Stock Capra RTR test
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 พ.ค. 2020
- I'm really surprised at how well it did and that climb!!!??!! WOW
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Capra RTR
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Your ability to talk, drive with one hand, and film with the other are amazing. When I get to a tough climb with both hands on the radio I can't even talk while driving.
Every time I take out my Capra it ends up impressing me...I kinda use it as a trail/mud/crawler combo on 3s brushless. Great vid!
Yup, I can relate. I just run an RTR Ascender, and it can't clear many of the steep lines that others can do in their belly dragging competition trucks. But, once in a while, the added height is an advantage, and my truck will clear lines that the fancy comp trucks can't.
Love your videos, and you have so many cool ways of using concrete.
Your crawler course is killer.
Great video I love how excited you got when it did that clime really is a amazing truck
Excellent video! I really enjoy your fun, enthusiastic, and REAL talk while you're at it. Great down-to-earth stuff. SUBBED! :)
Love this course, it's giving me some good ideas. Good video man I subbed :)
I have to thank you for this review. I have the red rtr as well and always wondered how that would perform compared to a kit build. I have a 1080 esc and an 11 tooth pinion on mine. Still stock motor but greased the portals, diffs, and trans as all were bone dry. As for tires, they stick great on the rough granite around here but on anything smooth they give it up. Have hyraxes waiting for my wheels to arrive so that should improve things. Glad the rig performed well and looking forward to seeing your upgrade path. Subscribed and liked!
I’m still using my rtr tires and they work fine for my use. I’m not a comp guy or anything but they do seem better than the were out of the box.
Got my rtr from fl rc outlet a few weeks ago and it amazes me with what it can climb. It's not gonna stay stock for long.
I been really happy with my capra. I got it as a kit. Running hyrax's with ssd rims and a 1800kv hobbywing axe system on 3s 1800mah lectron pro lipo. Havnt gotten a chance to get it on a crawler course yet because of the whole covid crap, but I've found several rock clusters open to the public and a few trails around me and it just blows my trx4&trx6 out of the water. I been really happy with the agility and the run time. Its becoming my favorite crawler by far. Honestly looking at getting the new Bomber next. Hopefully soon I can get it on a few courses near me. Can't wait. If you want to use the same shocks, I would try some "soft soft" purple spring rate springs from axial. Cant remember the part number right off hand, but it made a huge difference in getting the truck down lower and leveling out the links and lowering the COG.
First time I saw a Capra running was with some guys with highly modified rigs. The Capra held its own, and ran pretty much all the same lines those trucks.
I have purchased one a couple of weeks ago. Pretty nice vehicle out of the box. I had one issue out of the box, It was missing a screw in the front steering servo so when I took it out of the box the servo was sideways. I had to take servo off and add a screw in the servo mount. I also greased up all the gears and added metal bead lock rims with hyrax tires and a little bit a weight but other than that I will leave rest stock for now.
Well OK then, I do like the Capra too. I think I really like the way you tested it. Purely objective and honest. You have to change things and customize it to make the Capra even better. I'll be following your build. Do it to it "Dude". I'm lov'n it. Thanks. 😎
this looks like i fun truck for rc events👏🔥
Looks aweosme! And yep I am surprised. I really want it upgrade my kit Capra with a hw 1080 a Holmes motor and a smaller pinion
This is great value for the money
Nice vid I like that crawler
I prefer the Holmes Hobbies Crawlmaster Sport 16T 540 with a 10t pinion on 3S in my Capra. Running Hot Racing OD gears and Vitavon brass portal covers. Very good torque density while still having decent wheelspeed. Getting ready to change out to a Crawlmaster Sport 15T 550 with the 10t pinion as soon as my Spare Time Hobbies high-clearance skid arrives.
I now want a Capra over the 10.3. Great vid!!!
oh yeah I'd take the capra over the 10.3 any day
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Joe. Lol. That sure made opt -3 look bad on that. Haha. I saw that line was working. And while yiu was talking and looking at the front tires ? I already saw it was going to make it. lol. And I was saying. “There it is. Just go “ lol.
