Best Traxxas 2255 and 2250 powerful servos and BEC
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Thanks for the video. My servo horn stripped out on my fourth battery. Shortly after explaining to my wife the high quality of the car and the reason why it’s expensive. Not a good moment. Great video and you are right. At the price point these flaws should be corrected by Traxxas.
I stripped the servo horn on my TRX4 Bronco within a couple weeks of owning the truck and upgraded to a metal one. So far the servos have been holding on, I do realize the steering servo is probably on borrowed time.
Wanted to add that rc crawlers have no servo saver because of clearance issues and introduction of steering slop. Extreme accuracy and torque is critical and servo savers introduce play in the system.
I am new to the hobby and this was what I learned and it seems widely accepted. I research everything before I buy it and it almost made me pass up the hobby as a whole with all the corners cut and very high dollar upgrades needed to even be a usable rig. I still got into so I could go out with my friends and get outside in this cold weather. You are very right about it all my friend and keep up the good work.
Thanks buddy!! Yes, manufacturers have been cutting corners with servos and it's been widely accepted. It's time we call them out and get the crawler industry on the right track.
The BEST part of all, I HAVE BOTH OF THOSE TRUCKS! First thing I did to both was add a Castle BEC, Savox or Track Star servo & metal servo horn. Then lights. Then swap out batterys as needed. These are the VERY BEST rc crawlers on the market!
I dig the no BS tone!
Yeah buddy. No bs zone for 2019!!!!
The Traxxas Tax is reaaaaaal
That would be awesome but we know that the marketing for our hobby is insane everything is soooooo expensive and they know we will have to have it and will pay for it at least we get decent quality of products for the money we pay thanks for the video you talked about alot of good stuff...
Thanks for taking the time to do this video.....info is good to know before the purchase.
Right on. It's like the emperor has no clothes and no one says anything. :)
Stronger servos actually exagerates the #1 steering issue with the TRX-4 which is the weak Panhard link plastic base.
When you are on the rocks you can feel how the servo seems to be maxed out but the tires dont move? look at the Panhard Base and it will be flexing a ton which limits Steering Travel.
I recently came out with a mod to reinforce the panhard plastic base on the Bronco.. Specially on the Bronco (Will work with the new Blazer) because the Defender can easily change shock tower/pandhard base for a metallic version which fixes the Issue. The Bronco/Blazer uses the fender for both duties: Shock tower and Panhard base, This makes it very difficult to upgrade unless you lose the fenders altogether.
Now the mod involves making a perforation in the middle of the Panhard base which has 2 ribs on it and add a bolt + washer to secure it to the C-Frame.
1.- Use a body reamer and do a small 2-3mm hole in the middle of the Panhard base almost to the limit fo the C-Frame Bent.
2.- Use a 3mm drill and perforate the C-Frame using the hole in the Panhard base as a guide.
3.- Remove the Servo mount and secure the bolt + washer with a nut behind the C-Frame (There is a gap in the Servo plastic mount perfect for the Nut).
4..- DONE! You now have a rock solid panhard link which has very little give, You will notice improved steering throw.
You should do a video on this. it would be awesome
We are doing reviews on the KG20 and Savox servos.
will the 2262 BEC work with the summit?
For the normal guy just having fun the truck works. If your hard core then, yes, replace the servo and what ever else. Every car sold out there has something people don't like. If you take care of something and don't abuse it will last a long time.
The servos and plastic servo horns will not last a long time on the Traxxas or Axials. May not make it through the week.
I think the purpose of the video was to point out what you need to watch out for when you purchase this truck. So when your out hitting the trail you don't have to shorten your fun because the servo and horn went out.
"Do you guys know what it is?...hm...dot do dot" I'm thinking what I had for breakfast. THE STEERING! Wut, my breakfast lacks steering?! :(
Right on
Yes,my horn strip out very easy on my tactical. And my servo just quit on my sport. But they are both awesome trucks . You nail it.. WHY DO THEY PUT JUNK ON GOOD TRUCKS
Used my trx4 three times and it stopped steering. No left or right. I’m new to this so it was a shocker, but the biggest shocker is the price for a decent servo and bec.
