R/C 1/10th scale Rock Crawler Truck & Buggies

[Rusty Heap]

No Mods, this is not SPAM.


My latest obsession is R/C rock crawlers. Settled in on the 1/10th scale
For this topic. Please stick to CRAWLING, low speed technical.


Here is the "pelican forum" of RockCrawling.

https://www.rcgroups.com/rock-crawlers-549/



Some people are into the true truck analscale level of detail. Jeff.

......others want an unlimited class articulation frame of not mortal suspension truggy/buggy class. David.


Of course with anything fun and hobby like, budgets and depth of Visa cards milage of understanding wifes may vary.





Scale and truly awesome video that someone spent the video work/time filming:


remember 10th-1/12th scale, means every Inch object is 1 foot in truck scale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYOOFo4HKjQ


Lots of 200-350 or $500 - $1000+ scale rigs.......or for a budget of under $200. Get a pair TWO of these for $180 from USA seller on Eflay. Oh Yes Lordy. They have both four wheel drive AND four wheel steering

my review full of photos and detail.









https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3221817-Danchee-Ridgerock-4WD-4WS-by-RedCat-Racing


Danchee RidgeRock





THESE ARE AWESOME. I have bought, 11-12? of them and sent to all friends and relatives for last Christmas. Full parts support too.
hobby grade yes, but not toy grade at all durable as alll heck



https://www.ebay.com/itm/QTY-2-1-10-DANCHEE-RidgeRock-Brushed-Electric-RC-Crawler-Truck-2-4GHz/382648405502?epid=4025048119&hash=item59179f4dfe:g:tkEAAOSwt~1b~ZZW:rk:49f:0






May the Rock be with you. Rubber side down please.

[flipper35]

You start out here, then you learn to take the axles and make a pass thru and all of the sudden you have a Kamaz or similar you ar building.

Big Rigs, Multi axle, & Tracked Vehicles - Scale 4x4 R/C Forums

[flipper35]

Do they have different density foam inserts for the tires or are they sold separate?

[Ayles]

I have been looking for all types of RC Cars lately. My son is 5 and has been through enough "cheap" cars that we could have purchased a real one by now. Seems like one of these crawlers would be good for a kid to learn as they aren't terribly fast.

I was really into the hobby in my teens, even raced them for a while on carpet. Unfortunately I gave away all of my cars and equipment 15 years ago.

[Jeff Higgins]

I like the scale stuff. Some of the crawlers out there, like the "competition" level crawlers, just look like a huge insect to me. Yeah, all kinds of performance, but when it stops looking like anything "real", I kinda lose interest. The challenge, to me, is crawling within the limits imposed by a true to scale rig.

Here's my RC4WD FJ40. "Realistic" enough to have fooled a few Pelicans:

[berettafan]

The trx4 are awesome looking.

Got my kids matching traxxas slash stadium trucks this Christmas. The nimhs at full power are a hoot to play with. Considered crawlers but ultimately felt jumping would be more fun. Oh and donuts.

[Paul K]

Briefly toyed (pun intended) with the idea of a Traxxas/Gelande/Tamiya Land Rover Defender, painted/modded as a replica of mine. But then decided I really didn’t want to be ‘that guy’ walking along behind his R/C car. Plus I have enough one running/modding/maintaining the real thing, the last thing I need is another one!

[911boost]

I will get some pictures loaded up here of my Nightcrawler. It is awesome.

After lots of “midnight” runs after few beers in the SXS, we each bought RC Rock crawlers to break in the place of our full size ones.

[Rusty Heap]

as some old fart instructor once told me .


slow is fast.


speed breaks parts. Crawling takes finesse and skilll.


in my 20s - 40 50 year old years. speed all the way. Now rock crawling.


may I die before I think RC sailboats are cool.

[Ayles]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

as some old fart instructor once told me .


slow is fast.


speed breaks parts. Crawling takes finesse and skilll.


in my 20s - 40 50 year old years. speed all the way. Now rock crawling.


may I die before I think RC sailboats are cool.

