Is this Issue Unacceptable from TRAXXAS?
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- This is the NEW (well.. it was New) Traxxas Fiesta ST Rally VXL. A 60+ MPH RC Rally Car! I really like it, well apart from this one tiny issue!
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lol cheecky but wholy deserved in my bumble opinion
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As an official arrma fanboy, I approve this.
7 thousand year old transmitter LMAO bro i laughed way to hard at that
I want to laugh but I have one too.
I mean 7000 yrs is close enough right? 😅
😅😅😅
@@TomleyRC We were all thinking it.. lol
@@TomleyRCTraxxas seems to be in love with their “Late 90’s” Tech they’re the Tamiya of the USA
As much money as Traxxas charges for their 10+ year old tech. They should ABSOLUTELY have a fan already installed. Honestly. Every high-speed rc vehicle should have both motor AND controller fans. They should also have better servo's. It is 2024. There is NO reason for a factory servo to only last 6 months to a year with regular use. That isn't just a Traxxas thing either.
Let's be real, fans are useless. If it's that big of a deal for you, they're around $10...
Or even better, the traxxas 540 heat sink fits most of the vxl motors that make them run a lot cooler. It's not that big of deal.
They're not even trying, won't be long until the Chinese brands make the best stuff. They're getting damn good already.
@@CheapCheerful the quality may be nice, but something that won't happen for a long time is those Chinese brands keeping up with the traxxas parts department. The spares, upgraded parts, etc, is unmatched.
@rotten2209 Agreed. But an RTR for a newbie should just have a fan. Arrma should have fans too. Although those don't run crazy hot like this one.
So it's basically the same as the Slash VXL? It can't run 3s without being really hot and thermaling constantly until you add a fan. Even the Ultimate doesn't come with one.
I guess so… never had a normal Slash. Only the Maxx Slash
@TomleyRC Whhhaaaattttttt?? You've missed out there dude 😲🫣
Very true once you gear up the vxl 3s on any traxxas 4x4 they do tend to heat up quickly. At that point i change out the motor and esc system.
@@Frankredlinekinda defeats the purpose of getting the VXL right?🤷🏻♂️
I’ve never run a VXL on 3s but as hot as the entire system gets on 2s I can’t imagine they would last long on 3s
The biggest difference between you and Kev Talbot is that you actually say “What the heck are you doing Traxxas?” Instead of claiming everything they make is the best! Don’t get me wrong I like his channel but I believe it’s lost something over the years. Your channel however has gotten better while still staying true to the hobby and what should come in a $400+ vehicle! An updated transmitter (the 7000yr old line had me 😂), a metal servo and motor heat sink with fan!
Also actually contacting Traxxas, like in your Bandit video, and questioning the gearing for the claimed MPH on their boxes! Hats off to you and cheers! Brilliant channel and one of the best in my opinion! Thanks from Ohio USA!
You sound hurt...... Yeah this dude hates Traxxas vs Kelvin not being bais.... You seem hurt and bais as well....
@@reznya2700 *biased
Kevin is a very lonely person. I bet you had someone like him back in school. You know, the kid that no one really liked but he had all the cool toys and video games, and was quick to tell his expensive Transformers toys were so much more fun than the "cheap-ass" Ninja Turtles they other kids had. Pretty much the antithesis of Phil, whose motto seems to be "You don't have to spend premium amounts of money to have premium amounts of fun".
@@reznya2700traxxass is garbage fanboy. Biased against junk?... Deal with it.
@@RC-4-LIFE Traxxas is not hard to get a hold of they pick up and will walk u thru whatever
“This Traxxas is OKAY, but it’s certainly no WL TOYS!!”
- Phil
basically a Rustler with a Ford body 420 bucks no fans, no threaded shocks, no center diff they better wake up and actually create something new and actually test stuff the Maxx Slash is an over priced disappointment
Anything else 1/10 and 3s is basically the same but I agree they should add fans
You forgot servo and honestly updates to the VXL because it's outdated... Other 3s electronics perform so much better for a much lower price at this point.
The thing is, the base of their cars aren't bad and i wouldn't mind this if they updated other aspects like you said. Other companies do the same thing and just have minor updates. But Traxxas charges massive amounts of money for the exact same crappy parts people have been begging for upgrades for years at this point.
