Every year my family travels out of the frozen wasteland of Minnesota to Texas, usually around Thanksgiving. If flights are cheap, we'll fly down. If not, the road-trip is on! I personally like the road trip because it means I can bring some extras along which usually means my bicycle and a couple of RC cars. Since we'd be driving through Dallas on US-75, we stopped at … [Read More...]
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Spec Slash Parts & Settings
After a full year of my son and I racing our 2wd Slashes in the "Spec Slash" class, I wanted to record everything we've broken, fixed, upgraded, and replaced. I'll … [Read More...]
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Slash 4×4 Crawler (Part 4) Body
This whole project started on the basis of the Pro-Line Jeep Rubicon Unlimited body - it's a beauty. So how does this thing fit on a Slash and how do we make … [Read More...]
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Slash 4×4 Crawler (Part 3) Powertrain & Tires
With the width of the vehicle worked out, it is time to make it drive like a crawler. To slow the Slash down to believable crawler speed I actually kept the stock gearing in place (19.23 Final Drive Ratio for the brushed 4x4). Then I added a RC4WD 1:3 Gear … [Read More...]
Slash 4×4 Crawler (Part 2) Width
Suspension Arms The arms are going to be the single biggest difference maker when it comes to overall width. As part of my research I gathered a list of several Slash-compatible arms and their lengths. If you've got more arm lengths to add to that list, … [Read More...]
Slash 4×4 Crawler (Part 1) Introduction
Can a Slash 4x4 transform into a trail-worthy RC crawler? I don't think this is a new question, in fact Ultimate RC did something very similar with a Stampede 4x4 almost 10 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reM57ZAaa0Q I took some of the cues … [Read More...]