Am I a Genius or a Cheat? My 1st LCG Comp Crawler!

My Low Centre of Gravity (LCG) Comp Crawler has a Dirty Little Secret haha. Is it cheating? More details below of all the parts used. Basic set up is a G Speed Chassis using Capra Treal Axials, Element Gearbox and a Hobbywing AXE System
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[@KevinTalbotTV]

1st

[@johnwayne666]

😝

[@TomleyRC]

Boom….😅

[@Hoosierdaddyjones812]

It's nice

[@davidhiscock1969]

Haha Kev with 1st lol boom

[@alantaylor353]

Hmmmm... Why does Kev's comment have the translate thingy.?

[@needtau4138]

Definitely looks a lot better than other lcg bodies. Normally they look like hats on the lcg chasis, and that clearance cheat is genius.

[@ericpohlman5131]

That was so much fun to watch...knowing it was your first time and the fact that you still had fun. Love it.

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers Eric. Glad you enjoyed it

[@REVTrackStaff]

That truck looks dope. Love the wood bed, the stance. All of it. Well done, sir.

[@TomleyRC]

Thank me Jim

[@rcunderground666]

Absolutely spot on, doesn’t really matter if it works or not, it’s about being creative and finding a solution for a problem 👍🏻

[@TomleyRC]

Yes I agree. I love innovating, and it doesn’t matter if it works or not, it’s the fun of trying 👌

[@modelnutty6503]

@@TomleyRC wonder what a nicely painted lexan/polycarbonate Hornet body would look like over that chassis (no wing), maybe like a single seat bouncer?

[@MCsCreations]

Brilliant, Phil! Fantastic build! 😃 Really well done! And congrats for the place on the competition!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@just.jose.youtube]

👏 for the creative ingenuity! Good luck for future comps!

[@algar710]

That’s why I love this hobby, you can make what ever you want your rig to look like 👍 and electronics that make it travel more realistic out on the trail🤙🏼Great job TRC😎

[@TomleyRC]

Yes, so much diversity in the hobby 👌

[@playanddisplay3636]

Body is awesome, I still have my first F-150 and it's the Generation that you used. Have had the 81 F-150 Since 2001

[@joeyfiend7864]

I think it looks amazing! 🔥🔥🔥 That body mod IS truly genius 🤯

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers Joe 😎👌

[@DozerBoyRc]

Looks a fun adventure! Minus the clock...lol cool body mods as well. Crawler looks very capable. Well done. Great vid keep them coming!

[@Ratchet_effect]

1:54 Delrin homopolymer (Polyoxymethylene POM) also known as acetal, polyacetal, and polyformaldehyde, is an engineering thermoplastic used in precision parts requiring high stiffness, low friction. 🖖👍

[@TomleyRC]

That’s the stuff!

[@ollychap1985]

Love the truck the body lift is great. I couldn't help but notice the little micro cars and beetle in the background they look so cool

[@tommybarker9025]

Badass truck. Love the adjustable change of height in the front.

[@BlindGuyRc]

Great to see you doing a crawler Como. Great looking truck. Keep up the amazing work man.

[@BCUltimateRC]

That's an awesome rig! You have an incredible talent for design and building.

[@shortfuse7839]

What a brilliant video! That is a little monster! I've just got an ftx kanyon as a beginner can't wait to get moding!

[@TomleyRC]

Nice. I’ll have a review soon if the New V2 Kanyon 👌

[@shortfuse7839]

@@TomleyRC look forward to it cheers

[@jwoodhead345]

That looks like a great upgrade to any crawler nice 👍 Looked good on the track made that course look easy

[@TheCandyman024]

That's so awesome and love the servo idea I'm sure it will be useful at some point in time great job tomley

[@Mad.Man.Marine]

I like it man!! Keeping it semi stock looking is fantastic. One of my favorite rigs I’ve ever seen is one of my buddies. He used a old tin toy truck body. Like really really old. Has this best rust/patina. Looks sick.

[@lavaboy2811]

So basically they had you over. Love the build mate it's all about making it your own class

[@Somesmoothname]

It just looks so good!! Nice job sir congrats!!

