Axial was cool enough to send me their SCX10 II Jeep Cherokee R&D rig with 62 hours of drive time and abuse from John Shultz. The first thing I noticed when looking at the rig as I opened the box it was that this rig was properly abused and beat on, it looks like it's been through a dozen King of the Bean events and is still asking for more.
The next thing I noticed was all the changes from the original SCX10 design like the scale AR44 high pinion axles, CMS steering, re-designed transmission, front mounted batter tray and waterproof receiver box mounted on new side plates. Then I felt the suspension and it was nice and soft just like my SCX10 that I brought to Axialfest last year.
For complete specs and new design details check out the Axial SCX10 web page.
I took the beat up R&D rig to a couple local crawl spots and even though the stock gearing is a little low for my taste it was more then adequate with a 3S Lipo with enough wheel speed to get up some steep slick rocks. The new SCX10 II feels very balanced making it crawl down technical terrain with control just as easy as it crawls up the same steep technical terrain which is how I setup all my crawlers because I personally love the challenge of traversing down technical sections just as much as climbing them. The rig just feels planted yet nimble because it doesn't have a bunch of weight added. It's going to be a lot of fun when I get my own SCX10 II and get more drive time with it to get used to all the new design characteristics and performance so I can tinker and fine tune the suspension just the way I like it. That's why I still love crawling after all these years.
The next thing I noticed was all the changes from the original SCX10 design like the scale AR44 high pinion axles, CMS steering, re-designed transmission, front mounted batter tray and waterproof receiver box mounted on new side plates. Then I felt the suspension and it was nice and soft just like my SCX10 that I brought to Axialfest last year.
For complete specs and new design details check out the Axial SCX10 web page.
I took the beat up R&D rig to a couple local crawl spots and even though the stock gearing is a little low for my taste it was more then adequate with a 3S Lipo with enough wheel speed to get up some steep slick rocks. The new SCX10 II feels very balanced making it crawl down technical terrain with control just as easy as it crawls up the same steep technical terrain which is how I setup all my crawlers because I personally love the challenge of traversing down technical sections just as much as climbing them. The rig just feels planted yet nimble because it doesn't have a bunch of weight added. It's going to be a lot of fun when I get my own SCX10 II and get more drive time with it to get used to all the new design characteristics and performance so I can tinker and fine tune the suspension just the way I like it. That's why I still love crawling after all these years.
Can't wait to get one my self!
