Team Associated teasing a scale crawler!

[SSD]

Happy to, You gonna be bringing anything to the party?

Yes we will support this platform if people are buying it.

It's a good start if all our bumpers, C hubs, knuckles and driveshafts fit.

If the stock wheels are SLW compatible bolt pattern then our hubs will fit.

I will see what else it needs. Seems to be very similar to the Axial truck so maybe doesn't actually need any new parts to be made.

That may have been their plan all along...

 

[SSD]

Yay for standardization.

Exactly "thumbsup"

I'm all for it.

 

[heavyD]

Exactly "thumbsup"

I'm all for it.

But not for an axial clone![emoji50]

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[SSD]

But not for an axial clone![emoji50]

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There is enough difference to not be a clone I think.

 

[heavyD]

I hope so I have one on pre-order at Amain but I have plenty of your excellent products on my scx10.2,so I have a foot in both camps[emoji16]

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[mikemcE]

I hope so I have one on pre-order at Amain but I have plenty of your excellent products on my scx10.2,so I have a foot in both camps[emoji16]

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Likewise!
I just did an SCX10ii and it’s got more SSD than Axial.


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[Stray]

Anyone know if the trans will be available to buy separately? Should fit my scx10 project

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[HumboldtEF]

They did say it will be made available, it also shares the same bolt pattern so you can use the Axial skid (one of their 2 skids, I think the old 3 gear skid)

 

[mikemcE]

Yes it’s listed, The Enduro
https://www.associatedelectrics.com/element/parts/details/42034-ASC42034-stealth_r_x_gearbox/

SSD has not released the new truck or trans yet, the new trans will be plastic and OD gears are an option


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[mikemcE]

Yes we will support this platform if people are buying it.

It's a good start if all our bumpers, C hubs, knuckles and driveshafts fit.

If the stock wheels are SLW compatible bolt pattern then our hubs will fit.

I will see what else it needs. Seems to be very similar to the Axial truck so maybe doesn't actually need any new parts to be made.

That may have been their plan all along...

Hoping so, axle gears are different , low vs high pinions. I would love my SSD brass knuckles mount up to my VP chubs .........


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[Stray]

Yes it’s listed, The Enduro
https://www.associatedelectrics.com/element/parts/details/42034-ASC42034-stealth_r_x_gearbox/

SSD has not released the new truck or trans yet, the new trans will be plastic and OD gears are an option


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This is cool!

Thanks for the link

 

[fr8cture]

One of the Element engineers shared on the FB group that the axle splines are the same as the SCXII so Axial c-hubs and knuckles can be bolted on for some day 1 upgrades and the body post holes are in the same location as the SCXII as well.

Yay for standardization.

Cool but at the same time not. the scx2 splines are not very strong.

 

[Yeti.stealth]

Why nobody hating on the plastic trans gears?

 

[mikemcE]

Why nobody hating on the plastic trans gears?



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Made by associated, and all metal gears will be released.


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[Shinchu]

i run all my rigs on 3S power so metal gears are good peace of mind.

figures, part of the rush to get ready for proline this year was getting my father in law to pull the trigger on a rig quickly. things fell through and we ended up not going, if he had waited he could have ordered one of these enduro things. MY BAD!!!
well at least he is happy with his ascender. gonna be fun to help him go from box stock to PROLINE READY over the course of the next 10-12 months!

 

[CODYBOY]

i run all my rigs on 3S power so metal gears are good peace of mind.

figures, part of the rush to get ready for proline this year was getting my father in law to pull the trigger on a rig quickly. things fell through and we ended up not going, if he had waited he could have ordered one of these enduro things. MY BAD!!!
well at least he is happy with his ascender. gonna be fun to help him go from box stock to PROLINE READY over the course of the next 10-12 months!

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After I pre-ordered mine I was having a little buyers remorse, but I'm really thinking I can make it capable as SSD's new truck! It will be fun to tinker on it! So feel a lot better about it now, always been a Associated fanboy!

Ernie

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

I've got a first gen trx4 running plastic gears with a 2200 puller on 3s. Haven't broken a gear, and my rig is a lot quieter than the newer metal gears. Nothing wrong with plastic gears done right.

Why nobody hating on the plastic trans gears?

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[Shinchu]

good to hear, thanks John and Ernie (i still have plans for that last AE rig you sent me). and yeah i have good faith in AE to have stout transmissions. i REALLY like this rig but i am holding out for the SSD. i can only afford 1 rig at a time, and even then only barely! and then there is the hard choice of what body!?

 

[JatoTheRipper]

While they did have a bunch of trucks running around at Proline by the fire I dont think they were offering them up for the public to drive, it was just for the reviewers and the Element team and I didnt want to bug them to ask to drive. So for now you're likely going to have to go off of the reviews.

But I can say from the construction of it its very similar.

Oh great they want their YouTube fluffers to push the product before the public can get any opinion of it. :roll:

 

[Shinchu]

well its pretty much free advertisement to the niche audience they seek. brilliant, really. haha "FLUFFERS"