[@leirameirarc]

Good run there Phil. Still lol @ the snail 🐌 gif there 🤣

[@TomleyRC]

Haha… neooooowwwwww

[@Gibsonlife573]

Great job on your first run and great job on your field that's awesome that people help you all need to be like every other everyday not just in RC but I do find a common theme if it is something like RC car or archery a hobby that you have a real passion for seems like people really connect no matter if they compete against each other or not

[@michaelgallucci1784]

Congrats on being top driver, nice rig

[@stephenguidry9852]

Can we get video on how you did the stance servo?!! Seriously one of the dopest things I've seen and I'm build a comp crawler and would love to have this feature❤

[@davidroberts6085]

Looks awesome mate and live the idea of using a servo to raise the body.

[@paulharland2238]

In the words from Mr Deeds, you are 'very very sneaky'😂 Love the rig 👍

[@danielslow659]

Great video. It was a great event Indeed 😊 I saw you there but I'm too shy to say hello and that I'm a subscriber. Keep the good work

[@KPtain_RC]

This car is definitely cool! Very creative, I like this look. I've never dealt with crawlers before, but maybe I should give this a try...

[@Naptime48]

Truck looks the NUTS! aboot 6 weeks (& 4 trucks) new to the hobby an gutted I found this vid after the event!

[@texomarc]

I have a ride height adjuster on my scx24! Cool car, man! Great job!

[@cagelexi8954]

Love it haha. Can you make a crawler that's like 90% front weight! I think that would be so epic going uphill!

[@GSG-lc5zm]

Cool idea on the body height adjustment

[@thibster5590]

Super cool, love the driving modes😁

[@sammiller8497]

That's a cool truck , awesome hope you do well with it

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers dude

[@billyhighfill]

What a clever idea!!!!! This is going to go BIG.

[@wademitchell662]

Nice G-Shock! love the grey.

[@petermakeithappen8336]

I love the Blackfoot body Phil!

[@TomleyRC]

Yes, looks good. I have an original Clod body as well for another project

[@charleswall3399]

Nice work,that mod will be around the world now It will be fun to see how fast it catches fire! Again may I ask about your risk watch,sharp as a tack!

[@TomleyRC]

Haha, I should have named it.. 😅. G-Shock GA-2110ET that I had custom painted Green/Black… like the Team TRC Colours 👌

[@charleswall3399]

@@TomleyRC Thank you Thank you, Team colors are very Sweet, I apologize for bugging you about watch I yep apologize!! Keep up your way of doing things

[@laurentderrien]

I envy you brits, you take hobbies to a whole other level

[@seanshepard2401]

You need to swap that transmission out for a 2Low. Also, plan ahead and go as fast as you can lol practice a lot to gain confidence to go fast! Great job!

[@TheFlood69]

You're a tease showing off those MiniEV cars in the background!

[@TomleyRC]

Video is uploaded… will probably be out Sunday or early next week 👍

[@obsidiannightwolfe13]

Top links are delrin, which is a brand name of acetal. A high temperature low flex high shear plastic.

[@finthemanbehindthescreen8520]

Can we see more on the cheap brushless feiyu fy08. Upgrades and more bashing

[@TomleyRC]

Maybe later on in the year

[@NoLimitRC87]

I've seen your driving so I bet you was the only Team TRC Driver 😜 sick looking build tho buddy love it

[@TomleyRC]

Hahahaha… this is very true 😅

[@tech42long35]

Loads of GREAT stuff here.. cheers.

[@sol029]

Great little crawler! Love the body on it.

[@TheWesNile]

Such a unique idea, love it

[@markpoitras9794]

Keep the front servo. It's so awesome tomley. You will win next time.

[@alantaylor353]

Nice.!! Very nice indeed. I really need to get myself to a proper competition..!

[@FarmerFpv]

You built a Spider-Man truck. It went straight up a wall, lol. That's pretty genius. Do you have a build tutorial on this beauty?

[@TomleyRC]

Thanks dude. Not real tutorial. There is a part one to this build though. Back in April I think?

