New Traxxas Vehicle

[loa]

Wow. I'm totally underwhelmed.

Loa

[glassdoctor]

It would be a pretty bad truck with 4wd!!!! I want to see that

[othello]

@supralover72
What is the wheelbase of mike's CRT.5 chassis?



When looking at the dimensions of this truck i think a regular 1:8 buggy chassis would fit well under this body.

I like, throw my extra VXL in there and it would be great! Even if they had a 4-wheel drive one, i wouldn't buy it, i mean the real thing is 2x4.

[supralover72]

Originally Posted by othello

@supralover72
What is the wheelbase of mike's CRT.5 chassis?



When looking at the dimensions of this truck i think a regular 1:8 buggy chassis would fit well under this body.

Wow, I didn't realize it was that long. With the ext. chassis, the crt.5 is 396mm long and when his ext arms come out, it should be the same width. It's 279mm wide now.

Still, you can't match the original, thunder tech CORR truck kit, with RPM arms, rock solid chassis, Lexan AND Hard plastic display body that you can repaint, tamiya high lift wheels and tires, and a whole lot more:

http://www.thundertechracing.com/pro2a.htm

[suicideneil]

My personal feeling is: Meh...

Looks scale, but its just a pede with a new shell and chassis. I think someone said this is to distract us while traxxas work on the BL emaxx 3905 or E-revo, - I sure hope so.

Othello- you will be able to help me hopefully; what is the difference between the Mantis, and the mantis txs ?... I cant figure it for the life of me...

[othello]

@suicideneil
. TXS: 3 ported OEM axial nitro motor (not the 8 ported axial spec2). No big difference in power output though.
. TXS: only the front axle is equipped with universal joint shafts, rest are dogbones (the mantis rtr has universal joint shafts all around).
. TXS: Less accessory -> no additional clutch bells, ...

You can consult the manuals online to compare both versions:
. Mantis rtr manual
. Mantis txs manual

[suicideneil]

Cheers Othello!

[Robert]

Yeah it's has similarities with a pede there's no denying that. Let's lok at the fact that the truck will be very reasonably priced. I like my emaxx don't get me wrong. What I'm tired of is charging and maintaining all the batteries. 2 packs per run.(my charger does 2 at a time but still) This would run nicely with just one pack. The stampede and rustler have been clocked at over 70 mph just about stock, with just some simple gearing changes on a VXL. This has to be capable of closely the same thing. I think it will be less work and more fun. I may part out my g2 chassis 'ed emaxx just to fund this project.
You can also race side to side without rubbing wheels. I think that will be really cool. It's all plastic too and the parts will be cheap.

[BrianG]

I really like the scale look of this new vehicle, but for the internals, like Neil said; "meh".

[crazyjr]

I am not sure if anyone has noticed this, But the chassis has bell crank steering. Which means there might be an evolution coming for the stampede XL/VXL series

I'll get one (my first Traxxas product) to bash around the neighborhood w/, slap a Sidewinder and a 5700 in it and this thing could be a blast!