I have gone through so many changes in the setup of my ax-10 I decided to blog about it so others can skip all the stuff in between that myself and others have done. Of course no setup is perfect but I have made some changes with little to no investment that greatly improved the crawling capabilities of my ax-10.
1st. Ditch the stock battery/electronics tray. You don't want any weight up that high anyway. You can dice it up and make other stuff out of it later :-)
2. Mod the skid plate and move the lower links inbound of the chassis. Not super important but it does give you a little more clearance for the front tires to turn. (can't hurt)
3. Everone to the front of the bus! as you will see in the pics posted I have EVERYTHING mounted in front of the motor. Battery, esc, receiver...EVERYTHING. (side note: many people choose to mount a split battery on the front diff to get the weight where it belongs. I have chosen to use a 2 cell lipo because of where it fits. in the chassis mounted low on one of the braces that was originally used to mount the battery tray (you can use the left over plastic spacers that are replaced by aluminum ones on the tranny, they work perfectly). Just bolt it in the spare hole and strap the battery to it. It's just out of the way there. I think the less things to get snagged on the better :-)
4. lighter springs, heavier shock oil. The stock oil is 30 wt. I have been using 60 wt. , just seems to keep everything in better contact with the crawling surface. Also very important! put the rubber shock bumper INSIDE the shock to lower the stance a bit.
5. Party in the front, foam in the back. I just use cut foams in the back with two holes drilled in each rim to let them compress and vent. On the front however I have added several ounces of a mixed weight of airsoft bb's. A bunch of the standard weight to add some mass and a little weight. Then about a third as many of the .20g weight. This seems to work very well!!!!
All of these changes are pretty much free and make for a great crawler!!
The obvious: all of you of course know that a decent motor, esc, etc is important but without the right setup all the high tec goodies in the world wont amount to a hill of beans :-) this info is meant for people just getting into crawling and building an ax-10 kit. These tips are only the tip of the iceberg. You will spend a lot more time and money improving your crawler. I'm just trying to help with a little head start that won't lighten your wallet!
CRAWL ON!!
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