How BAD is a $80 Crawler? WPL-C14
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2022
- In this episode of 10th Scale Garage, we find out how bad (or good) of an RC crawler the WPL c14 is. The 14th scale RTR RC crawler is definitely cheap, but does have some pretty amazing headlines. Even the aftermarket is supported with tons of upgrades to make it even better, but how is it in stock form? Let's unbox it, take it crawling and find out!
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My c24 has been a great base for modding and as it is so cheap you're never scared to screw something up. And it has never let me down, occasional niggles but still going strong.
I've built and rebuilt 5 of these, built 1 to a monster, my stock with light mods was best (2 speed and better esc). I stopped buying them because the axles kept slipping and I lost the locked diff pretty.
My SCX24 Bronco out drives my WPL in all situations except when larger size is needed for the line.
Thanks for the video, wpl is a good intro line for starters.
Years ago I stepped away from the hobby because of lack of time. Now that I'm retired/disabled, I have all the time but limited budget. I have est. $150 ea. stuck into my 3 WPLs. Best part is they're big enough to tackle the outside and small enough to crawl around inside on furniture or a stack of pillows🥰. On my C-24, I've installed a Bluetooth speaker in the camper top that's hinged on the tailgate. It's my favorite hiking buddy after my dog.
You need to buy a metal kit and put some dependable electronics in the truck and then it will have some performance and durability. The RTR versions are weak.
Are you sure it’s not the plastic driveshafts that’s not stripped. Metal driveshafts and portals are 2 absolute must upgrades.
C24 was my first crawler, got Rick and Morty guns and a ghetto blaster in mine, for the money its great for scale and vids
You gotta get the KM kit and build it yourself. All the good metal parts plus bearings. You get to put in your own electronics and it's not much more money.
I've got a c24 fully modded/upgraded with 2 speed, 2445 3000kv brushless, metal axles, oil shocks etc. For me it's a great little rig. Decent power for hills and jumps and enough torque if I want to get a bit technical going over rocks. Can also hill climb almost like a rock bouncer lol
Great video and I love your channel, bud! You’ve got a great unique style…keep up the great work
I have a C24-1 slightly modded at the moment but mostly stock. I have suspension and tires on the way which helps a lot with any trail truck/crawler rig. The steering links are also in need of attention, but the stock setup is enough to get up and over some moderate rocks and dirt hills. The biggest thing besides the bouncy suspension that is holding it back from steep climbing, is it needs more weight in the front like a weighted spare tire or a metal bumper upgrade. Those are like $10. Also waterproofed the board and where the wires are bare soldered onto the motor to help with water crossings. Already ran it up to the bottom of the cab and it went through like a champ. I also added panel lines and looking to load up the bed with stuff to make it custom. They come cheap, but not so much after $150 in upgrades to make it good. Bottom line is like others have said: if you don't like tinkering with your cars, spend more on a rig that already has all the goodies and avoid WPL
WPL vehicles from the official site are leaps and bounds better than the first versions the chassis are thicker steel . The drive shafts are thicker and use set screws and are not just pushed on to the pinion yokes like the first versions, and they all come with a 180 motor now instead of the tiny 130 that the first versions had.
C24-1(all plastic) was my first crawler and it was perfect to learn about this rc “category”. And now I have C24, C44 and C54(built it for my wife😄) in different upgrade stages. Toy price, entry hobby grade and easy accessible upgrades, perfect for beginners. C44 is probably one of the rc’s I will never sell😂
I totally agree. C24-1 was my first. I learnt how to solder and change engines ( 370 ) and fool around with shcoks etc to improve. Cost me AUD$60 ! They are an awesome beginner platform.
I recently put Axial scx24 v1 esc and radio in my wpl rigs. Works way better then stock. I'm hooked on my Wpl b36 6x6 with axial v1 esc and radio.
I got one of these off Amazon, and I have a very challenging rock crawler cause built solely with around 4 tons of mixt rocks for my 1/10 rock crawlers and this crawler can do it with no problem out of the box. I think they are great value for money and a really great starter for any age. Well dun WPL.
