Jerc 77

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O.K. I have read through a lot of these threads. But I still don't know much about crawlers (or trucks for that matter). I am an airplane/heli guy, but here on Oahu, the winds are wicked on a lot of days. Plus the flying field is on the other side of the island. Anyhow (sorry for the long intro), I was looking into getting a truck. I bought the Stampede, but, I find that I would rather crawl than chase the kids around the yard. Here's what I know:

I don't think I'll get into compition- this is just for screwing around in the yard
I want an RTR- the helis take up a lot of my build/maintenance time + I am out of the country a lot
I am a fan of "upgrade when it breaks"
I want to spend around $250-$300
I have a 9C radio, but it's on 72MhZ, so I don't want to use that on the crawler, or buy a new radio
Later on, I will probably lean towards a scale crawler, if I enjoy it as much as I hope

So, I had narrowed it down to the AX 10 or the Cliffclimber. The drawbacks seem to be:
AX10: limited articulation, very poor electronics, too fast
Cliffclimber: clodstall (?), small

So, you guys who are the experts; which would you choose? Also, if there are any other major draw backs to either truck, please include that too.
Thanks for the help!!

vdubman

ax 10 all the way they have alright electronics first thing to break will be the sevo. but the cliffclimber i have 2 friends buy them on a dare to fix up and compete agaist us ax 10 lovers and they have yet to run them because of bad motors and falty gears. this is just my what i think but im would go with the ax 10 ez

Jerc 77

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Thanks for the input Vdubman!
So the score is:
AX 10 RTR= 1
Cliff Climber= 0

Anyone else?

dezfan

I own both. While the CC is a fun little rig, I too would recommend the ARTR Axial.

Just a more capable rig over all.

Jerc 77

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Thanks Dezfan!

So the score is:
AX 10 RTR= 2
Cliff Climber= 0

dezfan

Notice I said the ARTR, at it's a much better rig.

Jailbird1818

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I agree with the ARTR. I just ordered one to tide me over untill I can get the XTM super-class.

-JB