RE: HobbyKing 1/16th Short Course Truck thread
Sorry but doesn't look like too many people are into these little trucks. In still listening though! [quote]ORIGINAL: seehuusen oh my god, overwhelming response... Nah just kidding ;) I guess I'll take a piece of aluminium and give it a 90 degree bend, drill appropriate holes and go from there, is that what other people might have done too in similar cases? [/quote]
Posted on: 9/18/2012 8:19 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: losi gearing options needed.
Looks nice. I think a lot of Losi's entry level stuff is pretty lacking in quality.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 7:42 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Traxxas Older Stampede Slipper Clutch Part Number
That old style that was linked above should work fine, but it's much easier to just upgrade to the new slipper clutch instead. You just need the new topshaft and the the new slipper assembly. Shouldn't total to more than $12 or so and is heaps better.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 4:54 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: $500 Budget For RTR basher
[quote]ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM [quote]ORIGINAL: thehuntingterminator [quote]ORIGINAL: cumquat not to mention you dont have to bum a ride to order something online. that gets quite tiresome after a while. [/quote] Well I can drive so that's not a problem :) but yeah that sucks. [/quote] same here my problem is that my LHS isn't close, and at current gas prices it costs about $6 to go
Posted on: 9/18/2012 4:52 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: $500 Budget For RTR basher
[quote]ORIGINAL: cumquat not to mention you dont have to bum a ride to order something online. that gets quite tiresome after a while. [/quote] Well I can drive so that's not a problem :) but yeah that sucks.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 4:22 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Custom Low-Rider Build
[quote]ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM [quote]ORIGINAL: phmaximus what part dont u agree with? U think wood would look scale? U think it sgoing to last a long time? Would be harder with paddlepop sticks? u think there is a carpenter that could make a scale looking chassis like something found in other scale cars like a SCX10? [/quote] in all fairness he isn't trying to make a scale looking chassis, and honestly you don't see the chassis on low riders so that shouldn't be an issue. All he would need is the right wheelbase so the tires sit properly. lets face it most RC's like the SCX10 honestly how scale do they look under the body? Last I looked the jeep 4x4 had a gas engine not an electric motor, and an ESC ;) [/quote] Exactly.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 4:03 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: $500 Budget For RTR basher
[quote]ORIGINAL: Foxy [quote]ORIGINAL: DieHard1945 I completely agree. I own and Evader st and I put the evader brushless gearbox and components, dog bones, a brushless motor (Yes, it's the Traxxas Velenion 3S 3500kv and is, though I'm a Traxxas hater, pretty powerful), So with all the upgrades I've done (except the wheels/tires) it is pretty much an Evader Brushless. I have the 3S battery, just waiting for the spur to show up. Ordered it Sunday and it said the earliest it'd be here is Thursday, but it's only in Indiana and that should be here tomorrow in my opinion. So to sum it up, The Evader is tons better than the rustler. My friend has one, and Thursday (if my spur shows up) I'm going to kick his but with my Evader running 3S and his Rustler runing 7 cell NiMh.<img alt='''' src=''http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/punching.gif'' />can't wait!!! [quote]ORIGINAL: The_Shark [quote]ORIGINAL: Foxy Well, hobby stores are obliged to listen to anyone's annoying questions if they want to make money. Too many are pushing their own agendas or are simply arrogant and unhelpful. OP, it sounds like you need to go Traxxas. I'm not a big traxxas fan, but with your first car, you MUST have local support, and apart from the price, there isn't much wrong with Traxxas brushless stuff. Order a Rustler VXL, you'll enjoy it a lot. Bear in mind though, if you can hang on and are prepared to order online, you can hang on just a bit longer for the Thunder Tiger MT4 G3 re-release (it's coming soon, we hope!!), which is literally 10 times the car that the rustler and should fit neatly into your $500 budget. Look on youtube for vids, it really is a very special monster truck/truggy. [/quote] I HIGHLY disagree with this, all my stuff I have to order out, yet I have VERY little breakdowns due to it being high quality stuff, its more like you NEED parts support if you bought a traxxas. When I owned my T-Maxx that was the only car/truck I have ever owned that I had to make sure I had extra parts on hand because it broke every 5 minutes. my OFNA buggy I used to have to bash with, I broke a A-arm, a diff case and a dog bone, all from one crash, but that was it for 4 years of owning it. my MGT 8.0 I broke a screw off in the bumper and a spur gear, and have put 3 gallons in it. you don't need parts support if you have a quality, durable car. You should however, get a car that the parts are still made. I would much rather get a brushless evader for $250 than a $350 rustler. [/quote] [/quote] OK, kudos to you for making me laugh out loud at least. [/quote] I agree with both of you. I think, like Foxy said, that having local support for parts is nice, but not a necessity. It has been months since I've gone and bought anything from my LHS and they'll order just about anything you want. I'd rather just order online because my LHS really is overpriced (I think a good number of them are) and they just aren't that helpful. So, buying something that I can only get parts for online makes me no difference because I already have a Paypal and ebay account that I use almost daily, so buying online is really easier than having to take the time to go the store.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 4:00 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Custom Low-Rider Build
: thehuntingterminator [quote]ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM [quote]ORIGINAL: phmaximus Dont know if a ''
Posted on: 9/17/2012 7:42 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Custom Low-Rider Build
[quote]ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM [quote]ORIGINAL: phmaximus Dont know if a ''ladder-frame wooden chassis'' will hold up for long, why wood? [/quote] I'd only assume he doesn't have the metal working tools. can't believe I missed that when I originally read the post. agree it won't hold up long, but if its just for a concept car that he doesn't care to run outside just test it might prove to be a good option actually as its easy to shape, and modify. [/quote] Like I said at the very beginning, this project will be more for looks than actual abilities. Also like I said, it will probably never get over 15mph, so I don't see why wood would have a problem. And yes, I would rather do an aluminum chassis, but wood is what I have access to and it's just simpler. Plus we like to try to keep all of our projects as simple as possible so that its possible for our viewers to re-create it or do something similar.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 3:01 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: **My new High Speed project**
Sweet! Subscribed!
