Got a crawler in trade need help.
 

So I ended up trading some stuff for a nice axial crawler. It has a bunch of stuff done to it and I need some help since I am a foreigner when it comes to crawlers. This thing is pretty damn good at crawling the original owner states it won four of the five comps it has been in.

Do I need a three point switch for my third channel for a dig or is a two point suitable? I want to use my dx3-s on it, which has a two point, the dx3-r that it came with has a three point and it acts weird when moving the dig in and out. Probably user error.

Oh anyone here using a TCS tube chassis for an axial? I was curious which would be recommended, the edge or the eclipse. I really like the look of the eclipse.

Also I want to make it a hybrid, similar to the march edition of RC Drivers rock racer. It currently has a novak crwaler esc and 18.5t motor, can I change the rotor in the motor to make it go?

Pictures help I know I will get some up tomorrow morning.

her ya go
 

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just an example....i like the eclipse much more IMO> i will be running a 7.5 soon enough.

Ps I wrote and built the march edition rock racer for rcdriver.

Let me know if you have any questions :)

Ive been looking for that edition.....I just to get on the mailing list for that mag!!!!

If you want the eclipse article just PM your email - I always scan all of the articles I've written...

You built that thing, nicely done.

What gearing did you use with the Tekin set up? What speed vs crawl factor did it have? This thing has a rc4wd dig transmission and servo mount, think it will fit inside the eclipse chassis?

If I come up with any more q's I'll for sure let you know. It was a great article but some info was missing. I really wanted to know how fast it went. In terms of a hybrid that is dome info i would consider important.

The RC4WD trans will fit in but is Uber low geared so you will lose "rock racer" feel - I think you need to build a custom servo mount - iirc it won't fit

I guess I was mid 10 to 20's from a speed perspective... The motor had plenty of power to gear up and down...

Some pictures for deciphering the goods!
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Took it out a bit earlier this morning and this thing can seriously climb. Pretty fun for how slow it is. I think I am set on the eclipse chassis. I will be looking to get one here shortly. I have the original transmission, with it, and I could put that back in to make it faster? I believe this novak motor has exchangeable rotors. Would a smaller rotor allow for more speed? I am not looking to break land speed records, just enough to get a little air if I hit a jump.

The original trans will give you a lot more speed... The speed of a motor is set by the windings - you actually want a larger rotor to give you more torque...

Eclipse looks nice... You'd have to limit those shocks though...

I really just don't like the looks of any of the available crawler bodies hence the reason I want to go tuber. If anything I would consider the VW bug body or a CKRC VW body.

I didn't think to consider shock length. The ones on it are quite long.

As for speed I haven't quite figured out how to crawl yet, but I think I will keep the dig on there I have watched a few videos of how they work and thought that it was quite interesting. So until I get that figured out I will think about speed and jumps with another vehicle for now.

RC4WD has a sick new Rock racer on thier homepage. Like to know what you all think??

So I tore up the body it came with pretty bad yesterday and I have decided that I will be going the tuber route. As for shock travel, I would like to keep them the way they are, they work superbly well crawling as is and I don't want to spend anymore money to configure a new shock set up. So with that said I think the Eclipse gets thrown out so what other companies make a tuber chassis for the Ax10 that looks pretty stellar? FLM?

The frame looks very nice...

Well since I like the shocks that this one came with I have decided that I will be getting a plain jane body for now and saving some money up for the HBZ tube chassis. That thing is simply too cool, found it last night searching through RCCrawler, but quite a penny too. So with that being said I will be turning the attention to CKRC with their VW bug body for the time being, and since I'm 10 minutes away from their shop I thought I would bring the crawler by and see what they have in terms of the rear straight axle I bent the other day. Also look at some cone washers... There are just so many things you can do to a crawler...

Update.

I got that CKRC baja bug body all jazzed up and such. Looks killer. I had my dad borrow a heat gun from work so I could bend the sides in to avoid rocks, turned out nicely. Centered the steering servo, and moved the battery from the axle to between the four link on an axial plate. Looks and performs beautifully. Not to mention Reno has finally decided to go into spring mode. Should only be a week or so of Spring before we get some more snow or possibly summer. You never know living in Reno.

I'll get some pictures of everything tomorrow morning.