Hey RC Girl nice job. For your issue on descents it looks like your ESC is still set to trail mode which is only 50% drag brake. This is how it is set when new. If you change it to crawl mode the drag brakes will be set at 100% braking. In crawl mode it will stop on downhills if you let off the throttle. 100% drag brake is 100% braking. It also lets you go directly from forward to reverse without having to double tap the throttle control. Doing this makes a huge difference in crawling performance.
I'm finally getting my ten year old little girl interested in RC she likes you because now she sees other girls like RC also. Please do an update on how this brass holds up. Thanks. 😁
Like you i was struck that way also . . . this Gal is a trail blazer! I've watched a handful of of previous videos that always displayed knowledge and sincerity, this topic is a bit more complex and she tackled it w the same results. A terrific role model for girls who are drawn to STEM stuff, talking about it doesn't move it forward, moving it forward does. Hey! we're not eye candy pieces of fluff, we're the real deal. Kind of mirrors rock crawling = progress will be an inch at a time and add up, and good for You, her and everybody that your daughter's choices aren't limited. PS it sometimes strikes me w some of the accessories sold for crawlers and military RCs = grown men playing w dolls. All 3 of you have Fun, fix things and learn along w keep making progress in many ways.
@@RCGirl I like you good on you one day I hope you can Buy a Real Land Rover 110 Defender or a Discovery 3 or 4 it pays to be a Mechanic as I am and get one with a Jaguar Diesel or a FORD 4.1ltr V6 petrol and a Auto Transmission is Better than a Manual my Discovery 3 4lt V6 Auto will go Anywhere I live in the Mountains South island of New Zealand I've Owned Toyota Land Cruisers before and I Wish I Owned a Land Rover a long time ago Very Comfy 4x4
I like how you show that you are learning and don't know everything like you've been doing it since they were invented. It can be frustrating and I'm glad that's not all edited out
*15 Dislikes??* LOSERS!! 😵😣 It seems that everyone who gives Crawlers a try, are almost immediately hooked!!! You seem like no exception, as you've dived right in with Scale and Performance Mods. I'll never be able to afford a TRX-4, so I have no real opinion... Something I really appreciate... And I will add the Caviat that I'm a happily Married Man in my 50's - it's great to see a Woman, and a very attractive one at that, heavily into RC, in several areas, and is GOOD at it!! 👍👍😎 You Rock!! This was informative. That's a lot of good, LOW CoG Weight added to your Rig! I've heard that Body has almost a crippling high CoG... That's excellent low added weight AND strength! You will probably do this anyway, but I'd Paint all of the Brass Flat Black. It will really add to the Scale looks. I look forward to seeing you work on other Brands as well. Carmine 💥 ⛽
RC Girl - thank you for your informative, laid back style. Other channels are a little too much on the "show" that the creators give, and tend to lose focus on RC. Excellent work with this, I know it's an old vid, and I've seen some of your others. Keep up the outstanding work!
I really like the side by side comparisons of before and after the upgrades. Split screen on the same obstacles is awesome. This video was incredibly helpful. Thanks.
Dear RC Girl, I am not a physicist by trade, but I do have a Ph.D. from somewhere in something else. Anyway, Colin Chapman (the racecar driver who founded Lotus) once said something to the effect of "If you add power to a car, you make it faster on the straights. If you reduce weight, you make if faster everywhere." I think that the same principle applies to climb rate and maximum safe descent rate. At some point, I would like to modify a short-wheelbase TRX4 into super low CG Mars crawler. That plus a trailer so I could tow it using my Defender (which is still awesome after three years.
Hi! Hayley I'm trying to get my Beautiful Wife of 30 yrs into RCing and she's really excited to get her own 1/8 scale MT but I don't think I'll ever get her to do the dirty work like you do! hahaha! She won't be Filling no shocks with oil or diffs with grease - that'll be my job for sure but that's OK because just having her bashing with me will be great! Yea! we're both close to 60 yrs old and do most stuff together/she even comes out to my Shop/Garage to help sometimes but hates getting Dirty! : ) Great Job & video! Keep Smiling & Enjoy - Went to your new site & Your an impressively Intelligent & Lovely Young Lady with Lots of CLASSSSS! : )
Wow!!! Exactly what I need a Woman to share my love for the R/C Hobby ,that's not worried bout chipping a nail, Now that's Beautiful!!! Much Respect and God Bless!!!
In real life rock crawlers there are "suck down winches" and also "limiting straps". Have RC crawlers ever tried those concepts? Suck Down Winch: a small ATV style winch mounts to chassis frame rail or crossmember above front axle and beneath or near motor. The winch rope attaches to center of axle housing. When activated on steep incline obsticles, it sucks down and compresses the front end suspension to prevent suspension unloading on incline when nose is feeling light. Front end "limiting straps" are similar concept but do not compress suspensions, rather just prevents too much front suspension unloading on steep incline. Would be cool to see on RC crawler, even if just there for appearance of realism.
