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Hi chaps, never posted in the crawling section before, but have recently been enjoying playing some rock crawler games on my pc enough to want an rc one to mess about with. I really only want something to play with in the living room with my lad so im thinking a micro/mini one. Have been looking at the little losi's mainly the 1/24 truck. Im interested in this scale as part of the appeal for me would be to have a scale looking truck and I know theres 1/24 plastic models that I could use the bodys off to build a scale micro crawler maybe? The crawler doesnt have to be brilliant at crawling, as long as it will go over a few lego bricks and books etc that would be great. Suggestions please :-)

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Thanks for the info guys, I did stumble over that redcat sumo, but the chassis doesnt look very nice, I do want something I can make as scale looking as possible, which I know is a tall order for a micro!

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Thanks for the info guys, I did stumble over that redcat sumo, but the chassis doesnt look very nice, I do want something I can make as scale looking as possible, which I know is a tall order for a micro!

 

if you want todo that then the last one would be the best my mate put a jeep cherekee body on his it did need longer lower links but there easy to make up i think i have a pic of it all check 

 

sorry no pics but i did find these by another guy using the same body 

 

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So I have ordered one of these for a bit of fun, as it was cheap enough:  http://www.banggood.com/HSP-94480-124-RC-Offroad-Mini-Climber-p-928462.html

 

I have read that it will handle a small 2s lipo so will order a couple of these, I think they should fit: http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking/store/__34369__Turnigy_nano_tech_180mah_2S_25_40C_Lipo_Pack_UK_Warehouse_.html

 

I'm also planning to make it as scale as possible, so may grab one of these 1:24 models (no idea if this will fit though!) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271693640634?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

I do need a bit of help at finding a connector to go from the lipo jst type  connector to the esc on the crawler- this is a picture of the standard battery and esc of the crawler:

http://www.banggood.com/HSP-94480-124-Mini-ClimberCrawler-4_8V-150mAh-Ni-MH-Battery-p-938082.html

http://www.banggood.com/HSP-94480-124-Climbing-Car-Recever-ESC-p-936330.html

 

I thought it was the same type of connector as used by the losi micro's, but it does look different, so any help in identifying it would be a great help.

I also think I would like to make up some custom metal suspension linkages for it as well, for this I assume I need some sort of threaded rod and rod ends...but not really sure what I should be looking at there, so any thoughts appreciated. 

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that lipo will work i used the same ones and fitted micro deans onto both the battery and esc and that body will work aswell but you will need to extend the wheels base a wee bit i used the same body on mine but sorry to say i have no pics of it though my mate now has the body in his hands. if you want it to fit it you can use the same side body mounts and then get something like a peice of 3-4mm lexan and make some mounts up and glue them on the inside of the body and it will hold the body really good also just glue the rear bed onto the back of the cab with some strong glue 

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Thanks. Good to hear the lipo will be okay, and the body is a pretty close fit as well. They actually sell a brass scale chassis kit that looks nice http://www.banggood.com/HSP-124-DIY-Climbing-car-Simulation-Frame-Set-p-933015.html although I may be tempted to have a go at making my own as I don't want to spend a lot of money on this as I've never had a crawler before, but hopefully it should keep me entertained when it's to cold outside to run my LST.

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Thanks. Good to hear the lipo will be okay, and the body is a pretty close fit as well. They actually sell a brass scale chassis kit that looks nice http://www.banggood.com/HSP-124-DIY-Climbing-car-Simulation-Frame-Set-p-933015.html although I may be tempted to have a go at making my own as I don't want to spend a lot of money on this as I've never had a crawler before, but hopefully it should keep me entertained when it's to cold outside to run my LST.

 

theres also a guy on ebay selling a trail styles chassis its

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