You know the climb I’m talking about. Lol
This is the only truck to make me impressed after my TRX 4 sport. I have a set of Proline Krawlers on the Capra and some brass up front and low. It sticks to rocks I thought only Spider-Man would. Love your channel bro. I am using element gray springs along with the pen spring mod. Shapeways or trx 4 bottom spring retainers fix the rubbing spring issue. Once modded, I Love this thing. I have a set of 1.9 Duratrax Showdown on the way for the trails. Unfortunately I have to go through plenty of woods in Philadelphia to get near some real rocks, but I always walk away happy like a child. Wish I could unlock the front diff for the trails, but it’s still a blast on the horse trails at 5-7 mph.
Also, I have an Axe 2300 system laying around brand new. Can’t wait to see how it compares to the 1080 and Integy lathe motor. The stock steering servo is actually sufficient, but it’s no 2290. Time for a servo I can run straight off the battery. Suggestions? Holmes is out of stock, so nix that.
if you want a beast servo that powers straight off a battery go for the new Reefs 777, I did a video on it, its amazing. The second shipment should be arriving soon and will show up on the reefs rc website
Unaware that the new reefs had that ability. Thanks for helping with my budget build......ha wtf is budget
VERY enjoyable to watch you run the 'EXACT' same Capra I have. After 5 months of driving mine in my 'rock garden' consisting of natural indigenous rocks from the So California desert I have found the tires not only very 'scale' in appearance but give perfunctory traction and have worn extremely well with DAILY driving. My RTR Capra is infinitely more enjoyable for me to drive now that the servo plug for the DIG has been disconnected and the DIG zip-tied in constant 4WD. If I ever need to replace the motor I'm planning on the Titan motor found in the Traxxas TRX-4. I find them very torquey, good wheel speed, they only cost $20 and they come with the wires and bayonets attached so I don't need to buy a soldering Iron and appurtenances to replace it.
with the dig locked out you should try some overdrive in the front portal boxes, makes a huge difference in turns
@@ExocagedRC I have seen that in other videos you have made. Sharper turns would be nice. I don't, however, want/need a huge amount of "overdrive". More than 3 to 5% would not be needed in my 'rock garden', and I don't want to stress the drivetrain.
there is no space for titan 550 in the capra. Only 540 motor sizes. 53mm long can of the motor touches the rear link mount(barely fit with little trimming). The titan 550 is 57.5mm long.
@@nexus7138 Thank you for this important bit of information. I pray then the motor never dies or I can locate a "540" crawler motor with wires and bayonet connectors attached.
Every rig has that one obstacle thats perfect for the wheelbase, tire, weight, height. Thats why you "need" 6 or 7 crawlers. A mud truck wont crawl, a crawler won't rock race. Thanks for the entertainment buddy.
Did your RTR come with no grease in the gears? And if so, did you add grease? Fantastic video!!
That rtr does alot better then i thought it would but i still like my kits and this is unrelated to this video but i wanted to let you know watching your videos on the scx10.3 i noticed in the last video with the axle install that your springs are in the wrong locations dont know if that was intentional or not but i recently put my 10.3 together and during assembly and reading the manual realized that on page 60 it says that axi233017 is firm green spring and axi233015 is soft red spring then on page 57 of the shocks is shows that green is rear and red is front just wanted to let you know incase you didnt already
Hey man i like your unedited videos dont say they are boring. They arent i watch all of them
Definitely go with the kit. Touchy esc, bad tires, average suspension at best, dig issues. All in all, it's 10x better to mount your own stuff on it.
In my experience, those stock tires work great stacked in a box. They’re useable but don’t compare to the aftermarket in tread or compound.
lol right now I agree
Can't wait to have a shelf like yours at first I was trying to buy the best now I just want the funnest or the most different. Also I have watched your videos on the wendigo by redcat is it fun or just break alot
Fun is where it’s at.
I am deciding between this or the savvy bomber. I figured the RTR is cheaper when I added everything up on the kit on Amazon it was like 675dollars and that's going the cheap generic electronics route so I figured 450 for the RTR and switch out whatever electronics I dont like as i go will be cheaper for me. The only reason i want the savvy bomber is because i personally wrapped that bomber in real life, i work for Casey Currie as their personal wrap installer and our shop is inside Currie enterprises, anyways savvy is like 2 blocks from our shop and I do all Gerald's wraps (owner of savvy).
oh wow, yeah. Heck what about a Capra with a Savvy wrap? They are two very different machines
@@ExocagedRC I was thinking of printing a little mini wrap for rigs that would be cool and possibly a little money maker, I could design kits for different models. I'm not too good at designing yet that's what my boss shines at but I know how to run all the machines and programs lol. I couldn't decide between the capra or bomber today and my LHS offered me a wraith 1.9 for 300 of course I couldn't pass it up😁, still plan on getting a capra eventually maybe I'll go the kit route.
