November 2011
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By Bender on November 29, 2011
Now that the EXO Terra Buggy has officially been announced, I want to take some time and highlight a few of the features. For this post I want to cover how to swap the batteries and show a couple of the subtle but cool details on the EXO battery tray assembly. Our patent pending quick [...]
Posted in Adventures, EXO Terra Buggy, FAQ, New To R/C?, News, Product Release, Promotional, Tech
| Tagged Axial, AXIAL EXO, axial exo terra buggy, Bender, Build, Building, desert racer, fuel safe, fun, Griffin Radiator, Hankook tires, ICON Vehicle Dynamics, pre-runner, Raceline wheels
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By GCRad1 on November 29, 2011
Axial Wraith Goes on Tour with UTVUnderground.com
Southern California’s UTVUnderground.com has quickly become the largest and most recognized name in the UTV online world. So, it was only natural for Axial to partner with UTVUnderground.com to take the rock race buggy – the WRAITH on a whirlwind tour and introduce it to the UTV masses! [...]
Posted in Events, Wraith
| Tagged UTVundeground.com wraith
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By Bender on November 28, 2011
I finally got a chance to shoot a few action shots, and video of my Wraith kit build. I don’t have the video edited yet, because I have been too busy working on the Exo release, but it’s coming soon. For this first shakedown run I used a 5300mah 2S lipo, and it gave me [...]
Posted in FAQ, New To R/C?, Product Release, Promotional, Wraith
| Tagged Axial, Bender, Build, Building, competition, event, Events, fun, Jeep, Jeeping, King of the Hammers, KOH, Modifications, Offroading, RC, ripsaw tires, rock crawler, scaler, Wraith, wraith kit
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By GCRad1 on November 18, 2011
Since you guys thought the “Official Tease” video was too short, we thought we would give you another with an additional 5-seconds. So, this is a little clip showing two EXO’s skipping through the whoops and get tangled up. Thought you would like to see it’s not always fun and games in the dirt. The [...]
Posted in Adventures, EXO Terra Buggy, News, Product Release
| Tagged Axial EXO Terra Buggy WHOOP TESTING!
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By Bender on November 16, 2011
As most of you know, Axial attended the 2011 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada recently. We had been secretly working with some strategic technical partners to give a sneak peek at the show of our latest vehicle, the Exo. Since Axial is predominantly known for making R/C crawlers, the release of the Exo was [...]
Posted in Adventures, EXO Terra Buggy, Events, International, News, Product Release, Promotional, Trade Show, Wraith, XR10
| Tagged 1:1, Axial, AXIAL EXO, Bender, event, Events, EXO Terra Buggy, fun, Griffin Radiator, Hankook tires, ICON Vehicle Dynamics, Jeep, Jeeping, King of the Hammers, KOH, Raceline wheels, rock crawler, SEMA, SEMA 2011, Turn Key motors
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By GCRad1 on November 14, 2011
SEMA SHOW 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada
Words & Photos: Rodney “GCRad1″ Wills
SEMA began in 1963 by a small group of manufacturers who made performance equipment for the early American hot rods. In those beginning days the SEMA stood for “Speed Equipment Manufacturers Association.”
Forty plus years later and the small group of speed enthusiast that began [...]
Posted in Adventures, Events, Trade Show
| Tagged EXO Terra Buggy, GCRad1, Rodney "GCRad1" Wills, SEMA 2011
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By GCRad1 on November 14, 2011
Axial wanted to make some cool displays for some upcoming shows so our marketing team knocked up the basic function of the display idea and our R&D team gave it the approval and added some good looks, then laid it into a file that we could send over to our buddy Cody Waggoner at IPE [...]
Posted in EXO Terra Buggy, Promotional, SCX10, Wraith
| Tagged Laser Cutting IPE
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By Bender on November 9, 2011
Here is the final installment of our 7 part Wraith kit build series. For this post I will cover the electronics I am using, and placement in the chassis. Wiring this truck is a little tougher then normal, because of the tube chassis and interior tray. Proper planning is needed to pull off a clean [...]
Posted in FAQ, New To R/C?, News, Promotional, Tech, Wraith
| Tagged Axial, Bender, Build, Building, Comp, competition, custom build, event, Events, fun, Jeeping, King of the Hammers, KOH, Modifications, Offroading, RC, ripsaw tires, rock crawler, scaler, Tech, Tech tips, Wraith, wraith kit, wraith rtr
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