Can yall do a video on how to setup the Traxxas BEC?
First thing I did on my trx4 Bronco was replaced the servo and metal steering horn, and a Castle creations bec. All my past experiences with Traxxas, especially the Xmaxx electronics are complete garbage. Whatever Traxxas you buy I'd replace the electronics right off the batt. I'd much rather run my castle creations bec than the Traxxas one. I've had no programming issues at all, on that note my Castle creations one is the waterproof one as well. My Bronco runs so much better especially with My trick RC dragon lighting system.
Golden advice right there.
i build the last days the kit. Will see was happend with the stock parts.
Great tips as always
Thanks a ton
When buying a stronger, metal gear servo, the hobby shop owner (who is an ex competition driver, so I trust him, and I am sure his _intentions_ were good) told me to use the plastic servo horn, so that the point of failure would be the horn and not the servo. This sounded like good advice at the time, but when the horn broke on my first run, I have decided to use a metal horn from now on.
In fact, my new philosophy is to make every component on the model as strong as possible, and allow the point of failure to be what ever it ends up to be. This will force me to look closely at the manufacturer of whatever component is broken, and I will inevitably support any manufacturers, who are making products that are less likely to break.
This was the info I needed. Thanks a lot I’m going to order the stuff!
Glad it was helpful!
I love my TRX4, but I am disappointed with the total cost of getting the thing just right. The Gen8 seems attractive…..
I burnt my stock servo just testing the traxxas traxx within 3 minutes, the stock servo got so hot, and it just died. Im gonna get the new 2255 servo and 2262 bec once my lhs stocks it.
I am not at all disagreeing with you,I 100%are with everything you said. But I will say, I’ve been an RC enthusiast since the days before the original Grasshopper and RC10 came out. Maybe it’s because I don’t rock crawl or race but I have never once had a servo, any servo, break or fail on any of my vehicles nitro or electric.
I had 2 fail 1 on my Slash and the other on my E-Revo both on the same day I got them
Got my Traxxas 400 high output servo and BEC. My BEC came and doesn't work. I hooked the Traxxas servo directly into the receiver and it seems to work just fine. I'm trying to return the BEC for exchange so hopefully I can get one soon.
It’s time Traxxas wake up to the competition,the Arrma bashers are better and cheaper and there are new crawlers (like the Redcat Gen8) that are looking very promising at a REALLY DECENT price!
All crawler servos are a joke and it makes us cry. The HPI Venture servo is the worst one in history. 70 oz/in and slower than molasses.
Holmes hobbies servos are stronger and cheaper in price. You also won’t need a bec on the SHV2.
Agreed!!! Heard nothing but great things about their servos and motors.
@Va OldSchool Their v2 servo is waterproof and is $120
Va OldSchool waterproofing something is no big deal about five bucks and 15 minutes
Great review. Traxxas is ripping people off by doing this. These servos are way over priced and don’t compete with after market such as Savox. This is what Traxxas is good at though. Put junk parts on the original and nail you for hundreads of dollars in upgrades in order to have a solid rig.
Agreed. Their $150 servo is insanely mediocre.
Their $6 steel servo horn is good. Their BEC is cool since it is integrated and sealed.
@@RCReviewChannel Ha! I buy $10/$15 servos from China and I haven't had to replace another servo! Two years on a $14 brushless, digital, with 2 bearings! They have at least 250oz/350oz strong! Aliexpress is my honeyhole for this hobby!
@@33fastcar honeyhole is right. Not overnight shipping but some gems in there. Good to share the great finds.
I paid a lot for my new Bronco and love it but it does suck that it came with a crappy servo that I will need to replace. I’m thinking the 3 brothers servo is the easier solution?