Thank you thank you thank you!! At last a beautiful woman doing RC and not just laughing and turning her nose up at it. Keep up the good work and get more women and girls interested in a fantastic hobby!!! Ps, loved the new installations, really cool looking. Might have to get them. Isn't the Trx4 Landy just great!! Cheers, thank you again.
It's so nice to see women in hobbies and careers that are often stereotyped as being for males. Great quality video! Loved the detailed walkthroughs and side-by-side footage comparisons. Liked and subscribed.
Weighing the brass parts and saying they add that amount of weight to the front of the truck is WRONG. You need to weigh the stock parts and the difference in weight between them and the brass parts is how much weight is added. Such a silly mistake.
I have yeah racing axle covers. Strange. One of cover fit good and other cover not fit right. Gear eating inside cover. Plans get yeah racing brass covers. Hope it fit good
Hi great video I added brass weight to my TRX4 landy as you said top heavy, my TRX4 bronco is stock not so easy to roll.looking forward to see result of those shocks.
Just subscribed cause I just purchased a TRX4 and was looking for upgrades great video can’t wait to show my girls that women work on RC cars too keep up the great work ...
I apologize ... translated, through a translator))) Another excellent video ... very excited and proud of the girls we are doing !!!! I love you like a sister💓👍👍👍
Very good and informative video RC girl! :D Do please check out my green TRX-4 (and some other TRX4s) and see what you think of it :) Im based in Sweden. Ive been looking at some of these upgrades myself but they are a bit pricey.. Maybe hard for you to say but how does it feel when youre playing around with it in low gear high gear, accelerating, breaking, turning etc. does it behave more heavy and clumsy or do you still find just as nimble but just a bit more capable on the trail? I have to warn you a bit as well of the Desert Lizards, I had the internal spring ones but without the extra chamber and every shock leaked like crazy. All over the floor. Tried different orings, oil wt, redid all of them 10+ times, had them even upside down but still leaked like crazy.. got my money back from rcmart in the end though. I hope they have stepped up their game regarding their shocks. I will look at your review later :) It was just a heads up. Keep it up! Already a sub!
@@RCGirl your very welcome, you have a great channel and I've been following for the past couple or so months now even though i havent commented much and see you like different genres of RC like myself. I am yet to fly fixed wing though, have one on the way to review soon , that's gonna be fun trying not to crash Lol :D Keep up the great work and all the best for 2019!!
If people have access to a propane torch and some lead fishing weights, they can remove the front bumper and make molds for lead weights that fit into the sides of the Land Rover bumper. I hot glued mine in with hot glue and they've stayed glued since then. By the way. thank you for doing what your doing. If I had to guess, you had trouble with the diff-locker cable. That was my trouble.
The TRX-4 definitely needs some weight on the front. The center of gravity, when including a 5000 mah 3S battery and the body with the spare tire, is towards the rear, not in the middle of the car. I've added about 300g (a bit less maybe) to the front. Nothing fancy like your stuff, just glued lead in the bumper and between the chassis beams. This made the center of gravity in the center and it's another planet. Very realistic (the full size defender has the center of mass in the the center between the two axles) and not too bad both in ascending and descending. Of course master of none :). If I may, I would advise to try removing the big round weights on the front, I think that's a bit too much. However I bet your sidehilling capability is stellar in the current setup. And about the diffs: you might want to consider stainless steal ball bearings (possibly with ceramic balls), to avoid rust. I'm very lazy and run in a lot of water..... I rusted all of the bearings in about an year :P. Should have done more maintenance :D :D :D. Great video, keep up the good work!
' hi R/C lady... wish america can make it own traxxas plus harden strong metal with gear / axle... not aluminum / not brass / not copper / not even nylon
When you weigh a four wheel vehicle. It’s best to put a scale under each wheel. Yes you will need four scales. But this gives you spring weight. It is how race cars are set up
Go the cheaper route, get some beadlocks and wrap the inner ring with 1/4 oz wheel weights to your desired weight. Costs about $25 for 360 pcs (90 oz). I put 2 layers in the front (6 1/4 oz) and one layer (3 oz) in the rears. You'd be impressed by how well it does compared to spending $300+ for brass and metal axles.
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I have several Rc4wd models and recently purchased the Trx-4, just by curiosity. I must say that it's an excellent rig right out of the box. Now it's time to install some serious metal axles, metal portals housing and off course a winch. More weight of the under components equals to a better planted vehicle. Nice vid ma'am; Keep them up!
Great vid but you should have did your total weight with tires and battery to give your true weight in grams. Also using stock diffs your not gonna see much different if your doing crawling looks good still.
