Crawler Canyon Quick(re)view: FMS/RocHobby Atlas 1/10 Part 1, the "RTR wheel episode" 

The part about your wife stopping to show an interest and ask specific thoughtful questions... that's really something special.

I couldn’t pass up the FMS fathers day deal. I picked up the 1/10 Atlas and get a free FMS 1/18 Toyota Hilux, and as someone who enjoys mini’s and micros I think it’s a definite win.

Thank you for reviewing this rig and being open and honest can't wait to see how you make it better! Keep doin your thing .

It's stripped down, because it's only 250 usd. You can tighten the front hinge screws and the body stays up. It's a decent truck for the price, and I enjoy it more than my Axials and Traxxas crawlers. It needs a 1080 badly though.

Now this series I like!!!! I love making a rtr all that with some later upgrades and watch the look on people's faces after! Some electronics, shocks and tires with weight that may end up being a awesome little truck there. I made a gen8 into a lcg beast! Excited to see this series 💯

Best honest review for this RTR I've seen! Thx!

I love your content. Always enjoyable.

Your wife understands the customer. I probably would’ve gone this route if it’d been around when I bought my Trailrunner. I just swapped single stage foams for hair buns, btw. Mi gusto mucho. Gracias.

Great video sir just love your channel. Tell it like it is

Great review, love your testing grounds super cool. Watching now 👍👍😎

Wow! My previous comments were based on the general leanings of this channel, rock crawlers. I'm of the mindset that not all things marketed in this segment are meant to be true competition level crawlers and some really should be evaluated as trail trucks. Case in point; I recently built an Axial Early Bronco. Yeah, I spent a bit on upgrades, throwing out all the electronics, adding axle weight, wheels, tires, foams, radio, Fusion Pro, all new servos including one to activate the two speed, scale accessories, scale driver figure, custom bikini top, etc., etc.. And no, it's NOT a competition rock crawler. But, it looks cool AF, IMO, and performs very well for what it is, and what I wanted. Glad to see you diverging a bit, and recognizing that there are other avenues to enjoy in this hobby. 👍👍

I bought the 1/6 jeep a couple of years ago, here is a few things that will apply to your atlas....The axles are surprisingly good (they use them on several models) in two years I only broke one front prop shaft, fms/rochobby shocks are garbage, the transmission does have limited adjustability i.e. you CAN use different pinions (If memory serves 14,15,16) not much else, might go 14-18 I cant recall. Asiatees is your buddy for replacement parts. I am not sure about 'Cali, but where I am they are faster than amazon/ebay (also Asiatees has all the parts). I have been into r/c since 79' so having piles of goodies to throw on mine was pretty easy, tbh not much left except trans , rails , driveshafts. I just could not stop myself! I do think the potential is there around the 500 mark, but the mods I did to my willys excluding the stuff I fabbed I am probably in around 7ish? Also I have a spare set of alloy chubs and knuckles I can shoot your way if you are interested. Later

I think that body looks great, and would patina-up really well. That and a few popsicle sticks for wood grain in the back bed and it'll look great. Obviously stuff like gas cans and fire extinguishers are a bit more weight but they'd sell the scale look even more, as will lighting the lights. It seems like it's more a trailer than a crawler, but for my location that's absolutely fine--we don't have a lot of rocks. I'll have to throw it on the list of potential future rigs.

I’ll be watching for part two, appreciate your sharing catch you on the next one until then peace and chicken grease 😁👍👍😎

Great review Sir

Yeah that would be my first thing, love my lights for those awesome night runs

Interested in this one. Very good-looking rig. OK OK I'll watch now 👊

Yessssssss I’m making popcorn now. 😎😎😎😎

Rtr’s are a great way to get into the hobby for us newbies. Let’s us have fun and learn, then build the kits. You will get way more money out of us.

Lovely little car! Well, as I understand it is not that little though it looks that way. Maybe you could show it next to Baseline for good reference. Great review, looking forward to the next one.

Nice, a cheap RTR quickview. That's awesome. This is the kind of stuff that is more in my budget, if I were to get another rig, rather than upgrade the ones I have. I'll do the latter before getting one of these though. :) The FMS/RocHobby/EazyRC stuff usually does really great when it comes to scale looks. This thing is only the second 10th scale they have done, and it uses the same chassis as the Mashigan (the Jeep hardbody that came before it). I think it looks pretty great, and on my calibrated monitors it's a really nice looking dark-ish orange (one of my favorite colors). Most of the FMS stuff is 18th and 12th scale, and most, if not all, look amazing and have pretty insane scale details and features, but are a bit (a lot) lacking in the performance department. Then there's the 24th scale FCX24 (your favorite scale), which performs great. I will continue to advise you to get yourself a small scale rig. If you ever get the chance, I have a few shorts of my built LCG SCX24 out, and it performs ridiculously well. I'm betting I'd be able to do a lot of the stuff in the Canyon with my best scx24. :D The Atlas performed quite a bit better than I had expected, and it's so cheap. Then again, you have the skills to make rigs do stuff they really shouldn't be able to. :D I think maybe the biggest issue with this one, and the Mashigan, is that they don't offer a lot in the way of upgrades. They do have some alloy upgrades for the axles, but I haven't seen any brass stuff yet. The same goes for their 18th and 12th scale stuff, which is a bit of a bummer.