I bought C34KM and C44KM ("Land Cruisers") kits. These have the metal parts upgrades. Plus, I bought some spares and other metal upgrades, along with their controller bundle, sound card and speaker for each. They're a relatively inexpensive his and her's project to increase my wife's knowledge and interest in the hobby (she already has a modded Power Wagon SCX24, Tamiya Ford Escort rally car, and an Arrma Senton Short Course truck).
you did a fantastic job on it, keep it up
I have five or six, I love those little things. I have a c14 it's probably my favorite the same truck, you can get for 20 bucks still drive shafts and wider axles from FYE I think not really sure can't remember it's been a while but they're great lol.
Hey brother, love the channel. I am a bit of a WPL fan boy and would highly recommend that you try their KM kit metal series. Metal axels and a 2speed with a 370 motor and metal driveshafts. Bit more money and only in kit form but my channel has some footage of what the metal version is capable of. Also, their B-series of trucks are leaf sprung and move very scale.
Haha. Awesome unboxing! I have a C24, and really just got it off Banggood because they gave me a ridiculous offer to make a first order. After getting it, I realized that for around $80 you can get all the metal upgrades and a 2 speed, what I like is the hard bodies, I'm building mine now and in the end I'll have about the cost of my SCX24 Bronco new in it. It's a weird size and the wheels are weird sized (1.0 are too small and 1.55 are too big looking), but otherwise, they're fun little trucks to build and customize.
Definitely a bang for the buck, had my C24-1 2 years ago and did alot of modifications to it, turned it from a trail crawler to a prerunner type. The aftermarket parts are cheap and available, I actually used an aftermarket d12 gearbox for it so it runs so fast compared to it's stock form.
Omg haha so it's rwd and fast ? Did you soften up the susp and lock the diff? What parts did you use and where did you get them? I'm so interested !! Haba
@@foxhoundra6444 I made the suspension parts myself in CAD and got it printed. Then I bought some aftermarket oiled shocks for the suspension. The axles are already locked stock, I just bought another aftermarket parts when the diffs stripped. Also , you can find some footage of it running in my other channel; Unit76. Or you can just search WPL Prerunner, and no it's not the brushless one by GOINGNOWHEREINLIFE, though you can also go that route if you want a total 4wd basher that goes 30+kph 😅
This is my first rc into the hobby and i like the looks more than the performance out of the box, cant complain too much because it’s affordable and i realized that rc hobby is expensive haha! But yeah like you said, theres tons of upgrades, and it can perform, but i dont have too much free time to spend upgrading. I would love to get the axial scx 10 basecamp, since i have the scx24, i feel i want to get a bigger scale, but the scx24 is a great performer if not the best
I have the B36KM series, which I believe is the best WPL has to offer. But even the KM kit didn't have metal gear servo so that was its weak point and stripped out when I tried a little side hill crawling. But there is a lot of aftermarket support and I purchased a stronger fully metal gear servo which works great for under $13
Honestly I love the little trucks but they are designed for trailing not rock crawling, IMO.
I have the D12 also, and the C34KM is on the way.
The kit wpl are the way to go, and I recommend ordering directly from them.
Hi Guy, about the Volantex Atomic boat, you did a fantastic job on it and I love the new colors ! I just buy the exact same boat, but where are the 3D plans of this fantastic trailer dude ?
Got about 10 of these....
Half were their toy grade counter parts an ther others were kits. myself an my children LOVE them...
These are cool and frustrating! There is no end to the mods which are fun…and frustrating. Biggest issue, stripping axle gears. We have a bunch of these trucks with different mods and same with the MN brand. Probably not going to keep buying new WPL or MN models. I would rather get the RGT 1/16th scale wrangler or defender that came out a bit ago or like you said the LC/FMS 1/18 scale trucks which can crawl and climb without stripping axle gears. Nice review. You should definitely your C-14 and let us know if you find bombproof gears. Take care 👍🏾
Thought about getting ome to mount the body on trx4m. Not sure if it would work though
Bro I got both of the wpl d12 and c24 swapped portal axels onto the c24 with new wheels and tires. Just built a drag truck d12 so I put the old motor in the c24. It's rips man it's great
Are you on FB or insta? Send me a picture!
