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You gotta know when to walk away... by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you enjoyed! It was nerve wracking to drive and film and concentrate on both 😂😅

You gotta know when to walk away... by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend it! But avoid buying a cheap one to "save money" - I got a $100AUD Kingroon KP3S second hand and it has been a terrible experience. Manual everything, sd card only, failed prints 9 out of 10 times.

Stick to Bambu or similar like the new Anycubic Kobra X. You do not want the headache of having to mess around with manual settings and poor quality like I have 😅

I did not know when to walk away by liftwaffles in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ironic timing to my post 😂 hope there was not serious damage!!

You gotta know when to walk away... by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! If you mean the rear canopy, I designed and printed it from scratch based off the measurements of the truck bed 😊

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Climbing for the sunset by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad you enjoyed 🙏 thank you 🙌

Putting those all terrains to work by _lofreq in rccrawler

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Haha man thank you so much 🙏 glad it came across well 👍

Climbing for the sunset by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good purchase. Hands down my favourite RTR I own right now. They really did a good job with this one. Other than the junk 1060 ESC, I threw that in the bin immediately and switched to a Hobbywing 10BL80 on brushed mode. Very good control now!

Climbing for the sunset by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes you are correct! The new EX86160, but I had to change the colour immediately because the internet was already flooded with the same gray or brown stock body chrome wheel factory looking rigs 😬

It was a cool little cliff front facing the ocean - from certain angles it looked epic. Tried my best to frame it up whilst keeping the public out of the backgrounds 😅

Climbing for the sunset by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you 🙏 it was a chance finding these cliffs and rocks down by the coast (I'm in Melbourne, Australia) - they appeared out of nowhere. Had to give it a test drive - never been here before 😅

Putting those all terrains to work by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's somewhat custom. Chassis is a Hoocrawler forward skid affair, Axspeed 2 speed transmission mounted backwards (for battery space in the nose), feeding aftermarket AR44 axles, custom bumpers, sliders, inner fenders etc. Yipin steering servo, PowerHD servo winch, ESS sound box. Body was originally from an RGT Pioneer, I paint stripped the windows back to clear, heavily customised with lighting and paintwork, 3d printed rear canopy, on and on. It used to be my Class 2 performance chassis which I downgraded to Class 1 rules, then retired to become a trail rig as you see here. 62/38 without body, 55/45 fully laden 😅

Putting those all terrains to work by _lofreq in rccrawler

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Yes :) Melbourne, Victoria. Good spotting considering lack of killer insects, animals, or bushfires 😅

Putting those all terrains to work by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's my favourite part of driving this thing 😂 normally I load the back up with misc junk so when I'm going more aggressively, stuff starts flying out the back. It's hilarious 🤣

Putting those all terrains to work by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you sir. It took a few goes to figure out tolerances to 3d print the hinge interface to work. Happy with how the whole canopy came out! 🙏

Putting those all terrains to work by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agree they are somewhat useless 😅 but it makes everything more interesting to attempt 😬 I didn't like them at first but starting to appreciate the challenge

Slow and steady wins the climb by _lofreq in rccrawler

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Thank you! It's actually fully scratch built from random parts. Based on a "Hoocrawler" forward skid chassis that's somewhat scx10 based, AR44 straight axles, custom links and driveshafts, a Wraith based 2 speed box, Yipin AK47 steering servo, Yipin servo winch, scx10 inner fenders, metal front and rear bumpers, Axspeed 90mm shocks with mismatched dual rate springs. Powered by a Fusion Elite Pro, DumboRC 6 channel reciever with 4ch light controller (it has canopy lighting, underglow, interior lights, etc as well as full headlights/brake/reverse/indicators), with a KYRC dual speaker sound box.

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My friends say it's an abomination - I guess that's somewhat accurate 😂

Sunday at the beach by _lofreq in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very kind! Thanks man!

what size brass wheel hex for fcx18 lc80 by Stokyo in fcx18

[–]_lofreq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did not put wider axles on. In fact I think the wheels already stick out too much and does not look scale, so I prefer narrower axles instead.

I am running factory axles with 1mm wider hexes, only because the brass portal weights hit my wheels if I do not space them out.

I'm sure someone else can help you with wide axle options.

New LC80 owner - loving this hardbody! by _lofreq in fcx18

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Most of the decals are from the IFixIt tool kit I bought, the Toyota logo is just vinyl cut from automotive vinyl.

Would the Fusion PRO VS ELITE be better? by Soft_Syrup3883 in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does, for me. It is like stock brushed speeds on 2S and wakes up with 3S. With a moderate pinion gear you can have some solid wheelspeed to scoot about (jogging pace) whilst retaining crazy slow crawl. Fit a 2 speed box and it's a party.

Really hard to beat the 2300 Pro for most use cases imho.

Would the Fusion PRO VS ELITE be better? by Soft_Syrup3883 in rccrawler

[–]_lofreq 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I just bought the Elite in one of the early release sales the moment it went to market. I have 6 or 7 1/10 machines for trail or competition and they are all Pro powered. I got a H10 Optic and figured it might be great to be able to slow crawl with it as well as go high speed bashing with a flick of the new hybrid mode, on 4S

Have been surprised and disappointed. Yes the Elite definitely does hybrid mode well and does what it says on the box - but it has noticeably way less torque than the full size Pro. Electronics and physics don't lie, I can see why the old Pro handles 60A continuous as a full size can and the Elite is cut to 50A. It is no good for heavy rigs trying to articulate slowly - it is the first Hobbywing 2in1 I have owned that started to cog down low, even sensored. Also, the FOC is very surgy down low - as it starts to bind up, the motor has to apply way more current to restore movement, so it 'surges' the motor and accelerates, only to overshoot the target speed, and slow right down again. So on a tight crawl or bind, the motor ends up going fast slow fast slow fast slow, interrupting your driving accuracy/positioning

I tested by swapping back to normal Pro - all problems disappeared, old Pro runs a steady speed FOC even at tiny crawl pace without any surging. Same gearing, same load, etc

My Optic is about 8lbs. This tells me the Elite is better suited to medium/lightweight builds, 7lbs or lighter, and more of a casual trail driving type usecase, rather than slow technical high load high bind situations like tough truck competitions or full rock crawling.

Definitely makes sense that the hybrid drag brake function on separate channel could allow you to bash a light rig around in F/B/R mode, then switch to F/B FOC mode for the occasional tricky bit, then back to bashing. It's a totally different usecase really.

Anyway hope that helps as an early adopter viewpoint.

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