Portals vs straight axles.

[Iowa crawler]

This is going to crawl.
Now I need to explore the effect of tires. These are very soft with very soft foam. I’m going to start testing portal vs straight axle after the rain stops.

 

[Iowa crawler]

O ya, this thing is ready for the comp this weekend. Drove over the corse and it’s very predictable and smooth .plenty of wheel speed without to much torque. I am going to run it just like it is.

 

[Iowa crawler]

Went out to the comp today. Finished dead last . Not sure what happened besides I fell off a rock and my body came off. I put it back on but it fell off again and I missed a bunch of gates. My servo went south but that was not really a problem because I made all but one date the second time through. Looking forward to the next one.

 

[Doom!]

Must have just been one of those days, I thought you were in pretty good shape prep wise.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Went out to the comp today. Finished dead last . Not sure what happened besides I fell off a rock and my body came off. I put it back on but it fell off again and I missed a bunch of gates. My servo went south but that was not really a problem because I made all but one date the second time through. Looking forward to the next one.

You are gaining a wealth of experience. Keep at it.

 

[Iowa crawler]

So the servo is a Reefs 444 and was in a couple different rigs. I put it in the first rig and it was ok but I remember wanting to upgrade. And I moved it to my G shot. It seemed It was like totally weak so I replaced it. When I built the Toyota it was a “good servo I had “ but I noticed it was kinda weak but I just dealt with it. Today maybe the temp but it was totally weak and would not even turn when sitting still. And when I turn it off it is locked solid. It moves when it’s plugged in, just no power. I’ll get a Raw 500 to replace it. The body mounts are long grub screws but then ate the body holes so I put in brass eyelets but then they are to tight. So I ground down the grub screws. The body goes on and off great. But any good hit knocked it off. So I need to fix that.
Third excuse is the tires definitely acted differently with the heat. About a sixty degree temperature difference than the last time I was out crawling. But non of that mattered because after the comp was over I ran the corse and only missed one gate. That tells me the corse was great, me not so much.

 

[tracker57]

Went out to the comp today. Finished dead last . Not sure what happened besides I fell off a rock and my body came off. I put it back on but it fell off again and I missed a bunch of gates. My servo went south but that was not really a problem because I made all but one date the second time through. Looking forward to the next one.

It was nice to finish ahead of you for once

 

[Crawlin4life]

I don't mind working on my crawlers, but hate working on my bashers. Not sure what the difference is but it's true.

Bashers break more, my Xmaxx is always broke thats kinda why I got into crawlers. I've broke parts on my crawlers but not every run like my Xmaxx..

 

[Iowa crawler]

That’s why I got away from airplanes.