What’s the Garmin you are using for the speed test wouldn’t mine having one my self
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how do you drive so well one handed.... like ive tried everything...
Hey bro what mm desert lizard shocks do you recommend or shocks in general?
when reviewing stock crawlers you should do a run box stock, as this one is, and another with better tires because to me better tires are mandatory and are the FIRST thing to do to ANY crawler
What battery did you use for the Capra? I’m thinking of buying one of my own
I usually use a 1500mah 3S
Can you run a 3s Lipo in this rtr everything I have seen says yes but I have been told you shouldn’t with a brushed system
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Rtr is making OPT 3 look bad on that climb (you know the one I’m meaning lol ). But I knew it was going to climb that. Lol. I cld tell you was watching the front tires . & I cld see that belly barely scratching. Haha. I was saying to myself “Go go you got it. !! “.
On the one with the side x side parallel rocks on it. Lol. But yeah. I’m kinda impressed seeing how opt -3 did & the other Cap on those two climbs anyways. . And I’m sure those tyres will break in better too.they might be ok on that concrete too. Better than I thought they was going to be already. Lol And also ....the shocks is right on that thang.
Please make a video on what you would do to it and how it does before and after. I have a rtr and the dig servo died in 2. Days so I used the ecopower 640t with a servo horn mod. Works way better.
did you set the end points? I'm sure mine would have burned up during this run if I didn't do that.
Exocaged RC I didn’t but it didn’t make any noise. When I dissected it one of the wires was rubbed naked and shorted on the board because the board is just jammed in there how ever they can get it.
Ahh ok that’s a whole different issue
Exocaged RC yea I would remove it and fix it before it happens
I would change the tyre for something else, it still done reasonably well, 😀😀😀
How does this compare to a axial deadbolt 1/10? Thanks
Aside from having to take mine apart and but grease in everything my Capra is still mostly stock. That freakin mini servo burned out with no warning so be ware 👍🏽🐒🇺🇸
U should do an upgrade series on it
I will. I have a few parts and pieces already here. I have an Axe 2300, a few reefs servos and a selection of tires to choose from. Step by step, I want to see if the stock esc can handle a Raw500 first.
a holmes puller pro stubby 3300kv and micro x would be an awesome combo for that. Really allow it to be a rock racer/crawler... but you already have a similar setup in your other capra... first world problems.
Can you run a 33oo stubby with a micro x? I thought the micro X was only rated for the 2700kv max
TheRSTim it depends on the weight, but Holmes said he tried to get that combo to heat up and it wouldn’t so use at your own risk... HH is very conservative with esc temps. They told me to keep my mamba x under 160 while castle told me it can cruise at 180 and spike over 200 without issue. Robert @ castle account brags about steaming water off his esc cause it gets up near boiling and he runs it through water.
Btw, Castle also says not to use the mamba x with rigs over 9lbs. I’m like 15% over that.
www.rccrawler.com/forum/electronics/538036-new-mamba-micro-x-2.html
Capra or gmade r1? I still need one more or a few more to convince me on what I should buy for my next crawler
Capra without a doubt
It's settled! And what other motor do you recommend around 50 bucks
What is the best upgrade for the trx4
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What mods did you make
O the laugh was good
Hello i just got my capra it was used but like new i need to know how to set my dig servo end points like you did what do i do
Different radios have different ways of setting end points. I like to set them in a quiet room and take my time to get them right. Too much throw will burn up a servo quick
Where in Jacksonville is this?
Just west, in a little place known as Middleburg.
Does anybody know how to adjust the dig servo??
Great vid Joe 👍🏻💯 I Wasn't impressed with it at all dig was broke outta box and axles are tooo wide imo it just sits on the shelf
Well get some of the Team Garage Hack Wheels to narrow it up.
Yeah its alright...