Posted on: 9/17/2012 2:34 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Traxxas Summit
[quote]ORIGINAL: TheKennyKiller Nice Exo you have there Hunter. [/quote] Thanks. Yeah its a pretty neat little truck (well not literally little, lol, it's the size of a 1/8th buggy) and really isn't nearly as hard to work on since I left the body off. I would highly recommend one.
Posted on: 9/17/2012 2:17 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: Custom Low-Rider Build
I was unaware that this had been done before. Oh well, still should make for an interesting build!
Posted on: 9/16/2012 5:46 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: $500 Budget For RTR basher
[quote]ORIGINAL: Speed917 All i can say is this site is Much better than any hobby store near me !!!!! I made my way to 3 different hobby store today and all they wanted to do was sell sell and sell. I asked similar questions that i had asked on this site and got nowhere. I know i said they favor Traxxas but holy lord it was Horrible !!!! All stores stock EVERY traxxas part i could have ever imagined and all i was told was traxxas is the best most reliable and nothing can come close to it. One store i did not even get help they just looked at me and said we can order anything you want when i asked questions it was like they were a deer in headlights. The one thing i walked away with today was one of my local shops has slot cars and now im buying one for my kid and probable myself since he loved them. As for me im worse off now than ever before. One of the hobby shops told me nitrous or nothing everything they had and worked on was nitro or gas and electric models were XL-5 or brushed, I simply said ''why not sell brushless'' the guy in store replied ''we dont want to lose our nitro customers '' and then proceeded in trying to have me buy something nitro. I was also told the vxl rustler was really the only way to go and then continued with we can order anything you want it will be here in 2 days which is great but they were No help in what i should be getting at all. Even when i spoke to the people in the store  i believe i knew more than they did and i never even owned a hobby grade rc vehicle so im guessing if its not for all of you im not going to have much luck! ... Also the models they had in the store were in faded boxes from 2005. [/quote] Wow. Sounds like you should order online to me!
Posted on: 9/16/2012 5:45 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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Custom Low-Rider Build
As most of you probably know, I'm a writer for modelkits.com. We are doing our next project soon, so I would like you all's thoughts on it. We are doing something completely different than anything that I've ever seen, so this way hopefully y'all will find it entertaining. Our objective is to make a completely custom, scale, low-riding F-250. Please understand that in this build scale realism is more important than actual performance. I will be custom making a ladder-frame wooden chassis and then will be attaching a Losi Mini Rock Crawler solid axle in the rear (only will be 2wd), hooking that to a Traxxas Slash transmission that sits on top of the chassis, and then the front end will be made up of Slash 2wd a-arms and hubs. Not sure if there will be suspension up front or not (definitely won't be in the rear). For electronics, we will be using a cheap brushed ESC from China, lol, and a cheap Helion 21t brushed motor because I already had it. For a servo a Traxxas 2075 unit will probably be used. Battery will be a 2s lipo. The body will be a Proline F-250 Crew Cab body for the E-Maxx. The tires/wheels will be cheap but low-ride style ebay picks from China. Won't be anything that goes more than 15mph most likely, but should look pretty cool. This is what we are trying to get it to resemble: [image]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/blkyotabb/99%20f250/1234.jpg[/image] Let me know if you guys have any comments/thoughts/ideas for us. Thanks.