Don’t kid yourself! RC sail boats are pretty cool! My son and I have been sailing a couple vintage pond boats. We’ve had a pretty good time with them.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Between my two boys I think we have six different Traxxas trucks at home, maybe two of them are working right now.. Overall they have been great for kids, and parts are cheap and readily available.

[berettafan]

Ours

[flipper35]

If I win the lotto, a scale military truck would be at my house. And a real one.

[aschen]

Originally Posted by Ayles

I have been looking for all types of RC Cars lately. My son is 5 and has been through enough "cheap" cars that we could have purchased a real one by now. Seems like one of these crawlers would be good for a kid to learn as they aren't terribly fast.

I was really into the hobby in my teens, even raced them for a while on carpet. Unfortunately I gave away all of my cars and equipment 15 years ago.

I bought my son an indoor micro (team Losi) rock crawler when he was about 4. It was kinda fun for a while because it is easy to make courses inside with shoes, books, dishes etc. The novelty wore off pretty quickly for both of us though. We definately both prefer faster stuff.

Ive been into RC everything for 3/4 of my life. I think it is a great hobby for kids. My son could drive a bigger/faster model by 5 pretty well. We have alot of vehicles, but a good place to start for a 5yo I think would be one of the 1/16 Traxxas models. The brushless version may be a bit too fast for small areas, but they have a power limited training mode.


At work a bunch of us engineers have a 1/18th scale racing league. We have been doing it for a few years. Every month or so we choose a park and set up a course with cones. We have around 20 people participating. Tremendous fun! We get strange looks as adults playing with toy cars.

[berettafan]

Aschen we have that same Losi min crawler. It is fun to drive over cushions and such. I was in a fantastic RC shop in PA this past December deciding on what to buy and the sales guy says to me 'hey, crawlers are fun for a bit but unless you are really really into it you'll get bored and then start wanting to jump stuff'.

So I went with the Slash 2wd and love 'em. actually a lot of fun on the street. best surface I think would be packed dirt with lots of jumps.

[Ayles]

Awesome! Thanks for tip, I’ll check out the Traxxas line.

[onewhippedpuppy]

We have a Slash, Bandit VXL, Stampede, boat, 1/18 E-Revo VXL, and 1/18 Ken Block rally car. All from my boys (and me) over the last 10 years. One other nice thing, they are also water resistant which is pretty important with kids.

[Rusty Heap]

Many kids and dads have sidewalk or dirt 2wd speed jump machines. yes they are a hoot. Boats copters quads FPV and such............all fun, so was my Farrah Fawcett poster.


Please keep on track, ROCK CRAWLING.


to an earlier reply. Yes many tires run full beadlocks so are tunable, same as tread durometer and grip patterns

and foam inserts , that I instantly remove and toss.


Think of it, as Airing down your tires, for grip traction deflection of tread.



Thats why I love these High end but BUDGET crawlers. The entire ready to run is $90 for everything. You'll spend $25-30 just on a set of new of tires alone.

Yes I did add $20 in aluminum shocks with custom oil shocks, but that's part of tuning and crawling.


Speed = $$$ > crawling. IMHO.........

[berettafan]

OK let's talk crawlers!

I think the coolest looking is the Land Rover version. Lockable diffs and such right? 2 speed transfer cases?

Crazy!

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

Many kids and dads have sidewalk or dirt 2wd speed jump machines. yes they are a hoot. Boats copters quads FPV and such............all fun, so was my Farrah Fawcett poster.


Please keep on track, ROCK CRAWLING.


to an earlier reply. Yes many tires run full beadlocks so are tunable, same as tread durometer and grip patterns

and foam inserts , that I instantly remove and toss.


Think of it, as Airing down your tires, for grip traction deflection of tread.



Thats why I love these High end but BUDGET crawlers. The entire ready to run is $90 for everything. You'll spend $25-30 just on a set of new of tires alone.

Yes I did add $20 in aluminum shocks with custom oil shocks, but that's part of tuning and crawling.


Speed = $$$ > crawling. IMHO.........

Good to see tires have come down since I used to race.