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Forgot Axial was part of HH, but they could make something similar to the trx summit.I don't really think so. Arrma has solidified themselves as the bashers of the HH umbrella and Axial covers the crawler line under the HH umbrella. What would they be able to offer that hasn't been offered already? Rock crawlers are experiencing a bit of a race to the bottom on pricing I feel like anyways. We saw the SCX6 for 300 off MSRP at Black Friday and between the Redcat Ascent at $300 and the huge line of very capable Element rigs that are sub $350... I don't know where they would even fit in at this point and wouldn't it just be a clone of Axial models rebranded to Arrma?
Hell no.
If I want slow and boring I'd put a 380 motor in my Notorious and drive it on NiCd...
Also Horizon made Axial discontinue all their more bashy or go fast stuff specifically so they wouldn't compete with themselves. RIP Exo, Bomber, Wraith, Yeti, Yeti XL, etc.The market is already pretty saturated, and since Axial has a big piece of it I don't see Horizon wanting to compete with themselves.
That's a pretty cool build man!Not quite a true crawler, but a Kraton 6S actually does quite well as a trail vehicle/kinda crawler with some pretty simple modifications!
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I threw together this build over the past couple months, and I'm having a ton of fun with it. It actually does surprisingly well on rocks considering it's independent suspension and still geared to go pretty quick when I want to, about 35 mph.
There are more details, pictures and some video in my build thread: https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/spare-parts-build-kraton-krawler-trail-truck.67286/
As far as a true Arrma crawler, I agree with what others have said. Under the HH umbrella, there's already quite a bit of other brands that have that pretty well saturated.
Losi is the Scale/Race/Premium brand. Most arrma customers don't give a hoot about scale design, they just want fast tough bashers. Losi customers want something more scale realistic, hence Baja Rey, LMT, Pro Moto, etc. and TLR is technically distinct from Losi for racing stuff.I think if HH were to do a crawler that isn't Axial, it would be under the Losi brand name. Losi seems to be their big umbrella brand. Team Losi racing buggies, no prep drag cars, SCT's, desert buggies, Grave Digger MT, a UTV, and even a freakin motorcycle, lol. Not sure how/why Losi became their almost everything brand, but seems like a crawler from Losi is more likely than an Arrma crawler.
That's a fact Jack.Also Horizon made Axial discontinue all their more bashy or go fast stuff specifically so they wouldn't compete with themselves. RIP Exo, Bomber, Wraith, Yeti, Yeti XL, etc.
Hmm this seems funWell what should they make? If not crawlers it's kind of interesting to look at what they have and would else would be a nice option?
Well what should they make? If not crawlers it's kind of interesting to look at what they have and would else would be a nice option?
- Basically the 6s line is pretty set. Bit longer or shorter, different bodies. Some parts strengthened over time. More body options would be nice. And something that has more grip and cleaner predictable steering on pavement than Felony / Infraction. Perhaps something like an reduce-skin / ESP? option would be innovative. Where the ESC limits the spinning of tires. And on / off that via switch / knob. Would prolong tire life and give a totally new feel to a street car. The handbrake was a nice gimmick. Did not do it for me. Perhaps some reduce-spin function on the ESC would be interesting. Perhaps a bit tricky to actually implement as sensors would be necessary. Maybe a dumb idea - don't know.
- 3s line also pretty set. Weaknesses are known. If they upgrade it and if at some time the dirt under the drive unit actually does flies out - we'll see. Some street car would be nice. Vendetta's body was just not the right thing if you landed on the roof. Spoiler should have not been on body but on chassis. Think that killed it.
- 4s line: Pretty poweful but plastic. With all benefits and downsides. A matter of taste. Lots of proven knowledge went into the 4s series. Never driven one, so can't say much.
- Limitless - could be a bit longer (2cm) for my taste. Even another body that fits on the Limitless would be wellcome.
- That leaves the 1/5: Something like a Typhoon, Felony / Infraction, Mojave. Typhoon with a street body...
- Then 1/18 , 1/24 or even 1/32 would be nice for some winter indoor action. A tiny Tyhoon or Mojave would do. Up to now it's WL territory.
- If crawlers - 1/6 to 1/5 would be interesting. And then see how fast it goes.
Hmm this seems fun
- Expand the grom line across the board. Mini Scale Typhon, Senton and Felony would be awesome.
- Give more graphics options that are somewhat fresh and less "Arrma-ish" - I am not saying to license it out but some graphics suck (granite for example)
- Make more EXB models of top performers, give us an EXB grom and EXB gorgon first - brushless of course
- Come up with something truly new, awesome job on what they pulled off on the Gorgon for the price point
- The wider arm, narrower arm - taller stance lower stance mix match to make "new" models is stale.
- To me I think the whole entire 3S is in serious need of a refresh
- I think that since the Senton BLXs say out of stock until 6/2024 we may see a new Senton on the horizon soon
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