When you moved the placement of the battery up to the side of your Ascent for running without the bed, did that limit the size of battery that fits? All I have are 3s 5000mah 'normal size' packs; would I need to get a smaller battery if I wanted to side load it? Also, does it make the truck lopsided to have a battery on one side? Trying to decide between getting a blue one and running it without the bed, or a red one with the full square bed. I prefer the no-bed option unless it requires a smaller mah battery that significantly affects runtime. p.s. -- I just scrolled through your videos...your collection is amazing!
Thank you for the kind compliment on my collection! I did have to go with a shorty pack lipo when I changed the battery placement from the stock position (also I removed the stock larger battery tray). Since the electronics are on the other side I have not noticed any issues with weight distribution as it drives perfectly level after that mod and with the battery on the one side. Great question! ☮️👍
@@deanmachinerc Thanks for the great reply! It's good to hear that it retains its balance with a side mounted shorty. Even if it didn't, I guess it would be easy enough to strap a little bit more weight onto the side opposite the battery. Now I want to get 3 of them to compare: one stock red, one stock blue, and one bedless modded blue. And an Ascent Fusion. For science :)
@ I absolutely love the Ascent! I had bought the red one then the blue one since I liked both bodies and I knew that taking the bed off the blue one that it would look much different then the red one with the non removable bed. Plus the blue one being a tapered body allowed me to use a wider 2.2 low profile crawler tire. I like the way you think! Hehe Having all versions would be a great experiment and test! I know I have different turn Crawlmaster motors in both the red one and the blue one but both havre a Hobbywing 1080 in them so I can do a proper comparison of the different motors.My third Ascent is tye grey Ascent 18. I have made that one a monster truck and shot a few videos before turning it back to a crawler. I do drive it on a 3s lipo alot! Its stock electronics are the best of all my 18 scalers since it can handle 3s and it becomes an amazing trail crawler with that extra power!
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This thing will get up and go with all that punch it has. Good to hear from ya! Hope all is well and thanks man!☮️😀👍
When you moved the placement of the battery up to the side of your Ascent for running without the bed, did that limit the size of battery that fits? All I have are 3s 5000mah 'normal size' packs; would I need to get a smaller battery if I wanted to side load it? Also, does it make the truck lopsided to have a battery on one side?
Trying to decide between getting a blue one and running it without the bed, or a red one with the full square bed. I prefer the no-bed option unless it requires a smaller mah battery that significantly affects runtime.
p.s. -- I just scrolled through your videos...your collection is amazing!
Thank you for the kind compliment on my collection! I did have to go with a shorty pack lipo when I changed the battery placement from the stock position (also I removed the stock larger battery tray). Since the electronics are on the other side I have not noticed any issues with weight distribution as it drives perfectly level after that mod and with the battery on the one side. Great question! ☮️👍
@@deanmachinerc Thanks for the great reply! It's good to hear that it retains its balance with a side mounted shorty. Even if it didn't, I guess it would be easy enough to strap a little bit more weight onto the side opposite the battery.
Now I want to get 3 of them to compare: one stock red, one stock blue, and one bedless modded blue. And an Ascent Fusion. For science :)
@ I absolutely love the Ascent! I had bought the red one then the blue one since I liked both bodies and I knew that taking the bed off the blue one that it would look much different then the red one with the non removable bed. Plus the blue one being a tapered body allowed me to use a wider 2.2 low profile crawler tire. I like the way you think! Hehe Having all versions would be a great experiment and test! I know I have different turn Crawlmaster motors in both the red one and the blue one but both havre a Hobbywing 1080 in them so I can do a proper comparison of the different motors.My third Ascent is tye grey Ascent 18. I have made that one a monster truck and shot a few videos before turning it back to a crawler. I do drive it on a 3s lipo alot! Its stock electronics are the best of all my 18 scalers since it can handle 3s and it becomes an amazing trail crawler with that extra power!