Posted on: 9/16/2012 4:59 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Baja 1000
Dang looks great. More pics please when you can :)
Posted on: 9/16/2012 12:44 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Brushless Upgrade rcommendation
[quote]ORIGINAL: ckmerc  Sorry....are we talking about the gforce engine in the link above? Or the esc in the link.?   Have u used gforce engines at all? [/quote] Yes. Two of them actually. I used the 2800kv version in my Savage XS SS build and the 3200kv more recently in my Axial Exo build. They are amazing for the price. $37 for a 4 pole motor that runs relatively cool and has plenty of torque. I even reviewed the 2800kv version: http://www.modelkits.com/radio-controlled-kits/gforce-540-4-pole-2800kv-brushless-motor-review.html
Posted on: 9/16/2012 10:37 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: trx1 thinking about doing a xl5 upgrade, but using 2.2 rims.....anyone do this?? [/quote] I ran my Rustler for a long time with an XL-5 ESC and 2.2s and it worked great. The XL-5 is a good ESC. What ESC are you running right now?
Posted on: 9/16/2012 10:05 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: $500 Budget For RTR basher
[quote]ORIGINAL: Speed917 Hoping i get to the hobby store today to check out what some of these guys look like and hopefully drive but not sure how the store works. [/quote] Sounds good. Hopefully you will find something that you really like. Just keep in mind that its always better to get opinions/reviews on products from actual buyers, and not just the sellers (the hobby store employees). Some hobby shops have really nice, helpful employees and others just want to make a buck off of ya', so beware.
Posted on: 9/16/2012 9:48 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official Rustler Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: trx1 my trucks.....[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/Trx1/traxxastrucks.jpg[/IMG] happy just the way they r [/quote] Is that one on the right a jacked-up Rustler or a Stampede? Either way, they both look nice.
Posted on: 9/16/2012 9:32 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Motor for 4x4 slash question
I just installed this ESC in my Axial Exo which is probably a good bit heavier seeing that it uses an aluminum chassis. This ESC has worked great and never gets over 120 degrees Fahrenheit. I would highly recommend it. http://www.valuehobby.com/power-systems/speed-controller/electric-car-esc/hobbywing-ezrun-sc10.html [quote]ORIGINAL: bloodpuppy They both look really good. Can you put a link for the esc, i couldnt find it in search. And can i use that on either motor? Thanks SyCo your always the one that help me he most.  [quote]ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM [quote]ORIGINAL: bloodpuppy  Im in the works for trading for a 4X4 ULTIMATE slash roller.  With trying to keep the price down i going to buy a after market motor/esc.  Im not a racer or anything more for fun on the track with friends.  What do i need for a motor like KV and turns? Only info i found was hobbywing suggest 10t or higher.  I have a 13.5t on my 2 wheel and its slow as crap.  Thanks.  [/quote] as turns are pretty arbitrary brand to brand, and can size to can size I'll say get a 3000-3500kv motor tops I tried a 4000kv in mine, and honestly it got almost to meltdown point in approx 600 feet of driving on concrete. I converted my slash to a pede after that, and got the HW SC8 ESC, and a motor off HK (cause hobby partz didn't have the tacon I wanted for over 3 months in stock) http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=6673 was the one I got http://www.hobbypartz.com/96m211-3660-3500kv-7t.html http://www.hobbypartz.com/96m213-3660-3000kv-8t.html were the ones I was looking for from Hobbypartz that they didn't have in stock when I bought. mine [/quote] [/quote]
Posted on: 9/16/2012 9:10 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Brushless Upgrade rcommendation
Glad that I could help. Like someone said, HobbbyWing makes some great ESCs. I actually just bought the 70a version for my Exo and it runs flawlessly and never gets over 120 degrees Fahrenheit. That's some really good performance for the $40 it cost!
Posted on: 9/16/2012 9:07 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Please move to traxxas monster truck forum!
PM sent.
Posted on: 9/16/2012 9:04 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: $500 Budget For RTR basher
Oh also, the Exo is no more likely to burn down like in the video than any other RC on the market. It burned because of the lipo battery, not because of the car itself.
