Awesome's AX10 Scorpion

not bad for my first attempt at posting pictures

the rtr set comes with a triangular battery tray to be placed behind the servo. it is said that placing the battery further forward is better but because the space between the servo and the motor is too tight for my battery i just have to place mine on top in the center.

wonder how many minutes of crawling can i get out of a 2s 4200mah

the esc wire is too long!! need to coil a few rounds around the shocks mounting.

Might consider cutting short the wire to make it neater and to prevent getting caught in the main gear located at the back..

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both receiver and esc are double sided taped to the battery plate. Might consider using the triangular plate to mount the esc on and moving the receiver forward..to keep the wires clear from the gears..

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AR-3 receiver..spent quite sometime trying to bind with tx only to realize its already setup in factory..whoa lau eh..anyway the binding instructions doesn't seem to work..

got an extra ch3..can i use it for another servo for the rear??

All dressed up..

please note the antenna sticking out of the shell at an angle..is this right??




see position of the antenna with shell below, reference to the shell mounting posts.

Finally the tx, the pack of spares (surprise, surprise...), stickers, binding servo and the manual...

wonder what the 2 green color half shells are for

nice rig bro!! clean clean!!
you just need some rocks!

awesome wrote:
wonder how many minutes of crawling can i get out of a 2s 4200mah

you can get plenty of rock crawling time on that battery...

awesome wrote:
got an extra ch3..can i use it for another servo for the rear??

Does the ax-3 come with 3 channel tx?

awesome wrote:
please note the antenna sticking out of the shell at an angle..is this right??

maybe you wanna cut short the antenna tube so that it don't protude out?
or just coil the antenna wire somewhere and you can remove the tube...

awesome wrote:
wonder what the 2 green color half shells are for

those are the rock markers...

Nice clean and shiny rig. Bro you doing rock crawling only? Let me know if you find a good rock crawling location.

Haha..nice cos new mah. Just brought it out nearby my place. Spent more time looking for a suitable spot than crawling it. I think it prefers being on it's back for most of it's time

Tough lah to find rocky places here. Maybe granite quarry

Boolean21 - they don't mention the no. of channels on the tx but from most websites I've visited I think only 2ch. What can I expect for a rtr set??!!

Wat the price for the ax10 kit now？n the rtr price now?

Nice AX10 Awesome, when i bought it few months ago at winnie, it comes with AR-2 RX and AX-2 TX. Good that Axial is improving their RTRs. AX10 is great with lotsa mods available. Enjoy your ride.

awesome wrote:
Boolean21 - they don't mention the no. of channels on the tx but from most websites I've visited I think only 2ch. What can I expect for a rtr set??!!

No worries man, you can slowly upgrade to 3 or 4 channel set in future.

ShaiAX55 wrote:Nice AX10 Awesome, when i bought it few months ago at winnie, it comes with AR-2 RX and AX-2 TX. Good that Axial is improving their RTRs. AX10 is great with lotsa mods available. Enjoy your ride.

Hi, Thanks and nice to know of another Scorpion crawler hope to meet some days. I dunno the diff between these two systems but for now I'll be happy with stock till I can find some decent places to climb. Am keeping a lookout for good places.

I've got a crawler!!!

awesome wrote:

ShaiAX55 wrote:Nice AX10 Awesome, when i bought it few months ago at winnie, it comes with AR-2 RX and AX-2 TX. Good that Axial is improving their RTRs. AX10 is great with lotsa mods available. Enjoy your ride.

Hi, Thanks and nice to know of another Scorpion crawler hope to meet some days. I dunno the diff between these two systems but for now I'll be happy with stock till I can find some decent places to climb. Am keeping a lookout for good places.

I've got a crawler!!!

my fav place for rocks are Senja and Little Guilin, Little Guilin is more convenient, shorter walk from car park, Senja Rd rocks is nice but a bit of a walk from the car park...

Ahhh! Poison.. Guilin is just a walk from my block.! Haha looks like another spree at tower..

Wrigleys wrote:Ahhh! Poison.. Guilin is just a walk from my block.! Haha looks like another spree at tower..

buy buy buy!! hahaha

Futable 4PKS has got steering mixing for crawlers. Seems like a new feature..but price is a bit

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXZXE0&P=7

awesome wrote:Futable 4PKS has got steering mixing for crawlers. Seems like a new feature..but price is a bit

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXZXE0&P=7

i think bro eatdirt is using this?

3PL has the steering mixing.. much cheaper too..

qks57 wrote:3PL has the steering mixing.. much cheaper too..

Went to the shop at bukit timah and was told 3PL no more in production liao. The latest is 4PL at half the price of 4PK. Can't see from the specs it has steering mixing leh...

Sorry I think it has programmable mixes..

3PL no longer in production?! cannot be lah.. its quite a new product.. even SHS just brought it in in April.. confirm got 4WS mix..

http://www.futaba-rc.com/systems/futk1300.html

Well that's what I was told if I recall correctly. Anyway am considering the 4PL with an extra channel maybe for lightings in the future..

hello all..paiseh for MIA...here's some update..

couldn't find the senja rocks last week so ended up at jelapang instead to do some crawling..



can see my scorpion in the below pic??



a little disappointed with the crawler..was just attempting to cross over a gap in between some rocks and the shafts just came off - twice on the front and once on the back so decided to call if off..what a maiden





you can see that the shaft gets twisted easily. In the meantime waiting for my upgrades to arrive i might as well try to beef up the joint using the tail servo mounts from my heli..the shaft diameter is about 12mm same as the trex tail boom.

servo mounts:



fixed!! i only work on the axle ends..the transmission ends are left as is..hope this will work for the time being..

Yo bro, think you too hard core liao....

Looks like a great mod!...

The senja rocks are in between the highway exit ramp....

err...i think this should be posted in Awesome's AX10 thread instead..

mod can help move?? thanks..

boolean21 wrote:Yo bro, think you too hard core liao....

Looks like a great mod!...

The senja rocks are in between the highway exit ramp....

not that hard lah..hehe..

i have bling servo mounts too, but too lazy to cut off the excess. plus to put it on you have to remove the shaft and yoke. you can open up the plastic type to fit in quite easily..

topic moved.

the mod should work fine if the screw can hold up...
looks good.

boolean21 wrote:topic moved.

the mod should work fine if the screw can hold up...
looks good.

thanks..

if the screw screws up i will use cap screws and nuts liao but there is not much clearance from the 'Y' linkage though..

i'm using traxxas shafts for my honcho... works great... no popping out of the drive shafts ever since the change.... i only changed the rear one that is linked to the axle...

i can't use metal ones cos have to cut the shaft shorter in order to use the dig unit... but so far so good, not a pop...

or get these.... should secure it nicely...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Axial-XR10-Driveshaft-Ring-W-Setscrews-Grey-AX30501-/390358062664?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5ae3275648#ht_1912wt_871