Traxxas is by far the toughest and most durable scaler out of the box in my experience. I think most people agree. So I’m kinda blown away that your experience is different.
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Oh Snap - Element RC Shoots Their Shot! - Comp Kit -
- Thread starter SteveB1
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The transmission was the only thing that interested me at the time. They do get some credit for having an ifs trail rig for the toyota and ford bronco dorks.
ya i keep hearing that but i had parts break left and right on my trx4
the redcat went years before having a failure after redcat fixed the cvd problem anyway lol but i broke factory trx4 cvds also so hay
i eventually dumped the axles and went with capra axles and the trx4 axles went on to a fms/redcat/now trx4 fj cruzer build
Which parts have you broken on your TRX-4?
axle shafts gears 3 sets of aluminum shock towers made by 3 different companys panhard mounts both sides
diff lock cables snapped the link mounts
pulled the heads right through the plastic
and then theres bent shock hardware thats just off the top of my head im sure theres more though
compaired to the redcat gen8 first run before they fixed the week points
the knuckle arms broke right away cheap plastic arms like the og scx10 but they beefed those up i broke a axle housing after about 4 years of abuse and flying leaps those were redesined and the v2 is alot stronger and about a year in to it the plastic gears were the pin goes in got sloppy so i upgraded to all metal gears and shimed it so the pin sits in the right spot and ofcourse the first run cvds shafts and upper portal gears werent made right but once i installed the v2 shafts and gears they have been bomb proof
other than that it was just personal preference upgrades like the 2 speed brass weights aluminum parts and metal axles 2.2 wheels and the axe body with a custom metal cage and half cab driven by the man him self #45-47 lol
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cul8tr
Quarry Creeper
Redcat gen8 broken shafts and a lot of plastic parts. The Ascent I haven't broken anything yet.
TRX4 sport only 1 part broken front spool.
Element nothing yet.
Axial axle cases bent n cracked, diff gears, c hubs n str knuckles, shock towers and axle shafts.
Gmade ring gears are trash.
I ran the portal axles this weekend and all went well. The axles do have camber built into them. The truck was super quiet and very stable.
TRX4 sport only 1 part broken front spool.
Element nothing yet.
Axial axle cases bent n cracked, diff gears, c hubs n str knuckles, shock towers and axle shafts.
Gmade ring gears are trash.
I ran the portal axles this weekend and all went well. The axles do have camber built into them. The truck was super quiet and very stable.
The TRX4 is tough AF in my experience. I had a 3100kv Roc412 in one of mine and beat that thing like it owed me money. Jumps, wheelies, bouncing. I broke a motor pinion (split in half) and a steering servo but that was not a traxxas servo.
harly made a video saying how tough the trx4 was and videoed the first run and it broke
people say hay i hand the controler over to kids all the time and it never breakes than a kid comes on here with his brand new trx4 sport and had nothing but trouble with it and we wont even get in to the smoke generators traxxasss puts in these things
people say hay i hand the controler over to kids all the time and it never breakes than a kid comes on here with his brand new trx4 sport and had nothing but trouble with it and we wont even get in to the smoke generators traxxasss puts in these things
j
im running a 1450kv outrunner pretty mild but enuff to snap stock cv shafts with just a blip of the throttle
Can't blame Traxxas for the Chinese aluminum shock towers and other aftermarket parts! But damn, you are hard on equipment! LOL
Well, I like to try any new kit, not biased at all, sometimes I’m not that smart, but I did buy and build a comp fox kit, I also have a vrd, and several other kits. The comp fox doesn’t suck nearly as much as some would like it to, I would put it in basically a tie with my vrd. The instructions sucked, there were missing parts, and I do not understand why they are sticking with this transmission or the goofy rear axle. I did clock the rear portals back and installed the small rear steering lockouts higher than they had in the instructions. I’ve been playing with it and tweaking it all week and am happy with it right now, although the Aztek tires aren’t very good anywhere I’ve driven it, the truck does perform pretty darn good!
G8 or Predator? These seem to be more suited to Predator but my results with them are mixed. They seem to do best for me on smooth rock.
Did you tweak the VRD like you tweaked the Comp Fox to make it a fair comparison?
soze
I wanna be Dave
VRD out of the box is pretty impressive. I have no interest in picking up this Comp Fox, but I did pick up the portal axle kit separately. I know a lot of people hate on their portal axles, and I get it. If I was only going to stick with 2ws then having that additional front axle for the rear is kind of ridiculous the way they did it. The only reason I picked up the portal axle kit was for 4WS. To get a 4WS portal setup for around $140 is actually pretty good for a budget portal 4WS build!
As far as the social media thing... yeah it gets annoying that there is so much tribalism going on. I just stay away from it and enjoy doing what I'm doing.
As far as the social media thing... yeah it gets annoying that there is so much tribalism going on. I just stay away from it and enjoy doing what I'm doing.
Didn’t need to “tweak” on the vrd, I will say at this point- the comp fox chassis is good, the element portal axles are not so good. The ends slip if you take a decent fall, the square edges catch pretty much everything they can.I’m ready to swap the axles out as well as the trans. Will start version 2.0 comp Fox this week.
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