I love my 2WD slash and Maxx, but that's because they have everything upgraded besides the chassis lol.
I loved driving it... but when you look at what you actually get, it's certainly about 20% (or more) over priced
@@TomleyRC Thats the thing though. Your planning upgrades to make a Traxxas work out of the box. I know most manufacturers have a really crappy servo (both Traxxas and Arrma are going to break straight away) but Traxxas your also likely to start upgrading parts to simply make it a functional product. Arrma does a bit better here, but they struggle with a heavy chassis and under powered electronics (except that 4s outcast, that things is nuts!)... So pretty much the same cost for either you invest in.
I just wish they would stop upgrading cheap plastic manufacturer parts and invest in some solid changes for their customers. Now they have some serious competition nipping at their heals and we're starting to see them trying a little, but mostly just rebadging and not the important parts for a better product like other companies are... So we'll see what happens i guess :)
L2thewhatrever, your MaxSlash videos are why I unsubbed your channel. I have two of them and know how to tune and drive.
The Traxxas design team need to put plenty of pictures of the CEN Racing Puma on their mood board for inspiration……
Personally I think traxxas should make a “pro controller” that mimics the Dx6c or something
Couldn't agree more on the radio... It's time.. 👍
I’ll be a little happier with them when they do lol
As usual, seems Traxxas should add a few more asterisks to their claims
And arrma should stop advertising their cars as tough. They break so much it's unreal.
@@taterbot2006 Yeah my arrma cooked it's esc in a week it was an arrma infraction mega so not evne the top end version so it wasn't overpowered....
@@taterbot2006 I agree, as a fan of Arrma vehicles. For example, their latest Kraton 6S EXB "Extreme Bash" is so fragile. Diff cups, drive shafts, arms, all pretty common weak points. Doesn't even take a hard bashing to break. Durability is superior in Traxxas vehicles generally. I had a Maxx 4S and that thing, while it had its issues, was near indestructable. I really dislike Traxxas as a company though, and I sold all my Traxxas vehicles except my XRT.
RC selling points always make me laugh, especially Traxxass's. Taking the most simple things and making them sound fancy.
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It's probably the best yet from Traxxas 🤣🤣🤣 yeah they love all the fancy Nancy writing on the packaging and all the hyped up commercialism. Advertising in other words . I'm actually surprised though that the car got up to within 1 mile of it's claimed top end. And the servo actually didn't fail during the filming of this video. This has got to be a first for Traxxas. Maybe they were listening to what everybody has been saying? I'm actually impressed though. It's got potential and let's face it, who doesn't modify their RC cars with aftermarket parts? The easiest way is to keep the Traxxas plugs but solder in a different servi to the plug lead unless you want to spend big dollars to just replace all the Traxxas electrics. Not bad though 👌
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Tomley, you know you love traxxas 🎉🎉
Great video as always. The VXL does run so hot on 3S. I have the Slash running on dirt and had to fit a fan and heat sink to keep it cool. I used a 3r party on for about $15 off Amazon. It’s solved all the heat issues, even with on of those mesh body protectors to keep the dirt out. I do want the Fiesta body, but will buy a clear one and create my own paint scheme.
That thing is awesome. I love traxxas, Arrma, Losi, etc, they all have awesome RC’s. But I agree that if traxxas is gonna charge us premium prices for their cars, at least add heat sinks and cooling fans. They’re cheap as heck to buy. So why not just factory install them?
Because they're "cheap as heck"...
As always a down to earth and honest review! We are waiting for two of those for a while now, there's a problem with older models containing asbestos so there's a import stop here. At least we have enough time to get the motor fans!
It’s a really nice car… just a shame it’s not quite their
It is the LCG Slash Chassis. I have it and was just thinking that looks identical. My Slash is a beast! JConcepts makes a great replacement honeycomb motor mount and fan combination that is stellar for the VXL. Really helps with keeping her cool.
I bought a pair of these on release date earlier this year and love therm. Great parking lot bashers. I took one and put the XO1 6s Castle esc on a 25T pinion with a slipper eliminator and got 89 on 4s.
Yes, it’s a really nice well set up (and fast) car. Just not quite their in terms of electronics
That's cool with just an ESC change! Did it run too hot? Could you make a few passes? Alot of guys have extra 4S ESC's that could do the same. (Like me) You just might have tipped the scale for me. I already have Traxxas TRX4 crawlers with a Bluetooth link remote. I can put the road car on that remote. Thanks for the info!
