Originally Posted by
jeb4
Hello,
I did a search for this a couple different ways (I promise!) but I didn’t see the answer to my question. I apologize if it is in this thread as, I didn’t see it and only read about 25 of the 200+ pages.
Here is my question:
I’m just getting back into off-road and picked up an SC10 4x4 and am just about finished with the build. A local racer who has one was showing me his truck and mentioned that he doesn’t use the removable ESC tray or receiver box stating that they were more trouble than they were worth and ended up trapping dirt and “crud” underneath and inside of them.
To those of you racing the truck (my truck will only be used for racing/practicing – no bashing) are you running these? Why or why not?
Again, I apologize if this is buries somewhere in this thread, as I didn’t find it.
Thank you in advance.
I'm not using either. The electronics are plenty resistant to dirt and some moisture, so the receiver box only adds unneeded weight and forces me to mount a heavier speed control forward in the chassis. I'm using a RX8 speedo and want to get max weight as far back in the truck as possible to aid rear traction. The removable ESC tray only adds weight also. Both are nice, but in racing...if it doesn't help make the vehicle faster (speed, acceleration or handling) or more reliable, it's adding unneeded weight. With full size race cars the exception is safety equipment, but that's not an issue with R/C (and one of the main reasons I race R/C instead of the real thing).