looking for advice on getting crawlers
 

Hello I'm new to rock crawling and i wanted to get some input on what type/brand of crawler to get for a 1/10th scale that would be good for just driving whenever and not for comp because i will never be that good lol. but so far a few friends have told me to check out some axials wraith, losi night crawler so far but I'm still looking for something that has a lot of parts/bodies ect. and any advice about parts i with have to look out for like something that tends to breaks easy or a part that i should upgrade right away

any help on this is greatly appreciated
Ev.

No doubt the wraith!!

cool. but for the wraith what parts would you say i should switch out since i'll probably have to do to soon anyways? also what type of motor/turn are you using?

Here ya go,
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/axial-wraith/

Be sure to read the stickies at the top.

I bought a CC01 from japan on Monday that arrived yesterday. Spent all night building and i gotta say its an amazing machine. Why didn't i buy a 4wd or a axial or something else? well i wanted to see if i would like the hobby. Also i like the readily available parts for the Tamiya CC01.

Now my only complaint about the CC01 is the really bad... REALLY BAD turning circle. Other then that, i love it and dont think i will need another one style other then a 2nd CC01. Then agian this is more a trail vehicle and not a true crawler.

Thats my 2c hope it helps you decide.

thanks

Being that I bought a RTR, the first parts that got replaced were the radio system, esc, motor, shocks, and gears. Now as far as the motor is concerned, i'm on the sixth motor...trying the find the perfect balance of great crawling ability and good top speed. I just ordered the last one...a Hobbywing 21.5T sensored brushless crawler motor. I should have it in either this week or next at the latest. I took it as a challenge because all I keep hearing is that you will never get the same crawling performance from a BL motor compared to a brushed. I believe that the right BL motor with the right gearing will get me there. We'll see!!

Axial gets my vote but the losi night crawler is an incredible machine I must say. 21.5 is a great crawling setup. I run one in my venom crawler on 3s. Power all over and smooooth. Oh and no brushes or comm to smoke. I also have a hobbywing/tacon 1200kv I'm gonna try in a crawler king just because it's sitting here.

I was just looking at that motor (if it's the same one) It was a HW Ezrun 32T 1200Kv sensorless brushless motor. Is this the one you have? If so, I would love a performance review!!

sensorless is gonna cog bad at low speeds, ultra low gearing may help it some

Well since everyone has a sale now at least I can cry a little bit less about how much I will spend lol but if anything I might want to try that 21.5T

Personally I'd be staying away from brushless in a crawler. Regardless if you are comping or not, 99% of people comping 2.2 are running brushed simply because they run so much smoother.

The only way I would put a brushless in a wraith was if I was building a rock racer where wheel speed is a must. Even then I'd still consider a brushed motor as they are fine with water.

Get an Axial AX10 its great for beginners as well as comp. all around a great truck.

If you can find one.

Actually do you guys know who sells a wraith kit since I'm getting the motor and I gotta raid my boss of his servos and extra parts lol