12LikesTEN-SCBE RTR AVC 1-10 4WD SCB
03-14-2017, 03:26 PM
#151
Tech Rookie
I've finally discovered the dark side of the SCBE. If it loses control and starts flipping, it has a frustrating tendency to land such that either all the weight lands directly on the wing, or the wing digs into the ground and the wing absorbs all the vehicle's momentum. Needless to say this is not good for the rear part of the rollcage; I've broken mine in two places, and I'm wondering how long the wing is going to last. Problem is, if you break any part of the rollcage you have to buy a complete replacement set for $20, and if you break the wing you have to buy all of the body panels for $60. $60 to get a replacement wing! What the hell is Losi thinking?
03-15-2017, 04:47 AM
#153
Tech Apprentice
03-15-2017, 04:50 AM
#154
Tech Apprentice
03-15-2017, 08:13 AM
#155
If Axial is your benchmark for off-road RC styling, then of course every other brand is going to look less good by comparison. I think the SCBE looks just as good as the Exo and it's a hell of a lot easier to work on. I also think the Baja Rey looks better than the Yeti TT, though I admit neither one of them would win a beauty contest.
03-16-2017, 04:52 AM
#157
Tech Apprentice
My son broke the wing off his RTR SCBE (not the kit I'm building for myself) the first time out, in exactly the manner described fyrstormer. He didn't break the wing itself; he broke the wing supports molded into the roll cage. Unfortunately, that means I have to buy the entire cage to replace those wing supports. For now, I've just filed off the remainder of the supports. Full-scale Class 1 buggies don't usually have wings, so it's even more scale now.
03-16-2017, 11:45 AM
#159
If Axial is your benchmark for off-road RC styling, then of course every other brand is going to look less good by comparison. I think the SCBE looks just as good as the Exo and it's a hell of a lot easier to work on. I also think the Baja Rey looks better than the Yeti TT, though I admit neither one of them would win a beauty contest.
Last edited by egalsim; 10-05-2017 at 07:22 AM.
04-21-2017, 08:22 AM
#160
Tech Apprentice
Here are our SCBEs. My son's is the RTR with the custom wing removal, which was surgically executed via front flip on a cold day. Mine is the purple "TLR" Ten-SCBE built from an SCTE 2.0 kit.
Last edited by skeeler; 04-21-2017 at 08:36 AM.
04-24-2017, 07:16 PM
#161
Is cogging when you barely give the RC any throttle and the motor sputters? My SCBE does this and it drives me nuts. I don't always want to be mashing the throttle on every take off but it seem that's the only way to keep it from happening.
Does anyone else have a problem with the original motor cogging on their TEN SCBE? What should I get it it's bothering me enough?
Does anyone else have a problem with the original motor cogging on their TEN SCBE? What should I get it it's bothering me enough?
04-24-2017, 07:18 PM
#162
Is cogging when you barely give the RC any throttle and the motor sputters? My SCBE does this and it drives me nuts. I don't always want to be mashing the throttle on every take off but it seem that's the only way to keep it from happening.
Does anyone else have a problem with the original motor cogging on their TEN SCBE? What should I get it it's bothering me enough?
Does anyone else have a problem with the original motor cogging on their TEN SCBE? What should I get it it's bothering me enough?
04-24-2017, 08:15 PM
#163
Yes, that is cogging. However, it's not the motor's fault, it's the ESC's fault. The ESC is a rebranded HobbyWing and it's running really cheap software that doesn't do anything to smooth the motor's operation when it's spinning slowly and the position of the magnetic rotor is hard to detect. I switched to a SkyRC Toro SC120 ESC, with the same motor, and it works great. If I *try*, I can still make it cog a little bit, but I have to intentionally feather the throttle just-right to make the motor cog a little bit -- when I'm actually driving the truck it runs nice and smooth.
04-25-2017, 05:25 AM
#164
Tech Apprentice
FWIW, the cogging on our RTR isn't that bad; it only happens at very low speeds, well below a walking pace. The kit SCBE has a Castle sensored 2400KV system in it, and I don't think I could get it to cog if I tried.
04-25-2017, 11:06 AM
#165
The cogging in my Ten-MT(same motor and ESC as RTR SCBE) isn't bad. It happens at like 1% throttle... I do race this car in the "high powered off road" class at my local hobby store and it doesn't effect racing at all.