I found that a heavier set of rims made a huge difference. I was able to use the heavy springs in the rear and the lighter kit spring in the front. This keep the uphill shocks from unloading and making the body lean to the downhill side and rolling over.
I chuckle or wince every time I see/hear "RC adventure". It's like 'Sanitary engineer' or 'Wastewater treatment center;' it's total puffery. Everyone knows you're talking about the garbage man and the sewage plant. We're PLAYING with our TOYS, and it's as simple as that. Lol :-D
I have done the same setup as exocaged rc by using small short bungee cords. It works and it don’t loose the flex. And works great 👍 watch his channel and he will show u how to do it. Definitely brings it down and with the pin spring mod u loose flex. So yeah the bungee cords work great. Also I added 107g brass to each front wheel. Love it and the bungee cord mods already. But now I want to get rid of the factory tires and wheels!
New sub here and a complete NOOB when it comes to building these things. I have owned quite a few over the years, but have never built one. I assume coming from a very automotive mechanics rich background I will not have too many issues. My question though...Are straight axles interchangeable? I would love to use these axles on another kit, but to buy them outright is insanely expensive. Thank you and keep up the great videos. I've been binge watching for two full days!!!
Looking forward to your review of the RTR version and how it compares to your kit version you just finished - I’m definitely thinking on going with RTR version
Nice video and that's an awesome playground for crawlers. I have the Danchee Ridgerock witch I jokingly call a poor man's Capra...I'm curious since you have driven both on similar terrain. How would you compare their crawling performance on a scale of 10 let's say...
Are you coming to USTE (Ultimate Scale Truck Expo) this year Greg? I remember you were at ECSC a few years ago. I think you'd have a great time and I know you'd get tons of great footage and material for articles.
Nicholas Barber I was talking to someone earlier this week about going. I’ve wanted to go, the event looks amazing. I’m certainly going to try and make it happen!
Try the optional Axial Soft/Soft Springs - Purple #AXI233004 to bring the overall height down. Have them on both ends of my Capra. May try Soft/Soft (front) and Soft (rear) at some point.
If only other video reviewers would prepare to the extent you do, then go briskly from point to point without repeating, pausing, lame jokes. In short, another great video.
These kits are not that difficult. I prefer kits because you'll have a better understanding of how it works but most importantly if something breaks you'll know how to fix it.
I'm not much into rock crawling rcing anymore but these buggys seen nice and you can make then fast. Are you using a gopro 8 to film or a phone. The follow shots are not jumpy.
Great video Greg, I am loving my Capra. I too went with a brushed system and it has been an amazing trail and crawler. I think you hit the nail on the head with your review of it. Am a huge fan of your channel, I never miss yours or RCN videos! 👍👍👍👍👍
Rich Homan Thank you for the support! One benefit to being a little late on the review is getting to see what people are doing to it. I saw people swapping axles, deep discussions on motors and many other topics on a just released rig. I think some people that stumble on these groups may get scared away from the Capra with so much technical talk. I wanted to show it’s a super capable buggy out of the box. That it will do well on even a basic power system. Modding can be cool, but not at all necessary.
@@rcdriver I agree 100%, i have done very little to mine and it has been amazing. I started making videos of it right when it first came out and got a lot of people asking what i had done to it, they were surprised when i told them basically nothing. Looking forward to seeing more videos!!
Mike Petersen That would be a cool idea, but probably not going to make my project list. My thing is just hitting trails to crawl and drive for fun. I’ll tweak the suspension and steering, add a little weight up front and just enjoy it as is.
TrailCrawler 203 cool - thanks for that simple direction. Suspension upgrade too?? Looking at a few different rock racers, Axial, Team Associated, Losi (the usual suspects), but love the look of the Capra.
@@mikepetersen8585 I was more saying it tongue in cheek. I've had a Wraith Spawn with a 20t on 3s, and the Capra with the Axe 2300kv on 3s is definitely faster. Though, I've not actually done any "rock racing" per se. Join the Capra group on Facebook. You'll be surprised on what people are doing with this platform.
Theres definitely something added to it, I've dropped/rolled/bonked mine off rocks a bunch of times. My body panels have some huge dings already but the black plastic seems pretty tough. Water and mud tests will come soon, lol.
Steezy James no they don’t lots of axial models don’t for some reason! I had a Axial Yeti XL and it did not have a on off switch. Just plug it in and go or unplug and it’s off
16:00 hit your MUTE button, you're not going to hear the Capra anyway, and if it's late you won't wake the neighborhood or rattle the teeth out of grandpa's dentures. holy carp that's awful.
I was tempted to quit when that awful music started, but I wanted to see your build in action. How about for 2021 you let us actually hear the vehicles running. Way back when, or as the kids say, back in the day, all my hot rods had no stereo not even an old Delco in the dash. My friends used to ask me don't you miss listening to music, and I would point to the motor and say "That's all the music I need". Please let us hear the vehicles not the crappy public domain music.
