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We've got 1/10 buggies and 1/8 buggies. Same for monster trucks and even touring cars...when's someone going to up the game and do a large scale crawler/scaler? Mini's and smaller scale rigs have been done to death...but outside of the Founder Jeep and Redcat's 1/5 whatever, no one's really gone bigger with scale rigs.
Why not?
Figure there's plenty of 2.2 tires out there, and AR6o size axles are the perfect size for a larger scale truck. With brushless/higher voltages and 400oz and up servos, I'd say power's certainly not a problem.
For the scale guys, bigger scale means you can really go to town on the scale details. It's much easier to work around/hide the components (motor, battery, etc) in a larger truck. Think of the engine bay detail alone you could do in a bigger truck...
Performance-wise, I've got 2 "large scale" trucks in the shop, and they are a blast to drive. Bigger and heavier, they drive in a much more realistic way than 1/10 scale trucks. The trails and crawl spots you are used to in 1/10 are totally different when you've got a big 30" 15lb truck with 6" tires.
I'm hearing some rumblings about an "XL" rig from one of the big players in the scale market, but nothing official so far. Frankly, I'd love to see it..the 1/10 scale market is a bit saturated imo. Most trucks coming out now are slightly different takes on the same basic platform. I'd be interested in the new Redcat or Venture, but they are so similar to what I already have I'm having a hard time pulling the trigger.
I'm picturing a 1/8 30" long TRX-4 of some variety... Or a SCX10 XL...AR60 width axles with SCX10II diffs. Can't think of a downside other than price and a very sore arm if you have a walk of shame. Carried my big Ram out of the woods once and my arms were singing Ava Maria by the time I got out to the parking lot :lmao:
Food for thought.... "thumbsup"
Why not?
Figure there's plenty of 2.2 tires out there, and AR6o size axles are the perfect size for a larger scale truck. With brushless/higher voltages and 400oz and up servos, I'd say power's certainly not a problem.
For the scale guys, bigger scale means you can really go to town on the scale details. It's much easier to work around/hide the components (motor, battery, etc) in a larger truck. Think of the engine bay detail alone you could do in a bigger truck...
Performance-wise, I've got 2 "large scale" trucks in the shop, and they are a blast to drive. Bigger and heavier, they drive in a much more realistic way than 1/10 scale trucks. The trails and crawl spots you are used to in 1/10 are totally different when you've got a big 30" 15lb truck with 6" tires.
I'm hearing some rumblings about an "XL" rig from one of the big players in the scale market, but nothing official so far. Frankly, I'd love to see it..the 1/10 scale market is a bit saturated imo. Most trucks coming out now are slightly different takes on the same basic platform. I'd be interested in the new Redcat or Venture, but they are so similar to what I already have I'm having a hard time pulling the trigger.
I'm picturing a 1/8 30" long TRX-4 of some variety... Or a SCX10 XL...AR60 width axles with SCX10II diffs. Can't think of a downside other than price and a very sore arm if you have a walk of shame. Carried my big Ram out of the woods once and my arms were singing Ava Maria by the time I got out to the parking lot :lmao:
Food for thought.... "thumbsup"
In the same way you tackle a trail different with a smaller CMX, you tackle it different with a larger rig. I drive the same basic trail loop with my CFX, BOM and 1/6 Ram and it's different every time. Each truck goes about it differently. 
