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This is my first Scx24 and was stock for about a week. I started with the brushless Komodo and Reefs micro 99 from a buddy and it grew from there over 4 months or so.

This build challenged me and I learned a lot through this sub. The esc, motor and trans weren’t easy to install and I have a serious amount of zip ties holding everything in place haha. I ran it on 2s and 3s and like the 2s more as it crawls slower and the battery lasts longer. The servo and motor are both beasts and seem to smooth the entire experience out to a higher level.

The only stock parts are the axles and I’m thinking about adding the Tiny Terrains or Meus Axles soon. This is my first crawler build and I’m addicted to these little rigs. I d own two 18 scale crawlers that are due on the bench soon but like that I can take this little guy anywhere and stake advantage of new crawling spots. I’m an old school Niro guy from the 80s, so crawling is new to me.

Build list:

Spektrum RX/7X
Furitek Komodo
Meus brass skid plate
Meus links
RC Lions steel driveshafts
Injora Big Bore Shocks
Furitek trans mount
Mofo RC brass transmission
Mofo brass servo mount
Injora MBL32G2 ESC
Reefs purple 99 servo
Reefs servo horn
Injora brass diff covers
Injora brass knuckles
Rampcrab brass roller steering link
LGRP Ghost wheels
JConcepts Tusk tires

From the local BMW cars and coffee.

Found this at a BMW dealer cars and coffee

At the local BMW dealership for a show.

I know I really don’t need the side pieces of the chassis, but they do prevent the body scraping on rocks. It must have broken off easily. I am running a full brushless setup and must have overdid it running on 3s.

This was actually my first RC back in the late 80s as my father bought it for me and this was the coolest toy I had back then besides skateboards and BMX. Unfortunately I lost ways with it many years ago and eventually got a Tamiya Hornet so I could run it myself because my father was weary about me with the gas car apparently.

I’d like to get another one as I’m into the crawling and trailing scene and looking to get back into nitro. I’m looking at getting the HPI Escort rally car but thought I could also find a clean example of the Hunter. I do remember there was a wheel on the chassis that spun the motor to start it and it was fast running up and down the street. I had a nitro TMaxx briefly a long time ago but am looking to add an old and new car to my collection.

The photo isn’t mine but I do remember the blue box and mine didn’t have the wing installed.

Some exotics from today’s show.

Visited one of my record spots today and this is just some of the gear they had for sale. The room is full of speakers and turntables, but some of the amps are phenomenal.

This is a local partnership between McLaren of North Jersey and Throttle Racing Club in North Jersey, a coffee house and sim racing entertainment spot.

I had a credit for $205 after I bought a pair of leaky Cloud 6’s so I decided to grab these after wearing my new Cloudrunners for awhile.

I’m new to running and plan on some short runs this weekend. Does anyone have any experience with these with a slight over pronation ?

These look great and feel good while walking around.

I’m ordering parts for my long delayed Unimog build and I this is a good motor option. Has anyone had experience with one in a trail or crawling rig ?

I also think the transmission needs to be swapped and only see the trx4m listed with this motor.

Any advise is appreciated. Thanks.

FCX18 photo for show, but I am planning on swapping the brushless out runner system from my LC80 into my FCX24 Unimog and wanted to see if anyone has encountered any issues in the process.

I do see the parts between the platform are interchangeable and plan to use the tires, shocks and axles from the LC80 as spares.

I am thinking the wiring of the Unimog may be plug and play for the Outrunner motor and placement should be in the same location. I would also use the receiver from the LC80. My other issue is whether the two speed transmission would also swap into the Mog. I do not see any adequate aftermarket transmission options for FMS trucks.

Performance of the Unimog would be greatly improved and with some down low weight and some good tires, I’d have a good trail rig. Doing some research on this seems pretty straightforward. Does anyone have some pointers or tips for me?

I have the wooden flatbed ordered for the Unimog as well as some better wheels. I have the FairRC black mod.

My LC80 was ran twice before having power cutoff issues. I actually got a replacement esc from FairRC and then realized the issue is in the wiring. I’ve been through the truck as well as the tech at my local shop and it’s very poor quality wiring and still cut on and off with the new esc. That’s how I came up with the idea.

Any tips or knowledge would be helpful, I know the FMS aftermarket is lacking and rather than have this thing broken up on the shelf, I’d rather use the parts from it to build another truck.