@@TomleyRC , Phil, I have so many Traxxas electronics in plastic shoe boxes because at least 35 of my Traxxas don't have stock electronics. They are cheap when you already have them ;)
And add the optional centre diff lol
They should come with fans for the electronics. Your looking at £60ish ontop. And £60ish for centre diff seems a bit high too.
Yeah.. it all adds up!
I have the original Rally that came out when they were wider. I absolutely love that car... Bashes and speed all in one. It handles so good on dirt... And drifts so well...
i mean i put the .8 spur slipper setup with a 23 pinion on my brushed and that thing flys on 2s, keep temps in check of course. i enjoy it. i have the travis pastrana snap on edition
I used to work at a hobby shop about 12 years ago.
Funny to see nothing has changed with Traxxas, and it was the same for the 2 years I was there.
You should probably get the aluminium bearing adapter as well (parts number 6893x, yet another part that you think they would have included from the begining...) for it if you want to keep running on 3s. Plastic one will soon be melted.
Might be useful to get hold of a FLIR set up for reporting on heat issues, they can be quite pricey but you might be able to pick up a second hand Cat or Blackview phone that has IR for a decent price (Probably other work phone makes that have models with infra red but those the two makes I've had phones from so i know they work)
Differential kit, center (complete) (aluminum carrier)
Replace your Traxxas vehicle’s stock slipper clutch with this Pro-Built high-performance center differential. The center differential absorbs driveline shocks to improve durability and distributes power to all four wheels for mind-bending acceleration. The finned aluminum housing helps dissipate heat with a tough 54-tooth, 32-pitch steel spur gear for maximum durability. The sealed differential comes completely assembled and pre-loaded with thick 1 million weight silicone oil to help prevent unloading and ballooning of the front tires. Center differential requires 32-pitch pinion gear.
Looks like you can get rid of the slipper clutch too!
She gets spicy with the speed gear ..we’re happy with the stock gearing on the slash ultimate.. in the dirt it’s fast enough 😁👍🏻
Considering their premium price and litigation happy patent department, this shouldn’t be a problem. It should do what they say out of the box, and it doesn’t, and certainly wouldn’t reliably with that kind of heat
I think The last great rally cars was the hobao hyper gts and the mighty thunder tiger ER4 G3 especially on 6s and 2200kv motors ! Its about time arrma released a rally car based on the typhon 6s chassis
"New heavy duty" just means new updated but said in a much more trqxxas way. Everything comes HD now 😂 now let's go smash that 60 mph 🙄
Haha.. yeah, i’m trying to be fair 😅
I'll never pass up an opportunity to mention how my Slash Raptor 2wd broke a rear driveshaft on only it's SECOND lipo.!!!
The "Extreme Heavy Duty" ones cost me £12 EACH.!!!
That was £28 after P&P.!!
Still, it's turned out to be one of my favorite RCs, I've had it for a couple of years, I've had all sorts of different bodies & motors in it..
It's proven to be actually very durable since it crapped the bed on its first day.!😉
@@alantaylor353Mip x duty on my rustler about 5 years ago never ever looked back once
@alantaylor353 I hit 94 mph with the Heavy duty kit with the traxxas hoss I had them upgrades since they came out mine never broke yet
Naw I put them to the test bashing in at 94 mph speed they are Heavy duty 2 years no problems
Traxxas could have equipped a heatsink and a fan from factory on a €600 car. It only puts them down €3...
I really like the Traxxas controller, maybe it's my old 75 MHz side coming out but a lot of the RTR controllers feel like crappy toys to me, the TQ may be dated but it feels great.
This thing looks cheaper than the Chinese stuff. The electronics, the blue plastics they look really cheap.
Yeah, agree
Have you ever owned a traxxas?
Traxxas stuff is arguably more durable than an arrma. Traxxas chassis don't bend. And not to mention their parts are a hell of a lot cheaper than arrma. And, in all of my years of owning rc cars, I have never had a traxxas part break other than the body on an ancient rustler, which was inevitable.
@@runklestiltskin_2407 Traxxas is really overpriced old tech and looks cheap as hell!
