I was looking for gears for a Axial XR10 on RC4WD and ran across this bad boy. It's a 1.5 scale crawler and looks really tough too. Have any of you crawler folks ever seen one of these? RC4WD Killer Krawler: http://store.rc4wd.com/Killer-Krawler-15-Dual-Brushless-RTR-Truck_p_1317.html
Wow, that is a CNC masterpiece, someone spent a lot of time to figure all that out and get it done. most all of those parts were flipped for a second and some even a third process........
I thought it was one sweet looking machine too. It looks like a labor of love. I was hoping one of our crawler members might have seen one in person and could tell us some more about it. I found this video on YouTube that shows this Killer Krawler next to a HPI Baja 5B, yeah it's big!
And the dream crusher speaks lol ;D. Sorry to say it is far less cool than it looks. Fit and finish is pretty poor and all the unnecessary aluminum on it just makes it a huge boat anchor. The suspension is one of the poorest designs I have seen in recent history. Turning is insanely poor as is the durability of the axles. Tires have no grip whatsoever and the poorly designed axles couldn't slide across a stick of melting butter. The gear ratio is unbelievably high for a crawler of any type let alone one with the huge tires. The brushless motors are useless for crawling and are sensorless making it even worse. Rod ends are worthless and fall apart with hardly any use. The guy I know with one views it as the worst expensive rc mistake he ever made. You would not even believe how awful it is unless you saw it in person. I have honest to god seen sinistercad drive his 4x4 sc truck further up a pile of rocks than one of these would make it. I usually avoid rc4wd altogether except for gears and their tires. they are way more about looks than actual performance
You'll probably do best by building one yourself...im gathering up parts to build a supper now.old school of course.like my first crawler i ever built.....
I would say a clod, berg, or bully based super would come out to somewhere near 1/5th scale and perform pretty well. Tires start becoming a major limiting factor and most all competitive supers have custom made ones. I would love to make another super crawler myself but cost keeps me away for a while longer.
Cant really say what scale it was exactly but this one I made was bigger than 1/8 for sure. It had somewhere around a 20" wb and those were moab xl tires. It lacked a good radio system to control all the cool stuff but was pretty fun none the less. All I had was a 4ch futaba 75mhz ;D stick radio. I wish I still had it now but there was just no one to run it with at the time. I have been slowly squirreling away parts to build a berg based super for a while now also. Maybe some day I will get the time to kick that project in the butt and get it moving.
Via Google I found this: http://rcpcrawlers.com/product.php?productid=999 Is that the crawler you are talking about?
Lol ya they have a ton of different names now and have been bought and sold. They are called berg, new age, enroute and another I cant remember. The only useful part is the axles themselves though. You are best off just buying an axle kit and going from there. The v1 axles are the most sought after and the v2 is not so favorable. There is another version called the nano that seems like a nice design but shares the "bad" parts of the v2. Best and one of the only places to get the axles by themselves is through RPP. TCS has a lot of replacement parts also. http://www.rpphobby.com/category_s/258.htm?searching=Y&sort=11&cat=258&show=20&page=1&brand=New%20Age And this set has been seriously worked over Another option is the super bully axles http://store.rc4wd.com/Super-Bully-Comp-Axle-with-Knuckles-_p_490.html
Are these axles better than the Axial AX10 axles with Robinson Racing steel fears? What is so good about these Berg axles? Are there better axles than Berg if one was going to build a custom rig?
I haven't seen or even knew Robinson made gears for the ax10 axles so I cant comment on that part. Its hard to compare the 2 axles as they are so vastly different. Each has its own place and will be better for certain things than the other. If you are looking for all out performance than the moa (motor on axle) setup is the way to go. Don't get me wrong shaft driven axles can perform very well also but the moa setup is just more favorable and versatile. I personally like the Berg axles for their durability and modular design. They can be setup and made to work with almost any setup you want. There is a large aftermarket support for the bergs also. The berg axles lend themselves to custom builds very well. You have options for all sorts of axle tubes and inner axles. They can be made basically indestructible also which is a good thing in a comp truck.