I got a couple TRX4Ms that I’ve completely rebuilt with metal and brass parts (minus the battery trays) and it’s a night and day difference in how they perform. I got a TRX4 2021 Bronco coming now and I can’t wait to see what I can get out of it
I built a TRX-4 with the goal of mounting the killer body Gladiator on it. Didnt’ happen, long story. Scored a Defender body on eBay for $110 with the exoskeleton and roof rake and spare. The one issue I had is the body pins on the rear goal post don’t stick far enough up to put clips thru to secure the body. Did you have to deal with this? Solution?
Would setting 5 on the esc help with the descents I haven't played with the trx4 too much on steep hills, I just picked mine up for Christmas. My first 1/10 scale rig... first real R/C ever.
1968chevysw yes the setting 5 helps with holding on climb and decent, but if you let off too fast while descending your brake will engage and it will nose dive. Finding the right balance between front weight and “drag brake” as it’s called is key. Finger ever so slightly on the trigger on a decent will help going down and not flip rear over front
hello to you!!!!!! great all options for your cute crawler!!! bravo to you, great behavior change of the trx4, it is great!!! but i would like to ask you a question, what size do your wheel hexagon make??? its 5mm 8mm or 10mm thanks to you if you can inform me!!!!!
I just bought my kids their first rc's (trx4 sport) and myself the bronco. We're a bit disappointed with the hill climbing ability and, the ease of which it rolls over. It's awesome to see how big of difference adding axle weight made for you in the climbing ability. But I'm a bit concerned about the descending control. Have you found any improvements in that respect? Also I've heard that adding weight hurts the side hilling ability. Can you confirm or correct me on that? Great video, much appreciation for the side by side video comparison. Thank you for the time you've put into your videos.
The sky is the limit with the trx4 sport, imo. I went sport kit in august, with zero experience building an rc, nor crawling..but it's been so entertaining, I even started trying to teach myself to make videos of the adventures. In terms of things mentioned, hill climbing, descending, side hilling..weight below the shocks will help, keeping your body as low as possible, both in mounting position and shock position, will help. Side hilling, same thing. Like any hobby, effecient time invested, equals results. I've got less brass pieces than her truck, but enough to waken the sport up...and I have no issues side hlling, climbing, or descending pretty much anything. Here's my latest TRXellence video, skipped to a pretty much straight up and down descent. Practice makes perfect. ua-cam.com/video/SDJtIzW3rpo/v-deo.html
You can use hub extensions to widen your track. Saw a video on it a while back. RC Girl will probably know about it if she knows all about the hop ups.
It shouldn't have that much of an issue while descending. My thoughts is that it wasn't in crawl mode. You have 100% brake in crawl mode when you let off the throttle. I've crawled almost at 90° angles with a stock Defender in crawl mode, so long as you are extremely light on the throttle and easy on the brake you'd be fine. As far as side hilling, so long as you are adding equal amount of weight to both side of your rig you should be alright, but you can always look into some hub extenders or other tires.
Sick AF I’m doing this now. Oh and if anyone is looking for good servos safe your money and buy the on amazon. They have really good Servos 25kg for 25 bucks. Very powerful.
Hi RCgirl great video here. I noticed you did mention the individual weight of each part you swapped but I was just asking what is the total combined weight difference between out of box and with the extra brass and aluminium parts? I was really close to buying a Landrover defender in red from Traxxas because it looks beautiful and I am getting impatient waiting on my high lift ford F150 , but I will stick it out and continue waiting. Only 2 weeks away now for a metallic brown F150. I really like the Landrover but there seems to be a lot of criticism regarding the weight of the Body shell and how the Landrover rolls over onto its roof real easy due to high centre of gravity. So I was just curious how much is the total weight difference from out of box to fitted with these optional parts? Looks like the extra weight does help in keeping the rubber side down and keeps the truck more planted too. Great work and excellent tutorial video here too.love your work Rcgirl.👍
Them shock look trick fair play I enjoyed that I was going to comment an say the same thing as your verdict at the end just uploaded a video my self check it out
A lot of weight up front and to you have some bumber chains that all look great but I noticed some push coming down the steps that the no weight had better control and sure it will take a bit of tweaking. So cost and effect is the upgrades worth the cost. I'm a newbie so I like asking questions. And this rig is really cool you have made it look awesome. I just received today my TRX4m so this is especially a great content video. Thankyou so much for sharing and I wish you lived in my neighborhood your a great mechanic 🧰 😀
I like this girl one day I hope she can Buy a Real Land Rover 110 Defender or a Discovery 3 or 4 will do the job I own a Real Land Rover Discovery 3 it goes anywhere good 4X4 it pays to be a Mechanic as I am and get one with the Jaguar Engine Diesel or a Ford 4.1 Ltr V6 and a Auto is Better than a Manual transmission
loooooove your channel :) if you come to vegas - let's rock crawl!!!!! - Also - since you do mountainbike....would you use "Park Tool" Plolylube grease on the rc gearboxes or is it too thick?