Never judge a book by the cover
“Uh, that doesn’t look like 60 mile an hour” sent me 😂
Good to see pointy back but free my homie Alan!
do a comparison between this and Maverick Quantum RX Flux 4S and see if twice the price is twice as nice
I dont think its a bad car just a bit expensive. Well, a lot expensive. I bought one when they first came out again .... not sure why though. LOL Did get 60 MPH out of it with the optional gears. Did a whole lot of races of it VS the CEN Puma M and they are pretty close. The Snap-On versions body was SO much nicer. Wish they would have given it that body for the price.
A solid and fun release from Traxxas with room for improvement. While cashing in with the mandatory fan upgrade... :p keep up the good work sir! :)
I wonder if the ESC is pulling too much current for the motor to get so hot , and it definitely wasn't hot weather when you ran it . The 14TH scale LC RACING EMB range of RC'S can do upto 50+ mph on 3S power and they don't suffer red hot temperatures , and their motors are only a small 2840 motor in the rally car and buggy , and a 2850 motor in the truggy , and their ESC's are only 35 amp and 3S capable 🤔 .
I could give you some build specs to turn it into your new favorite rally car! Ive turned my snapon st into a 4s monster that's a blastbto drive! It's almost just as much fun on 3s to be fair, one of my favorite rc's
Just talking about the body, I wish they had a clear body version of all their models.
Traxxas are scammers with propriety batteries connection and the id battery which will only charge with traxxas charger neither of which are supplied when buying into the scam.
Traxxas seems to do that these days I bought a UDR back at launch when they were Hobby shops only and even though I LOVE IT TO DEATH the whole Drivetrain got HOT!!! Even when casually driving it! Only TURNING IT OFF COMPLETELY for 10-20min would cool it. The Motor, Driveshafts, Gear reduction, and the rear diffs were ALL getting uncomfortably HOT every run. So over the years I ended buying aluminum Rear diff, Center diff and front diff housing, aluminum Planetary gear housing and 3 fans, one mounts to the side of the motor one mounts to the back and the third mounts to a top deck where I cut a whole to feed fresh air to the motor cavity and now EVERY component stays and Skin temperature even after Three 6s 6000 mah Max Amps Packs back to back running at FULL throttle, If only Traxxas could get these things right they would be the best, I WANT to LOVE them but between the flaws their cars ALWAYS have out of the box and, them Indirectly causes the DEATH of my two other Favorite Cars the Axial Yeti and the Senton 6s BLX (both are now spend more time on the shelf than the road do to parts scarcity) It makes it REALLY hard to buy a Traxxas cars even though they can be SO MUCH FUN and their support of their older models is unmatched in the industry it just STINGS a bit too much sometimes
Looks lovely to drift, maybe wear the motor in start with a 2 or 3s and get some lighter wheels could help the motor
Add a hobbywing ESC. And forget about it.
Sounds about right. I own a good amount of Traxxas vehicles and has the same overheating problem with everyone. I love the platform but the electronics are garbage. Always have to upgrade to a hobbywing or castle creations ESC and motor combo to be able to run it at the advertised speed without it getting hot with a little room to be able to make it go faster. And the stock servos…. Even worse, it’s not a matter of if they go out it’s a matter of when, but once you scrap out all the electronics the cars are solid, handle great and have good part support with pretty good durability. Just sucks that they don’t invest into better electronics stock. Have to pay $400-$500 US for a car/truck then another $250 for new motor and esc just to have it running as it should. If they aren’t going to upgrade their power systems then they should at least come with heatsinks and fans out the box. AT LEAST, but even then that won’t help very much
I know a lot of people dislike Traxxas but my Rally VXL is the most fun car I own it drives just like you show in the video and it’s incredibly durable and reliable too.
I never understood why Traxxas cost more, but yet it looks cheaper and generally is slower than Arrma' version.
Wow I'm impressed by that handling! Does make me realise that even concrete rallying / bashing can be cracking great fun!
Well, it can go 60 out of the box but it overheats within 5 minutes, had to swap my 19t gear for a 15t just to drive it for more then 10 min.
all of these new 3s rigs need a fan, all of my arrma 3s rigs are super hot after bashing with no fan, its not just traxxas.
