Revo platinum!
 

Check out the new redifined revo by traxxas!

www.traxxas.com

wow i am getting a revo now.

Thats awesome!! I think it will definitely be a big seller. :yes:

That is amazing. ME WANT!

Time for a new racer:lol:

Has basically every hop up... the new 17mm setup looks neat - not sure why they bothered with proprietry hexes though

wow thats really nice.

Moved to the Revo section.

Looks nice! There is one thing that would make it significantly better - if it were electric. I don't understand why Traxxas is lagging so much on making an out-of-the-box electric 1/8-size MT racer. This new Revo is a step in the right direction, but it's still nitro...

u know it would be brushed and would be 2 motors and 2 batterys like the emaxx. it wont be cool unless its brushless.

Seen the price tag? it's nearly double the 3.3. It seems hard to believe that all those hop ups would even add up that much... still looks nice though.

On another note, I ofter wonder why there is no traxxas 1/8th buggy...

i saw that... they want like 900$ or so for it, and it still had the piddily little 3.3 in there, my revo will still whoop it, they shouldve went with a brushless revo next, that wouldve been awesome

Well, to be fair, this is a "limited edition" so you couldn't expect much else in terms of price.

But I highly doubt this is the "next revo"

One of the biggest improvements IMO is the steel brace clips around the knuckles so you dont have to buy replacement knuckles since you'll see less popping ;).

900 is just the retail, im pretty sure its gonna be in the 600-700 range when it actually comes out.

cool, but I 'll take my E-Revo over it any day, and I am sure you guys feel the same way about yours.

Required items sold separately:
Two-channel transmitter with 8 AA batteries, mini receiver,
paint, starter box, glow igniter, charger, and fuel.

^Why not make an e-revo platinum then? ;)

Looks like a bargain to me, most racers probably paid a premium for all those extra hop-ups anyway. I don't see why Traxxas would make a e-revo platinum when racing is nitro-only..

Just looks like a "Factory team" build to me with stuff that should come on there anyway. I guess since this is primarily for racing it makes sense I suppose.

And about the E-Revo idea; you KNOW that whatever Traxxas puts on there won't be good/powerful/fast enough and will be upgraded ASAP anyway. :wink:

Really though; what makes a Revo is the suspension when you boil it down. Everything else is kinda typical. Soooo, just use any reliable truggy platform (with "real" F/R/C diffs) and set up the rocker suspension on it. Voila!

I REALLY like that...The bumpers, red rods for the swaybars, different color chassis, and hexes look badass...

You might be onto something here.:lol:

How about an e-revo roller, or kit?

That way you could buy it with all of the necessary motor, battery, and esc mounts. Plus it could have some sort of center diff capable tranny, and maybe a 2speed that would still allow motor brakes and reverse.

I would prefer the kit, as I like to build stuff, but the roller would also be cool. That way any motor/esc combo could be used. Traxxas could even use a plastic center chassis with the trays, etc molded in. Sounds good to me.

While they are at it, they could offer the emaxx as a roller too. Knock of 150 bucks for the radio gear and brushed motor/esc. Those would sell too.

I don't think I've ever seen Traxxas offer anything but RTRs, so I think it unlikely that they would offer a kit or roller anytime soon. BL can be complicated, especially for people new to electric, and it would just open them up to sooo many support questions. If they did release a BL setup, I can see it only being a RTR...

I never really considered a Revo (for an electric conversion) till now...this thing looks all done up. Every racer at my track who runs a Revo has to dump tons of time & money into the truck to make it raceable - this looks like it has all those goodies...The only thing I'd like to know is can you rip out the over complex gearbox and replace it with a simple Diff like you have on a 1/8th truggy?

DM

I wouldnt meet the MT class rules if it had a 1/8 center diff. The 2 speed tranny is a must for the class IMO. If you want a MT with a center diff, just get a truggy.

the gmaxx elec. conversion will still work on this one right?

yes it will.

Yes. I take it you haven't seen the "slipperential" conversion I did to my Revo way back when? lincpimp is the current owner of it. But anyways, a center diff would be pretty simple to drop in.

It's probably already been brought up, but these are in stock at amain now. Still not at tower though (maybe been and gone and i missed it?)

The LHS had one. Looked nice.... for a nitro.:tongue:

For anyone who doesnt know about this site...these guys sell brand new rollers...seems like a good deal

http://www.sickhobbies.com/Main.html

you know they released the Traxxas E-Revo, it's on their web site in the news section.

I'd say it is a tad overpriced considering you still require radio, special starter box and other equipment