Winter RC Bashing - Rustler VXL w/ snow chains

Some footage of my XL-5 & VXL with zip-ties as chains, and then real chains for the tires. It was also a test for my new Tenergy propel 4500 6cell batts that I made - which worked very nicely indeed. The video was shot over a few days, and with all of the snow we've been getting, it made for different driving conditions each day. The real chains held up great, and give fantastic traction, and are tough are nails.

I made sure to waterproof/snowproof all of the electronics. The XL-5 has an Electrify s-600 19T motor, geared 16/83 and then 28/83(still pulling standing wheelies on 6 cells!). The VXL is geared 25/90 with masher 2k's on the stock VXL motor.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• RC
• snow
• chains
• rustler
• traxxas
• winter
• bash
• r/c
• truck

[hokieman97]

how did u do that?

[jolynsbass]

@hokieman97 do what, exactly? make the chains? waterproof the car? drive it in the snow? Give me something to run with here...

[AustinCollins2]

dose it still work after all that snow in the car

[jolynsbass]

@AustinCollins2 You bet. That's the beauty of waterproof electronics.

[Thatpyroguy]

kind of a slowish car... how fast does it go on a real road?

[jolynsbass]

@Thatpyroguy In the video, it's on 6-cell nimh (and sometimes in training mode). Now that I have 2S and 3S lipo power, it goes *lots* faster. Lipo is crazy strong - I can pop wheelies in training mode on only 2S lipo!

[soundman0405]

fail chains, get new wheels.

[theaztbear]

Awesome job on the snow chains buddy

[Rcflyer553]

@ncmpracer13 buddy if u buy it its already waterproof

[alex81631]

whats the diffrence between the xl-5 and the XVL

[NoGripEd]

How about more zip ties? like 8 for a tire?

[TheHuntingTerminator]

@indianrc yes

[axcad22]

Where can i buy that chains????

[fusionbolt77]

You can buy snow tires for your rc trucks/cars. Just google it ; ). I have the rustler as well. The box says all electronics are waterproof, so I'm looking forward to trying mine in the snow too.

[jtschid0910]

why don't you keep the body of the car on? Where can you get these cars?

[OXMDrw814]

We need another solution....... metal zipties???

[ncmpracer13]

@jolynsbass how did you waterproof the car?