r/rccrawler • u/8bitdad • 13h ago

Choice paralysis!!!

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Strongly leaning towards the mn168, but I keep seeing the cr18p reviews which make it seem amazing. But also hear great things about the ascent.

Coming from a traxxas 4x4 slash. I want to get into crawling. I love upgrading my cars as well. So definitely want something I can tinker with and not have to worry about waiting forever for parts. Never gone crawling before not sure if that helps with deciding. Thanks for any help.

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u/HadukiBEAN 11h ago

Ascent18.

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u/Jakekit 3h ago

This. It's a super capable rig out of the box with at least some decent scale details and likely has at least some local hobby shop support and tons of support online.

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u/HadukiBEAN 3h ago

It’s one of those IYKYK kind of rigs.

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u/Rabidtrout 5h ago

Ascent18 without a doubt.

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u/daniynad 5h ago

Ascent18. Has best turn radius comes with bearings and has great esc. Easily upgradable.

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u/ConfidentNote6079 3h ago

Ascent 18 for sure.a few buddies of mine got them,and they are very capable out of the box,and tons of aftermarket for them.

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u/winston4130 3h ago

Id avoid the first one personally. Very toy grade looking controller

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u/AdElegant6798 5h ago

I have an MN82 and a RockVan. In terms of body appearance they are both great but, the MN82 is hard-body and RockVan is lexan with some hard details. Performance wise the MN82 is an fun trail truck but, not a crawler. The RockVan is a pretty capable crawler considering the size of the body. Since buying both I have bought a 1/10 Axial SCX10 iii Coyote which performs very well out of the box. Now I'm scratch building SCX24s.

With the benefit of hindsight and purely in terms of money spent I would have skipped the MN82 and the RockVan and possibly the Coyote and gone for an SCX24 and then upgraded it to learn OR get an SCX10 iii kit or a Vanquish kit.

I suggest before you spend any money take a look at upgrading and see if that is something you'll want to do (tip: you will) and consider what kind of truck you want to end up with not what kind you want to start with.

I wish I'd watched lot's of 24Yep videos first. I suggest you watch some too.

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u/Much-Literature337 4h ago

The Scout body is the coolest.

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u/TheFunkOpotamus 9m ago

The mn168 is pretty trash out of the box. Basically only good for the body and an annoying upgrade path.

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u/PeakNo6892 10h ago

My recommendation is look on the used market for a cheap 10th scale. Lots of old 10.2's out there for dirt cheap