then a couple of jumps (and a crash that snapped a body mount) from 4:40 to the end. couldn't be happier with the brushless system. still crawls great. haven't GPSd it yet, but relative to my short course truck, i'd guestimate somewhere in the 30 mph range, with acceleration being it's strong point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n9keV896O0&feature=youtu.be

 

Seemed like a legit person with good selling history
I'll just try again tomorrow

 

Sounds like the lipo low voltage cut off.

 

When my low voltage cut off hits my servo still works but no motor power and it will start lunging right before it cuts off. IDK though my system is pretty low tech but first one i have had that was LiPo compatible.

 

Uall referring to the gears on the motor

 

Noob question... what motor would you suggest that would give you better speed than stock honcho and more crawling capablility?

 

So can you Rcers tell me is there much of a market for used RC stuff? Thinking about selling all my RC nitro stuff.

Thanks.