Element Gatekeeper Review: Rock Racer Looks, Crawler Hooks!

This is the Element RC Enduro Gatekeeper review. The GK is a 1.9" Rock Runner-style RC Crawler. It's a member of the Enduro family, which keeps getting better and better, though the Gatekeeper is maybe the most different compared to all the other Enduro vehicles.

Can it crawl? Yes! Better than you might think at first look - it actually has turned out to be one of the most capable 1.9" rigs in the RC-TNT stable, and that's saying a lot!

Join us for a review and test drive on the 6-problem crawler course as we determine just how good this keeper of gates really is.

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Get your Element RC Gatekeeper Kit: https://www.asiatees.com/display?Elem...

Servo Options:

jx Servo 23kg 6V servo: https://www.asiatees.com/display?Misc...

JX Servo 45KG Waterproof Brushless Metal Gear Digital Servo 8.4V: https://www.asiatees.com/display?Misc...

An excellent BEC to support the HV variants: https://www.asiatees.com/display?Misc...

My favourite servo (HH 12-14V): https://holmeshobbies.com/electronics...

HobbyWing WP-1080 ESC: https://www.asiatees.com/display?Misc...

Holmes Hobbies 16T 5-slot 540 in the GK: https://holmeshobbies.com/motors/brus...

(Find HH brushed motors on ATees: Holmes Hobbies brushed motors: https://www.asiatees.com/featured?ran...)

Wheels: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Aaw21A

TEST TIRE:
The tire used in this review & test:
Pro-line BFGoodrich® Krawler T/A® KX 1.9" Predator
https://www.prolineracing.com/tires/b...
https://www.asiatees.com/display?Misc...

The foams were a 2-stage (hard/medium rear, med/soft front) from Boom Racing. There are more expensive foams out there and alternatively, the Pro-Line tires do ship with their own single-stage memory foams. I may test foams at a later time but for where I'm at in knowledge and experience, I've found that simply getting hard/med in the rear tires and med/soft in the fronts gives good general rock crawling utility.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:11 Body
0:23 Manual & Build
0:33 Axles & Diffs
0:49 Design
0:59 Electronics
1:13 Wheels & Tires
1:23 Design Cues
1:33 Suspension
2:00 Overdrive
2:10 Plastics
2:29 Battery Trays
2:55 Overall Geometry
3:24 Weight & Angles
4:03 Problem 1
4:59 Problem 2
5:33 Problem 3
6:36 Problem 4
7:37 Problem 5
8:38 Problem 6
10:17 Drive De-brief
10:45 Rear Axle Fix
11:04 Shock Pre-load
11:24 Servo Options
11:50 Closing Thoughts
12:33 Coming Soon

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