*I finally figured out who your voice reminds me of!* I've been racking my brain over the past few videos trying to figure out who you sound like. It's a combination of Seth Macfarlane and Ray Porter. ( Ray Porter is one of the best audio book narrators in the business, in case you don't recognize the name.)

Yes I love the looks of the power wagon I have a few power wagon 1/24 scale

I got mine during the big sale fairrc just had. Basically paid $150 CAD for this truck after I sell the FMS Magnum truck I got for free with it. I think $150 is definitely a good deal for this truck. After shocks, wheels n tires, and a fusion se, I'll still be less than some "better" RTR's.

Excellent review I’m hoping FMS/RockHobby comes out with a 1:10 scale rig that is closer to all the other brands.

To add the wood grain look to the tray without adding weight use strips of balsa, not everything is aimed at the hardcore crawler section, I have decent rock crawlers and pure trail rigs and even some that are pretty good at both. This as a trail truck should be fun to see

@28:15 Good approach aspect, some are new to the hobby. Someone seen me at local hobbytown seen me do initial climb and right away said his enduro couldn't do that. Again I've also had someone who comps say that thing won't work, not with that chassis.

This thought process…exactly. My Axial Early Bronco for $330 was the best deal ever and just keeps getting better the more I buy it things.

Your wife is wise beyond her years! Thank your lucky stars that she is so supporting of your hobby. My girlfriend is very similar in the supporting of the hobby but she likes to crawl too. Does your wife go out and crawl with you, or enjoy aspects of the hobby too?

Hummmmm, 1080 and Motor, Blue Case Amazon Servo and maybe the IROC'S or some Cut Canyon Trails? The stock shocks are Junk so that will take some work. I would also pull a upper front link since she has a Panhard Bar and try and work that situation out. I run my SCX24's with the shocks mounted straight to the frame and I can get some good flex with it but have to used Rubber bands for Shock Limiters with those Double Barrel Shocks I run on those. Of course a 24th Scale is a helluva lot different than a 10th Scale. Took me a bit to even warm up to the 24th stuff but my Daughter loves them and we can Crawl in the Winter time and go to Comps that are all held indoors, so that is a major plus, she is 15 and the more time I can get with her now the better. Kids grow up to fast. Anyway I am going to enjoy seeing with you do to this. 👍🏼🤙🏼

Be sure to dissamble axles and transfer case they come bone dry flavor 🤣 Apart from that sone nice wheel and tire combo makes it real good as a trail truck

I'm surprised how well it did.

really like that body.. orange-red I'd say (not to be confused with red-orange). Thanks for the vid

"Ready to Replace." 👍👍

Oh man I just got done dealing with this chassis on the FMS/Rochobby Mashigan. I basically spent $300+ on a very nice body with and entire chassis/drivetrain to throw away. Electronics are no good, shocks are NOT shocks, they are springs and rods. axles have NO steering angle and it cannot be fixed. SOA with a 4 link and terrible geometry. and the short driveshaft from the trans to transfer WILL self destruct if you change the motor to anything better. and the Transmission is geared to high with no way to gear it down. My initial RTR drive was by far the worst experience ive had with ANY RTR. But I'll be damned if the body isn't beautiful!

I thought it was red until you said it was orange, these old eyes are confusing me!

It looks quite nice,headlights are great, if i was me and last time i looked in da mirror im 99% sure i was me , id put a pick up hook on it and make it a dually but dats jus me

1080 with a hobbywing 30t brushed motor a power hd 40kg servo i already had as well as a used set of showdowns and ditched the bed .....whole other truck now

I think it has potential, needs a Heinz livery though

First thing I noticed when you turned it over is it’s 4 link with a pan hard essentially 5 link 😂

If you can let us know if the mt12 radiomaster will bind to the rx on this stock atlas

Chained tires on mine n made a homemade tow truck. Thanks to Matts off road recovery

Soak those chrome parts in bleach overnight. Boom, no more chrome 👍 Really enjoying your take on this model, stoked to see what you do with it

Didn’t proline drop a g8 compound military tire? Maybe great review

All I can see is a different esc and or reciever didn't mind the tires myself ! I find it a little too touchy but all around awesome truck

Should throw the cantilever shock set up on that thing,better then the shock being directly on the frame 🤷🏻‍♂️

I just bought this crawler, what would be a good shock upgrade for it?

