Slayer...
 

Anyone see the new Revo, I mean Slayer? Looks just like a Revo with a Salsh body and wheels...

http://www.traxxas.com/products/promo/5908_promo.htm

Hopefully they bring out an e-slayer quickly. That looks good though.

Wow, now a electric version of that will sell well

I really dont like when companies just change the body and wheels and call it a new car. However I do like the look of the corr trucks. Maybe I will just have to buy a body and put it on my e-revo.

Traxxas, responded immediately to comments on SLASH not being 4WD. Seems like there is another toy to convert to electric :) unless traxxas makes one...i think it will be worth it to wait (control...control...control your credit card) :whip:

Control is for the faint of heart!

Yup I'd agree to that...good think I max'ed out my credit cards at least I know i dont have a faint heart :diablo:

sorry for OT

I love these videos cause they are all filmed at my local track. Pretty cool truck, excellent drivers driving them too.

I was just thinking is the erevo chassis the same length or longer then the 3.3

Look like it uses shorter arms. I have a feeling my unfinshed revo conversion will be sporting some of this vehicles parts...

dang!!! why didnt I think of that..maybe just buy those arms, wheels and body then put it to my E-Revo.....not that I dont like the E-Revo but sometimes I just want to drive those scaled models that actually looks and respond like the 1:1 counterpart. maybe its just me :whistle:

i think that well be a cool car to do a brushless conversion too.

It's a shame it lost a bit of it's scale appearance with the Revo pushrod suspension. IMO, they pulled a Losi on this one...threw a new body and tires on something and called it a new vehicle. Boo! Not impressed.

It looks like a 2.5 or shorter chassis, look at the front shock mount. This might be perfect for the G2R chassis conversion, However the Gorilla chassis is 1"longer than the 2.5 revo. Maybe we can get gorilla to do a chassis for the e-revo tranny and exact wheelbase for the slayer

Seriously, this is the coolest RC I've seen in a very long time. I can't wait to get one. And it looks like we may not have to wait for the electric version. It appears the RCM and Tekno kits will bolt right in. Thanks Traxxas :) Of course an E-Slayer can't be too far behind...

Neat. Traxxas just keeps rolling the truck out one after another. They must have a serious R&D budget at that place.

Looks like they put small wheels, short arms and a 3.3 in the revo 2.5.

I agree. Lets get the e-version out asap. That would be a fun truck to run around the park.

Be interesting to see what parts you can get off the Slayer and put on the E-REVO (body, wheels etc.)

I waiting to have full size value of the body, build some custom body post and mount it on a XB 808. With the big bore shock it will look killer !

Be nice if they'd done something a bit different with it. Using Revo chassis is kind of... boooring. Looks like something any of us could have made ourselves.


J.

Would the Tekno Revo brushless kit work on it?

I don't see why not, since it's just a Revo chassis.

Never thought of that, can't see why not :party:

Looks just like a 2.5 chassis. It has shorter arms, and appears to use the center driveshafts of the 3.3 as wheel driveshafts. The pushrod and steering tierods must be shorter too. The hubs look like std revo pieces. I do like the bumpers, too cool!

I could see this being a candidate for a light weight 3s setup. I like it, keep the awesome suspension, and use shorter arms. This to me is what the slash should have been minus the nitro part. I can see a MM running a 1512 1.5/d on 3s running like a champ or even a 1/d. Be curious to see what the weight is with the shorter arms/shafts/chassis and the smaller wheels/tires. I think there are a lot of possibilities with this truck either way. I can also see lowering this bad boy for a nice on road setup as well.

Edit: Honestly, after looking it over for while, I think this is the vehicle I have been looking for.

Yeah, same here, pitty it didn't come out 5 months ago. Now I got to try and explain to the wife why I want another RC :whistle:

I was thinking a 1509 motor actually. And keep the two speed and mech brakes. Run on 4s for awesome runtimes.

Knew it wouldn't take long or Impakt RC to have it on their site. $469.99
http://www.impaktrc.com/product_info...bf38da2498cce2

http://www.traxxas.com/products/nitr..._clearance.jpg

This is a great IDEA.. Please post some pictures when it's complete Mister-T..

Same here. This is what I've been looking for. I can't wait for this truck.

Brian G, a 1509 would be awesome in this truck. I run a 1509/1.5Y on 4s in my Revo (w/ 2 speed) and it's a super fast and light setup. A 1506 may even work for the Slayer.

As for weight, figure MT tires are 2lb total. These new tires are probably less than half that (all rotating mass too). The smaller arms, 2.5 chassis, smaller motor and battery and I think we have a ~6lb 4WD truck that will run circles around just about anything.

I looked at this some more and I see no reason why the RCM and Tekno kits shouldn't fit.

One more thing, I like the scale tires and wheels and all, but buggy tires and wheels are pretty much the same size. Converting to 17mm hubs will allow you to run different tread patterns for racing if needed. Damn this truck is going to be awesome!

Yeah, one of the downsides (apart from being nitro) is that it has old skool hubs instead of 17mm

I wonder if it could be used to race in 1/8 buggy class :yes:, I seriously want a E-slayer :/ . I think running it on 3S might work too

The pricing seems a little high in my opinion though. I would think losing the optidrive, two servos, and substituting the centers for the regular drive shafts not to mention the shorter chassis etc etc that the pricing would be sub 400.

It sure gives a different meaning to ugly..

I'm almost there... :no:

I was debating between the rusty vxl and the e-revo about 2 months ago. I went with the e-revo because I wanted 4 wheel drive. :oh:

The vehicle I am looking for is the 4wd electric truck in the rustler/slash/slayer size. :yipi:

maybe i'll sell my e-revo and convert the slayer...:yes:

I read on TRX it has some different gearing for the tire size in the tranny and the TRX center diff wont fit any more??

If the tranny case is the same, you could just stuff regular Revo gears in there...

I don't care for the CD any ways just some new gearing options.

I just looked at the exploded views for the Slayer tranny and the gear tooth counts for 1st and 2nd gears and for close/std/wide ratios are the same as the regular Revo. The only difference is the intermediate and output gear (#5996), which is not listed on buytraxxas.com yet, and the parts list on the Slayer page is not available yet either.

I just checked the part numbers and also found out the chassis is not the 2.5 revo chassis. The slayer chassis part number is 5922 while the 2.5 revo chassis part number is 5322. It looks as though the slayer chassis is slightly shorter.

I wonder if the part # discrepancy is simply because the Slayer chassis color? The 2.5 and Slayer chassis looks the same otherwise...