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Ha ha ha! ? Actually the nice Chinese person eventually gave me a refund, and of course every time something is damaged it's an excuse for an upgrade.. how about a splash of blue RPM arms all round? Still don't know what driveshafts to fit though ? I'm tempted just to go back to stock. Does anyone know if the 4x4 heavy duty stub axles fit the 2wd ok?

Hi all I have an ECX Barrage that is basically the same as the Outback 1. Things I've done so far; Better servo, arm, alu servo plate and mounts, swapped battery to front, 2s lipo, alu steering knuckles, Ranger body and posts from Outback 2 (still had to double up on body posts to get it to sit high enough) I think all I need to finally eliminate the sloppy steering now is a better steering rod - the plastic one is pretty horrible. The Outback 2 one is very sturdy but too long. Has anyone else bought one that fits? It has to have rod ends for M2 screws and I measure it as 102mm long approx., or 94mm eye to eye. I'm having a hard time finding anything that is listed with that much detail. Has anyone fitted a winch to the Outback? Are the winches you see on ebay complete with remotes any good and do they fit standard servo mounts - the measurements seem close? I had the idea that I might be able to mount a winch on a spare servo plate fitted on the rear axle. I also replaced the front bumper with another rear one, as it looks a bit more authentic without the bull bar and I figure it'll be easier to mount a winch there - again any experience of doing this / pics much appreciated.

Just a warning against buying these cheap steel driveshafts off ebay - I needed some for my Stampede but they'll fit Slash etc. as well - they're basically sound but have these little keyring things to hold the pins in on them, well they're rubbish and after 50 yards I had a pin come half way out and eat my a-arm. It may just be possible to replace them with some O-rings from my set if I have some that are a good fit - but I kinda wish I'd not been a cheapskate and bought CVDs. These are also a bit heavy and a bit sloppy - had to put a bit of pre-load on the shocks to compensate. You win some, you lose some with the cheap stuff - but maybe now you won't have to with these!

The Firestorm will always be a good choice for bashing. Knowing how fickle ten-year-olds can be I would buy the Firestorm and if the interest holds, think about a second vehicle along the lines of what RCbutcher said - what's in use at the local clubs if he wants to progress into racing. You'll also both have something to play with at the same time and sort out a birthday/xmas pressie at the same time maybe

If you find a solution please tell me because, they are everywhere. Three are under the desk next to me. One is under the table opposite, one is on the table and the Revo is sitting next to the table resting on its front wheels and bumper... Two are in the bedroom, one's in the garage, one's on the kitchen table being built (don't ask how well that's going down...) The boats are on a chest of drawers and on top of the wardrobe... Um... it's chaos in here and I'm for it, basically

Just think about what the model car is doing compared to a full scale car. If you drove your real car like it, would nothing ever break on it? Do you ever see a rally or racing car go a whole season without anybody working on or fixing it!

Thanks Tamiyacowboy Yeah the HEMTT has sort of been in my mind, just googled it and it is the one I was thinking off. Could have a go at making a HEMTT body out of balsa or something when it comes to it. I think even quite thin alu sheet metal would end up being too heavy on something potentially this big... Anyway first things first, sort the drivetrain and the wiring out!

Thanks mate. Indeed, to each their own, and that's fair enough. To be fair I am not expecting great things from this performance-wise, it's just a bit of fun. And I kind of want to be true to making it cheap, anyway, as Medic's original idea was to build a viable 1/5th scale crawler for about 200 dollars, and he pretty much succeeded. I'm at the point in the hobby, and perhaps the age too lol, where I've owned most types of things so I just want to mess about with stuff and be creative these days. I like anything that is a talking point and will get people and kids interested in the hobby. Gunning the Revo on 6S is one way to do it, but I reckon an enormous 8x8 on a sunny day on the beach may do the trick too lol One idea is to build a sort of enormous military shell for it maybe - like an Argonaut or similar. I'd have to do something about the look of the wheels, though. I've got spare four of the "real thing" - Proline Moabs on Weld Racing rims - ironically probably worth more than one of these crawlers lol - but that won't cover all eight wheels. Anyway, cross that bridge when I come to it. For now I'm thinking, may extend the chassis as discussed, may space out the front and rear two sets of axles and have all four axles steer (!) who knows, will see how it goes. I love it when you don't quite know what's going to happen with something