I'm glad you found a Traxxas that you like ! I built up a Rally from the brushed version to VXL. I put cooling fans on the motor and ESC, I think I'm running a 15T pinion and it's been perfect.
Is there any advantage to starting with a vlx over a brushed version? Are the other components different. What else did you swap out? No gyro/stability receiver I'm assuming. Thanks for the info. I only have Traxxas crawlers at this time
@@loum7008 faster, better run time and TSM capable.
The Maverick Quantum RX costs £224...keep that in mind.! 😉 😉
It's also got a Hobbywing max 10, 120 amp, 4S ESC, a 3674, 2200kv motor, runs mod 1 gearing, has a centre diff, has belted tyres that last for ages, will do almost 50 stock & 60 mph when you gear it up & stays nice & cool due to having a nice alloy heatsink.!!
They drive fantastically, they're very durable & the bodies aren't as weak as some say.
Mines around 8 months old, I've used it often, I've driven it hard, in all weather, on all surfaces & apart from needing the pillow ball hubs/knuckles/blocks? replaced due to being worn & a couple of small cracks in the body where the front wheel arches meet the body, it's still all original.!!!
Amazingly enough I'M STILL ON THE ORIGINAL TYRES.!!!
That's unheard of unless it's a crawler or an MT, I usually go through a set of tyres within a week or two, especially on road style tyres... I'm EXTREMELY impressed with them, so much so I've started using them on my other 1/8, 6S cars & they're doing a great job too.!!
It also won't make you sick when you look at it.! 😉 😁
Like I say, keep that in mind when you're buying your next RC rally car.!
Yep traxxas is great except for their electronics. Especially in hot climates like here in aus. Constant overheating
It was pretty cool here.. so can’t imagine what it would be like in the heat
My main man Peter Pointer👉made a cameo today, you've made my week Tomley well done.
Traxxas shipping these things without a motor fan is just a crime against humanity 😅
My MJX 14301 has fans and a gyro for under 200 dollars. It’s a hoot and at that price point I can afford three MJX models.
best on road / rally cars at their current prices , are still the 8th scale HPI WR8 FLUX 3 , and the HOBAO HYPER GT RALLY . Nothing much else out can touch them at their prices , at £449 for the HPI WR8 FLUX 3 , and £425 for the HoBao HYPER GT RALLY . Although the HoBao isn't hasn't been in stock for a few months , but it's expected to be back in stock by sometime around the first week in July . I have yet to try the latest 7th scale offering direct from KING MOTOR the CITROEN C3 RALLY car , priced at $635 , not sure what delivery price is in pounds to the UK ? . It has switchable 4 and 2 wheel drive , and handles and goes just as well in 2 wheel drive as 4 wheel drive . I think it does somewhere around the 35 to 40 mph . It's 4S with a 2200 kv motor and 100 amp ESC , and has 7075 chassis , but not sure about the shock tower grade metal or their thickness in mm . Seems to go OK and handle extremely well going by a video by an American on a you tube video .
I agree... The WR8 is still King. I forgot about the Hobao :)
Man traxxas transmitters are ass. Mine gave up on range after 2 days. I mean I upgraded directly but wanted to use that tx for something else!
They are certainly one of the worst RTR transmitters about
Sure, Traxxas can improve things, but there is nothing wrong with the ‘cheap’ plastic. Just watch what Kev Talbot do with his plastic cars and you’ll see that there is nothing wrong with the plastic.
I didn't say it was cheap plastic ;)
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Good review . Heat is the Enemy in RC . Unless you're running nitro , LOL.
These issues are not new from them , I remember having one of their ESCs blow up because I changed gearing 2 teeth once .
Thankfully , but after much ado, they sent a replacement , with the stern warning to never change stock gearing .
Poor thing looks like the watermelon @ the bottom of the pile . Those Traxxas painting toddlers on Acid , again. TY Phil , watch Arrma make us a Rally Car now ¡! 👌😂
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They are fast after you change the electronics out 🤣 i managed 127mph on 6s, stock body, stock plastic cvd's. 133 on 8s but that run was cut short with a epic crash
@@younggrasshopper-apprentice broken parts here and there but it's been rebuilt and turned down into a street basher. I have video of it on my channel just have to go back about 10 months
Traxxas just feels way to over priced for what you get. I see most replace all internals with after market stuff so yeah I'm good
Top speed hardly matters to me. In the dirt, that thing would never be doing 60 anyway. Get that sucker philthy Phil!
