All things R/C

[Smitty335]

Lol, yes. I've got 4 more sets to try that are still sitting on my workbench.

It will be interesting, I'm going bigger tires and maybe gear reduction on the Night Crawler next month! HA!

 

[Adam490]

It will be interesting, I'm going bigger tires and maybe gear reduction on the Night Crawler next month! HA!

What size tires come with that thing? Thought it had 2.2's?

 

[Smitty335]

Lol, yes. I've got 4 more sets to try that are still sitting on my workbench.

I was thinking bleach?

 

[Adam490]

Love it! Is she a Daddy's girl? That was a stupid question!

Haha, for sure

 

[Adam490]

I was thinking bleach?

Simple Green or purple power. Definitely not bleach.

 

[Mopower58]

Tire time...

Tried all of these in the same spot. Loose, dry sandy clay, damp clay, and rocks. These are all 1.9's. From worst to best...

Axial Maxxis Trepadors on RC4WD steel wheels

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These are pretty much s*** all around. They are smaller, narrower, and the hardest compound of all the tires I have. They are the stock tires that come with the SCX10. They don't do anything well except be round. They will also last forever.

Pro-Line BFG KO2 (soft compound) on SSD steel wheels

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These look the most "scale" and do okay on dry rock. They stiffen up pretty quick and then suck on everything if you get any sort of mud/clay in the tread. They have a wide foot print and do not clean out very well.

JConcepts Scorpios (Green compound) on SSD steel wheels

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These are awesome on dry rock. Best of any tire I've used. They do okay on the loose stuff because the tread is spaced further apart than the PL KO2 but you still have to hit it with some wheel speed. They load up quick and struggle in damp clay. They don't harden up like the PL when they get a little mud in the tread.

JConcepts Landmines (Green compound) on SSD steel wheels

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These are bonkers. They are good in everything. Clean out really well and can slow crawl over things the others would just spin on or have to hit with some wheel speed.

The Jconcept Landmines (green) 1.9 are the ones I bought. They are supposed to be 4.72 inches tall. I had seen recommendations of PB Blaster or WD 40 sprayed on them and wipe off after 3 minutes.

 

[Smitty335]

What size tires come with that thing? Thought it had 2.2's?

1.9 inch rims and 4 3/8 to 4 1/4 tires depending how you measure them?

 

[Smitty335]

Simple Green or purple power. Definitely not bleach.

Used Dawn, dried it off, I thought and sat it on the floor, next day it was stuck to the floor? HA!

 

[Adam490]

Used Dawn, dried it off, I thought and sat it on the floor, next day it was stuck to the floor? HA!

Lol, dish soap is good but makes them too greasy

 

[Adam490]

1.9 inch rims and 4 3/8 to 4 1/4 tires depending how you measure them?

You're running baby tires on that thing. Put some 2.2's on it

 

[Adam490]

The Jconcept Landmines (green) 1.9 are the ones I bought. They are supposed to be 4.72 inches tall. I had seen recommendations of PB Blaster or WD 40 sprayed on them and wipe off after 3 minutes.

Yep, those work too as long as you don't forget to wipe it off.

 

[Smitty335]

You're running baby tires on that thing. Put some 2.2's on it

That's in the works.

 

[Adam490]

Trying to psych myself up to paint this huge b****

Going to go dig up my old HVLP gun to spray the liquid mask in this thing

 

[Smitty335]

Trying to psych myself up to paint this huge b****

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Going to go dig up my old HVLP gun to spray the liquid mask in this thing

Can we have more pics of the process? Please!

 

[Adam490]

Can we have more pics of the process? Please!

I'll share once I get going on it. Headed to a friends house to grill for the saints game this afternoon so I probably won't do much with the XMaxx body today

 

[Smitty335]

I'll share once I get going on it. Headed to a friends house to grill for the saints game this afternoon so I probably won't do much with the XMaxx body today

Great it's great to see a Masters progress!

 

[Adam490]

This is the radio I ordered for the kiddo:

and the 1200kv Hobbywing QuicRun Fusion for motor/esc:

 

[Smitty335]

This is the radio I ordered for the kiddo:

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and the 1200kv Hobbywing QuicRun Fusion for motor/esc:

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And may I ask for a friend what the benefits of this is over the cheap o that comes with the RTR kits?

 

[Adam490]

And may I ask for a friend what the benefits of this is over the cheap o that comes with the RTR kits?

A lot more control over the electronics. Most RTR radios just have the throttle and steering trims and sometimes a dual rate. The aftermarket radios allow for additional channels to be used on the receiver, throttle mixing, exponential, throttle and steering end points. For example, on my Futaba I have a switch set to 65% idle speed. I can flip the switch and it's like setting cruise control at 65% throttle. I also have ABS set to another switch that I can turn on. It's not very useful on the crawler but pretty cool on a race buggy. Biggest thing for me was to be able to set the throttle percentage. I have a profile on my radio for the X-Maxx that is set to 10% throttle so my kid can drive it around. I have a push button switch set to idle speed of 15% that she can press for a "turbo boost".

 

[Mopower58]

I might have missed the reasoning, but why vent the tires? Less stress on the tire glue or beadlocks?