boilermaker
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I received this RCMK XCR-1000 buggy from DDM on Friday. And figured I would do a complete and as detailed review as possible. I spent Saturday morning getting it equipped and ready to run. I spent a lot of time taking notes and detailed pics to show a lot of the details that have been hidden. There are some comparisons shots of it to a Losi DBXL. And before you ask "THIS AIN'T NO DBXL" this thing is a much better and bigger beast.
I was very impressed with it out of the box, attention to detail is like no other 5th scale RC I've ever seen, every part is labeled with there part #, and most also have lengths and sizes. Everything on the RCMK XCR-1000 truck is bigger, think 5ive sized parts on a DBXL frame. This is what LOSI should have done. If you have any questions please ask. I am still finding things the more I look at it. Over 50 detailed picture here
http://s120.photobucket.com/user/fletcherscustoms/library/RCMK XCR-1000?sort=3&page=1
Lets start with some issues I found right out the box:
Here's the first things I noticed when un-boxing:
Comparison with a Losi DBXL
Items that work on both:
Differences:
Losi DBXL Buggy
RCMK XCR-1000 Buggy
I was very impressed with it out of the box, attention to detail is like no other 5th scale RC I've ever seen, every part is labeled with there part #, and most also have lengths and sizes. Everything on the RCMK XCR-1000 truck is bigger, think 5ive sized parts on a DBXL frame. This is what LOSI should have done. If you have any questions please ask. I am still finding things the more I look at it. Over 50 detailed picture here
http://s120.photobucket.com/user/fletcherscustoms/library/RCMK XCR-1000?sort=3&page=1
Lets start with some issues I found right out the box:
- 2 front bumper screws barely installed, easy fix
- (1) engine mount screw stripped head
- Holes in the battery box and receiver box are way to small. I finally drilled a bigger hole to get wires through
Here's the first things I noticed when un-boxing:
- Cage is must better built more support braces and details that make it look like a real buggy (handles, realistic style bracing)
- Body Attachment to side panel is inside the body, not external like the DBXL
- Rear tire mount is adjustable from flat to 30 degree angle
- Diff cups are booted and greased. Boots have a metal ring inside the boot that are crippled to the CVD ends and to the diff cups. Never seen like this its truly a sealed boot. Just like a on a true car.
- 21 tooth pinion, same as DBXL
- Pinion carrier is same dimensions as DBXL, but is more like a 5ive and does no use the spacers between the clutch carrier like the DBXL does
- Everything on the truck that was screwed to metal was Blue loctite
- Center shafts are 7mm, same as DBXL
- Axle are 7MM same as DBXL
- Drive pins are 5mm
- Diff cups are larger, appear to be same size as a 5ive
- Tierods and camber links are hardened steel 6mm with 8mm ends
- Battery box holds a 6000 Killer RC, has a nice screwed down holder
- 7mm shock shafts ,5mm DBXL, shocks look identical but shafts and seals are different
- Rear CVDS guards are nice but a little big hinder some access
- Aluminum towers with a lot of adjustment
- Wheels are metal ringed around the HEX
- All plastics is much stiffer than the plastic on the Losi DBXL. Its labeled "Graphite" on some parts
- Driveshafts, pins and rods appears to be machined pieces, not the cast like the DBXL. (I bent a driveshaft in crash yesterday and hammered it back straight)
Comparison with a Losi DBXL
Items that work on both:
- Clutch and pinion
- Pinion carrier although two different styles same final dimensions
- Rear lower engine mount (plastic)
- Chassis braces, same dimensions RCMK are a little more stout
- Top steering brace
- Rear bumper will swap
- Sway bar is same, RCMK has larger ball ends
- Gas tank mounts are the same, RCMK has a larger capacity tank it appears
- Hinge pins, RCMK are a hardened material. Not cast like DBXL
- Diff pinion and ring gear front and rear
- All driveshafts are same length, but want crossover
- DBXL Camber and tie rods ends will work, the ball in the RCMK is bigger in diameter but both use same size screw
Differences:
- Shock shafts 7mm vs 5mm
- Front arms, carriers, spindles much larger in all forms, larger bearing etc
- Rear arms look the same
- Rear hub carrier is huge compared to DBXL
- 5mm drive pins
- Larger drive cups all around. Look like five size
- Vented clutch bell
- Chassis side guards
- Servo saver , adjustment is on top
- Front bumper mounts, may cross over
- All diff cups and internal gears are much larger
- Center diff mount and top are more like a 5ive
- Diffs from outside of cup to outside of cup is 110mm, DBXL 100mm
- Diff bearing are encased in a metal sleeves like a 5ive
- Much larger bearing all around
- Bulkheads look the same, but are much larger in the bearing mount area, also bigger in diameter and width
- Rear forward body mount 1" wider than DBXL
Losi DBXL Buggy
RCMK XCR-1000 Buggy
Good to know that it is more robust in many critical details. It looks like it is worth the price to me.....That must have been a good hit.