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Old 02-01-2009, 12:01 PM
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Hello.....I am interested in getting into rock crawling and was looking at this truck....Duratrax 1/14 scale Cliff Climber Rock Crawler....Is that a pretty decent truck for a beginner ??? I see it takes twin batteries....What do you folks recommend I use in that department...???? Thanks a bunch...!!
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Hello.....I am interested in getting into rock crawling and was looking at this truck....Duratrax 1/14 scale Cliff Climber Rock Crawler....Is that a pretty decent truck for a beginner ??? I see it takes twin batteries....What do you folks recommend I use in that department...???? Thanks a bunch...!!
if you wait a bit tower seems to put it on sale for $100 off every once and a while....they did at thanksgiving and again at xmas...
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Is it a fairly good entry level truck ??? And what batteries should I use since it takes 2 ???
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Have you looked at the AX10 RTR? or the Losi Mini Rock Crawler?
Old 02-01-2009, 01:45 PM
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No.....But I will......I still need an answer on the batteries please....If you are using 2 on one truck what size and capacity should you use ???? Thanks...!!
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Being that it is a crawler you don;t really need high capacity packs. 1200 - 1500 mah packs would be fine for it.

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