to bad they cant paint them to be black.... This is a Scale Crawler.... this may improve climbing performance.... but take away the realism of the vehicle. Because you know every 1:1 rig have a ton of Brass components ha
I have a decked out trx4 bronco with like 400grams of brass on it and my stock super light wraith 1.9 was doing lines I couldn't with the heavy trx4, but when it came to the loose dirt and slippery stuff my trx4 was beating the wraith. I think it's cool to have like a heavy rig and a light one to see the difference. I'm going aluminum on my wraith for upgrades........well besides the brass link set I just ordered for it lmao I forgot that😅
Ik it's a really old video at this point but getting overwhelmed with the axel was how I felt building the kit version of the trx4. Took me 6 hours of working on it (with snack breaks)
I have created a sequential channel splitter so I can use my Futaba 4 channel radio in my TRX4 and still independently control both diff lockers…..anybody interested?
Good job! great tutorial! Skids look cool and are a great idea but they will ultimately just make you hang up on more obstacles! When i first started crawling i put axle skids on but learned quickly that they weren't worth it.
Take picture on phone before tear down. Use a small plastic tackle tray for removal of screws and label. Keep screws organized. I make copies of instruction schematics and laminate. Keep near by during the build.
Are you using crawl mode? I see how fast the truck was downhill, but didn’t see any of the drag brake happening. Maybe try it if not already using the mode. If you are, then discard this comment
Drag brake is on when I release the throttle, but I will have to also have to use some braking with descents too, especially now with all the weight up front
Get rid of the ridiculous speaker . That will lower the centre of gravity. And get on the brake going down hill so it can't just run away. Just a thought.
Hello. U have problems with yeah racing axle cover? One cover good with underdrive on rear. But front overdrive hitting cover. Was it normal and fuct up cover? If so it mean i need grinding
hey,rc girl,ive bin in rc since late 80 i have hpi crawler plus gas powered savage,and a real 84 chevy suburban off road is bin my life.alot of things that you talk about is true for real life 4wd rigs, check out uni mog axles
I have tried calling RC Mart 3 times now with no luck. Rings once and then just hangs up, any suggestions? I've got some questions for them and want to order some parts
Want to see more TRX-4 upgrades, run footage, and mods? Check out my full TRX-4 playlist: bit.ly/3hZ498Y
I need some serious upgrades on my TRX-4 Sport!
Hey RC Girl nice job. For your issue on descents it looks like your ESC is still set to trail mode which is only 50% drag brake. This is how it is set when new. If you change it to crawl mode the drag brakes will be set at 100% braking. In crawl mode it will stop on downhills if you let off the throttle. 100% drag brake is 100% braking. It also lets you go directly from forward to reverse without having to double tap the throttle control. Doing this makes a huge difference in crawling performance.
I'm finally getting my ten year old little girl interested in RC she likes you because now she sees other girls like RC also. Please do an update on how this brass holds up. Thanks. 😁
Awesome!!! Will do
Like you i was struck that way also . . . this Gal is a trail blazer! I've watched a handful of of previous videos that always displayed knowledge and sincerity, this topic is a bit more complex and she tackled it w the same results. A terrific role model for girls who are drawn to STEM stuff, talking about it doesn't move it forward, moving it forward does. Hey! we're not eye candy pieces of fluff, we're the real deal. Kind of mirrors rock crawling = progress will be an inch at a time and add up, and good for You, her and everybody that your daughter's choices aren't limited. PS it sometimes strikes me w some of the accessories sold for crawlers and military RCs = grown men playing w dolls. All 3 of you have Fun, fix things and learn along w keep making progress in many ways.
May be too late , my daughter 17 lol i sent her v... see girls do too 🚗😃
@@RCGirl I like you good on you one day I hope you can Buy a Real Land Rover 110 Defender or a Discovery 3 or 4 it pays to be a Mechanic as I am and get one with a Jaguar Diesel or a FORD 4.1ltr V6 petrol and a Auto Transmission is Better than a Manual my Discovery 3 4lt V6 Auto will go Anywhere I live in the Mountains South island of New Zealand I've Owned Toyota Land Cruisers before and I Wish I Owned a Land Rover a long time ago Very Comfy 4x4
its Brass, itll outlast us
I like how you show that you are learning and don't know everything like you've been doing it since they were invented. It can be frustrating and I'm glad that's not all edited out
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*15 Dislikes??* LOSERS!! 😵😣
It seems that everyone who gives Crawlers a try, are almost immediately hooked!!! You seem like no exception, as you've dived right in with Scale and Performance Mods. I'll never be able to afford a TRX-4, so I have no real opinion...
Something I really appreciate... And I will add the Caviat that I'm a happily Married Man in my 50's - it's great to see a Woman, and a very attractive one at that, heavily into RC, in several areas, and is GOOD at it!! 👍👍😎 You Rock!!
This was informative. That's a lot of good, LOW CoG Weight added to your Rig! I've heard that Body has almost a crippling high CoG... That's excellent low added weight AND strength!