Just took my bronco trx out last weekend to do some crawilimg over a few mounds of snow left behind by the plow truck. Didnt even have fun for 10 minutes before tge fuse blew in tge stock servo. Have a savox 1283 already, picking up tge traxxas BEC tomorrow. Totally agree this is unacceptable, and more of a ploy to buy their upgrades, but still one of the best trucks out there IMO. Question: is that a lift kit in the bronco with stock tires? Just got the kit friday but not 100% sure i want monster 2.2 tires. Looks good if it is just the lift with stock tires! As always keep up the good work!
Agree 1000%
, Which Crawler you advice, durable and ready out of the box? I mean in general, not must to be one of the above.
Great video as usual but I don't have any problem with the stock servo and I use a lot my Bronco in tough way !
Thank you. The stock servo is measured at 100 oz/in of torque with the the stock ESC. It's ok for trail running. A lot of rocks and technical climbing really kills it.
The awesome vehicle deserves 300 oz/in or higher.
@@RCReviewChannel You are right. I bought the High-Torque 400 Red and the appropriate new BEC, but I'm waiting to install it. May I suggest to have a look to my new channel (th-cam.com/channels/Xa0xQQVwZgdtL8KkGZ69Dg.html)? Not as nice and useful as yours, but I had a lot of fun creating it! Thank you if you watch! Cheers.
Don't you think traxxas designed the horn to break too save the servo
Don't believe so since it's a metal gear servo now. They've been selling a metal servo horn for the last 4 months made specifically for the TRX-4
Plastic servo horns on RC Crawlers is a design oversight and that is unfortunate. Many folks too upgrade their servo and don't know about the servo horn issue and are very quickly disappointed.
The new Redcat Gen 8 is shipping now with a steel servo horn box stock and that is a great step for the rc crawler industry.
Odd none of mine ever fail. Kind of slow, but never fail.
I got the 2250 servo and wile it blows the stock servo away it is always searching for center so it makes alot ot noise
MTBR FTW
Im wondering as well haha
Is there a non-Traxxas BEC that would work with the TRX 4 ?
Nice video! Can't i use a bec that gives 7.4v to the steering servo and 6v to the rest of the smaller servos? Thanks for any good input!
I bought the 2255 for my 2wd Stampede VXL and it's great. I bought an upgraded servo saver "Kimbrough 124" and even with it's medium strength spring it gives when I try to turn because the servo is too powerful. Do these TRX-4's use a servo saver? Is a servo saver required with a brushless metal geared servo?
The junk steering servo circuit needs a soldering job across a fuse that is located on one of the longer sides in the middle of the circuit board. If that makes sense. I agree, why did they make such a nice truck and install insufficient steering servo and arms. Even if you want to upgrade, you shouldn't feel forced to do so because they place in parts that cannot do the job on its own.
You make a good example that if you bought a new car say for 20k and you already knew you'd have to spend 5k of your own money for a new motor, would you buy the car?
Upgrades should be optional. You shouldn't be forced into them due to fault equipment.
Exactly, exactly, exactly.
We've been getting fleeced for a long time. And it's worse with these crawlers since they have higher servo demands with rock crawling and no servo savers.
Isn’t it better for the horn to break than the servo?
We think this is why manufacturers ship plastic horns, because servos with plastic gears don't hold up. But rc crawlers definitely need metal gear servos and metal servo horns so they will last a few battery charges.
We've seen so many people carry their crawlers back to the car, dejected since the servo horns fail so easily.
2 years later still shipping the weak shit! Trx4 blazer, defender and just picked up a trx6. Problem is they are such a good rig with many options 😂😢😂😢😂 oh well. The phrase pay to play rings true! Can say though my blazer gets beat I have my own course in my basement and it’s still running stock horn and servo but it is so weak. Upgrade time soon. ✌️
Plastic steering horns are a fuse ,first impact goes in the horn .With metal horn the impact goes in the servo.Horn change 5 minutes and 1 Dollar .Servo change 15 Minutes 50 Dollars ,i prefer 1 Dollar ha ha. If you go competition take the metal Horn.
