spacephrawg
Pebble Pounder
I don't yet own a crawler but I'd like to. I'm just trying to get all the info I can.
I'm a sucker for things that look scale, and even more so, things that are aesthetically pleasing, since, professionally i am a sculptor. I've been poking around a lot on here as well as these forums:
www.rcgroups.com
http://www.scale4x4rc.org
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/
http://z6.invisionfree.com/Scale_Trail_Runners/index.php
As well as asking around on youtube comment threads for videos of interesting-looking rigs.
Among other things, what I've found is some obvious stuff, like the SCX10 handles things better, even right out of the box, but the CC01 will look more scale no matter what body you put on it (IMHO).
I've also done some research on bodies - I'd prefer a hard shell rather than a lexan thing if I can.
A friend of mine on RCgroups got his SCX10 TR almost 2 months ago and its only required minor repairs thus far; he's been running it stock and is very impressed. It still doesn't look all that scale-ish though, though I have seen one shining example of a cosmetic upgrade to the TR here:
http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42088
I've seen videos where a whole bunch of rigs are tooling around, and in those i've seen CC01's handle things that SCX10's couldn't and vice versa. If theres a body solution that would look good on an SCX10, I'd probably go with that but if not, I'll have to settle for the Tamiya (or is it such a bad thing really?)
I don't plan to do any jumps or fast driving and will probably put a GRU and a high-turn motor in whatever I get. I'd like a rig that I could "take for walks" as it were, which is what rock crawler driving appears to be from where I stand anyhow. And noooooo jumps, now or ever.
One last concern is durability and maintenance. I dig boats because they can be low maintenance: my PT boat has no GRU: its got a pair of motors, each hooked up directly to their respective prop shafts by U-joints. All I have to do is take the shafts out and re-oil them once in a while. I was told on RCgroups that scale trail runners are low-maintenance. Thats true, yes?
What do you guys advise for this n00b? Thanks for your patience and help.
I'm a sucker for things that look scale, and even more so, things that are aesthetically pleasing, since, professionally i am a sculptor. I've been poking around a lot on here as well as these forums:
www.rcgroups.com
http://www.scale4x4rc.org
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/
http://z6.invisionfree.com/Scale_Trail_Runners/index.php
As well as asking around on youtube comment threads for videos of interesting-looking rigs.
Among other things, what I've found is some obvious stuff, like the SCX10 handles things better, even right out of the box, but the CC01 will look more scale no matter what body you put on it (IMHO).
I've also done some research on bodies - I'd prefer a hard shell rather than a lexan thing if I can.
A friend of mine on RCgroups got his SCX10 TR almost 2 months ago and its only required minor repairs thus far; he's been running it stock and is very impressed. It still doesn't look all that scale-ish though, though I have seen one shining example of a cosmetic upgrade to the TR here:
http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42088
I've seen videos where a whole bunch of rigs are tooling around, and in those i've seen CC01's handle things that SCX10's couldn't and vice versa. If theres a body solution that would look good on an SCX10, I'd probably go with that but if not, I'll have to settle for the Tamiya (or is it such a bad thing really?)
I don't plan to do any jumps or fast driving and will probably put a GRU and a high-turn motor in whatever I get. I'd like a rig that I could "take for walks" as it were, which is what rock crawler driving appears to be from where I stand anyhow. And noooooo jumps, now or ever.
One last concern is durability and maintenance. I dig boats because they can be low maintenance: my PT boat has no GRU: its got a pair of motors, each hooked up directly to their respective prop shafts by U-joints. All I have to do is take the shafts out and re-oil them once in a while. I was told on RCgroups that scale trail runners are low-maintenance. Thats true, yes?
What do you guys advise for this n00b? Thanks for your patience and help.
