Great vid many thanks. I was faced with this very dilemma of which 1st RC car to get for me and my young kids (7 and 3). Long story short i went with the HBX mainly down to price. The cheapest I've seen the HBX is £62.50 from banggood (screenshot on fb forum if you want proof). The MJX is typically £80ish minimum. Add to that the necessary mods to get rid of throttle lag and upgrade the gears/ diffs and the MJX is near double the money. Finally, for me its great with very young kids that you can dial the speed right down at any point from 40% to 100% power. The MJX is 70% or 100% only.
On my son's MJX 16208 the rear bevel gear came loose and as a result of that it ran out of true and ate chunks out of the main differential gear. I do not know why the bevel gear came loose from the spur gear at the rear end of the driveshaft?
I've heard a few folks saying the gearing at the back end is giving problems all round. I noticed on one truck I took apart (it was brand new) there was side-to-side movement in the diff when fitted in the chassis, making the spur gear a very loose fit against the main diff gear. It would have certainly caused gear damage very quickly without diff-shims being installed to stop it moving about.
Great vid many thanks. I was faced with this very dilemma of which 1st RC car to get for me and my young kids (7 and 3). Long story short i went with the HBX mainly down to price. The cheapest I've seen the HBX is £62.50 from banggood (screenshot on fb forum if you want proof). The MJX is typically £80ish minimum. Add to that the necessary mods to get rid of throttle lag and upgrade the gears/ diffs and the MJX is near double the money.
Finally, for me its great with very young kids that you can dial the speed right down at any point from 40% to 100% power. The MJX is 70% or 100% only.
Man this video was excellent and full of very useful information. Thank-you!
Great info, thank you!
On my son's MJX 16208 the rear bevel gear came loose and as a result of that it ran out of true and ate chunks out of the main differential gear. I do not know why the bevel gear came loose from the spur gear at the rear end of the driveshaft?
I've heard a few folks saying the gearing at the back end is giving problems all round. I noticed on one truck I took apart (it was brand new) there was side-to-side movement in the diff when fitted in the chassis, making the spur gear a very loose fit against the main diff gear.
It would have certainly caused gear damage very quickly without diff-shims being installed to stop it moving about.
i have 2 hbx 16889 pro and brushed and their built is flawless. Not as fast as the mjx 1/16 and 1/14 but very reliable and cheap parts if needed
These trucks rip apart on 3s and break diffs and gears…. Which is a dedicated 3s truck which can actually run 3s long term….