johninderby Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 (edited) Hobbyking Basher Rocksta 1/24 Crawler Kit One of these little kits arrived yesterday. Although it's called a kit it is fully assembled and just needs the electrics installing. Not a bad quality crawler kit really for the price. The electrics installed in the RTR leave a bit to be desired so getting the kit lets you upgrade and still save money compared to buying the RTR if you have a suitable radio.. I'm going with the stock motors for now as they're cheap so won't lose much if I do upgrade them. Fitting them is easy enough. Remove a wheel and disconnect the link and the bottom of the shock. Then unscrew the ball connector and remove the small hex bolt just above the ball connector and remove the plate. Slide the motor into place with the wires positioned as per the photo. Then replace the end plate and refit the shock and link. Note that the end plate won't fit down properly if the motor wires are on the wrong side. I did change the wires and connectors on the motors to standard JST ones. I went with the Turnigy TGY-9025MG metal gear servos as they are a lot stronger and faster than the ones used in the RTR but fit perfectly. Next to fit the RX and ESC and fit new battery connectors. I'm using a Quicrun 1625 brushed ESC with a Flysky 3ch receiver which just fit. John Edited November 4, 2016 by johninderby 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Your cameras sharpness setting is OTT Interested to read your findings on this though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 This actually looks very good. Can you get an MT body to go on it ... by chance? Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capri-boy Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 :/ not opened my parcel yet, just got home. Disappointed it's not a kit kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 (edited) 31 minutes ago, atom3624 said: This actually looks very good. Can you get an MT body to go on it ... by chance? Al. TeamBlueGroove Monster Beetle Shell or Losi Trail Trekker body perhaps. John Edited November 4, 2016 by johninderby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
53HRA Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 This looks like a fun bit of kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autobutcher Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Will be following this, when I say following I mean copying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 It looks a fun little kit. Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 (edited) Will be using the body from this plastic kit. I guess it's going to be a mini version of the Tamiya Blackfoot. John Edited November 4, 2016 by johninderby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Should look good. Isn't there .... a REALLY OLD version of Bigfoot with this body ....... just a thought? !!! Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Couldn't find any photos of Bigfoot using this exact body. However on the Blackfoot theme just remembered these people that do Tamiya decal sheets to any scale. http://mciracing.ca/products/blank-4f141241-8a5f-4b52-af36-cdf214f21af1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 4ws only or other options? Very Ibex, though the bottom of the front and rear boxes look flat, against the ibex's round ones. Suspect you'll not suffer the same hook ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Apparently you can lock out the rear steering with a couple of screws in the rear steering arms. As the radio I'll be using has the four wheel steering option built in I'll be using it for now. Should have better control with upgraded esc and servos. Have the feeling could be fitting faster motors before long though but that would idealy mean putting metal gears in as well. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autobutcher Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Any chance of a link to the motors, the hk website is being a right mare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 13 minutes ago, autobutcher said: Any chance of a link to the motors, the hk website is being a right mare? Here you go. https://hobbyking.com/en_us/130-brushed-motor-2pcs-basher-rocksta-1-24-4ws-mini-rock-crawler.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capri-boy Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 What do do with my two :/ I should have known better really - every other KIT i've had from HK has come pre-built, I really wanted these for the boys to have fun building and not have to worry re issues and the £ invested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIFKILL Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 johninderby I'm getting a couple of these for Crimbo but I've read the gears are stripping really quickly and people are replacing with metal ones but I can't seem to get info on them, could you recommend replacement metal gears, also batts that will fit. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johninderby Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 The gears are available direct from Hobbyking.. Don't know when they'll be back in stock though. https://hobbyking.com/en_us/option-metal-gear-set-for-rocksta.html These are the batteries. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zippy-FlightMax-LiPo-Battery-2s-7-4V-20C-350mAh-RC-Heli-Plane-TWINPACK-/281504285700?hash=item418af68404:g:JSMAAOSwQJhUbj5l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 The rtr is currently of offer for £49.05 and the kit £27.34 tempted to get one but the plastic gear problems are putting me off as will be a let down for the kids if it breaks on Christmas day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIFKILL Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 14 hours ago, johninderby said: The gears are available direct from Hobbyking.. Don't know when they'll be back in stock though. https://hobbyking.com/en_us/option-metal-gear-set-for-rocksta.html These are the batteries. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zippy-FlightMax-LiPo-Battery-2s-7-4V-20C-350mAh-RC-Heli-Plane-TWINPACK-/281504285700?hash=item418af68404:g:JSMAAOSwQJhUbj5l Thanks mate, that's a pity because people are rating this pretty well with the gear change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRIFKILL Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 12 hours ago, stretch said: The rtr is currently of offer for £49.05 and the kit £27.34 tempted to get one but the plastic gear problems are putting me off as will be a let down for the kids if it breaks on Christmas day. My sentiments exactly but i might just go ahead anyway and hope for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roachslayer Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) But... QuicRun 1625 has no option to turn off brake and go fwd/rev like the larger models. REALLY DUMB on Hobbywings part (even cheap chinese esc's let you configure). I'm also wondering why you went with it, @johninderby? Gotta have instant reverse! No Brake! I complained bitterly to Hobbywing that they totally botched the 1625 for no reason whatsoever (costs nothing in size or $ to have allowed a no-brake option just like the others of this product line). The only suitable ESC I have found for this rig is an unbranded chinese "no-brake" esc from ebay - the green 10A one with a capacitor on the power leads, not the red 20A switchable one with no capacitor. The red one jitters horribly at slow (i.e. crawling) speed, and the green one is ok. I've also tried the Hobbywing 1060, but it's unnecessarily overkill at 60A; for 1/10 scale and way too big - leaves no place for the RX (awesome performance though, much quieter and smoother than the unbranded green esc). Dang Hobbywing. Why are there no name-brand ESC's for 1/24th or 1/35th scale crawlers? Sad that this scale is not popular enough to get decent gear, now that several kits have come out over the past few years (Losi, Redcat, Basher, HBX, etc). Admittedly 1/18 is more popular, but still lacks a decent ESC IMO (doesn't need a 60A+! and again, the 25A Hobbywing is no good!) Edited April 26, 2017 by roachslayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoodoo Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I have seen these metal gears on the HK site but can anyone tell me if you need two sets as there are no clues as to weather or not to use two sets? https://hobbyking.com/en_us/option-metal-gear-set-for-rocksta.html J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbadger Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I have had one of these for months now, and still running on the plastic gears, all I did was strip them down and greased them well before I even run it for the first time. I do have 2 sets of the metal gears ready to go in though - but while it aint broke... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoodoo Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Nice badger ,can you list your set-up of electrics.Did you use standard motors etc. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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