The LHS, which honestly isn't the best, is only about 5 minutes from my new job. That means I can stop in and check things out when I'm bored or have an RC itch. Well I've been having the itch for a Traxxas TRX-4M. Today I was allowed into the store without adult supervision. This square body followed me out to my truck, but the hobby shop stole $180 from me. At least I didn't have any black eyes after they stole my lunch money.
My uncle had a similar 1:1 back in the 80's when I was a kid and I loved it. The other option was getting a Bronco, because I like those too despite being a Ford, but I just love square bodies. This red K10 is the one I walked in hoping they would have and when they did I immediately bought it.
It's so pretty!
It's nekkid time!
After a short run I decided to lower it. Well that is when I discovered this bastard that they are using as a Band-Aid in an attempt to combat torque-twist. I removed this right away and discovered there isn't any way to lower it that I saw.
I was worried the center of gravity would be high on this truck and it would constantly rollover. That wasn't the case. It is pretty cable even in box stock form. If anything, it needs some weight on the tires to get it a little more planted. This truck may benefit from tire venting. Thoughts?
At this point I remembered I put nice wheels on my SCX24 Deadbolt. The Deadbolt did not get much action. I just could not get into this thing. I found it, charged it up, and ran a bit to compare to the TRX-4M. The TRX-4M blows it away in every area. The TRX-4M is so much smoother, much more capable and a lot more fun overall. The TRX-4M motor/ESC did stall a few times when trying to crawl on the default ESC setting. That's disappointing. I expect better from Traxxas. The transmitter sucks too, but otherwise this is a high quality truck.
The 1/18th scale TRX-4M dwarfs the 1/24th scale SCX24 as you can imagine.
So as mentioned earlier, I just want to add some weight down low to get more traction and hopefully compress the tires a slight bit. This may mean some new wheels and tires are in the future. The Traxxas tires due a fine job, but I am guessing JConcepts and Proline offer softer rubber. The SSD mags would look great on this truck too. Hopefully they fit without any clearance issues.
Eventually a better ESC and motor would be nice. Not sure if I want to keep it as a trail truck or make it more dedicated as a crawler. The body is pretty...almost too pretty to crawl and destroy on the rocks. I can't believe these little bodies are $50 to $70 painted!
Oh and maybe overdrive and/or underdrive gears. Wondering how smooth those are at this size.
My uncle had a similar 1:1 back in the 80's when I was a kid and I loved it. The other option was getting a Bronco, because I like those too despite being a Ford, but I just love square bodies. This red K10 is the one I walked in hoping they would have and when they did I immediately bought it.
It's so pretty!
It's nekkid time!
After a short run I decided to lower it. Well that is when I discovered this bastard that they are using as a Band-Aid in an attempt to combat torque-twist. I removed this right away and discovered there isn't any way to lower it that I saw.
I was worried the center of gravity would be high on this truck and it would constantly rollover. That wasn't the case. It is pretty cable even in box stock form. If anything, it needs some weight on the tires to get it a little more planted. This truck may benefit from tire venting. Thoughts?
At this point I remembered I put nice wheels on my SCX24 Deadbolt. The Deadbolt did not get much action. I just could not get into this thing. I found it, charged it up, and ran a bit to compare to the TRX-4M. The TRX-4M blows it away in every area. The TRX-4M is so much smoother, much more capable and a lot more fun overall. The TRX-4M motor/ESC did stall a few times when trying to crawl on the default ESC setting. That's disappointing. I expect better from Traxxas. The transmitter sucks too, but otherwise this is a high quality truck.
The 1/18th scale TRX-4M dwarfs the 1/24th scale SCX24 as you can imagine.
So as mentioned earlier, I just want to add some weight down low to get more traction and hopefully compress the tires a slight bit. This may mean some new wheels and tires are in the future. The Traxxas tires due a fine job, but I am guessing JConcepts and Proline offer softer rubber. The SSD mags would look great on this truck too. Hopefully they fit without any clearance issues.
Eventually a better ESC and motor would be nice. Not sure if I want to keep it as a trail truck or make it more dedicated as a crawler. The body is pretty...almost too pretty to crawl and destroy on the rocks. I can't believe these little bodies are $50 to $70 painted!
Oh and maybe overdrive and/or underdrive gears. Wondering how smooth those are at this size.
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