[@NCmountainsYouTubeChannel]

O man I really enjoyed this comp .. my soldering iron has bought the farm . I’ve been in the market for about three days. It was a old one old old Wooden handle old man.. i’d like to find something pretty nice for around 50to 100 bucks ..

[@mikeupton5406]

Pretty cool Phil. I don't know how that adjustable stance is cheating, I think you invented a new thing for crawlers. But I don't have a crawler yet so what the heck do I know?🤪 I think the cut down Blackfoot body is really cool. Looks great.

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers Mike. I have a original Clod body for another custom build, not cutting on this one though. It’s hopefully going to be awesome 👌

[@RCTNT]

Interesting! Nice thinking outside the box! I was wondering about the rules. GCRC sounds like a good approach. Fun first :)

[@majikfreak]

That looked like a lot of fun... and that's what it's all about.

[@TheRCScotsman]

Sometimes, proper cheating _requires_ genius! Definitely applies, here! Very smart and very cool... but _MAY_ be very illegal!

[@TomleyRC]

Haha… I don’t often get time to show my ‘innovative’ side… will be doing more in the next couple of months 👌

[@TheRCScotsman]

@@TomleyRC Innovate away!

[@engineerdan9633]

Great video! Now if you could post the secret weapon how-to that would Awesome!

[@jeffmullinix7916]

I did the same thing about 4 years ago when I bought my first RC rock crawler . It is a RC4WD Lux . I lower it as far as I can get it . My friends telling me why ? They say that I dont want to do that . I told them I had my reasons to get the CG as low as possible . I told them I have a lot less chance for roll overs and tip over end over end . As they took there rigs up the sides of hills and roll over . While I take mine on the side of the hill and it would not roll . It would slip or slide like they would do but wont roll over .

[@Denisekaylee]

Hey brother been a fan for along time keep up the great work what drives hafts are you using on this truck thanks gene from Texas

[@BIGALSEXTREMERCS]

That looks epic buddy, I love the fact ur body is on a servo lol brilliant, im off down to Mablethorpe this weekend for 2 weeks and I'm taking my coffee cart down there if u r free let me know and I'll hopefully c y down there bro 🤙👍👊😎

[@TomleyRC]

Have fun mate. I’m off on Holiday end of next week. So not sure I’ll be down that way

[@BIGALSEXTREMERCS]

@@TomleyRC well if anything changes bro hit me up and if I'm still there we will have a bash im planning a skate park bash next to captain Jack sparrow mini golf and on the beach near the seal Sanctuary as that's where my van is my stop off for a pint on the way bk in the ferry boat lol with out the misses for 5 mins peace ha ha ha

[@TCnML]

Legit setup. Not a bad run for a first time comping.

[@MysticRiverRC]

Sweet crawler. Love the body mod. What is that watch you're wearing?

[@SwampersRC]

I absolutely LOVE it! GENIUS!

[@302ci1968]

Must have been fantastic. Looking forward to that kind of competition in Belgium or not too far (400km is ok). Are you aware of any event like this ? Thx in advance. I'll ask again in one of your most recent videos (I am a fllower, watching all your videos)

[@rcchallenge8626]

Maybe connecting servos to the front shocks to compress and get the chassis as low as possible would give an advantage but just the shell not really 🤷‍♂️ awesome idea to save the body 😎 Just won a Gspeed Chassis rail kit, some no foams and a Dimond servo at the Funduro event on Saturday now I’ve got a parts list to look at thank you 🙏

[@TomleyRC]

That’s an awesome prize mate! The chassis is already sitting on the front axle anyway… not much more room to get any lower haha

[@rcchallenge8626]

@@TomleyRC was an awesome wknd

[@garethcurtis9665]

DMond

[@rcchallenge8626]

@@garethcurtis9665 thanks for the correction I’ll be seeing you at the SST with a list of required Treal parts if not before 😂

[@polarbearjf]

@Tomley RC Real nice! I'm going a Gshot build myself from a newb point I was wondering if you have to get a specific skid plate to mount the Stealth X or were you able to use the one that comes in the Gshot kit? Cheers!

