Just as the Title Suggest and my other Thread of my VS410 Journey. This is to document why journey with my Element based trucks which have both been GateKeepers.
It all started when back at the end of 2020 I wanted to get back into RC after shelfing my scx10 and TF2 a few years back. I really wanted a buggy and I thought the gatekeeper looked super cool so I picked one up.
I found the stock tires looked kind boring for the tpe of truck and didn't perform well in the winter conditions of Colorado. So I picked up some Predator Krawlers and mounted to the stock beadlocks.
Back in the simple time before a full RC addiction, I could just grab the truck and go crawl without a second through of adjusting everything before leaving.
A few months later I picked up some cheap beadlocks. I thought they were gonna be gold, they in fact were not.
For some reason I then put the stock wheel and tires back on to run them.
I found a super awesome crawler course while visiting friends back in my college town.
At One point I put a Fusion 1800kv and a Savox 1223SG Servo in it. I can't remember exactly when but I think it was around the time of the wheels.
It got taken out for another truck and I found the Hobby Wing 10BL120 and Quickrun 17.5t Sensored Motor as its a fully sensored BL system for less than $100. I still love that system and gave it away to a buddy to run his bomber, and its works perfectly. Panels also got Painted since I got sick of looking at the silver and green.
I felt it looked much better but started to lose interest in the Gatekeeper cage.
Then a trailing arm broke while out.
I happened to have a set of Club 5 Element Links and a Mojave Body Laying around.
It went to Moab, and did one run total like this before I changed it again.
Never even got pained since the cab broken falling off my work desk.
I wanted the GK cage back but wanted it to be different.
So I came up with the Stubby GateKeeper with a shorted rear cage, frame and links and pushed out front.
I much preferred the rear end look after taking the 1.3" out of it.
It went out to a local Dam stop that's good in the winter. for testing, when I pushed the front axle forward 3/4" I couldn't get a panhard to work so I tried a 4 link with servo still on chassis, it never really worked as everyone would expect. but drove well enough at speed I didn't mind.
It all started when back at the end of 2020 I wanted to get back into RC after shelfing my scx10 and TF2 a few years back. I really wanted a buggy and I thought the gatekeeper looked super cool so I picked one up.
I found the stock tires looked kind boring for the tpe of truck and didn't perform well in the winter conditions of Colorado. So I picked up some Predator Krawlers and mounted to the stock beadlocks.
Back in the simple time before a full RC addiction, I could just grab the truck and go crawl without a second through of adjusting everything before leaving.
A few months later I picked up some cheap beadlocks. I thought they were gonna be gold, they in fact were not.
For some reason I then put the stock wheel and tires back on to run them.
I found a super awesome crawler course while visiting friends back in my college town.
At One point I put a Fusion 1800kv and a Savox 1223SG Servo in it. I can't remember exactly when but I think it was around the time of the wheels.
It got taken out for another truck and I found the Hobby Wing 10BL120 and Quickrun 17.5t Sensored Motor as its a fully sensored BL system for less than $100. I still love that system and gave it away to a buddy to run his bomber, and its works perfectly. Panels also got Painted since I got sick of looking at the silver and green.
I felt it looked much better but started to lose interest in the Gatekeeper cage.
Then a trailing arm broke while out.
I happened to have a set of Club 5 Element Links and a Mojave Body Laying around.
It went to Moab, and did one run total like this before I changed it again.
Never even got pained since the cab broken falling off my work desk.
I wanted the GK cage back but wanted it to be different.
So I came up with the Stubby GateKeeper with a shorted rear cage, frame and links and pushed out front.
I much preferred the rear end look after taking the 1.3" out of it.
It went out to a local Dam stop that's good in the winter. for testing, when I pushed the front axle forward 3/4" I couldn't get a panhard to work so I tried a 4 link with servo still on chassis, it never really worked as everyone would expect. but drove well enough at speed I didn't mind.
