Losi Crawler
 

Everyone else is bringing out a Crawler - why not Losi

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it was only a matter of time before they come out with their own, i think they were just testing the waters with all the tires and bodies they make for crawlers.

mañana, I hope its cool, not some plastic thing

Not long left now till they get the pics up on their site

Pics: http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showt...=124165&page=8

What a complete let down, 1/18 scale :diablo:

interesting, a small crawler, not what I was hoping for but maybe better, Ive never had a crawler but I think I want one now, that ones strangely appealing. rtr for $200ish small crawler

It will be awesome for smaller scale builds though. Another 2.2 in the market wouldn't really change much for parts availability, just another set of axles to keep spare parts for. A nice tranny for 2.2's would have been cool though.


The small size will make it easy to find tough terrain too, whereas a nice 2.2 crawler needs good rocks or steep slopes to have a challenge.

I honestly think I'll add one to my RC collection. It looks to be perfect for something to drive around in the house over things likes books, pillows, pets and children. Ok, so maybe not the pets and children, but you get the idea. :mdr:

I think I might get one as well. That body has got to go though.

It can now be back ordered at Amain - $239.99 and in stock August 08
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/26090

http://images.amainhobbies.com/image...e/losb0222.jpg

Ahhh I might have bought one if it was atleast a 1/10th... will have to wait to see one in person..

Yeah, have to wait to see how big it looks sitting in front of me, could understand if it was 1/12 or 1/14 scale

Honestly the little duratrax cliff climber looks more interesting. This is a Losi product, and may have something to do with the MLST. That was crap, so I will reserve my opinion till I see a few, and hear from Rcc

I agree with you JRH, a decent tranny, maybe with a servo actuated 2 speed, or at least a disconnect would be cool. Like a mini emaxx 2 speed, or something like a mass produced r2 with more stength and bearings...

Yeah, thinking the same thing and the Duratrax one is 1/14 and looks good with the carbon parts. It is also the same price and comes in either RTR or prebuilt

http://www.duratrax.com/cars/dtxd18-...chassis-lg.jpg

Nice thing about 18th is you could build some nice little crawling areas right in the living room. (my wife would love that :whistle:) Looks like a fun little truck to have for a rainy day.

They got videos on their site now http://www.losi.com/Products/Default...rodId=LOSB0222

I wonder if the bottom tranny gear will fit in the MLST? would fix a weak spot in the drivetrain

I think the dtx/anderson crawler will be much better. two 380 motors vs one 370.... the motors are located at the axles vs mounted high on the chassis.... and knowing the quality of losi's rtr's... the dtx crawler will get my money.... if I ever get into crawling that is.

HA! The only thing I'm looking forward to from the Losi crawler are the 1.9 rock claws tires. Perfect for my scaler!

I'm more likely to pick up a Duratrax kit without electronics.

If the price was around the $179.99 mark I would be getting one but for $239.99, you could get a Traxxas VXL Vehicle and most other 1/10 RTR vehicles. Having the Spektrum radio doesn't help with the price but the radio gear is useless to me. Not a fan of Duratrax Kits but it seems like a better buy, might do with it

I wouldn't mind seeing an even smaller 1/36th scale version.

Than you could crawl around your living room across your kids blocks. It would be a fun way to relax.

1/36th micro crawler!!!!!

I picked up a Losi Mini-Crawler last night and it is ... AWESOME! I couldn't be more impressed with it right out of the box!

Here's a gang-load of pics:

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And the weight without batteries:

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...2819Medium.jpg

The included stock battery lasts over an hour. It crawls amazingly well for being box-stock. All I've done so far is put Dean's on it.

Here's a quick EagleTree in which I flogged it as hard as I could to see how many amps it would pull under stress:

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...Ctestgraph.png

Not bad, eh? It allows for use of Blade CX2 packs and the like.

Improvements:
-It rides high, so I'll probably limit the shocks.
-I'll put the battery on the front servo.
-I might put a tad bit of weight in the front wheels.

If you have any questions or want more pics of specific things, just let me know.

Seriously, I've had several crawlers and this one might be my favorite already.

Great to hear that its doing well for you! :yes: Does it have rear wheel steering? It appears to have a servo mount, but does it come with the 2nd servo as well? How does it do on the rocks? Decent articulation?

Have fun with it!! :yipi:

It does not come with rear-steer or a servo for it, but it does have the servo mount ready for a future upgrade. It comes with rear lock-outs, but the axle is built for rear-steer. I'm sure they'll have a kit soon enough for it.

It does really well on the rocks. The articulation is actually a bit too much, so I'll probably limit that a bit with the internal shock limiters.

I'll likely do a video this weekend if I can find time. Yeeeee-ah.

There's nothing quite like the excitement of a new R/C vehicle that's cooler than you expected.

Sweet, be sure to post up that vid

Okay, here's the vid!

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Sweet vid, looks like fun

Is that 70's low budget porn music in the background???

Someone is getting IN to this. JK.

Nice vid though. I am close to maybe grabbing one of these.

Yeah, I thought that music was pretty funny. Just don't ask me where I got it. :angel::whistle: