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Axial Honcho RTR Mods!

Axial Honcho Trail Ready is great RC Rock Crawling package!

As you can see, it includes 2.4Ghz Transmitter and Receiver also, great performance AE-2 Speed controller!  You can enjoy Honcho just taking out from the box!

But we will modify the Honcho Trail Ready to have more fun without a problems!

This is what you get! Just opened box! Too cool!!
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Good suspension travel!
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Axial AE-2 Speed controller is already installed! It has drag brake, voltage cut off for Li-po Batteries!
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Now, Lets mods the Honcho!

1. Change servo horn!
  Axial Honcho RTR has plastic servo horn, so if you crush, you can easily brake your servo horn, so I decided to change it before it broke!

To have better reach to servo, I decided to take off  one of the front shock! [Use 2mm hex driver]
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If you take off one of the front shock, you can easily reach to the servo.
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As you can see, Aluminum Servo horn left is much better strength than stock plastic servo horn! Great mods for the first step!
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There are no difficulty to install the servo horn. just take off, put it back on! [use 1.5mm and 2mm hex driver and also 5.5mm box wrench]
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Finished!
No more trouble with the servo horn! Have fun!!


2. BEC power improvement with Castle Creations CC-BEC10A!
   I decided to install CCBEC-10A, because stock AE-2 doesnt have enough power to supply high torque servo, LED light system and Receiver!

Here we go!

Take off 2 screws! [Use 2mm hex driver]
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Below the battery tray, you can see 2 more screws to take off. [Use 2mm Hex driver]
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Finally, you can reach to the radio box! [Use 2mm hex driver]
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These are what inside of the radio box. Light controller and receiver is clean installed.
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Use Xacto to take the middle red wire which is plus cable from speed controller.
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Shrink the Red cable. [Use Shrink tube]
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I plug the CCBEC10A to the 3rd channel and nicely put into the radio box! Now, you can close the radio box and also the battery tray.
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I used Tamiya Connectors for this project!
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I soldered the red cable from the CCBEC10A to AE-2 Red wire. also done to the black cable too.
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Put metal connector to the end of the cable, dont make mistake male and female connectors!
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Finally, done with clean installation!
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All done! Great looking Honcho is powered up!


I decided to use 2cells 7.4V 4,000mA Li-po for this Honcho Trail ready. great performance and sit really good on the battey tray!
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All done for now, you can upgrade with your project aimed, lots of fun!
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Go out and have fun!!!


This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 11 October, 2011.

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