Cheap $139 Crawler! Big Mods For $15??

Perfect timing. Just got home from the cabin, sat down, and the one I was waiting for was just posted. 😁

This thing is screaming for the Hobbywing 1080 or even the 1060 :)

If it comes down to budget, the ISDT ESC70 is only £20 or so. I ran my Carisma Sca1e Coyote out with my son and his friend, and once set up for the controller (I use my Dumbo transmitters on multiple cars), it runs perfectly, and runs/ crawls really well.

I've spent some time playing with the settings and I've got it running great on the terrain where I am.

Those mods seem to work really well. Just trial and error with some I guess. 👍🏻

Weight in the front and better esc for better modulation & for that price not bad compared to its first time out it looked like junk.

Yes my Friend, You said the magic word "Weight". Loved this video. Good upgrade's. Still waiting for mine.. I will spend a little more on my one when i get it...lol. Looking forward to seeing what you do to it next. Big Thumbs' up my friend.👍👊

Wow. You really did good making it work a whole lot better! Great job as always! Have a wonderful weekend my friend 👍👍

I really appreciate that you take the time to properly test and modify the "cheaper" RCs. This hobby should be about having fun and if it can be cheap while you're having fun then that's a big win. See you next week 🙂 Take care!!

Interesting to see the progress you’ve made. I understand where you’re going with this but still think buying used if at all possible would be the better option. Useful for those who have already bought one of these. Definitely curious to see what you do to it next.

Didn't have the " chops on the rocks"! Priceless! That put a smile on my face for the day! I can't wait to tell my crew something similar..if they don't have the chops...kick rocks! ( get lost) thanks man!

Having watched your channel now for long enough, I should have expected that 55T 540. But I didn't. That was an unexpected turn (haha) of events. And it appears to have worked wonderfully. A trick to remember, for sure. Same with the three link and panhard. Should have expected it and didn't. It seems to have made a world of difference. As you said, not perfect, but a definite improvement.

Watching the truck trying Problem 2, I can't help but think, maybe the tires/foams are too firm? it didn't seem like the front tires were flexing and conforming to the rock surface very well, so it was like a hard rubber surface on a hard rock surface, no flex and no grip. All the problems, really. Maybe softer tires/foams could resolve some of that?

Adding the rock for weight up front seemed to help, which would indicate that more weight is called for. But what if just putting in softer foams would achieve the same goal? I'm reluctant to add weight if there's another way to achieve the same result, so maybe?

An idea for a very affordable and good crawler/trail truck is the funtek outlaw it’s a team associated cr-12 copy

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Buying cheap crawlers and optimizing them with free mods and cheap upgrades is my favourite part of this hobby 😎👌

Are there any ways to put 550 size motors in there?) Maybe not even on the budget 😉 I put 3542 outrunner because it is the only motor I have this short, but I want to throw 3650 sensored in 🤩

can i adjust its wheelbase to 313mm?

Thanks for the rock mod tip, I've added one to every crawler I've had since this vid

can you try putting traxxas trx4 tires on it