A Tale of 2 Axial Crawlers

Corbet · Mar 29, 2018

I went pretty basic on the motor so that I can play with gearing then choose a motor in the end to match my needs. The 45T Torquemaster was really chosen as an upgrade to the bomber. It will give it a little more speed as the boy gets better at driving.

Corbet · Apr 1, 2018

So the Easter Bunny paid the boy a visit last night and delivered a Vanquish Stage One kit in blue.

Corbet · Apr 1, 2018

Testing

Brake Weight · Apr 1, 2018

Y’alls Easter Bunny is cooler than ours.

Corbet · Apr 2, 2018

Admittedly, our Easter Bunny has set a pretty high bar.

Brake Weight · Apr 2, 2018

Corbet said:
Admittedly, our Easter Bunny has set a pretty high bar.

Ending up with 2 uh ohs, our ‘Tooth Fairy’ needs to be shot on sight.

Corbet · Apr 15, 2018

I've got some work ahead of me this week once I'm caught up on fab work. Trying to get the Wraith running by Thursday.

Corbet · Apr 17, 2018

New Incision gear set installed. The original plastic idler was getting pretty thin in the tooth.

Corbet · Apr 17, 2018

Holmes 45T torquemaster installed. This motor is destined for the Bomber but I’ll use it to dial in my gear choices in the mean time then select my preferred motor.

Corbet · Apr 18, 2018

Decided on my electronics locations. Everything is secured and final connections will be made after the ESC gets programmed.

Corbet · Apr 19, 2018

Programmed the ESC today and ran it 20 minutes before the cheap steering servo blew up.

Been waiting a month for one of these to become available. SHV500v2 Servo - Servos - Electronics & Wiring

Brake Weight · Apr 19, 2018

I got a couple of these last year on sale to keep for spares or backups. I’ve ended up running them for quite some time now. I don’t get to use my crawlers a lot anymore and these are a win/win for me.

https://www.banggood.com/JX-Servo-CLS6036HV-35kg-180-Degree-Coreless-Digital-Servo-p-1154872.html

Corbet · Apr 19, 2018

This is what blew up. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004K3EZW2/?tag=ihco-20

In hind sight the one I'm my son's Bomber was short lived with the metal steering links. It's been fine with the plastic, and he is only running a 2 cell battery.

Brake Weight · Apr 19, 2018

I haven’t had good luck with the hobby shop servos on my crawlers. So I tried an equivalent priced Chinese one with more torque just to see. 4-5 later and I have only broken one. Granted I jumped my Bomber about 4’ high off of a dirt pile and it landed out in the flat. It tore a Revo rod end apart on the links I made from 3/16” rod, too.

Banggood has a US warehouse that can get them to you in just a couple of days also.

concretejungle · Apr 20, 2018

Nice! They are sure fun and easy to catch the bug. I started with a losi crawler and then went with the MOA XR10 which i built up. That thing will go almost anywhere but now it sits on the shelf too much.

Corbet · Jul 27, 2018

Holmes servo finally arrived but it was the wrong one. So I had the RC shop wire it up anyway with an external BEC. I was tired of waiting. My son more so, as he needs a crawling buddy.

I’m going to run it now for a while and see if any weak links show themselves. Then over the winter I’ll get my new body done as I cant stand this Jeep crap.

Raining at the house, but it ran strong at the RC shop parking lot. Steering servo is putting out 500oz. Had him re-program the ESC as a pure crawler. I can’t do it at home with my Mac

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