You will probably do this anyway, but I'd Paint all of the Brass Flat Black. It will really add to the Scale looks. I look forward to seeing you work on other Brands as well.
Carmine 💥 ⛽
Great install. Proven Results!! I dig it! It seems climbing up is emphasized more than coming down in competition.
RC Girl - thank you for your informative, laid back style. Other channels are a little too much on the "show" that the creators give, and tend to lose focus on RC. Excellent work with this, I know it's an old vid, and I've seen some of your others. Keep up the outstanding work!
I really like the side by side comparisons of before and after the upgrades. Split screen on the same obstacles is awesome. This video was incredibly helpful. Thanks.
Looks less flimsy with the added weight :-)
Super video👍👍
Dear RC Girl, I am not a physicist by trade, but I do have a Ph.D. from somewhere in something else. Anyway, Colin Chapman (the racecar driver who founded Lotus) once said something to the effect of "If you add power to a car, you make it faster on the straights. If you reduce weight, you make if faster everywhere." I think that the same principle applies to climb rate and maximum safe descent rate.
At some point, I would like to modify a short-wheelbase TRX4 into super low CG Mars crawler. That plus a trailer so I could tow it using my Defender (which is still awesome after three years.
Hi! Hayley I'm trying to get my Beautiful Wife of 30 yrs into RCing and she's really
excited to get her own 1/8 scale MT but I don't think I'll ever get her to do the dirty
work like you do! hahaha! She won't be Filling no shocks with oil or diffs with grease
- that'll be my job for sure but that's OK because just having her bashing with me
will be great! Yea! we're both close to 60 yrs old and do most stuff together/she
even comes out to my Shop/Garage to help sometimes but hates getting Dirty! : )
Great Job & video! Keep Smiling & Enjoy - Went to your new site & Your an impressively Intelligent & Lovely Young Lady with Lots of CLASSSSS! : )
Aw thanks! Glad that you're wife is taking an interest in RC.
Wow!!! Exactly what I need a Woman to share my love for the R/C Hobby ,that's not worried bout chipping a nail, Now that's Beautiful!!! Much Respect and God Bless!!!
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Yeah Racing has some great upgrades for many brands n it quality stuff, great video
Uhh.. Yeah! $ub'd..
In real life rock crawlers there are "suck down winches" and also "limiting straps". Have RC crawlers ever tried those concepts?
Suck Down Winch: a small ATV style winch mounts to chassis frame rail or crossmember above front axle and beneath or near motor. The winch rope attaches to center of axle housing. When activated on steep incline obsticles, it sucks down and compresses the front end suspension to prevent suspension unloading on incline when nose is feeling light.
Front end "limiting straps" are similar concept but do not compress suspensions, rather just prevents too much front suspension unloading on steep incline.
Would be cool to see on RC crawler, even if just there for appearance of realism.
You can see the difference in the comparison, it looks way less bouncy on the bumps and your small accent looked more scale..
Nice job, you go girl 👌😉
Thank you thank you thank you!! At last a beautiful woman doing RC and not just laughing and turning her nose up at it. Keep up the good work and get more women and girls interested in a fantastic hobby!!!
Ps, loved the new installations, really cool looking. Might have to get them. Isn't the Trx4 Landy just great!! Cheers, thank you again.
It's so nice to see women in hobbies and careers that are often stereotyped as being for males.
Great quality video! Loved the detailed walkthroughs and side-by-side footage comparisons. Liked and subscribed.
Weighing the brass parts and saying they add that amount of weight to the front of the truck is WRONG. You need to weigh the stock parts and the difference in weight between them and the brass parts is how much weight is added. Such a silly mistake.
I have yeah racing axle covers. Strange. One of cover fit good and other cover not fit right. Gear eating inside cover. Plans get yeah racing brass covers. Hope it fit good
1:50 closed captioning says "Breasts"? thought it was funny
You should have way more subs. Clear audio, nicely presented and clear info, all without being over the top in-your-face like most RC channels.
Adding weight is always a bad thing , better to take it off , especially from the top.
Hi great video I added brass weight to my TRX4 landy as you said top heavy, my TRX4 bronco is stock not so easy to roll.looking forward to see result of those shocks.
Just subscribed cause I just purchased a TRX4 and was looking for upgrades great video can’t wait to show my girls that women work on RC cars too keep up the great work ...
I apologize ... translated, through a translator))) Another excellent video ... very excited and proud of the girls we are doing !!!! I love you like a sister💓👍👍👍
Very good and informative video RC girl! :D Do please check out my green TRX-4 (and some other TRX4s) and see what you think of it :) Im based in Sweden. Ive been looking at some of these upgrades myself but they are a bit pricey.. Maybe hard for you to say but how does it feel when youre playing around with it in low gear high gear, accelerating, breaking, turning etc. does it behave more heavy and clumsy or do you still find just as nimble but just a bit more capable on the trail?
