rc cars

[powerranger262]

I was looking into some Moabs, but now I like those Badlands a lot more. They do look like they would really hook up good.

 

[Jay FX4]

I have 40-series Moabs on my Summit (with real bead lock wheels ) and they are great. If I ever try another tire for my off road Rustler, it'll be Moabs.

 

[powerranger262]

Some day I'll fork out the cash for some beadlocks, I'm pretty sick of tearing tires off my rims all the time. Should have just pulled the trigger a long time ago instead of buying 6 different sets of tires to be able to use for 2 or 3 runs.

 

[Shwack10]

I have 40-series Moabs on my Summit (with real bead lock wheels ) and they are great. If I ever try another tire for my off road Rustler, it'll be Moabs.

How are you liking your Summit? I'm thinking about getting one. Whats it like for maintenance?

 

[Jay FX4]

Some day I'll fork out the cash for some beadlocks, I'm pretty sick of tearing tires off my rims all the time. Should have just pulled the trigger a long time ago instead of buying 6 different sets of tires to be able to use for 2 or 3 runs.

What causes that? The speed? I haven't really had that problem on my street Rustler that's geared for probably about 60 MPH. I prefer to glue tires myself (I'm weird - I think it's fun) and the only tires I have had a glue problem with are Pro-Line Road Rage, which IMO are terrible tires anyway.

The bead on Traxxas wheels are different than the "standard" beads, which in a way I think is dumb, but maybe the design helps keep the tires on the wheels. Maybe.

How are you liking your Summit? I'm thinking about getting one. Whats it like for maintenance?

Man, the Summit is the BEST! It's the ultimate go anywhere, do anything truck. Rain or shine, mud or snow, it's unstoppable.

It's not a dedicated crawler, but it crawls exceptionally well with the two-speed tranny, remote locking front/rear diffs, and tons of wheel travel. To me it's the best of both worlds because you can crawl and bash/jump it, too. It's a blast.

It's not particularly fast out of the box; top speed is around 20 MPH, but that can be dealt with if you choose. There are lots of people who swap out the motor for a DeWalt drill motor, which provides even more torque and a little more top speed. The nice thing about the DeWalt motor is that it has replaceable brushes, unlike the stock motor.

I have had mine for a year now, and have done ZERO maintenance to it. I admit, there are some routine things I have been meaning to do but have been putting off, like cleaning/lubing the bearings, tranny, and diffs, but the truck requires very little maintenance, and it's built so damn tough that it just doesn't break parts. Aside from an axle I broke once (which was totally my fault and wouldn't have happened if I wasn't being stupid) the only part I have ever broken in a year worth of abuse is the bumper mounts. With batteries, this truck is about 13-14 pounds, so when you land a jump directly on the bumper, somethings going to give. Better the bumper mount than the chassis, though. RPM now makes bumper mounts for the Summit, which I bought and installed immediately. I haven't heard one single report of anyone breaking those yet.

If you have any other questions about it, feel free to ask.

 

[powerranger262]

What causes that? The speed?

Yep. Either they balloon out too big or they tear apart while bashing. I had one completely shred while it was wide open, probably at a little over 70. It was like watching a NASCAR blow a tire. Right before it tore the body off, there was shredded rubber and foam flying through the air. It was a pretty sweet crash.

 

[kemo]

how many of you are 1/5 scalers?

 

[scotts90ranger]

I have a traxxas monster buggy, but it was having some running issues, with other stuff going on it's been shelved for a while.

 

[kemo]

I went 1/5 scale, and will never return to anything smaller... well, MAYBE 1/8 scale electrics.

Traxxas seems to be the noob market, they put a MPH stamp on almost everything they have. Why? because the first question a KID asks is "how fast can it go?". Just what we need more noobs with a car/truck that does 60.

My first r/c had a Mabuchi 540... and then I upgraded to a Trinity Paradox motor. I loved the stock class... people knew how to drive em! They weren't ridiculously faster than the driver could handle. Competition was always tight. The "stock" class is a thing of the past.

 

[gribly]

I went 1/5 scale, and will never return to anything smaller... well, MAYBE 1/8 scale electrics.

Traxxas seems to be the noob market, they put a MPH stamp on almost everything they have. Why? because the first question a KID asks is "how fast can it go?". Just what we need more noobs with a car/truck that does 60.

My first r/c had a Mabuchi 540... and then I upgraded to a Trinity Paradox motor. I loved the stock class... people knew how to drive em! They weren't ridiculously faster than the driver could handle. Competition was always tight. The "stock" class is a thing of the past.

Traxxas has all the crap stock that you would want aftermarket, too bad they don't sell chassis kits anymore, though. With that said, I would NOT hand my brushless mini-revo to a kid to let them drive it. I have yet to hand the controller to someone who didn't immediately hand it back and say "Dude, I am not touching that" and one of them owns a 3.3 Jato. From a dead stop, if I peg the throttle, it will do a couple backflips before gaining enough momentum to move forward, and then it just wheelies onto the roof. I have the suspension set really low, too. I bought a wheelie bar, but have yet to put it on.

 

[michowski]

I used to race the trucks back in the day. Had a revo for MT class and a jammin crt for truggy class. Actually found a video of my first time on the track with my truggy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1BaMBv6qFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arJ6iix1n3A