r/c blazer

[Drey]

Ive got about 400 wrapped up in a Traxxas Rustler Stadium truck, its fast, fun, and I sure learned alot about suspension playing with that thing, I let it sit for 2 years while i was in college, so my batterys are junked now, and I think I stripped a gear in my tranny, just waiting till the big truck is running again before dumping any money into it.

 

[ecameron87]

If you want something more realistic, go with a Tamiya TLT to make a 1/10 scale out of the axles. It is realistic because it uses driveshafts and a center tranny (transfer case.) This is what my axles are from. Most of the money that goes into this hobby is for the electonics. When axles snap, the replacement parts are cheap. If you want a bigger driveshaft driven rig with monster tires, then go with a Tamiya TXT. They come with Rockwell style axles. There are others models out there, but they get hard to find. The Clodbuster is a non-driveshaft type of vehicle. It has one motor and gearbox on each axle and they work independently from each other. The plus on these are that all the weight is sitting on the axle and because there is no driveshafts, there is a lot more ground clearance at the belly. People have made some good crawlers out of an E-Maxx as well. Although they created a solid axle out of the independant suspention with super high ground clearance.

These guys do competitions and everything just like the real thing. And the slower your vehicle goes, the better.

For me, this was a good way to learn about suspension and how to 3 or 4 link an axle.

And one more thing, don't bother with Nitro engines. They will never perform as well as electric motors in the RC Crawling world. They are too high revving, clutches burn too quickly, and there is not enough torque to "crawl" over an obsticle.

 

[broncoman6524]

And one more thing, don't bother with Nitro engines. They will never perform as well as electric motors in the RC Crawling world. They are too high revving, clutches burn too quickly, and there is not enough torque to "crawl" over an obsticle.

AMEN lol I personally have a clodbuster w/ an xc2 racing chassis. and what i meant by snapped axle was i jumped too high and landed to hard and broke the casing. just a 5 dollar piece to fix. lol

 

[Geargrinder]

I got a "Rockcrawler" Heep @ Toys R Us for $69. SAS front and rear, locked, twin motors. It's a BLAST to play with on my lunch break.

 

[primerk5]

all I have to say is don't let you self get too wraped up in the rc hobby.

I have 10 rc cars and these are no radioshack/walmart specials.
I also have a tamiya brusier that I paid 450.00 for 3 years ago. now you couldnt even dream of touching that price.
Its worse than drugs cause I got 10 cars and maybe about 5 radios(controllers) so when I want to run one I have to tear one down the bruiser is the only one that dosent ever come apart. (the bruiser is of the same chassis of the blazer but just has a toyota body on it.)

**** the blazer body new old stock in the package brings about 500 bucks by itself
(ive been trying to aquire one for my truck. so far All iI have is a Repro grill/headlight assembly.)

 

[prerunner1982]

Little bit of and they can fit some bigger meats in there! Cmon, where's the winch?

you laugh like you think they dont have them.. here try this..

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17970&highlight=winch