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hey guys i have a bl revo, a nitro revo , rustler, 2wd backslash, 4x4 slash pe and recently aquired a summit... its a beautiful truck and i dont want to sell it its just where i live i have notting to crawl over nor do i have water to splash thru... any suggestions on how i can make this fun.. its stock btw
Dig a hole and fill it with water.
lol... i hope you have room at your house for me when my wife kicks me out ..lol
With a little effort you can make it just about anything you want. The traxxas parts are fairly interchangeable.
Here's mine w/ slayer arms, crawler tires, beadlocks:
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it was great for camping and letting others drive it.
Here it is as a dedicated crawler with a torsion chassis. It is also outfitted for FPV
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You can lower it and do speed runs. Add 4ws for crawling. The summit comes w/ some of the best parts for being creative with. I'm currently using the summit tranny w/ Kyosho Rock Force axles to make a scaler. So if you're bored just start letting your imagination run wild.
hmmm slayer arms ..hmmm
yeah, it looked cool w/ 5.5" tires. It was much easier to cart around too.
[QUOTE=mulepic]With a little effort you can make it just about anything you want. The traxxas parts are fairly interchangeable.
Here's mine w/ slayer arms, crawler tires, beadlocks:
[IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2465/3860551678_bfa7f7663c.jpg[/IMG]
it was great for camping and letting others drive it.
Here it is as a dedicated crawler with a torsion chassis. It is also outfitted for FPV
[IMG]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4559816197_7e69d3cd3d.jpg[/IMG]
You can lower it and do speed runs. Add 4ws for crawling. The summit comes w/ some of the best parts for being creative with. I'm currently using the summit tranny w/ Kyosho Rock Force axles to make a scaler. So if you're bored just start letting your imagination run wild.[/QUOTE]
did you notice any difference running your front tires and back tires opposite directions like that?
Put some HEAVY oil in the shocks and go find some drops/steps/jumps/Any parks in your area? Theres normally something there to play on. Any construction sites near you?Good fun when the builders aren't there.
build a pulse jet for it and make it jump a house or a barn or the town clock, record it and post it up on you tube:lol:
There isn't many places where I live either but I love to bash at a school park or my town park on the play skapes jumping off landings, up and down slides in tubes and make it go round and round and round, I can watch that's for hours! I even just rip up and down my street if I don't have time to go out. There little patches of woods in every town, i like going in and crawling over logs and downed branches! Is there a skate park near you? Those r cool to bash in too! There isn't a day goes by that I don't rip the summit around. If ur having trouble finding stuff to do with it maybe this hobby isn't for you!! Traxxas rc's r about inganuity and excitement not how many u own!! :D
^^^ dont say that i have modified and find places to run all the time (its just that i bought it to bash as the other are to race) .. but the summit was a challenge as i want to climb ...lol
anyway i took trx33 suggestion and dug up a section of my yard filled with water and was having lots of fun until CLANK CLACK CLACK CLACK... ***ffff... my long center drive shaft collapse and twisted.... has this happened to anyone and is the cvd the best fix..
btw i am starting to like this truck thanks everyone
Hi.MIP cvd's are crap,I think someones posted on here recently,they explode:lol: .Mip don't honuor any warranty either,don't reply to emails,and the better business bureau can't find them? Stock or traxxas hop ups are the way to go.AND they honuor their warranty!:D
The traxxas cvd center shafts are a good upgrade. but you probably need to adjust your slipper. the stock shafts are pretty tough.
Home Depo or lowes get some Cinder blocks, 2x4... ect Building supplies.. make a little someting of your own I started sometime but dident finish it, it was going to be small rock, then big rock to crawl,(Wheel chaulks work great wal mart had plastic ones in automotive section) a water pit, then 2x4 stacked as a Pyramid about 6 high then a small stright a way and i dont know what next, then start over. *L* just a thought.
you can alaway get the old snap tight u build models cars and CRUSH them with the summit.
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you can alaway get the old snap tight u build models cars and CRUSH them with the summit.[/QUOTE]
like this idea !!!!!!!!! i have quite a few in my room at my parents house from my much younger days ... they are over 25 years old and must be worth some $$$ as they are in mint condition..lol .. to bad... mad d summit here i comeee
I'm trying to convince my wife to let me dig up the back yard and put in a dirt track. That would be awsome and I wouldn't have to mow it anymore either. Two birds with one stone! She ain't goin for it though! Lol
[QUOTE=blrevo]...anyway i took trx33 suggestion and dug up a section of my yard filled with water...[/QUOTE]
ROFL! I was only slightly serious. I knew it would be fun, but didn't expect you to actually do it.
mervorsummit - my wife is away for a few days ... so i have full control ..lol
i just cut blocks out fill with water and drive and i have the blocks to put back in like it never happened... :-)
got some plastic cars during lunch, can't wait to get home, going to pile them up just before the largest of the "water holes" ...muahahahah..... did some drawings of a trailer that i will also start to make when i get time as i want to jump the truck with the trailer attached ... i dont know why i just want to ..lol... enjoying the truck now, thanks guys
Is there a local RC car club with a track?
Study maps of your area; look for sandy/rocky places maybe commercial sand/rock oulets?
ps use the web maps and use "satelite" view
I can only imagine that taking the summit to a track would be one of the worst ways to have fun with a stock summit. Now if it was brushless, that's another thing...