I think it’s not about the money with the upgrades I think people just enjoy making something not so great well, great. If you enjoy modding and making your own things then it makes much more sense getting this over a more expensive crawler just to upgrade it
Hey good posting.. just digg this channel 👍👍🍺✌️👋
For the first time kid getting into the hobby.These could be something to think about? The parent wouldn!t spend that much to find out if the child is interested in RC cars ext.For me they have come a long ways,since my time buying from Radio Shack.You probably don!t know of that store,because you where,guessing not born then.😀.Another great review of something else to think about,for us who think we need another RC.Stay safe everyone,and Happy RC☮
You my friend, should try building one of their kits! Talk about terrible instructions...there may as well have been no instructions! Seriously though, it was a fun build and the truck itself (metal kit) has been surprisingly durable considering the abuse it has taken. The WPL product line has a lot of shortcomings but really are more a model first and an RC second. For me that is the attraction. They are a good platform for creativity. You can paint/detail them like a static model AND you can customize the performance like an RC car/truck.
In your exemple at tbe enda of the video what model of rc car is better than a C24 upgraded?
Nice truck
Mine is a love hate relationship. I’m trying to build the ultimate c-14 that’s lifted, wider and has just about every mod you can do. It’s been a bit of a nightmare to get all the aftermarket stuff to work together. Just switched it to an axle mount servo, now there’s only like 1/4” of front suspension, so I’ll be taking that back off and figuring something else out with it. It’s gonna sit for a while though cause I wanna throw it across the room sometimes lol
Same issue im running into. Got rid of body sway with the axle mounted servo but now clearance is an issue
Enjoy the weekend
Good morning brother always great video nice review
Love the Chevy sticker on the wall 😂
you should have got the KM kit its like night and day compared to the RTR
Could someone tell me what crawler 4wd is durable to buy between $100-250.
I was impressed with the capabilities of mine. I would like to upgrade it and see what it can do.
czcams.com/video/tTH98ng7QsA/video.html here's a short video of my WPL C-14 upgraded with metal axles, 2speed gearcase with steel gears and metal driveshafts. I glued wheels together for "dually wheels". Inside each rim I Dremeled room enough to glue steel washers. inside the tires I wrapped old solder for and glue them up with a good rubber cement. I also use a Dumbo RC with cheap red esc and seal it all with Plasti-dip. For now I kept the original shocks. There's my tips &tricks for these trucks.
I bought one for like 50 $ or so ( don't really remember ) and my first impression was like yours - cool looking little thing. But later, on course the performance was poor and is far away from a crawler. I didn't went further with upgrades, and just simply these money for a real hobby grade crawler. The market is full with descent crawlers for about 300-500 bucks. This WPL is with my grand son to play in the backyard .
Is it fully proportional?
Ahh man, tbh the RTRs suck, only good for light dirt running for the kids.
Go for the KM versions as they come with much softer and grippier tyres, WPL ResV3 electronics or your own crawler electronics and you'll definitely change your mind.
I was always wondering how those handles with no upgrades.👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾
They don’t.
I'm new to the hobby and still trying to figure out where the sweet spot is in terms of value for money. I have an SCX24 which I've spent about as much as the price of the car on upgrades, and I wonder if I'd have been better off spending my money on a stock car that costs twice as much as the SCX24 in the first place.
This WPL is about the cheapest in its genre, and I know from other hobbies that the cheapest option is pretty much never the sweet spot. I mean you can upgrade it, but then it's not the cheapest option anymore...
Yeah the Base Camp will probably be nuch better than the C14, but then again it's almost 10 times the price!! Meanwhile there's the FTX Ravine, which is about 3 times the price of a C14.
I'd imagine that a C14 with $100 worth of upgrades would not perform as well as a Ravine, while a C14 with $400 worth of upgrades _may_ perform as well as a Base Camp?
It's a tough nut to crack!
I’m all behind the Redcat Gen 8 v2 as a first crawler. I love mine, and I’ve kept it stock other than I light kit
I don't think you can spend $400 worth of upgrades on a c14. $400 can get easily 2 upgraded WPLs.
@@rcloner1895 I have a V1 that I bought just this side of new from a hobby shop owner's personal fleet, and it's been great. I have no reason to sell it.
I changed my response since you really weren't talking about the WPL stuff. The best bang for the buck in RC is to buy used from someone leaving or upgrading. Otherwise, the SCX24 is a good starting place. They're comparatively reasonably priced, good quality, tons of support, compact and portable.
Since you said you did a lot of mods, I'm guessing it did it's job and your hooked, lol. You're biggest problem now is not losing relationships with significant others that think your (expensive) interest in toy vehicles is ridiculous and immature, hahaha.
Welcome to the hobby my friend.
Now that's how you unboxing an RC smash it open. Ha!! Cool little crawler to bad it broke so fast..
I do alot of WPL-RC content if anybody wants to see more WPL stuff LOL
I always enjoy your videos on these little guys.
czcams.com/video/tTH98ng7QsA/video.html Here's my first WPL C-14 upgraded. If I don't break it, I'm not playing hard enough with it.
Neat look ing car , hair and beard cut ✂️ 👌
AvE approved opening 👌
Is the steering servo type? I am thinking to get one. I already have c24-1 which steering is servo.
I’m not sure what you’re asking me, but yes? Is has a micro steering servo as opposed to a steering motor.
@@10thScaleGarage Does it has proportional steering?
gostei do car muito bom.
You need full metal (km) kit for a good one that you fully build and not rtr builds
I have a wpl c24-1 and i can say it performs well but the car is very toy like, i have mixed feelings for wpl but most of them are bad feelings. Maybe it's good for other people but i didn't liked it much.
The priced has jumped since 6 months I paid 49.99 on Amazon
Woww 🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍
You only painted the outside of the wheels? How jank.
Is 80$ worth the investment when im probably going to spends another 80-150$ modifying the truck to make it a somewhat decent rc ...
Is.best redcat danchee for similar price double servo double motor scale 1/10
cool vid! big like!! 👍👍👍
Thanks so much!
Well the body might be worth 80 dollers in a few lol
I am sorry but i have to disagree. Having such low budget it's hard to buy anything better. This is not so easy to brake if you are using it in standard way and it's quite fine as a stock base for anything to do
make a DRIFTER out of it!!!
What do you expect for 50 bucks !!!! You act like it should be a trx4m....
Technically this was $0 and I was still disappointed.
I.m sorry it broke
WPL is garbage. I don't know where you found this thing for 80 bucks, I spent over 100 bucks for one of their "all metal" kits, and it was bad, Like really REALLY bad. You'd have more fun dropping 100 bucks on scratchers, seriously.
Solo necesitas paciencia para ponerlo a punto. Yo tengo dos el c24 original y y el 54 uno en plástico con motor 370 una sola velocidad el otro dos velocidades motor 380 modificado.
😑 meh
I really think anything under 1/10 scale is a bit of a waste of time. Just my opinion
@@ah6352 a bunch man it's not worth arguing about. I just think there needs to be and recently is a lot better options than the scx24
@@ah6352 but ok 2 tmaxx 1 Xfactor (it's ok if you don't know what that is) an arrma notorious an arrma infraction A big rock a losi lmt a losi drag truck a traxxas stampede a traxxas trx4 sport a traxxas trx4 bronco a clodbuster an hpi wheely king two axial smt 10 and a lowly scx24
@@ah6352 but if you ever need to do anything more than keyboard warrior I invite you to meet me and talk shit to my face lol
Thanks for arguing with me! Made my day lol
I think 1/10 is where it becomes a real hobby. A lot of people just want to get in with a car they can personalize a bit without ever having to justify the cost of it being a real hobby. It's not a waste of time if you don't have the time to begin with.