There’s nothing wrong with it just cram a sport HH 550 5slot solved looks good. Cut 1/16-1/8” vent holes in the middle of the tires 180* apart from each other so one is always in covered. 1080’s are cheap as well.

I'm guessing you are a ZeosPantera fan? I'm new to crawling and enjoy your content, thanks!

There was a sale 1080 & Hobbywing 550 & 540 new version for under 60$ think it was Amain. I’m going to go back & look sale maybe over.

Is the chassis metal or plastic? What is the over / under on you making a metal belly dragger chassis for it in a month

The only experience I have with FMS is the FMS - FCX24 K5 Blazer 1/24 scale RTR. It has certainly proved itself a steering servo killer. I have only had my FCX24 for a little over 5 months & have gone threw eleven micro servo's, so far. I always properly set my steering servo endpoints but the week little micro servo's always burn up or strip gears. I have already spent more money in replacement servos than the cost of the vehicle. So yeah, I am not to fond of FMS in all honesty.

I just picked up a blue one and I like it. It’s a $250 RTR, what do you expect?

Know where to find a wrecker boom for the back?

The whole reason I returned my new atlas 1/10 was the terrible shocks and no towers, I don't know it just gave me a really bad taste when I seen that. Also the panhard mount concerned me from a durability standpoint

Running it was like bad sex your just glad it’s over 😂When it came out it caught my eye because it was 1:10 scale but it’s obviously not a quality crawler/ trail truck. The one thing that I couldn’t except was the lack of shock towers that blew my mind. I kind of like the color but I don’t think it’s worth upgrading a whole lot unless you just have a bunch of parts around. Definitely have to ditch the tires & motor/ esc just to be able to drive it. But I think the term RTR are correct it basically means it runs no mention of how well or for how long. The more you get into RC’s the more you see how bad even higher quality RTR’s are so it’s no wonder kits are the way to go for the seasoned builder. After you get a RTR to where you want it how much of the original is left!

The body looks less orange the further it gets away, red shift?

I'd love to see a head to head with a Redcat Everest. I'm new to RC in general (August 2023) but I love my Slash and LOSI 22S drag truck. Crawlers look interesting... I don't mind spending $180-$250 to see if I like the category... If I DO, I'll dump more into it like everything else. But it's a fine line... if you get too junky an item...do you get a legit chance to enjoy the category? But at the same time i don't want to waste hundreds and then find out I don't like it. Only interested in 1/10 scale. Nothing else. So the Everest and Atlas are really my two choices right now.

You were just commenting about 4 link with panhard a few videos back, and now you have one.

My little FMF power wagon has a two speed. Does that one

I think it crawls better than a stock Honcho.

At da moment hes called Trigger happy pette 😅😅😂

With your arbitrary $150 budget, 1080, tires, and servo will make it "better". That is, IF the stock shocks can accept oil and be made functional and not leak like sieves. Beyond that, good shocks, wheels, tires, low down weight, and a Fusion Pro (IF the gearing can be changed to accommodate the 2300), or the Fusion XE. Still, I have to ask why? There are better, more interesting vehicles that can be made pretty damn good for equal total money in upgrades. Again, pity. The FMS small scale stuff is actually pretty fun straight out of the box and with just a bit of aftermarket can be damn good indeed. And I really like their 1/6th scale Willys MB, for it's scale detail. This isn't a great 1/10th intro, IMO.

Maybe put a 1080 combo in it and a better servo then toss the IROK's on it??

By patient did you really mean patience?

Crawlympics event: slow race.

Not bad for price but currently the element gatekeeper is about the same price right now.

Personally I think the RGT EX86181 CRUSHER is better that has metal diffs, F1 style rear suspension for better articulation, better esc and some other things, as these are similarly priced, the 181 seems better value imo.

Marginally better than toy grade. Pity. I really like the FMS FCX24. In the small scale stuff, IMO, with just wheels and tires they are better than my $400+ SCX24s.

Could we get a leaderboard of these cheap sub $300 rtrs?

Are the tires 4.75.

As I’m watching this I’m thinking Why is this guy torturing himself with this thing ??😂😂😂

turn it into a tow truck. Got to use it somehow right?

You can get a Phoenix running for $550

I’m feeling fake ruptures for this rig

That thing is 400 bucks over here in Europe. Yeah, no.

Definitely red😂

In comparison... The RGT Crusher with a very similar body style and price point knocks it out of the park as a RTR. This thing is just plain disappointing and seems more toyish than I expected.

It’s name is poly-plastics 😂

😂 lol