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CC-02?? MST CFX

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Anyone try this new kit out? Everyone is commenting that it's the best plastic bits they've seen in a RC kit ever. 

Front center motor mount

Solid axles

Metal ladder chassis rails

Adjustable length in the same size as the CC-01 and they ship with Tamiya bodies!!!

You can get a roller with a HobbyWing 1080 ESC for under $250. 

Seems like these are perfect platforms for some of best Tamiya bodies out there!!

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MST CMX is another one.  cMx has the motor in the Middle.  cFx has the motor in Front.  CFX-W is bigger 1/8 version of CFX.  I've heard good things about all of them.  Slipper clutches and planetary gears in the center.  Nice stuff.    

I was seriously looking into CFX and CFX-W.  I even bought 5x10mm rubber-sealed bearings for it CFX, and 3x6mm bearings for CFX-W's axle's portal gears (all I had were Tamiya's standard 1150 bearings).  There is no differential in the axles for CMX, CFX and CFX-W because they are designed as crawlers.  You can build CFX in 3 different wheelbases, 242, 252 and 267mm to fit popular Tamiya bodies.  

In the end, though, a brand new Montero Wheelie came up on sale for $80, and I had to order that in a hurry.  Then I got a used Gravel Hound in mint condition for $50, and then a half-built Blackfoot for $80.  By then my funds ran low...(but I'm not complaining :D).  Someday I'll get a CFX when I'm in the mood for a crawler.  I love the wheels and tires of CFX.  And the non-standard 10mm and 6mm bearings I ordered?  Apparently, Tamiya Zahhak needed precisely those bearings, so they got used in Zahhak.  But I second you.  CFX is a nice crawler.  

 

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Hopefully Tamiya will take the hint and release a genuine Tamiya CC-02 along these lines...

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Yeah, I've had my eye on one of these for a while now. I've heard good things about them, and I really appreciate the fact that they're CC01 size and not SCX10/Ascender size.

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I'm working on a MST CFX-W...

 

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i've reduced the original MST wheelbase from 300mm to 275mm about to match the wheelbase of the JK body

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4 hours ago, markbt73 said:

Yeah, I've had my eye on one of these for a while now. I've heard good things about them, and I really appreciate the fact that they're CC01 size and not SCX10/Ascender size.

I think the size will help it keep the character that so many Tamiya kits have. 

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Really like my CFX...The Tamiya body really is beautiful, and the chassis looks perfect under there. 

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I've built a CMX in the past as well - both are very nice kits. 

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On 1/12/2017 at 1:25 AM, magnumb said:

Very cool! Looks very rugged. 

What are you using for electronics? 

HW WP1080, hackmoto 45T, undecided about servo.

 

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Mine is a cfx-w. Due to the shortening of the wheelbase I had to cut the sliders

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On 12/3/2017 at 9:45 PM, mastino said:

Mine is a cfx-w. Due to the shortening of the wheelbase I had to cut the sliders

Do you have to use brushless motor and lipo with these kits?

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no, it's not necessary. Using the lipo for space problems, but motor and ESC brushed.

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