Tyeide

hi i have a xl-5 stampede I was wondering if there are any mods that will make it crawl good. I was also wondering how well it would do.

Kody P

if you rebuilt the truck and made it have four wheel drive it might work better than stock anyways

dezfan

Buy a TLT.

hands without shadows

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5042061/tm.htm

Rare

WoW![X(] That sure clears things up for him.

rcbif

Independant and 2wd truck dont make good crawlers. Sure you could put a rear end on the front and make it 4wd but it depends how much you want to put into it, and it would still be independant suspension. You could go for more of a hill climber

lohocla

he asked for mods for his pede. .. maybe he doesnt want a tlt.

rustlerbasher

a stampede will get "stuck on a bannana peel" when compared to 4x4 trucks. Your kinda starting your self off for failure... crawling is all about traction and forward bite... without 4WD you have no forward bite in the front..and it will be hard enough to just get the front wheels over a rock.. let alone get the rest of the truck over with only 2 wheels pushing. I think that a stampede CAN be used for crawling with a lot of work, but will still be inferior to a tlt or clod. If you dont want a tlt or clod, maybe your just looking to be different, at least get 4WD. I use my e-maxx... It has independent suspension, but you would be surprised what it can do.

tjarr001

so if you have a stamped how come you cant use the motor or esc or steering servo? cause i have a duratrax evader st and wanna make a crawler, but i was hopin i could use prety much everything but the frame (use trany, motor, reciver, servo, and esc)

dezfan

Well MAYBE if any of you knew anything about crawling, you would know that a 2WD Independent Suspension rig isn't the good basis for a crawler.

Were as the TLT IS the basis for about 95% of all 2.2 crawlers.

So I DID indeed help him!

Now for the NON crawlers who like to add their 3 cents, get a clue!

tjarr001

dang thats harsh man i was just askin a question

dezfan

Sorry, that was directed at a few of the post above your.

You more than likely can use the ESC.

The motor probably not as it will have to many RPM.

As for the servo, it too will probably be lacking in the torque needed for crawling.

Now, a 55t Integy lathe motor is really cheap as motors go ($16.00 - $24.00) and work extremely well.

For a steering servo, the Tower Pro MG955 servo, is rated at over 200 oz's. and runs about $25.00 on e-bay.

Need anything else, please PM me.

tjarr001

what about the reciver and trany?

dezfan

Those too should work fine for you!

Find yourself a TLT and a good chassis(SW2,XRC,Vertical Smile,ect.....) and your on your way.

tjarr001

sweet. im thinkin bout makin my own chassis. but i need like a layout or some dimentions to go by. i got some 1/8" sheets of steel at my house that i could cut but i gotta get an idea of measurments first.

dezfan

You could use the Stock TLT chassis as a base, or mod it and use it as well.

Not the best, but it will work to start w/.

lohocla

wrong thread