My slash also has a problem with an overheating motor, it actually smoldered some leaved that got court under the motor at one point 😕😕
60mph is good for those narrow roads in countryside. 😂
Traxxas sucks. But I agree I love rally.
You should have known that if it came with a 13 stock and a 19 in the box a 30+ tooth pinion won't even fit....
Traxxas shouldn't have put it on the box then, they should have known they made a mistake ;)
@@TomleyRC I agree they made a mistake. However, you'd also have to agree that common sense would go a long way. For someone new to the hobby, fine. You, with years of experience? Nahh
@@rc-daily I’m sure with all my years of experience, I’d have worked it out as soon as I removed the gear cover. I even said in the video… if it needs a 31t to do 60mph… it’s gonna get nowhere near with the stock gears. 😇
Traxxas is where I got my start and they do make some cool stuff but definitely time to refresh their body liveries and maybe try to knock a few buck off. Way way over priced when TH-cam is a far better option then their customer support
It's like they are becoming the Activision of RC cars. Barely change/upgrade a thing and then do a release or new creation.
At that price point, it should have adjustable coilover shocks and a center diff
Just more reasoning for me to never support traxxas
Time for the hobbywing 10blg2 combo and a center diff 😅
Yes, it’s certainly not great value for money. I’m trying to be a little less angry with my Traxxas videos haha
Traxxas motors and esc's, for the price of them are not worth it. I've got several cars from Traxxas that had had issues with motors and esc's in the past and swapped them out for cheaper options from Banggood with better results than the more expensive one's. WIN WIN 😊😊😊😊😊
This is how I feel about Traxxhole.
You recently had this on raffle ... Buy 2 get 2 free...
Real cheap... I didn't get any tickets...
In other words.
NOT EVEN IF YOU GAVE IT TO ME!
😂 byebye Traxxhole, byebye 😂
Ok so why are the tire treads facing opposite front to back? Is that an actually rally car thing cause in all the reviews and box the tires face different directions.
My Rustler did the same thing, high speed pinion and it'd go into thermal shutdown, on pavement.... Swapped out the VXL for a Castle Creations, haven't had a problem since
Love the Traxxas Rally. Will be getting a couple of these with pro graphix body’s. Add this to my limited edition Valentino Rossi. I live around a 16T pinion but it’s the motor. I have 3 of the Vxl motors and all geared the same and 1 out of the 3 gets hot for some strange reason. I don’t think Traxxas would admit it’s a faulty motor but they do have a good warranty if you can identify the issue very quickly. I’m glad they revamped it. And I’m going to find out if I could fit XO-1 version 2 high velocity drive shafts on this Rally like I did for its previous versions. Because so far I’m unstoppable in the races against ARRMA road vehicles in the neighborhood races.😮
Guys whatever you do, do not go onto google maps and put in 2 Teal park RD and go on ground view near the roundabout!!
Aliens?
@@TomleyRC maybe...
Good day. Please compare some buggies. You have already made various comparisons with the board where you gave them points for speed, price, etc. I would like to see WLtoys 124016 V2, Rlaarlo AM-D12, ZD DBX-10 and possibly a few more similar models in comparison. Of course, brushless
Just seeing Tomley's Model 3 there, got a M3 LR myself. Anybody who is big into RC cars really ought to buy an EV for their next car. They're basically the same thing, and it's bloody fantastic!
Edit: 100% agree, sick of the over-the-top graphics. Makes it look like a silly toy, needs to look like it means business!
I might buy a Tamiya set and take a crack at it
Well... Not bad of a car, Phil... Not bad at all!!! But the price... Ouch! 😬
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I just got one of these yesterday. I love running it, but I did notice it got pretty hot. Fans should be standard for the motor and ESC at that price.
it wants to be a Rallye car... but the scale is totally off...
body design is not Rallye and the wheels and tires just don't fit the scale, it looks so stupid
So a new fiesta after ford have discontinued the fiesta?!
I didn’t realize you guys over there don’t get all the good stuff we get here. Seems a bit unfair to me!! Do y’all get the Mudboss?
Gutted I didn't win this little beast, love the rally version from Traxxas.
