Crawler Canyon Tech Tip: DIY servo winch & controller

[@FaithSaraG]

Probably the clearest tutorial on this on KZbin. Amazing how much power a RTR servo makes on 3s.

[@themountain59]

Yeh...but how long?🤔😏

[@brianmassey7563]

@@themountain59 Been using an Amazon red case 25kg for a few years

[@chriscord6524]

I love that clock, it’s an Easter egg that’s resettable

[@JPWirt]

I like the Palomar knot for attaching winch hooks. It puts two wraps of line through the eye...less likely to break the line off at the hook. I also go overkill and use 300 lb braided fishing line.

[@dkmgm2011]

I use #200 bowfishing line. 🤙

[@jord001]

I got all the bits to make one ages ago then thought do i really need one so never made one.. Now im thinking I might put it together for fun, still dont know which truck to fit it to though. Thanks for the inspiration MrC 👍👍👍

[@EddieDesigned]

9imod reciever powered servos are very good for making the non esc controlled servo winches. The potentiometer shaft is plastic, so dead easy to snip it off and fix the potentiometer in the neutral position. Can then be assigned a 3 position switch. There's no limit pin to cut off either, so they'll do full rotations once modified

[@CrawlerCanyon]

The power difference when using an ESC (particularly on 3S) is... significant.

[@marktree887]

Spyder wire is the fishing line you were talking about. There is a specific knot used for that line. Look up the spyder wire knot on the TUBE. It’s super easy and holds.

[@MrBowser2012]

Just what I’ve been looking for! Thanks👍🏼

[@Driver86421]

Good stuff, Maynard! Have an unboxing.

[@brianmassey7563]

Great video. I use the treble hook for most of my trail rigs as they can "stick" in to wood pretty easily. I also have been using some SpiderWire fishing line and some tippet rings so I can change hooks/ends easily. I also use a standard fishing knot to secure it all.

[@synrene]

Would that treble hook work for rocks then ? Sorry if it's a dumb question. But this is why I came to the comments

[@espressomatic]

You can get some SORRCA scale points if you mount a scale-looking winch on the outside. The only drawback is you might have to spend $80-100 to get a really nice one 😆 I have a stack of hooks, I might be able to post a link in the discord.

[@theweldingone]

if you glue the potentiometer in the centre position, you don't need an esc - just another way of doing it - its a bit finicky do do thou lol

[@theweldingone]

and its easier if you use the potentiometer from a micro servo in a full size servo as it still fits in the case

[@theweldingone]

difficult to fit back in the case thou

[@FaithSaraG]

The benefit of using an ESC is the 3s speed and power.

[@DubVredneck]

Spider wire is a braided kevlar line get the og spider wire not the mono

[@Organized-_-Chaos]

I line lead like a straw to help guide the line would be helpful

[@rickjames7821]

I use 50 lb test braided halibut line on my winch setup.

[@charleshurley8927]

I don't have the sc480x or whatever speed control that is, but my hexfly 40a rebranded hobbywing should do the trick.

[@after9527]

Unboxing!....a servo!

[@clicko1231]

i just bought a 360 degrees cheapo servo and plugged it into a channel on the receiver with bought spool kit thingy for mine, its not powerful i don't use it much, but its a cool thing to have on i mean it had the winch mounts, what i was supposed to do leave it empty?

[@colecurnew]

very useful information for me , I wouldn't mind having a winch on my wraith .

[@theweldingone]

I got a roll of kester 44 lol - pinched it off my Paa🤣

[@canadianyeti4411]

Could one gut a servo but bypass 2nd esc and plug straight to receiver like normally with fusion set to 7.4v? Rigs all have DP servos

[@FaithSaraG]

No, you need something to control the now stupid servo. It's just a motor and gearbox at this point.

[@canadianyeti4411]

@FaithSaraG even if set on a 3 position switch? Im still taking my 10yr old tactic apart before it gets bined lmao. I dont need a winch but also don't need all these oem servos

[@Bonitacreekrcs]

Mr.c,what skid did you use on the chassis you gave me?

[@CrawlerCanyon]

Should fit the stock one? Phrasing that as a question is my way of saying, "I genuinely don't remember."

[@Bonitacreekrcs]

@ it doesn’t fit the stock skid. Would it be a 3gear skid of some kind?

[@CrawlerCanyon]

@@Bonitacreekrcs I can't believe you made me go back and look through my own videos for this. That's your job! :P I used a cutdown Element skid, so pretty much any 10.2 or Element skid will work.

[@Bonitacreekrcs]

@@CrawlerCanyon thank you👍

[@brianmorrison2846]

And 2

[@marktree887]

Frog hook.

[@brianmorrison2846]

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