Vanquish Pheonix RTR – Straight Axle
The almighty Vanquish has just release their first ready to run rock crawler based off their legendary Pheonix kit.
We did a review on the truck, and can be seen below:
We also did a stock head to head with a Traxxas TRX4 Sport
Update – 5-2-23 – Added this body and removed the stock Phoenix body
Jeep Comanche hardbody – https://amzn.to/3nDdXc1
This brings us to the next evolution of the truck; and that is to make it compete with an Axial SCX10 Pro at the same price point.
In order to do this we have updated the truck; and fitted it with the following goodies from Rock Pirates RC:
- interceptor chassis – stainless – $69.99
- power wagon rock sliders – $37.99 – not a requirement – the stock sliders work fine
- element echo servo tray – $39.99
Total after taxes and shipping $164.50
The rest of the build parts:
truck – https://bit.ly/41HHhwY
fusion pro 2300kv motor – https://amzn.to/3IUy6kB
Savox servo (being replaced as it sucks) – https://amzn.to/3F5K9dG
new servo coming – https://amzn.to/3JYEurl
zeee 3s battery – https://amzn.to/3kOiMOx
tire inserts 3d printed – https://the-ab-outdoors.com/archives/240
wheels – https://amzn.to/3J2cl2c
tires – https://amzn.to/3ZRtqmn
high clearance links – https://amzn.to/3K3nBvA
aluminum axle front – https://bit.ly/3Lzv2gh
aluminum axle rear – https://bit.ly/3VdAecS
front knuckles brass – https://amzn.to/40xTnbf
In order to make these parts work with the truck I had to make a few different 3d printed parts outlined in the following video (coming soon). You can find these parts on thingiverse here.
Are these parts going to be perfect? Probably not 100 percent, and a lot of that will be dictated by your filament, and nozzle size. I’m using PETG, and a .8mm nozzle.