Happy to recommend jk-rc on ebay for Ansmann bits n bobs. Always helpful. I ordered Hot Rod manual but received Mad Rat, more or the less same model really but I mentioned in feedback and to my surprise received correct manual as well in post a few days later. What I call good service

Thanks guys. Can anyone recommend a decent BEC for larger heavier models at this point? I've never been entirely happy with the 5A Turnigy one on my X-Crawler which is another large motor on axle affair. Don't want to spend too much though until I've satisfied myself this thing could actually work and be fun. All components are in theory equal, though in my experience even with dual motors and/or battery packs, there's frequently imbalance and I'm doubling the potential for that here. I often throw the stock electrics away with the cheaper stuff, but with crawler ESCs and high-turn brushed motors I'm hoping they'll just do a job. I would have preferred the front two axles steering as Gaz says, but unfortunately not possible in this current layout as the chassis plates foul the steering radius for the middle two axles, not by much annoyingly. One of the reasons why this may not be the final configuration by any means. I have this spare Exceed chassis hopefully on the way from the US - it's basically the same with just slightly different shapes, but I'm sure the overall dimensions will be the same and the mounting points will line up if I decide to use it. There will be a couple of cross braces with that and some hardware too, but I'm also going to stiffen the chassis across a few of the spare holes with some M3 threaded rod cut to 120mm and some nuts/washers. It's worth me saying that a viable 6x6 layout is easily achieved with one HSP / Himoto / Exceed crawler plus an additional axle, relevant links and chassis side plates. This doesn't have to cost very much and could be the basis for some large scale custom builds, a dump truck etc. I know Exceed offer a 6x6 now but that's only available in the US I think, but you can easily make one up yourself. But of course I couldn't leave well enough alone and have to put the fourth axle back on somehow As parts and whatnot arrive in the post and I steal a bit of time to fiddle with it some more, I'll keep taking photos and update the thread.

Hi guys I'm trying an experimental 8x8 build using a couple of cheap Himoto 1/8 scale crawlers I picked up at wholesale prices. This is basically the same 1/8 crawler as HSP / Exceed - just the colour is different. At first I was just going to make one cheap 1/5th scale out of two chassis as Medic did on rcsparks.com, but then I got a bit more ambitious What you see below is where I'm at after a bit of tinkering - I can route the links to make it just about work but may need to add a third set of chassis plates (spare Exceed chassis is on its way) to get decent suspension range on the middle two axles. I'd rather not though... it's long enough already and I'd prefer all the axles closer together to improve steering and help avoid it getting stuck. I've got the front and rear axles steering which I plan will be done via a Y lead and servo reverser. Question is, I've got two ESCs and 4 motors (2 per ESC) - can I control these from a single throttle channel? In my mind first and third axles would be supplied by one ESC, the second and fourth by the other, so like two models overlapping each other. Advice gratefully received before I buy any radio gear etc. http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/32391-/ http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/32392-/ http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/32393-/

I wouldn't make the Scout do both things. I would look to buy a rock racer as Gaz mentions, or option 2 buy a Scout and he can work on improving it and making it the best crawler it can be, plus buy something like a Helion Invictus for bashing maybe. A third option is something 1/8th scale - they often have the torque, with brushless, to outperform smaller crawlers on general obstacles and terrain, but are of course pricier. In my experience though they are more satisfying, it's a clich

I meant the Slash is versatile in that it could be changed back again - it can be made to go very, very fast, and it can also be made back into an off-roader when you get bored of high speed runs ;-) Can't do nowt else with an XO1...

I just had a look at Hobbyking's lipo size finder out of interest and to try and find what OP is looking for... I can't seem to actually get it to find anything! But the bad news is I don't think there's a twin 1s saddle pack or anything that size - 68mm is too short. Time to Velcro a 2s lipo somewhere...

Traxxas took a big step backwards for me when they closed their dedicated UK parts support here in Bristol, which I kind of depended on to get me into the hobby back in the early 2000s... Like RCButcher I can't think of not having any Traxxas vehicles - but they need to appreciate the Chinese competition is opening the game up a bit and respond. I'd love to own a Summit but I bought my Revo used for a reason - I'm not shelling out