Posted on: 9/15/2012 8:32 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: $500 Budget For RTR basher
the EXO 1/10 was brushless the rest were brushed.(Thehuntingterminator- I notice ur model looks pretty
Posted on: 9/15/2012 8:30 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Losi 8eight E conversion
It's absolutely possible for only one wheel to be spinning, but this is extremely unlikely and in the case of this happening something has got to be wrong. [quote]ORIGINAL: phmaximus [quote]ORIGINAL: FahrtAutoRC Not sure if it's rocks or if drivers overseas are trying out some funky driving techniques, but I've seen some stuff lately.... :p lol Yea, definitely keep it buggy. Buy a buggy to have a buggy, and a truggy to have a truggy ;) I'll go back over the posts earlier and try to answer any previous questions too Edit: The questions, a bit late, but my answers: From what I have seen and heard, Tekno doesn't know the meaning of a flop in the chassis department, and my personal experience with mine tells me there might be more than just rumor there! Braking and center diff applications: My experience and what I know tells me that basically the center diff only splits power so much, it is always putting something out each end as long as its spur is being supplied with power. This goes into, basically, another spur on each differential. The diffs (front and rear)  take the power from there and divvy it up side to side based on which side needs what. Absolute worst case scenario would mean you'd still have at least one tire up front and one in back applying braking power. Every 4X4 I've ever owned, however, always stopped with all fours. My current pair, the Losi and my Slash 4X4, has stopped with all four locked up on many surfaces. I usually fine-tune my motor brakes via card or laptop so they come just a hair short of full-lock on a given terrain. Gives the shortest stopping distances for really charging corners hard ;) [/quote] are u sure??? dont think it is theoretically possible to have braking on only 1 wheel on a 3diff car? I found on a 2 diff car, if I lift 1 wheel off the ground and locking up the spur It wont move But if u do the same thing to a 3 diff car its moves freely and no braking force can be felt, but i can feel resistance from the diffs. U are right generally its not a problem, 5000wt front and 2000wt rear would have to help reduce that problem if not stop it at all. I have to go for the tekno chassis kit, the chassis on it is a dodgy Dragon chassis and is slightly buckled... and to get the losi conversion and a new chassis is very expensive. [/quote]
Posted on: 9/15/2012 8:21 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Traxxas Summit
I got my Exo built! [image]http://images.rcuniverse.com/forum/upfiles/526644/Sq47081.jpg[/image]
Posted on: 9/14/2012 6:15 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: VORZA 35T spur
[quote]ORIGINAL: yakfish The Vorza comes with the HPI branded Castle electronics right? If that has the HPI equivilanet of the Mamba Monster 2200 syteme. My experience is you can safely gear it to run about 60-65 MPH in a 1/8 buggy without having to worry about temps. There are ofcourse variables such as drag and weight that will variy between different buggies. But if you gear it to run about 60mph you should be fine. (this is geared to run on 6s) [/quote] The Vorza comes with a rebranded Mamba Monster combo, so yes. I wouldn't say, though, that you won't have to worry about temps with the 60-65mph setup. The Vorza is suppose to be pretty heavy and on 6s that's a lot of load on that 120a ESC especially with high gearing. I would gear it to run around 50-55mph and just have fun with it. Like someone else said, if you gear it super high and you do hit 90mph, that's cool, but you're also gonna overheat everything within 2-3 minutes. Won't be very fun for long, IMO.
Posted on: 9/14/2012 6:14 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: $500 Budget For RTR basher
I'd recommend the Axial Exo RTR. I just recently built the kit version and it is an amazing car for the money. The kit only cost me $350 to build and get running and it handles, performs, etc. like a dream. I think the RTR should run you around $480, so within the budget definitely. The RTR is the same as the kit underneath except it comes with electronics and pre-built (obviously), which the kit does not. I would recommend the kit over the RTR because you could then purchase better electronics for it, but if RTR is what you want, the Exo RTR is probably a good option. Mine has been nothing but great so far (besides one issue with a front dog bone but that was fixed in 5 minutes with fuel tubing) and looks awesome too. I didn't install all of the scale details or the body on mine so that I get better performance, but the RTR comes with a body pre-installed. A pic of mine below: [image]http://images.rcuniverse.com/forum/upfiles/526644/Sq47081.jpg[/image]
Posted on: 9/14/2012 6:09 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Just ordered an Axial Exo
I fixed the issue with the dog bone using a piece of fuel tubing and putting it in the output of the diff, which forces the dog bone to stay in the outer drive cup. Works perfectly now, but the drivetrain still makes a good amount of noise because I think all of the dog bones are a good millimeter or two off. But, it does run now and it runs good! The truck isn't super fast and only breaks around 30mph, but it is quick with the 4wd and low slung stock setup. Gearing seems to be perfect because I had a good amount of speed and after around 20 minutes the motor was in the 140s. Plus I was pushing it hard because I wanted to test the electronics so that I can easily make changes while at home and not at a bash site. The ESC never got over 120 so I'm once again happy with HobbyWing. I definitely want to try 3s in this thing, but that's gonna have to wait. It will need to be geared down a tooth or two on the pinion before that happens, and I don't have a 3s pack at the moment. So far it's a really fun truck and the best part is that I'm going to be testing STRC's full lineup of aluminum hopup (and possibly a little bit of carbon fiber) parts for this thing in the coming weeks. It's gonna be sick! Let me know what you guys think of her:
Posted on: 9/14/2012 4:08 PM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Just ordered an Axial Exo
Not sure of every single one has this same problem, but I've heard that a good amount of them do,
Posted on: 9/14/2012 4:04 AM by Author "thehuntingterminator" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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