New traxxas castle mamba monster extreme?

[Unsullied_Spy]

The diffuser and the motor cooling slot are very nice design implements as far as the chassis, that's for sure. I keep going back and forth on this thing, it sounds like it's going to be far too expensive but if you can get one without the lipos and the extra nonsense that'd be OK. Surely someone at my LHS has an iPoS to remove the electronic nanny from the ESC. I don't think of it on the same level as the Revo, it's not that much of a game-changer. All-in-all it is definitely an accomplishment, but I'm not really sold on it.

For me, the make-or-break point will be the handling. My Hyper 7 TQ is set up for street use and is no slouch, but if all the work they put into the XO-1 pays off when you turn the wheel it could be worth selling my Hyper for it. The ride height of the XO-1 is a concern for me, most of those low-slung cars don't do very well unless you have a perfect surface to run it on. I loved my 3.3-powered Nitro 4-Tec but when you hit a crack or any imperfection in the surface it would spin out or go flying and I gouged the crap out of the chassis. Granted this was before our downtown parking garage was built and that is just an awesome place to take our onroaders, but everywhere else needs something with a little clearance and some give to the suspension (hence the Hyper).

Patrick: You've driven one, are you allowed to comment on how it handles? Both going around corners at bonkers speeds and real-world driveability?