Jon NC RC
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Funny you mention that, you don’t drink because of work, well, both my wife and I are nurses and we don’t do anything that would show up on a drug test. However, when we’re not at work and we’re not driving, would you pass the bottle over here to me please? Especially when we go on vacation.Hell yeah.. I like the diversity of the two speed.. and locking diffs.. I go off reading with my 1.1 ranger with 8" sky jacker lift and 40" super swampers.. so to have a crawler that I can push for speed then slow down to crawl.. I think is sweet... I'm a basher and a romper.. I'm not so much into parking lot pavement speed runs... so I'm more of a offroad dirt guy.. .. enjoy the strong drink bud I'm going to burn one with my wife as I don't drink often due to work...
actually, if you know John Holmes from Holmes hobbies, he talked a lot about the guy who was part of the development team for the TRX four and he knows the guy personally from years ago, and he relates that it doesn’t surprise him that he came out with a very good product because of his background from putting crawlers together when they were handmade and not commercially made. The stock tires are decent the frame and suspension are definitely above average to a great degree, of course aftermarket support is way above average,The electronics, well, the motor is good, differential servos good, receiver and transmitter adequate, steering servo below average, but acceptable as long as you don’t expect too much.
Since you are buying the kit you’ll get to enjoy putting it all together, not sure if it comes with a body or not, depends on what you want. If you get to choose your body if I had to do it all over again I would go with light weight but I like the defender body what can I say? Lots of accessories are available for it, again, I went with some brass accessories including diff covers,hubs, front servo mount, metal bumpers front and rear……
youtube channel rc review Does a really good job of doing very detailed reviews of crawlers and crawler equipment, even though here lately he has been working a lot of stuff other than crawlers but if you look at his video list it is very extensive and he is very straightforward on crawler stuff
Cool thing about crawlers, I have a well used 3S battery 2200 mA, and if it’s fully charged, I bet you I can go 30….40 maybe even 45 minutes of trail running, rock jumping, crawling sliding whatever…
another benefit of crawling is that the basic wear and tear on your vehicle is very minimal. Jumping a 30 pound rig 10 feet in the air and landing on one wheel sideways 25 foot in the distance could lead to an expensive repair job in no time at all. But on your average go out with your trail runner and crawl some stuff run down the trail a bit see what you can do going up this embankment, etc. etc. you don’t get a lot of breakage….. but make no mistake you can spend a lot of money on upgrades. Just don’t worry too much about having to spend a lot of money on repairs, because other than the speed control, I would give the Traxxas TRX for a definite a for build quality and durability. I’m sure you will enjoy it. By the way I think I need to go and have my third strong drink if you’ll excuse me…….