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[stretch]

Afternoon gurus. The misses has taken an interest on rock crawlers and after a bit of research i'm considering getting her a scout (anything to keep her on-side has got to be a good thing eh). Is there any upgrades I need to do out of the box? i've seen weights/tyres/moving battery mentioned?

One thing that appeals to me is the runtime you get out of a single battery this will also make HER happy as she's not interested in such details as charging and balancing lol. I understand the stock ESC doesn't have LVC can anyone recommend one that has? also I have some of these LIPOS http://www.hobbyking..._Approved_.html for my other models would the fit in the scout?

Any advice you could give me would be appreciated,

[simont]

hi to say im well impressed with the scout for the money some members have mentioned they've had the 3000ahm batteries in the
boxes i only had a 1800 standard unit but can get a good 30 mins of crawling out it
one thing you wont have to worry about is the stock motor as its a 70t great for low speed and torque (bear in mind the axial wraith has a stock motor of 35t(i think) and its upgrade is still only 55t,im affraid i dont no about using lipo's or what you wud have to swap out to make them work
HTH

Simon

[simont]

an other thing to think about is cost yes you have lipos but you cant both use them at the same time
and as i say the run time i get with the 1800 is fine and they are only about £10 to buy no messing with ESC's,
putting more money into the crawler

Simon

[big gaz]

hi stretch, dont buy another esc mate, provided you only use 2s lipos, with a low volt buzzer (£10 for 5 from hong kong) you will be fine.
mods you mentioned are about all thats needed and possibly lower the body a touch too.

the motor i dont know, if its 70t it will be slow, a 55t would be about right, if you want a little more speed, 35t-45t.

the wraith comes with a 20t motor but too fast for a scout.

if you can place the battery over the front axle thats a bonus but as your using lipo, there aint a lot of weight in them so, in the original battery tray would do for now provided you weighted up the wheels.

hope this helps, gaz.   

[stretch]

thanks for the info chaps I saw that some people use these weights http://www.ebay.co.u...2567d9d07b??how many need to go on each wheel? I see HB rovers are recommended would that be these http://www.modelspor...-products/31996 would I need an extra set of wheels as well?

Unfortunately I don't hear too well so I would probably miss an audible LVC lol so can anyone recommend a cheapish ESC with LVC that would be suitable?

If it is a 70t motor what 55t would you recommend?

[simont]

only fit a lower T motor if you want it to go faster the higher the T the slower it will be for crawling

[big gaz]

ok mate, the stick on weights are the ones your after but go to a kwik-fit or similar, they will charge no more than a £1 per strip, 4 strips to each front and 2 to each rear should be good.
there the tyres too, just make sure they are in white compound, best for crawling, the kit wheels will be fine but if you see some others you like then that will be fine too.

esc wise, doesn`t need to be anything fancy mate, anything with lvc will do, dont buy mtroniks though there poop!!
a traxxas xl5 with lvc would be a good choice, or if you feel flush, a novak rooster crawler or tekin fxr pro (between 40-90) for a good used.

as for motors whilst the higher the turn the more torque, a 55t is perfect for crawlers, and as such either a tekin or novak are the best there is.

if you need any more help please feel free to give me a shout mate, gaz.     

[simont]

trust me Gaz standard scout motor is a T70

[big gaz]

not disputing that mate, but the better crawler motors are 55t in either novak or tekin flavour

[stretch]

cheers gaz actually i've got a spare XL5 lying about unused but the spec says 15T (540) and 12T (550) is that the lowest turns it'll accept ie anything higher like the stock 70 or 55 is fine?

is this the novak your on about http://www.ebay.co.u...=item45ff2c85d4

[big gaz]

yep that esc will do the job, (i have them in all my crawler/scalers) just make sure its the one with lipo cut off built in though mate, the lvc buzzer im on about have lights and sounds and they are very loud too.

that motor is good but these are the better versions, http://www.google.co...=1t:429,r:3,s:0

Edited by big gaz, 25 January 2012 - 05:37 PM.

[stretch]

Yeah it's the blue one so has LVC. I've got some small 1800mah 2s lipos to go with it as well. So you put the weights round the whole circumference of the wheel?

Edited by stretch, 25 January 2012 - 05:43 PM.

[simont]

 stretch, on 25 January 2012 - 05:43 PM, said:

Yeah it's the blue one so has LVC. I've got some small 1800mah 2s lipos to go with it as well. So you put the weights round the whole circumference of the wheel?

yes m8 i found it needed a whole strip of stickys plus one more 10grm to fill the whole then just wrap some electrical tape round to hold them tight

Simon

[simont]

but i wud say try it out of the box if you choose to buy a scout before you "mod" it

[big gaz]

yep 4 strips around the wheel then tape it all up.

with the set up ive recommended you should get near on 1/2 hour each with those batteries.