I have to warn you a bit as well of the Desert Lizards, I had the internal spring ones but without the extra chamber and every shock leaked like crazy. All over the floor. Tried different orings, oil wt, redid all of them 10+ times, had them even upside down but still leaked like crazy.. got my money back from rcmart in the end though. I hope they have stepped up their game regarding their shocks. I will look at your review later :) It was just a heads up. Keep it up! Already a sub!
Adding weight to my vaterra ascender made a huge difference otherwise it just bounced off obstacles and rolled over with little effort.
Awesome Traxxas crawler, looks sweet and great accessories you installed, thanks for sharing RC Girl, thumbs up! :)
Thanks!
@@RCGirl your very welcome, you have a great channel and I've been following for the past couple or so months now even though i havent commented much and see you like different genres of RC like myself. I am yet to fly fixed wing though, have one on the way to review soon , that's gonna be fun trying not to crash Lol :D Keep up the great work and all the best for 2019!!
If people have access to a propane torch and some lead fishing weights, they can remove the front bumper and make molds for lead weights that fit into the sides of the Land Rover bumper. I hot glued mine in with hot glue and they've stayed glued since then.
By the way. thank you for doing what your doing. If I had to guess, you had trouble with the diff-locker cable. That was my trouble.
The TRX-4 definitely needs some weight on the front. The center of gravity, when including a 5000 mah 3S battery and the body with the spare tire, is towards the rear, not in the middle of the car. I've added about 300g (a bit less maybe) to the front. Nothing fancy like your stuff, just glued lead in the bumper and between the chassis beams. This made the center of gravity in the center and it's another planet. Very realistic (the full size defender has the center of mass in the the center between the two axles) and not too bad both in ascending and descending. Of course master of none :).
If I may, I would advise to try removing the big round weights on the front, I think that's a bit too much. However I bet your sidehilling capability is stellar in the current setup.
And about the diffs: you might want to consider stainless steal ball bearings (possibly with ceramic balls), to avoid rust. I'm very lazy and run in a lot of water..... I rusted all of the bearings in about an year :P. Should have done more maintenance :D :D :D.
Great video, keep up the good work!
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hi R/C lady...
wish america can make it own traxxas plus harden strong metal with gear / axle...
not aluminum / not brass / not copper / not even nylon
Wow 1.5 lbs heavier, that's a big difference.
Good God you are so amazingly attractive
Hey Rc Girl,
I haven't used an RC car in years.
Like seeing you enjoy .thanks
Get back into it ;)
Nice upgrade, nice lady. Great Video thank you. Greats from Berlin Germany Traxxas Gonzo👍👍👍🐥
When you weigh a four wheel vehicle. It’s best to put a scale under each wheel. Yes you will need four scales. But this gives you spring weight. It is how race cars are set up
Go the cheaper route, get some beadlocks and wrap the inner ring with 1/4 oz wheel weights to your desired weight. Costs about $25 for 360 pcs (90 oz). I put 2 layers in the front (6 1/4 oz) and one layer (3 oz) in the rears. You'd be impressed by how well it does compared to spending $300+ for brass and metal axles.
Should one do both solutions if the new axle costs don’t hurt?
@@gaffle-411 Yeah why not, test and tune though. My crawling style or feel could be different from yours.
Kilitli diferansiyel ve metal olmaları harika sizi büyük bir hevesle izliyorum ve aboneniz oldum bende Türkiye’de Auto yedek parça işi yapıyorum gerçek Auto yedek parça işi yapıyorum ve bu araçtan almak ve takmış olduğunuz herşeyinle bende almak istiyorum bana yardımcı olmanızı bekliyorum. Size nasıl ücretini gönderebilirim ? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Is it possible to buy a car this
I have several Rc4wd models and recently purchased the Trx-4, just by curiosity. I must say that it's an excellent rig right out of the box. Now it's time to install some serious metal axles, metal portals housing and off course a winch. More weight of the under components equals to a better planted vehicle. Nice vid ma'am; Keep them up!
Thanks! Congrats on the new trx4, it is an amazing rig right out of the box. The fun part is the mods and making it your own
Great vid but you should have did your total weight with tires and battery to give your true weight in grams. Also using stock diffs your not gonna see much different if your doing crawling looks good still.
Ürüne takmış olduğunuz herşeyinle almak istiyorum lütfen bana yardımcı olun 🙏🙏🙏
Bütün takmış olduğunuz motor ön aks taşıyıcıları amortisörler ve aksesuarlar lütfen bende istiyorum 🙏🙏🙏
I got a couple TRX4Ms that I’ve completely rebuilt with metal and brass parts (minus the battery trays) and it’s a night and day difference in how they perform. I got a TRX4 2021 Bronco coming now and I can’t wait to see what I can get out of it
Gosh I love having this around, my childhood dream toys. The handling is much really better with weights. Nice video I'm your subs now.
