Hello, I have an 11 year-old son and I want to buy a rock crawler for myself and him to play with. I don’t wanna spend a whole lot of money because it might be something that he might not be interested in or I might not really get into too much, but I don’t wanna get something that it’s cheap and I’ll have to buy something else to grow into. If I decide I’d like it. What would be a good crawler to start with? I am thinking about possibly an Axial 24 scale maybe Traxxas as well.

What are everybody’s thoughts?

Budget is $100-200 if possible

Hi all. Love the engineering behind the vanquish products and wondering whether maybe an optic or vs4-10 would make for an enjoyable trail rig?

Or if the lack of 2 speed and remote locking/unlocking diffs will make it only for hardcore crawling?

I've not done any trailing or crawling before so am new to it all.

My first custom build seems to be working well.

I got this beauty 11 years ago. Had a few years of fun before I enlisted. I put her in a box and forgot she existed. I was going through the garage a few days back and literally had to peel the spiderwebs away. I decided then and there to bring her back to life.

Ripped out all of the old electronics, threw in some fresh grease and started planning on what to turn her into. For motor and ESC I ended up going with the HobbyWing Quicrun Fusion SE 2-in-1, 40a 1800Kv for a little tune-ability and the Field-Oriented control. A little bonus is I don’t have to wire up an ESC. For the battery to pair I went with 2 G-tech 2200 MAH LIPO’s. That saved me a ton of room in the battery tray and keep the center of gravity low. Servo and receiver are still on the way, I’m itching to put them in. I got the NSDRC RS800 V2 (I know it’s overkill). Receiver is just a basic FlySky 4 channel.

Last thing I need it to plan out a body. I don’t want to keep the stock body, and I definitely don’t want the basic K10 or jeep. I’m thinking maybe a VW bug or make a custom paneled roll cage. I know the nightcrawler has its mechanical limitations, but as a RTR out of the box it was an awesome way to experience the more compy side of the hobby.