cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/52635399

Already got made fun of by some teenagers with more fragile egos and less expendable income than me.

Could’ve just asked and I would’ve let them try!

Axial SCX24 Base Camp for those interested.

  • Unfortunately my buggy truck is fairly thin, and as such I’ve only managed to plant it sideways twice in 7 months.

    If I had better parts in it (there’s a bunch of upgradeable pieces like the axles, gears, and drive shaft) then I could just put a 4s battery in and use the wheel momentum to flip it, but that’s an extra $100-120 or so and i can’t really justify that expense while job hunting lol

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      4 days ago

      I don’t think it would work with a buggy anyway, it only works with rock crawlers because they have locked diffs.

      • Not with anywhere near the control as a locking dif, for sure.

        I’ve got a LSdiff on mine and one of the times it was sideways, I managed to get it to wiggle a bit in my direction and then it caught a bit of gravel just right, spun once or twice, and flopped onto its back. I wasn’t REALLY trying to control it well, since I was already walking toward it. I’m sure someone with more experience could get it to move where they want it. Again, just not as well as a locking diff

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          4 days ago

          I used to have an HPI Savage that I could flip over just by hammering the throttle. The down side was that happened pretty much any time you gave it throttle so all it did was flip.