New Traxxas X-Maxx
 

Looks like Traxxas is approaching the large truck market here. Very interesting!

https://traxxas.com/products/landing/X-Maxx/

https://traxxas.com/products/landing...Maxx-Intro.jpg
https://traxxas.com/products/landing...Capability.jpg

Ohh nice * take my money *

I wonder why traxxas decided not to use Castle Creations proven esc and motor combos?

Yeah, and what's up with the tone of that "welcome departure from Castle-based power systems" in the RC Car Action article? That's not very friendly, is it?

http://www.rccaraction.com/blog/2015...d-we-drive-it/

Looks great, but also looks like a nightmare to make parts for, as everything is molded and integrated. A large part of the Maxx trucks continued success is the HUGE aftermarket parts availability IMO.

Agree 100%. Traxxas lock down their forum and shun any discussion on any other manufacturer, but do not realise that the massive aftermarket industry for the Maxx is what has kept their sales rolling for well over a decade... People see hopped up masterpieces, say, I want one of those, and where do they start? A dead stock Maxx from Traxxas... They are silly, but hey, that's Traxxas...

The magazines are in the pocket of the advertisers - they make little to no money from the actual sale of the magazine. It's all about advertising - how much space does traxxas buy vs castle.

Patrick won't comment but guessing that castle want happy with that weight with a mmm v2 (although I bet it would be ok) and traxxas couldn't hit the price point with an xl. Would have likely needed castle to restart making the 1520. Wouldn't that be nice.

I know that the deal Castle would have with Traxxas would be lucrative, but I don't envy Castle for having to put up with Traxxas. I have found Castle to be amazing with their customer service, and I have found Traxxas to be the complete opposite of the spectrum...

Looks like a big slash. Lame. Plastic motor mount? I figured out that while the Maxx was awesome when it was released. 2001? Now they just make big toys. While Losi and Mugen, Xray and others are making great hobby grade stuff. I can't believe they are leaving castle. I remember a while back Patrick said that they weren't answering his messages.

Like Mike said it's not really something to upgrade being a turd but though I'm sure Mike can find a way, it fits me perfect as a market segment though as I just bought a house with a big backyard and a balcony off the bedrooms 3rd floor, so I won't have to go down 3 fllors and roll it over lol

Does any one knows the material used for this skid plates?

Why didn't they use the xo-1 1717 combo in this? It seems to be perfect in a truck this size.

Looks like the size of the motor is the same as the X01 motor, but just without the finned can?

I think the ESC from the X01 was not waterproof?

Suppose it is the XO1's in the new truck.

The X01 motor is otherwise known as the Castle 1717. Very nice motor, no doubt about it. I have one in my SuperMaxx and it's missile fast - nearly uncontrollable unless you have a very light touch on the trigger.
That's an 11lb RTR truck.

You bump that up to 20lbs, make the tires 50% bigger and....eh, maybe not so impressive I think.

But, put the power setup I've got in my 5ive (12s MGM & Lerner = 20hp) in there and now we'd have something.

I'm eager to see this new Maxx, but I don't anticipate being overwhelmed by performance. How it's drivetrain holds up to 20hp will be interesting to see :whistle:

The 1717 is a nice motor for a 20 lb truck with 5th scale wheels. It's not crazy overpowered but it works very well.

The chassis and front/rear clip design looks like a straight money grab to me. Any significant upgrades will come from Traxxas and Traxxas alone. They've taken out a large percentage of what makes the TMaxx and Emaxx so much fun to own and drive, and that's the because of the ability to enhance performance, reliability, and individuality with 2nd party upgrades.

I'm entirely disappointed with this truck.
If you ignore the size of the truck (good luck) and look at it with the body off, it looks like a cheapy radio shack RC to me.

The big advertising push is to showcase the self flipping ability of the X. How about some carbon/fiber, where's the billet aluminum, where's the interoperability and adjustability one needs to set up and dial in an RC for track racing, backyard bashing, or speed runs?

It gets 1 cool point from me for size and that's about it.

