crt.5 bashing tires choice
 

I am to build my crt.5 and i will mainly bash with them. But after a close look at A Main Hobbies, the tires choice is relatively limited in this categorie of vehicule.
Lot of racing tires but no one for bashing.

I would like to have a badland style tire for 1/10 rear buggy wheel. Or paddle or something better than Losi step pin or proline bowties.

Thank you for your help!

David

Slash tires are decent for bashing. 1/10 buggy tires are generally for a 2.2 rim so you would be all set. Traxxas bandit wheels work.

are you saying that any 2.2 traxxas wheel will fit the crt .5? with no mod

Yes because the crt.5 has 12mm hex, and traxxas wheel (front/rear electric rustler and rear nitro rustler) have 12mm hex too.

But i want to keep it on scale and do not want to put 1/10 truck tire on it.

ok I see...so any 1/10 2.2 bandid tire would work like even 2.2 anacondas for on road....so what would be a good all around tire be?

I think that i'll not having choice and must go with 1/10 truck tire, so i have make a choice, this will be this tire:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDT95&P=7

This tire have 4" diameter, so noomuch more than stock crt.5 at 3.5", and the width is the same at 1.9":wink:

With Traxxas chrome 2.2 rustler wheel.

those are nice but I think i like these too

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDU11&P=M

I've ever have them on a jato brushless and it's like run on the ice, absolutly no grip at all:wink:
This one is very agressive, i've try it on a losi xx-nt nitro and it was a blast to drive with this tire;http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDT93&P=7

Gladiators.

Yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Gladiator is not to bad too, i' ve ever try it, and on very loose it's good. But if it's too hard, very not good:wink:

So far I like the slash tires best for all around, even though they are 1/10 truck tires they don't look bad on it. The Bandit anacondas are great on road tires, although the rounded tread surface doesn't put as much tread on the ground it also allows the truck to slide without flipping.

Do you have a pic of the CRT .5 with Slash tires?

I like gladiators as well. That's what I'm currently using. Good for most any surface. They do suffer on hard packed dry surfaces when new, but get better as they wear down.

Heres the Imex claw dawgs

http://www.rgcbuilders.net/crt.53.jpg

http://www.rgcbuilders.net/crt.54.jpg

I plan on putting 30 series Torque wheels with Badlands on my future CRT once Mike gets his new Chassis in stock. They're 5" so it'll give another 1/2" of ground clearance, just gotta gear down a little to handle the larger tires. I use these wheels/tires on my Rustler and they are the best!

Gear down is not the problem, the main problem will be the hub, knuckle and bearing tohandle this side load cause by the largest tires.

Is it that big of a deal on the CRT? I run them on a Traxxas Rustler and it seems to be holding up to them pretty well. It would be nice if Mike would make a kit that uses 8mm axles and an aluminum knuckle with big bearings and came with 17mm hexes--that would be a popular kit I'm betting.

+1:yes: and i would be the first to order it

Funny, I just thought it up at work today :lol: I should PM him about it and see if he could do it...

http://people.freenet.de/yappa/CRT.501.JPG

:mdr: :mdr:

What's this adapters yappa??????????????:oh:

Hey those look like the adapters you can get at the RCuniverse marketplace. I think they are way overprice btw.

Since this is a tire thread, what would be a good tire to run on and offroad? It will be completely for bashing. Also, is it really worth moving up on the tire size?

Riley, give some gladiators a try. I'm using those right now and I think they are great for all around running. The M3 compound is the one you want.

the m3 is the softer one...why would you want that over the harder one?

wont they wear out quicker?

oops, yeah... my bad...I just rechecked the proline website. You're right. The M2 compound is what I should have suggested. Its the harder compound.

Ok, so M2 Gladiators. Do they fit on a 2.2 truck or buggy wheel?

2.2 truck wheels.

LOL its all good. I had them in the cart and waited for your reply...

....i thought maybe the harder compound caused slipping or something I had not thought of.

:intello:

Just took the CRT.5 out for a dash in the snow. The slash tires suck in snow! I wasn't out driving in deep snow, hardpacked snow in my apt parking lot. I don't think I even managed 1/2 the speed of what it's geared for. Topping off the battery and I'm going to try the bowties in he snow. I know it won't go as fast cause they are the stock size bowties, but there should be a lot less spinning and some more turning control. I HOPE!!!

Try some 2.2 badlands...

What is there to say about the stock raze 1/8 buggy tires? They look like a good size and they're cheap.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXLVY4&P=FR
http://www2.gpmd.com/image/d/dtxc4196.jpg

They have a 14mm hex vs the crt.5's 12mm

Thats true but I have a set of 14mm hexes. Most I find are all the way up to a 17mm hex.

I just saw the gladiators price... It's not too much more then these wheels. I'll just need rims and I'll be good to go.