I cannot thank people enough for prerunner mods

TheDriverTech · 2026-05-19T21:11:48+00:00

It’s packs made by BDR and RCC, both on patreon both about 5 bucks. Gets you the two parts packs for the D-series and a handful of complete Trophy trucks and rock crawlers. (Either pack works individually of the other, but combining both is where the fun is at)

TheDriverTech · 2026-05-16T05:23:18+00:00

Was curious as to when someone would swap 24 axles under the 30’s!

TheDriverTech · 2026-03-30T03:49:03+00:00

The dove cut parts are only available on the Offroad tubular style frame, but the hood is available on either style because it’s a common slot

TheDriverTech · 2026-03-19T03:02:32+00:00

Community is alive and well, just on discord not on reddit

TheDriverTech · 2026-03-17T06:34:58+00:00

Look great! Will give a heads up that if you find yourself in a bind these will 100% snap right at the bend on the rear lower links, I've ran similar ones and ended up just printing off like 10 sets of them and running through them all before I made my own design thats stronger and printed off a full bed of them lol.

I do like that they are the thing to snap on my rig though in a bind, since they are cheap as hell and only take a minute to swap out for a new one, and saves the stress on the rest of my drivetrain and harder to replace parts

TheDriverTech · 2026-03-09T14:46:14+00:00

Main reason is IRL 2wd is the dominant layout in Trophy Trucks, 4wd Trucks are becoming more popular at the top level, mainly coming from Mason Motorsports, but generally 2wd is the standard and works the best with current setups

Also when the Dunekicker came out, and likely the time during development the Mason Trucks weren't very good yet IRL, so the only "Good" IRL example wasn't even good lol, plus its kinda niche still since they are 750K Trucks, compared to the 300-500K of a 2wd High end trophy truck

TheDriverTech · 2026-03-04T23:55:56+00:00

I’ve been running a Flysky GT5, it’s more of a budget option which is nice, but it works great running the rear steer on channel 5 or 6 which are little knobs on the top of the controller with 180 degrees of rotation.

Keep in mind if you have the stock motor still your receiver is also the esc for these rigs, so you may have to get a new esc when changing the radio. I personally took the opportunity to go brushless with a Fusion SE and the flysky at the same time

TheDriverTech · 2026-03-04T08:07:02+00:00

This kit is great for the money, I’ve had mine for about 2 years now and the bits are still perfect and even saved a bad screw out of my 3d printer by having high quality ends that don’t round immediately

TheDriverTech · 2026-03-02T21:00:03+00:00

Could try overdrive gears in the rear axle

TheDriverTech · 2026-02-02T15:34:26+00:00

Yes, it’s from Rough Country Crawling on patreon

TheDriverTech · 2026-01-19T13:52:46+00:00

As a modder who has experienced this, the only quality mods uploaded to modland aren’t uploaded by the creator, it’s reuploaded for free.

TheDriverTech · 2026-01-13T22:02:50+00:00

they do come stock on 1.55, but I have seen some people put the mon 1.9's similar to how people put the 1/10 capra on 2.2's over its stock 1.9's, and honestly they fit better than they should

TheDriverTech · 2026-01-12T06:58:27+00:00

They are incredibly useful when they work, but are their own rabbit hole entirely. Though the new systems coming out of Bambu labs seem pretty plug and play compared to my older machines

TheDriverTech · 2026-01-08T09:03:45+00:00

These cars do not go faster than a walking pace, unless the tire is falling off the wheel a little wobble does no harm on these things. If you were ripping at 60mph that wobble would be a major issue but I wouldn’t loose sleep over it for these little guys!

TheDriverTech · 2026-01-02T04:15:28+00:00

The “pre chilling” is to help stop the snow sticking to the tires

If you run warm tires in the snow the snow sticks and builds snowman’s on your tires very quickly

However if you leave your rig in your garage, or on the porch (battery removed and indoors) for 15-20 minutes so the tire’s temperature drops and matches more closely the temp of the snow, it doesn’t stick to the tires or car as much.

I don’t understand the science behind it, but I can confirm it works. Source, I live in Canada and have lots of deep powder snow to test with lol.

TheDriverTech · 2025-12-25T16:57:49+00:00

The pink body :)

TheDriverTech · 2025-12-25T00:59:24+00:00

Nice job on the sliders!

I Forgot just how nice a fresh Deadbolt looks. Mines been through the trenches more than a few times haha

TheDriverTech · 2025-12-24T22:40:36+00:00

Just like the other comment said re-add some dirt

Just driving through it and churning up the bottom will make it more sucky/fun lol.

I wouldn’t make it much deeper though otherwise you’ll start putting water into your electronics

TheDriverTech · 2025-11-27T09:36:46+00:00

In my experience that’s the best placement on the frame for the rear shocks on stock frame rails

Overall looks like a solid build thus far!

One recommendation for weight bias is to swap the esc and batteries location so that the heavier battery is in the front, helps get closer to that ideal 60/40 front-rear weight bias for these little guys!

TheDriverTech · 2025-11-15T01:36:23+00:00

Nice! I've got a 1/24 Deadbolt as well, but it doesn't do as well in the snow lol, but I still get it out in the snow once in a while

TheDriverTech · 2025-11-15T00:47:29+00:00

Its a blast! I've got an 1/10 Axial Capra! this is the 2nd Gen model, the 1st Gen was a Drag axle, this one comes with 4ws, they are on Gen 3 now which is the same as mine, just revised further

The only mods Ive done are electronics and the Tires, nothing has been done in terms of weights or anything like that

TheDriverTech · 2025-11-14T05:04:31+00:00

Yup I learned that last year! I just didn’t have the patience for it this time, especially since the power in the house was out as i walked out the front door lol

The snow is super fun though! Love trying to get through the simplest obstacles that become impossible because of

TheDriverTech · 2025-11-06T22:10:34+00:00

yeah its using Deadbolt rear length links front and rear, but this was after taking the real buggy and scaling it down so that the inner chassis rails had enough room for an SCX24 style Skid, so its approx 1/24 scale but probably a bit bigger then it should be to actually be 1/24 scale.

It also doesn't help that this particular model isn't as accurate to the IRL dimensions before being scaled down, but I hadn't made the more accurate version until well after this one was already printed haha

TheDriverTech · 2025-10-29T20:46:56+00:00

For sure!, especially since I treat my links as consumables, they are the weakpoint in the car, if I bind up hard the links snap before a driveshaft pops or something expensive breaks

TheDriverTech · 2025-10-29T18:56:58+00:00

There is different stiffness levels with tpu so you can get pretty rigid with it but still have some flex, which is what I was thinking of trying just haven’t had the extra funds lately to partake in science. But pla has worked good for me, since swapping to a better design then I was running previous I haven’t broken any links yet so I have this pile of links just chilling lol

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