It's a fuse that's guaranteed to fail quickly since the servo is weak also. How about a better servo and a better horn so one is not stuck in the middle of a trail or without a part. We've had many, many friends carry the vehicle back because of this awful spec.
Or design in a servo saver if they're going to spec it like this.
What's the upgrade for the portal input gears?
Haven't seen any. Limited market as the stock ones are very strong for its purpose.
My redcat gen 7 is perfect
Hi, do you know what is the max output amps form the BEC? ...could it be enough for adding also a winch?
I see its power does not come from the battery, but from the very same ESC wich is supposed to be very amps limited! ...where is the extra power coming?
Thanks!
Carlos Perez .. I believe the max output of the Traxxas BEC is 3A.
Something like a Savox 1210SG servo running on 6v will have a Stall current draw of 6A.
For the 6 dollar metal servo horn by Traxxas,
could anyone please post a link for me.
Thank you
$10 here at Amazon amzn.to/2HUi7Wm
both of those servos are way overpriced
i tried to go the power hd route but as soon as i set the bec to them to get the full power out of em the gears in the inside stripped on both the ones that i bought... they are garbage... the stock servo was still "good" after 4 months of use but the power hd servos crapped out after about 2 weeks
Our key hope is that these servos are shipped as stock, with steel servo horns.
Traxxas has a Lot of Nerve selling crap servos on expensive trucks
So like you said it’s almost 600$ with taxes + 110$ for good servo + 100$ for 1 battery + bec bla bla bla = 1000$ to have a good machine and now for customizing it to yourself shocks, tires, grills,lights, ect...... it will cost you around 1500$ to 2000$ that’s not really a cheap hobby isn’t it ? 😂😂😂
It's A TRAP!! :)
What they should do is sell trucks as rollers so I can add the electronics I want to add. Your alienating budget minded people who can’t drop 550+ on a truck all at once just for a better servo. 17.99 amazon servo 220 oz of torque more then enough. But we all have our own thing we want to see I have to disagree. I’d like to also see different levels of kits like the cross rc demon kit.
Get your point about saving money for sure.
But they are alienating users by selling kits that have no chance of working properly or reliably. Companies should sell kits with servos that work well, like the rest of the vehicle. They should spec it with Amazon servos for example where all fit and compatibility and install issues are dialed.
Should also sell rollers where other users can have a choice of their own parts.
It's like selling a bicycle with plastic tires, to save the user money, initially.
Just want to be sure you guys know about the Raw Builder's Kit (and others like it). Axial, HPI, and Traxxas make versions of their kits, and I think others will follow the trend.
www.axialracing.com/products/axi90104
I bought a steering servo for my TRX4 at 100 bucks. I had electrical issues where my ESC kept burning out. I lost a battery. In the end I shipped my truck to Traxxas and they said it was the steering servo was to blame. The servo was a Spectrum S6240 DIGITAL High-Speed Servo. Can anyone shed any lights why I was having this problem?
The servo can indeed cause this. If it's shorted out, it will burn the ESC... and the battery. Very unfortunate situation but we've seen it happen too.
@@RCReviewChannel The only indication I found that my servo was bad. Weren't just Traxxas telling me it was bad. I did Ohm reading across the servo. The numbers were erratic and couldn't get a proper reading. Very low resistance of any kind. Which with a good servo the resistance was very low as well, but I could get a steady reading off the servo. Without hooking it up to an ESC and watching the steering servo take it out. I didn't know any other way ro test it without it doing damage.
But right now both the traxxas servos are $100..
Yes. They should drop the price on the 350 to $75
I see the problem. It's a traxxas.
Traxxas mafia gonna get ya. :)
@@RCReviewChannel it's traxxas the only thing I need to worry about is having a tow rope to get that junk out of the woods lol. Haha. Happy you can joke along with it. Some people are to serious haha.
Traxxas rocks.
2 minute playing my servo horn give up..