Wayno Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) So after really enjoying running my scout at Black Rocks yesterday I would like to take rock crawling a bit further. I'm not too sure what direction to go in though. I'd like to give comps a go some day. My choices are... I have already moded my Scout, do I take it further and spend more knowing its never going to become a comp rig. Buy something capable out of the box like the LCC (although I can't find one for sale anywhere, what the deal, do Losi still make them?) Build a MOA (xr10) and commit to spending A LOT. Any advice or suggestions? Ta, Wayne Edited January 28, 2013 by Wayno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 if you want to enter comps the losi cc is not the way forward..... you want a m.o.a rig and i believe the enroute berg is the way to go but......factor in around 600-1000 to have a competitive rig. otherwise is the scale route, you can enter comps with these too (little more laid back) you could enter a scale comp with a box stock axial scx10 and be competitive, the scale scene is more about your driving style and truck so gives a little more to think about...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayno Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 I suppose going the scale route I could continue on with the scout as a base. New shocks, chassis and a body would be the start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I suppose going the scale route I could continue on with the scout as a base. New shocks, chassis and a body would be the start? would be a great start mate first thing i would do though is find something you like the look of or some idea of what you want to build and go from there...... but in essence a chassis and body are the main things to turn it into a scaler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igbandy Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 The Losi CC was discontinued Christmas 2011. And then sold of dirt cheap, I picked up a brand new one for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr6fs Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Great advice there Comps aside, the only thing i will add is that where you drive and what you drive on plays a MASSIVE amount in how much fun your crawler is. If you don't have lots of very difficult technical rocky outcrops to drive on you may well get bored quickly with something like a XR10, as stuff that needs a bit of skill and flare with a scaler a XR10 would just ride straight over like a speed bump at McDonalds. It's the same the other way. I really started to get bored with my Losi Mini rock crawler (MRC) as i could only find either trails on which a scaler would be great or really gnarly rocky sections where the MRC stood no chance. So it might be worth thinking about where your likely to be driving it as comps aside it does make a MASSIVE difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksprogis Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I would either go for a xr10 or just heavily upgrade the scout . You will drop a fair amount of coin on a xr10 as i said at black rocks to you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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