buying my first RC

[Tracer]

THanks, looking into buying my first RC Truck. Live in the country and want to play.. First, I have been looking at the Traxx Revo, gas, have rough ground to play on.. 2 acres, but have to share with a horse... Next, do I want 2 wheel drive or 4X4.. I am thinking 2WD would be a little better and more fun. spin cookies and stuff. also take down on the beach.. or would I be better with a 4x4.. I have the means to make jumps and what ever I want. (tractor with Backhoe).. any input would be greatly appreciated.. thank Tracy

[green24]

A Traxxas Revo is a great option, especially with the 3.3 engine. It will handle the rough stuff easily, and can be raced competitively if you ever want to. If the land is really bumpy, you'll be better off with a 4wd, simply because you can get through it. With 2wd, you can get stuck and may not have a lot of fun. Hope this helped!

Since you are talking two wheel drive, I guess that you are looking at a 1/10 scale vehicle. I'd go with the Revo. Four wheel drive is a no brainer for me. Better handling and better traction for tearing up the terrain.

If the terrain is really rough out there, you might also want to consider a 1/8 scale truck. I have an 8ight truggy and it is pretty tough. I just adjust the ride height with the tires. For the track I run MT tires and for climbing over stuff, I go with 40 series Moabs. I also think that the 1/8 scale trucks lend themselves to electric conversion better than the Revo.

[Tracer]

So 4X4 sounds like it might be a lot better for me, so is the 1\8 scale bigger then the 1\10 scale? I'm not too up on this. so now I'm out looking some more.. I have about 4 bills to spend so just looking for the best buy for the buck.. maybe have to build myself a track, or look around for others in my area...

[supralover72]

yea, 1/8th scale is bigger. It basically means 1 inch on the truck would be 8 inches on the full scale, so the bigger the number your dividing by, the smaller the truck.

I'm going to be devils advocate here and say go 2wd. If you may build a track, get a T4 or rustler. They're 2wd and SUPER easy to maintain, cheaper, electric, and if you have the nitro bug, than a GT2, which is just the gas version of the T4, or a nitro rustler, which is the gas version of the rustler.

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since its your first truck, traxxas is pretty good. out of the box, they are great for beginers. however, for people who drive harder and have more experience, they arn't up to the task.
i own a revo 3.3, t-maxx 2.5r, hellfire and ofna crt (BL conversion still in the making). my revo has revealed a fair few problems :
i blew the first gear in the tranny
i snaped a two shock shafts
elongated all of the push rod ball ends
snapped the exhaust header
blew the reverse gear

this was all done during racing on my track, not bashing it off a cliff.

if you buy a 1/8th scale truck or buggy (like ofna CRT or the hellfire) you will get a higher quality, more durable truck for only a hundred or so dollars more than the revo.
it would cost you $500 or more to upgrade the revo to 1/8th scale quality.

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by biddy

since its your first truck, traxxas is pretty good. out of the box, they are great for beginers. however, for people who drive harder and have more experience, they arn't up to the task.
i own a revo 3.3, t-maxx 2.5r, hellfire and ofna crt (BL conversion still in the making). my revo has revealed a fair few problems :
i blew the first gear in the tranny
i snaped a two shock shafts
elongated all of the push rod ball ends
snapped the exhaust header
blew the reverse gear

this was all done during racing on my track, not bashing it off a cliff.

if you buy a 1/8th scale truck or buggy (like ofna CRT or the hellfire) you will get a higher quality, more durable truck for only a hundred or so dollars more than the revo.
it would cost you $500 or more to upgrade the revo to 1/8th scale quality.

What did you do to do all that? I got a revo 3.3 and only things i ever break are the arms (a few) and one header

Tracer, Welcome to the forums. The 3.3 is an excellent truck for racing/bashing. I agree its not bullet-proof, but its a stout truck to start with. Just follow the breakin exactly and The 3.3 will run awsome

[mkrusedc]

Bashing (just playing) in the country go 1/8 scale for durability. You'll play more and fix less. Go 4WD unless you are on a road or faily smooth off road.

[BrianG]

The Revo is a decent first time buy. And if you decide you want 2wd, you could always disconnect the center shaft going to the front diff. But, I can almost guarantee that you'll prefer 4WD.

BTW: Unless you can lock the center diff in just about all buggies/truggies (1/8th scale trucks), you can't do the 2wd mod easily.

[Procharged5.0]

Revo 3.3 is an excellent option. I have one and love it.

An E-Maxx would be ideal if you prefer electric. The emaxx got me hooked on monster truck and started me on the path to owning (1) T-Maxx w/mild mods, (1) e-maxx w/mild mods, (1) Seriously modded Brushless Supermaxx/E-Maxx, (1) Revo3.3 w/mild mods, and now my Brushless CRT "Truggy".

[Procharged5.0]

The only "weak spot" I've found with the REVO3.3 is when I land a big jump out of shape and it lands hard on the back bumper. That shoves the bumper into the truck which pushed the muffler/pipe forward which in-turn crushes/bends the header. Aside from that happening 2x now :-( and cracking one suspension arm it's been mostly damage free.

I would get one of these. LST, LST 2, Muggy, Savage, 3.3 Revo, or a Aftershock.

Originally Posted by Procharged5.0

The only "weak spot" I've found with the REVO3.3 is when I land a big jump out of shape and it lands hard on the back bumper. That shoves the bumper into the truck which pushed the muffler/pipe forward which in-turn crushes/bends the header. Aside from that happening 2x now :-( and cracking one suspension arm it's been mostly damage free.

Sounds like it needs a BL conversion ;)

i blew first gear and reverse during normal use...i don't over load the drive train doing dounuts on bitumen.
the header snaped since the body mounts way to close to the exhaust system (out of the box) and any impact on the tray flexes the body and hits the header.

also, the exhaust pipe hanger needs to be keyed, otherwise the set screw comes loose all the time, even with loctite. this causes the coupler to split.

the pushrod ball ends become loose after a few decent crashes (those sort of back straight flat out cartwheels when you hit a bump you didn't see). this results in sloppy suspension and a truck that begins to sit lower when its static.
i thought it was strange that the ride height kept getting lower and i had to keep on increasing the pre-load.
i then realized that all the pushrods where elongated.

plus i whent to change to the long travel rockers and the bolt holding the rocker together was insanly tight, so i gave up and didn't change to long travel.

on the other hand, the arms are way more durable than the t-maxx. my t-maxx arms snap like twigs. i haven't snapped a revo arm yet, so thats a good thing.

i am just fed up of my traxxas vehicles lasting a few tanks before something else breaks, so i got a hellfire and a CRT.