Just wait to you put Portal weights on all 4 conners.
I got the kit when it first came out. Love mine but I love all mine. Lol
Yeah I think I have some weights here already.
😂😂😂👏👏👏
I love my RTR Capra! I also think it's awesome how you have to pop the hood to put the battery in lol. Such a cool place to put it.
However when I drive my Capra I try to run it as slowly as possible to be more true-to-scale driving. The Ryft is the rock bouncer for railing rocks at full speed, but I much prefer to do those reeeeal slow crawls. It's extremely capable and it moves like a spider, the flex in it is great.
Eh not that impressed considering price point. You did give it some hard lines to run, but for $450 rtr and still going to need some upgrades to get it running a little smoother, let alone a nicer set of tires adding another $60. And another review stated the portals didn't work with some other wheels, so it may be hard to use wheels you've already got, or need to buy new wheels in general to fit it. Plus the amount of time it supposedly takes to things apart to access the electronics seems like it'd be a time consuming truck to work on. Especially if the dig servo is flaky. I'd say it's worth more like $300 rtr, or do like the gen8 axe lim edition for $500 where it came with the nicer brushless system and nice transmitter for that rtr. If the price point is going to be that high, I'd expect a little better performance/components included. Even the kit at $330 is still pretty pricy compared to other competent kits out there. I want to see the appeal of the rock racer styles, but this one doesn't do it for me. The new Bomber review I'd seen seemed like a much more capable truck right out of the box and for the same price. This one just doesn't do it for me for the price.
Well it’s not a bomber and getting to things can be time consuming however we always customize these things to fit our style. Even the simpler trucks get modded a lot. I do like the new bomber and for some reason I now want an SMT 10. LoL
@@ExocagedRC Fair enough
I have the Capra kit and Bomber kit. I can say for the information you have your opinion is 100% correct on all points. The capra kit and rtr are are little more expensive
Here is my take on these points:
1) One of the reasons the capra is more expensive is because its build in the same factory and same materials Horizon build their racing kits (high quality), Also complete new product from scratch.
2) I have hundreds of miles on my Bomber and compare to my Capra is more capable BUT on specific places. Not all around more capable. Also capra looks almost the same as Bomber just smaller. So better to have only one - capra OR bomber.
3) On the trails and in Mountains the bomber is better, but on pure rocks and narrower places Capra is better.
4) the new Bomber is better version of the RTR bomber, not the Bomber kit! So Capra rtr is higher quality and parts then the new bomber. The new bomber also have dog bones in front. This is a must have upgade that is around $30 for universals. Also the tires of the bomber are not better then what you get in the capra.
Both need upgrades. The bomber rtr need more of them.
So the choice is yours, and not one is clear choice from specs alone.
Hope this info helps you.
To me if you can do 360's and not flip overm then the suspension is too stiff, and the tires are not hooking up good, just sliding and loosing traction.. Suspension should be soft, to load weight and increase your traction..
Yeah true but if the center of gravity is low enough you can have all that and still get donuts.
@@ExocagedRC No matter how high or how low the center of gravity is, a slide means less traction.. You can't have good traction and slide at the same time.. A lower center of gravity only means that you can corner faster.. But even then if pushed to extreme it will tip over if you have enough weight transfer and good traction or with less weight transfer less loading of weight and less traction causing a slide.. Sliding is good for hot dogging but not so good for crawling, where traction is a premium..
Jim Richard power overcomes traction. Plus I don’t do cyclones or donuts on high traction surfaces.
It’s sounds very grindy😬
Better grease the ring and pinion
Yeah I haven’t had a chance to open it up yet.
The fallen tires axial has started using are garbage
I think that was pretty fast for a stock crawler
it is
Personally I’m not a fan of the dig feature. It feels like cheating to me
I think you should really focus your channel on really testing and showing how upgrades are not always the best option. I know that goes against everything a TH-camr works for which is money and free stuff but I bet the 1st person who does will get more money from viewers and people who actually want the truth. And companies that truly make products that work will pay premium to be on your channel.
Anyone that reads this comment will suddenly want to spend his stimulus money on an RC car
I already did lol
I enjoy morning wake-ups here in SoCal from all the way across the country where you are in Florida
What stimulus money
yes but I would go for a Gmade R1