I built a TRX-4 with the goal of mounting the killer body Gladiator on it. Didnt’ happen, long story. Scored a Defender body on eBay for $110 with the exoskeleton and roof rake and spare. The one issue I had is the body pins on the rear goal post don’t stick far enough up to put clips thru to secure the body. Did you have to deal with this? Solution?
Whoa... An RC chick... And she's not a teenager...
I might just be in love...
Lol
And a backyard crawler course... Uhhh... Yeah
i like the one of rc car defender
I love the video excellent upgrades I think if you sort the drag braking out it will be perfect.
Hmm 700g? So, on a full size, (x 10 cubed) this would be 70kg? Or something like that? I don't do math these days.
Girls use gloves, boys have black fingers ;-) - very good and interesting video, thumbs up!
Very nice upgrade video.
My TrX 4 is still pretty much stock other than tires and wheels and a 9tooth pinon. If you have a chance check out my channel
I wonder if some ESC programming can help with the desending to add more drag brake.
i love this video but i'm wondering what is the use of those cables in front ?
How much does it cost?
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New to crawl scene. Would you recommend the weights for the TRX4 high trail? It’s very tall compared to sport
Would setting 5 on the esc help with the descents I haven't played with the trx4 too much on steep hills, I just picked mine up for Christmas. My first 1/10 scale rig... first real R/C ever.
1968chevysw yes the setting 5 helps with holding on climb and decent, but if you let off too fast while descending your brake will engage and it will nose dive. Finding the right balance between front weight and “drag brake” as it’s called is key. Finger ever so slightly on the trigger on a decent will help going down and not flip rear over front
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hi R/C lady...
better try use a harden strong plastic or alloy aluminum...
dont need a brass...
aluminum is lighter weight than brass
GAL, YOU ARE GREAT!!!!!!!! I WISH YOU LIVE BY ME, SO YOU CAN HELP ME!!!!!
Nope, it's a Scale Trail running rig right?!?! No need for extra weight.
WHOA! Pretty woman into RC am i in a alternate universe? lol
Whats your drag brake set at? Are you in crawl mode and it couldn't hold it back with wieghts?
Merry me please:))..nice video... I’m new in this rc model think. Any tips?
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I don't use weights, I just install the gravity kit to keep my truck on the ground when climbing. 😂
hello to you!!!!!! great all options for your cute crawler!!! bravo to you, great behavior change of the trx4, it is great!!! but i would like to ask you a question, what size do your wheel hexagon make??? its 5mm 8mm or 10mm thanks to you if you can inform me!!!!!
I just bought my kids their first rc's (trx4 sport) and myself the bronco.
We're a bit disappointed with the hill climbing ability and, the ease of which it rolls over.
It's awesome to see how big of difference adding axle weight made for you in the climbing ability. But I'm a bit concerned about the descending control.
Have you found any improvements in that respect?
Also I've heard that adding weight hurts the side hilling ability. Can you confirm or correct me on that?
Great video, much appreciation for the side by side video comparison.
Thank you for the time you've put into your videos.
Should of bought an Element Sendero trail truck 😬🤣
The sky is the limit with the trx4 sport, imo. I went sport kit in august, with zero experience building an rc, nor crawling..but it's been so entertaining, I even started trying to teach myself to make videos of the adventures. In terms of things mentioned, hill climbing, descending, side hilling..weight below the shocks will help, keeping your body as low as possible, both in mounting position and shock position, will help. Side hilling, same thing. Like any hobby, effecient time invested, equals results. I've got less brass pieces than her truck, but enough to waken the sport up...and I have no issues side hlling, climbing, or descending pretty much anything. Here's my latest TRXellence video, skipped to a pretty much straight up and down descent. Practice makes perfect. ua-cam.com/video/SDJtIzW3rpo/v-deo.html
You can use hub extensions to widen your track. Saw a video on it a while back. RC Girl will probably know about it if she knows all about the hop ups.
It shouldn't have that much of an issue while descending. My thoughts is that it wasn't in crawl mode. You have 100% brake in crawl mode when you let off the throttle. I've crawled almost at 90° angles with a stock Defender in crawl mode, so long as you are extremely light on the throttle and easy on the brake you'd be fine.
As far as side hilling, so long as you are adding equal amount of weight to both side of your rig you should be alright, but you can always look into some hub extenders or other tires.
Sick AF I’m doing this now. Oh and if anyone is looking for good servos safe your money and buy the on amazon. They have really good Servos 25kg for 25 bucks. Very powerful.
Hey Gurl , I'm thinking on the crawlers side of RC looks fun .
