An old guy looking for his first crawler.

[RLB454]

Congrats! You will enjoy it immensely!

 

[dustyroller]

Great purchase! Drive it till the wheels fall off, put them back on and drive it some more…

 

[PonkyKong]

Good pick.

 

[Jerold]

Rolling in style with the Vanquish!

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

I have that one too. Its been great! Does it have the selectable overdrive?

 

[Chubaka]

Well I went to the hobby store and wow you can literally go broke in there, the selection was huge! Lots of different options but I went with the RTR phoenix with portal axles. Charged the battery on my way home and took a couple of PR’s with me for the adventure lol.

Congrats on the new ride. Believe me you'll be back for more. Drugs and alcohol is cheaper then this hobby.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Congrats!!! Good luck with your new RC!!!

 

[TunTun]

I have that one too. Its been great! Does it have the selectable overdrive?

No it’s the fixed 6% OD, i think it was just the Falken Tire RTR that has the selectable OD and dig function I could be wrong (high probability). I know you can buy the transmission with the selectable OD with the dig on Vanquish’s website.
Down the road I like that I have the option to add the VFD twin and servos.

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

Mine was a builders kit. The selectable overdrive is my favorite part.

Almost forgot, Congrats on the new truck! Look forward to hearing your feedback.

 

[TunTun]

Mine was a builders kit. The selectable overdrive is my favorite part.

Almost forgot, Congrats on the new truck! Look forward to hearing your feedback.

Ahh gotcha, so you run the three servos the? I’ve seen a few videos with the dig function being used and that looks slick. I’m very impressed so far, I love the ground clearance of the portals though I have tipped it a few times.

Since you’ve built your can you recommend a tool kit?

 

[PonkyKong]

Grab the rc tool kit from amazon and a box of M3 hardware. Cheap. All you need for now. The hex drivers

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

Ahh gotcha, so you run the three servos the? I’ve seen a few videos with the dig function being used and that looks slick. I’m very impressed so far, I love the ground clearance of the portals though I have tipped it a few times.

Since you’ve built your can you recommend a tool kit?

I think the most important tools for RC are a solid set of hex drivers. The cheaper they are, the softer they are. Cheap ones round easy and end up stripping out your hex bolts.

Ed's makes great quality hex drivers (red handle on the right) as well as MIP. MIP has first and second Gen designs and Id definately go for the second Gen. They are laser etched vs the 1st Gen that came with stickers to label the sizes. The stickers dont last long.

Bits vs hand drivers is another thing to consider. I frequently use cordless tools for disassembly but typically assemble by hand to avoid cross threading and over torquing.

A good rule of thumb is cheap isn't good and good isn't cheap.