After getting lipo batteries, charger, and 6 AA batteries, you still need to upgrade the radio. Who's really going to run a $1,000+ RC with a $50 TQI radio?
The buy in for this truck if you don't already have lipos and a decent charger and good radio is pretty pretty TALL.

- Justin

More of the same from these RC companies lately. I'm surprised its not another big plastic 5th scale with eight scale electronics. Top speed is 35mph using the surprise, 6or 7th scale electronics. This thing taking off would be a dream for Traxxas

Vid's in Dutch, but check out how slow the X is once he gets it out on the pavement & BMX track. The thing is a total dog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQQmxOKYZzM

Makes me wonder if TRX upped the speed on their videos to make the truck look faster.

That truck is terrible! Are you sure it wasn't made by Redcat or New Bright RC? Traxxas isn't going to sell anyone anything this big AND quality for 800. Fifth scale electronics would destroy those tires and probably the diffs and gears.

It does look sluggish. I wonder if TRX has it programmed in the esc to be easy on startup?

It just looked like it was being driven conservatively to me. There's a part when he first starts driving on the pavement where he blips the throttle and you can see and hear that the power is there.

20pounds. Don't forget

I hate being cynical but I think this truck is poor. Compared to Walmart it is very good.

Motors that size are what, around 3hp? My go kart when I was a kid had a 3hp motor and was as fast as the x-maxx drove in that video. It went 30 with me riding it.

Okay yeah. That is not my biggest problem with the truck. I know everything can't have a pan chassis like a buggy or truggy. See rock-crawlers. But I won't buy anything anymore that is not built on that platform. This truck looks like a big slash to me. That to me is a negative. The chassis looks busy and hard to mod. It plastic. Probably my biggest complaint is the plastic motor mount. Metal mounts dissipate heat. (Mine transfers it to the chassis as well.) The servo mount is weird. As great as the self righting is I feel like that is a main feature. That to me is lame. The fact that there is a button. It feels gimmicky and cheesy. They apparently aren't using castle for this. That to me is lame. The wheel hexes are weird. The drivetrain does seem to be good this time though. The diffs are big. That is a positive. I LOVE the suspension. The arms, hinges and shocks look awesome. I hate the shock towers though. People found a way to mod the Revo with all of its weird plastic moldings. See the aluminum bulks(not billet). Maybe we will see an aluminum chassis one day.

What's up truckers! Someone has already chunked teeth off the ring gear. Somehow the ring gear is only $8 and it's real easy to change. Hmm, Do you think they were anticipating failures?

Lame!! There isn't an aftermarket option, either(too proprietary). I had high hopes that Traxxas at least didn't screw the pooch on diffs for this beast. :-(

here's a pic (supposedly) of the Xmaxx vs Erbe diffs

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ed-to-Revo.jpg

could be a manufacturing defect
could be a bearing failure, that stuff happens in high volume production environment
could be a f'up in heat treat, that sintered metal stuff, you gotta cook it just right - or even a chipped tooth from handling pre-heattreat.
Could be some lil kid making $.50/day forgot to put the grease in that one.
could be a bunch of stuff that'd cause the r&p to fail
it's not often, but...jus say'n, not necessarily a design defect

Here's a Losi 5ive compared to a 1/8th scale, I tried to shoot them at the same angle.
http://www.unlimitedengineering.com/...Large_6872.jpg
Looks to me like the X's diffs are about the size of the 5ive and those are really beefy diffs.


Tell ya what, send me an X and I'll put a 12s 20HP powerplant in it and then we'll see if the diffs are worth a hoot.

Agreed, Robin - could be any number of things and hopefully it turns out to be an anomaly, but boy it happened quick. They sure appear to be a big, burly diff that can take some abuse - fingers crossed that it is a fluke. The description seemed like a ring or pinion failure - it seemed like a chipped tooth based on the description. A little too hard and it can happen pretty easy.

I'm sure Traxxas is now aware of the broken diff and are working on the analysis and remedy.

At least I hope they are...

From the other forum!


http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...ebec/XmaXX.jpg