[@rcplaytime]

Did you say monkey skid ? For some reason i find that really funny 😄 😆 anyway awesome truck,very cool😀👍👍💪💪💪

[@TomleyRC]

Yes, haha…

[@Hoosierdaddyjones812]

Not bad idea, guy built a scx24 with servo on back axle with a shock. Sinister customs has dully front axle and is sick af

[@TomleyRC]

Nice!

[@Hoosierdaddyjones812]

@@TomleyRC definitely worth checking him out for crawling 24th

[@pixelmassacre1]

I was considering a similar idea, untill I realised I was just going to add weight with the goal of tilting something very light (the body). At which point I thought sod it leave the body up high but make it as light as possible.

[@mikebird8290]

Hi Phil GREAT idea and AMAZING looking truck.🇬🇧👍🏼

[@evanwillard2811]

Very nice that’s an awesome idea that’s not really cheating it’s just helping it out lol

[@beyondRC]

Love that! Well cool!! 😎👍

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers mate

[@nathanlawrence656]

Damn, this is special. I love this RC

[@secondhandrc7024]

That’s what it’s all about!! Customize to your liking!! But no seriously I love the 3step body clearance!!! Sort it out n patent that shit!!!😜 great driving mate 👍🏻 keep um comin!!!

[@RevelationRC]

Looks amazing 👍 well Done!

[@paulmcnamara16]

Not a fan of chopping Blackfoots love to see them left intact! Cool running footage though and nice watch dude havnt seen that model in that grey before! 😁👍

[@bcoletay]

Freaking love that build 🤙

[@TomleyRC]

Thanks mate

[@thebigrider1]

Nice run for a beginner next year you will kick ass and take names.

[@BowlleuxMobile]

Amazing Crawler

[@517rctrailcrawling]

Genius for sure amazing rig bro🤘😎

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers dude

[@MauzyrockRC]

Epico! I almost died laughing when I saw the snail for the first time... The second time was good too. Your rig is awesome, I am afraid to ask how much it ran you, I am inspired to make a comp rig now

[@TomleyRC]

Hahaha… I laughed at that bit when I was editing 😅

[@GARYU-S44]

Very unique track, good, friends👍😆💪

[@TomleyRC]

Thanks you 👍

[@GARYU-S44]

@@TomleyRC 👍🍻

[@oldeschoolrcukold5141]

Great idea. Love it.

[@cl2482]

Nice truck. How do you like the axe system?

[@kopigangrc]

Great job there 👏🏽 👍🏾

[@SharkysGarageRCandMore]

Great build ! Love it

[@anime4idiots]

Yes you are genius 👏👏👏😜👍 this truck is epic. Love the different body modes 😂👍👍👏👏👏

[@TomleyRC]

Haha, cheers Oli

[@davidives7204]

I'm loving this!

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers David

[@sacrificialrubber779]

Get the Ryobi battery powered soldering iron, it’s seriously good!!!

[@TomleyRC]

I'll have a look 👍

[@sacrificialrubber779]

@@TomleyRC I keep mine in my flight box for field repair and suuuuuuoer handy in the garage for car stuff!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@GazooRC]

That’s awesome! Love the rig. I want to do a build just like this.

[@TomleyRC]

Cheers dude

[@chrisprice4614]

I want to go to this next year.

[@TomleyRC]

2 day event 👌

[@chrisprice4614]

I am asking a friend if he wants to go.

[@TheAurabell]

great video and mod on that body !

[@basementracer]

Delrin bro. Good stuff too. I used Delrin bushings on my RZR's long travel kit.. Not cheating but the big question mate is, will it bounce?!

[@TomleyRC]

Yeah, that’s the stuff 👍

[@clintkent9860]

That's epic tomley 💪

[@EJ-74]

NIIICE 🔥 Love the dirty little secret 😉😁

[@peterhumphries9227]

Really cool build.

[@kurtisprodrive9277]

Would love to see a review of the Gmade GOM rock crawler please

[@jamesdavenport4583]

Nice build!

[@TomleyRC]

Thanks James

[@jamesdavenport4583]

You’re welcome and thank you for your great videos.

[@stevewest7260]

Really cool, great job.