Rather have an arrma rally due to being a hater of Traxxas.
good review. it’s a shame traxxas couldn’t have thought of a new livery , especially as they do such a nice job on the trx 4 .
Good review Phil. Yeah that motor is a worry. I was wondering if that guard on the back of the motor was rubbing the driveshaft, but looking through the vid that doesn't seem to be the case. The driveshaft would likely have a wear mark if that does happen. I dunno, maybe check the driveline so see if it is moving freely.
I don’t think anything was rubbing. I guess the slipper was not as tight as it should be, and my ‘over enthusiastic’ launching just was a little too much 😅
The move is to get a Slash and buy a DeltaPlastik body for it. I have a Peugeot 405 body done up like the Camel Dakar one. 👀
These things really should be 4S. Castle 2400kv with a 16T pinion is bulletproof.
Send it back stop buying traxxas till they start making their crap correctly
So tell me why the 20 tooth metal idler gear that should be in all 2 wd transmission’s aren’t equipped as they should be.
The nitro models seem to boast bigger teeth and have tons of power. yet the idler in them is still plastic.
The Max short version never had any issues and they stopped it due to the whole bigger is better philosophy.
The revo 1/16 diffs are advertised as tough but go drive one hard and see if they last a spell. Nope they won’t
So many small things that could be easily fixed yet again Traxxas focus on the Ultimate X Maxx in 50 variations of colors and option parts.
See their Trend it’s focusing on the big dogs and reviewers mainly with flashy bodies and that new dirt car. The hood Oh MY. It’s a floppy flapper lol
I hate to be the one who brings to light things but if Traxxas didn’t keep on trying over and over and over to take all the cash of my credit card till it was depleted
I would probably possibly have some good to say about them.
But as it is sorry that’s not for me to say as they aren’t so good at a great many things that are easily remedied.
Hey Tomley is that bike up in the wall the bike you had when you were a tike mate, if so that is really cool man, really cool
Goood evening am a recent subscriber and recently got into the hobby I have a TA03f but want to upgrade the motor ? Could you recommend one ?
Many thanks
Sion
Peters hand looks a lil dirty
....like it's been somewhere it shouldn't... you should do a "best of" or "outtakes" video?! I think would be great 👍 cheers mate🤟
I don’t believe you can buy a motor fan from traxxas but you can aftermarket. I’ve had similar issues with the slash 4x4 vxl I used to have. That motor just gets hot. In the 2wd rigs it’s fine but in a 4x4 it’s too high kv. Someone needs to try the bl-2s motor on 3s. I think it’s a lower kv.
The bl2-s motor only works with 2 cell batters 😢
@@bllarz3621it will work with whatever voltage you put into it, as long as it doesn’t overheat. You would have to modify the motor connector though to use a different esc.
Good video. In my opinion, this is the best car from Traxxas. I already have two new Fiestas. I had the old ones too and love them.
I have one more question. What do you use to measure speed?
pls use a temp gun if you can, id love to know if the motors actually over heating or just hot, most people are gonna say 120F and higher is too hot to touch, and im sure you have a good idea with your fingers from running so many rc cars but i cannot feel your fingers lol
Traxxas came out with the BL2 Line because of ARRMA cars are stronger out the box, traxxas was giving people $400 cars with kite plastic axles lol
Axles are cheap and easily replaced. An Aarma chassis, however is not.
The one thing Traxxas has going for it is their stuff is generally known for being super tough. My Xmaxx is absolutely tougher than any of my other RC's and the majority of my stuff is Aarma. As far as the heat there are aftermarket heat syncs that you can slap on the motor and I'd tighten the slipper a bit more as you increase the gear ratio...on top of installing a heat syncs, you can get one with a fan for less than. $10 on Amazon. I had the same issue with my Aarma Senton and Kraton out of the box when I geared them up
We install 1/8 4068-4074 can 6s motors in ours and run them on 4s. I have a 2300kv kyosho speedhouse motor in mine and it BARELY gets warm. Tighten slipper to the max. Change out the plastic bushing and motor mount. Youll be solid.
My local hobby shop says 1 day it'll do 60 out of the box
Then tells me I have to put on speed gearing
This RC should have came with ESC and motor Fan's for $430 !!!!!!! Not Cool Traxxas !!!!!!!