Have you heard of buckshot in your tires ?? So would BB's work too ? Thank you Chica
Hi RCgirl great video here. I noticed you did mention the individual weight of each part you swapped but I was just asking what is the total combined weight difference between out of box and with the extra brass and aluminium parts? I was really close to buying a Landrover defender in red from Traxxas because it looks beautiful and I am getting impatient waiting on my high lift ford F150 , but I will stick it out and continue waiting. Only 2 weeks away now for a metallic brown F150. I really like the Landrover but there seems to be a lot of criticism regarding the weight of the Body shell and how the Landrover rolls over onto its roof real easy due to high centre of gravity. So I was just curious how much is the total weight difference from out of box to fitted with these optional parts? Looks like the extra weight does help in keeping the rubber side down and keeps the truck more planted too. Great work and excellent tutorial video here too.love your work Rcgirl.👍
Them shock look trick fair play I enjoyed that I was going to comment an say the same thing as your verdict at the end just uploaded a video my self check it out
A lot of weight up front and to you have some bumber chains that all look great but I noticed some push coming down the steps that the no weight had better control and sure it will take a bit of tweaking. So cost and effect is the upgrades worth the cost. I'm a newbie so I like asking questions. And this rig is really cool you have made it look awesome. I just received today my TRX4m so this is especially a great content video. Thankyou so much for sharing and I wish you lived in my neighborhood your a great mechanic 🧰 😀
Your amazing. Where can I find a girl like you? Seriously big thumbs up👍🏼 I am now a subscriber.
I like this girl one day I hope she can Buy a Real Land Rover 110 Defender or a Discovery 3 or 4 will do the job I own a Real Land Rover Discovery 3 it goes anywhere good 4X4 it pays to be a Mechanic as I am and get one with the Jaguar Engine Diesel or a Ford 4.1 Ltr V6 and a Auto is Better than a Manual transmission
Install the hobbywind 1080
It's going to help you alot in the descending
For my brass is bad taste. Better like i did...steel drive shafts and axles, portals, steering servo, chassis frame bars, bumpers and alloy wheels.
loooooove your channel :) if you come to vegas - let's rock crawl!!!!! - Also - since you do mountainbike....would you use "Park Tool" Plolylube grease on the rc gearboxes or is it too thick?
to bad they cant paint them to be black.... This is a Scale Crawler.... this may improve climbing performance.... but take away the realism of the vehicle. Because you know every 1:1 rig have a ton of Brass components ha
60/40 max front to back, that was way over weighted up front.. 🤙🏼nice video
I have a decked out trx4 bronco with like 400grams of brass on it and my stock super light wraith 1.9 was doing lines I couldn't with the heavy trx4, but when it came to the loose dirt and slippery stuff my trx4 was beating the wraith. I think it's cool to have like a heavy rig and a light one to see the difference. I'm going aluminum on my wraith for upgrades........well besides the brass link set I just ordered for it lmao I forgot that😅
Ik it's a really old video at this point but getting overwhelmed with the axel was how I felt building the kit version of the trx4. Took me 6 hours of working on it (with snack breaks)
I have created a sequential channel splitter so I can use my Futaba 4 channel radio in my TRX4 and still
independently control both diff lockers…..anybody interested?
Good job! great tutorial! Skids look cool and are a great idea but they will ultimately just make you hang up on more obstacles! When i first started crawling i put axle skids on but learned quickly that they weren't worth it.
True, I'll have to see how they perform after some more trail time
Just no facial expressions at all while driving. Full concentration mode. Love ur style making videos.
Thank you very much for all the videos, they are very well made, and very fun to watch.
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Iceland
Take picture on phone before tear down. Use a small plastic tackle tray for removal of screws and label. Keep screws organized. I make copies of instruction schematics and laminate. Keep near by during the build.
Are you using crawl mode? I see how fast the truck was downhill, but didn’t see any of the drag brake happening. Maybe try it if not already using the mode. If you are, then discard this comment
Beat me to it
Drag brake is on when I release the throttle, but I will have to also have to use some braking with descents too, especially now with all the weight up front
Get rid of the ridiculous speaker . That will lower the centre of gravity.
And get on the brake going down hill so it can't just run away.
Just a thought.
Awesome, you inspired me to get my showcase SCX10 Jeep off the shelf... :)
Awesome!!
anyone know if the big round 118g portal covers she put on the front, do they fit in 1.9 metal beadlocks?
Hi RC girl.. I’m glad I found your channel.. Nice work!!
Hello. U have problems with yeah racing axle cover? One cover good with underdrive on rear. But front overdrive hitting cover. Was it normal and fuct up cover? If so it mean i need grinding
hey,rc girl,ive bin in rc since late 80 i have hpi crawler plus gas powered savage,and a real 84 chevy suburban off road is bin my life.alot of things that you talk about is true for real life 4wd rigs, check out uni mog axles
I have tried calling RC Mart 3 times now with no luck. Rings once and then just hangs up, any suggestions? I've got some questions for them and want to order some parts
Me: Imma just slap some lead balls in these tires aaaaaand we`re DONE! :p
I should try doing things the right way some time..
Very well organized video was an absolute pleasure to watch I enjoyed how you did everything you gained a new subscriber frm me ✌️
Stair descent failed with wight....and this for over 300 Dollar ....