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Winch: 3Racing or servo winch?
- Thread starter DrDiff952
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Blades
Pebble Pounder
I would tend to agree. I had a bulldog that I fried on my first G6. Now I have a KMS winch that will pull the truck up the hill by itself. I just use the bulldog as a dummy winch for looks. "thumbsup"
fyrstormer
RCC Addict
Can you explain the purpose of a winch to me? I know what they're for on full-size vehicles, but isn't it kind of a pain to have to fiddle with a tiny little hook and fishing line just to drag your RC truck up the side of a rock?
Awesome-Sauce RC
Quarry Creeper
its more for the scale realism of having to do it, one of the many reasons i like it and no doubt many others.
probably one of the main reasons so many people on here go hardcore spending out on all the goodies that make your rig look as true to life as you can.
plus also for any of the guys/gals that compete if you get stuck and dont have a winch you either get a one time"hand of god" allowance to reposition your rig or admit defeat
plus it impresses people who dont RC when they see that scale looking winch actually works and can pull your rig up lol :mrgreen:
greenjk
Rock Crawler
If you want looks get a 3racing, if you want a winch that does what it needs to get a servo winch, you can make your own or get one from one of the great vendors on here TZI, KMS etc, no matter what winch you go with I would be getting a Heyok controler for it, the flysky with operate it, but you still need the controller on the vehicle.
fyrstormer
RCC Addict
Okay, so at least I'm not failing to notice some magical ability the winch has to grappling-hook itself onto something and start winching all by itself.
Marvel
Pebble Pounder
To parrot the above, after burning through a bulldog winch and the extra motor very quickly, I opted for a KMS winch with a Heyok controller. Excellent set-up and has completed two G6 events thus far and looking forward to running more with it. Best of luck in your venture. "thumbsup"
TacoCrawler
I wanna be Dave
I think it comes down to what your usage/purpose
of having one... is !?
if yer gonna use it alot...
I'd go with servo type winch.
But if a scale look with purpose is what yer after...
and ya don't abuse it regularly
I'd get the Warn/3R
I went with the later
don't use mine every time I'm out on the trail.
I even unplug the power to the controller if not using it.
I just like the fact that it works if I want it to
and looks scale
I even have a useless faux radiator mounted behind the winch
more scale realism simply for 'da challenge of it ;-)
* showing off here... 'cause it isn't seen when the winch/body are positioned
of having one... is !?
if yer gonna use it alot...
I'd go with servo type winch.
But if a scale look with purpose is what yer after...
and ya don't abuse it regularly
I'd get the Warn/3R
I went with the later
don't use mine every time I'm out on the trail.
I even unplug the power to the controller if not using it.
I just like the fact that it works if I want it to
and looks scale
I even have a useless faux radiator mounted behind the winch
more scale realism simply for 'da challenge of it ;-)
* showing off here... 'cause it isn't seen when the winch/body are positioned
