http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5I40xnXNBk

hope it isn't a repost

 

interesting, those bumps would be bone jarring if that was real life scale, but then again the tires would absorb alot more then they are on those RCs

 

thats a tamiya high-lift 350 right?

i ordered this a couple days ago
http://rc4wdstore.com/product_info.p...roducts_id=833

heres a video of one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SBFhNFwF3c

its amazing how detailed these things are w/ axles, drive shafts,multi gear transmission, gear reduction units. and ofcourse they look fun to build!

 

those things are awsome. my buddy has a lightning and a ralley car, and theyre pretty fast. the lighting isn't quite as detailed as those F350s though. if they made a video of just the white one they could probably fool some people into thinking it was life size, almost makes you wanna go get one..till you see the price

 

I have a competition crawler. Since this picture it has been lowered, added steel links and a 200 Oz/In servo

 

how much where the 200oz/in servo's? i put 645mg's for right now.

 

http://www.ckrccrawlers.com/shop/ind...products_id=47

Best deal I could find for the money, has been a great servo. I dont run a servo saver and I abuse this thing, so far so good

 

dam thats cheap. i paid 34 bucks for the 645mg's with only 133oz i think. cant wait to get it in though so i can start building it

 

I didn't even check your link, just did and I wow. I was aware Tamiya was releasing a crawler but that thing looks competition ready. What are the specs on it? Looks like a slick ride. I see Spring listed in your location, is that Spring , Tx?

 

ya spring,tx i just moved to auburn, al for school tho but back for this week.

 

Are you planning to compete with it? When your back for the summer we could hit up a couple comps, that thing would do really well

 

if i can find some i would love to try competitions out once i get used to it. are there alot in the houston area?

what kind of controller are you using?

 

We have competitions once a month. The group is probably between 15-20 people. To be honest I have not been active but I have been when I have time. The locations vary from the Woodlands to College Station and everywhere in between.

I am using a AM cheap transmitter, I have a MARS I was thinking about hooking up but for crawling it is overkill. I am usually going under 2 mph and giving it less than 10% throttle so having a great trans is not a huge issue

 

id for sure be into that. ill be back in town thanksgiving and about a month around christmas if anythings going on.
still need to get a gear reduction unit when i get the money. choices of 2:1,3:1,4:1, what would u suggest for rock crawling? im assuming one w/ most torque would be best for climbing rocks

 

Im using a 4:1, after all you can always use a slightly larger pinion if you need more wheel speed. My rig tops out at maybe 7 mph, never gets even close to that on the rocks. Lower gears give you more control in tough situations also