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bbolden516

Ok so long story short, I have been out of the hobby for about 5ish years, not a newbie by any means, I started with a Redcat ROCKSLIDE RS10 XT, then I built a fully custom bully super comp and hacked a gt3c flysky which was awesome.

Anyways theres alittle background so you get an idea when I say that this new Danchee RidgeRock crawler is pretty awesome for what it is, I got 2 of them see if my son, (6yrs old) will enjoy the hobby.

On black friday on Amazon they were $109 each , I also got 4 DS3218mg 20KG Digital servos with 4 25t aluminum servo horns for $53, cause crawlers love better servos not that the stock ones wernt ok ish, everything got better with the 3s lipos I already had Zippy 1300 20c.

Out of the box this thing is awesome, super light, and capable. Roughly 45ish mins of run time on stock battery. Well I couldn't help myself and I love xt60 connectors so that was mod one for me 3s will wake up anything lol. then I cut about half an inch out of the body sides and re did the hole slightly forward moving the body down and back on the chassis.

This did 2 things it looks better to me and 2nd when it tumbles over the ability to self ride it back on its wheels is way easier. The next mod was the servos which is pretty strait forward minus I had to trim the servo horn for clearance. The new servos are metal geared and body so they add weight but in a good way to the axle down low so this helps traction and cg.

Then it was on to the wheels and tires, while the wheels are 3 piece beadlocks they are all plastic so they are super light, I like them ok but I like narrower wheels on crawlers for obvious reasons.
By cutting and shutting the wheels you make them narrower and this forces the tire to get a larger OD and gives you better side lug bubble out past the wheel. then last but not least is the tire, they are an ok stock tire for bashing but for crawling they needed help.

I cut the center lugs out to help with tire bite, then I wire wheeled the tires inside and out to take the sheen off and break the tire in so I could sauce them up with some WD40, this softens the tire up considerably they are much better now softer and more malleable, I also cut the foams down to fit the narrower wheels and cut triangles out of them to soften the foams cause they are not so good very cheap. However I will be getting some 2.2 Proline Hyrax predators very soon.

For now though this rig is super cheap and super capable and 4WS is just awesome, with the 4 selectable modes.

All of my pics will get loaded up shortly just getting my subscription back up to date, for now all pics can be seen on my members album/profile.

Please Let me know what you think, and remember this rig has a total of $175 in it and could crawl pretty close to the super comp I built years ago, at a mere fraction of the cost minus the size difference of the super and digs. A fly sky GT3C hacked and digs could be in the future as well as some metal or delrin lower links for better clearance.

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