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ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM


and 9five9 I guess if you rip it apart all the time it gets easier. My experience was ripping down the rear end the 1st time. I've got 20+ RC's, and have replaced parts on all of them, but honestly if a beginner new to the hobby had to swap the rear arms either they would drop out hating the hobby thinking every RC was that hard, or it would end up at the hobby shop(prolly why I see at least 1 every time I go there for repair).

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ORIGINAL: rexbirk

I am older and mostly fly gas aircraft but I have had several Traxxas Nitro Rustlers. I still have the first one I bought 7 or 8 years ago used. I do not race.

Traxxas is not designed or intended for racing, for someone who occasionally takes it out for some bashing it works great. I can still get any part I need for mine after all these years. Traxxas's support is great in that regard. Lots up upgrade items out there also.

For guys like me Traxxas is the way to go.

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ORIGINAL: Ttowntoolman

What could Traxxas do to change there models that would make you more interested in them? Opinions welcome.

I dont own one single model of theirs and it is because of the plastic drive axels and the grey injection molded plastics. That is it in a nutshell for me. They seem to me to be the missing link between toys and hobby grade and it is the perception of poor quality because of the two things I listed.

I do own a VXL brushless system and have beat the living shizz out of it and it works great yet.

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ORIGINAL: BKoz559


There you go; for a casual driver this makes sense. Because the platforms are so old parts are readily available virtually everywhere and they are good vehicles for most situations. It's when we start to get specific about how we use our vehicles is when Traxxas doesn't start to fit in anymore.

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ORIGINAL: phmaximus

outlawbrett

what market do u think traxxas are aiming for?

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ORIGINAL: supertib

the worst RC car I have owned was a Revo..........the second worst was a T-Maxx........ end of story..... these were the most expensive, least reliable, highest maintenance machines I have owned to date bar none..and i have been in the hobby since 1984 ........ And whats even crazier is what I used to do with my revo's and T-Maxxes was gentle compared to what I do to my race machines...........I couldn't even dream of putting a Revo thru what I put my Serpent truggy thru.........And whats even crazier is I almost had as much money into my BB Revo as I do my full race Serpent Truggy....And the quality and capability difference between the two machines is staggering ...In the end I think Traxxas is a good company, good for getting people into the hobby, but their machines are pretty light duty and really not something I would get to hung up on.....Definitely not products geared toward the more advanced hobbyists like me..... not to sound snobby...but after driving the cars I do a Traxass feels like a kiddie toy to me...probably no different then someone with a Revo test driving a Nikko turbo Hopper.........The Nikko is going to feel like a lame kiddie toy next to the traxass, just like the traxass feels like lame kiddie toy next to my Serpents..just a big ol layer cake...To some the Nikko turbo Hopper is an amazingly fun machine and I can respect that totally...just like a I respect anyone with a Traxass...or better to say I don't disrespect anyone because they run a Traxass.... But its all in perspective....for me there is no going back to running RTR grade gear, I am way too hooked on the higher end cars, or actually more accurately I am hooked on the performance capabilities of the higher end cars.....I just would no longer be entertained by the performance capabilities of a Traxass product, even one fully hopped up just doesn't compare......

Anyway.

Happy New Year !!!

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ORIGINAL: phmaximus


lol its very sad, Its like they love to hate traxxas, and love talking about it... its like a strange obession
these stupid topics come up every now and againe. For what. to here stories that so and so's car did this and so did his mates one, I cant tune a nitro motor and fried it, but I will blame traxxas oh and my favourite, since buying brand X I havent had any problems.

Its like they have all these problems with there first car (mainly nitro) then 3 or so years later they dont have any problems with there next car.
it makes me think maby there problems were there learning curve.

Come on guys pull ur heads in, no good will come from this topic

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ORIGINAL: rexbirk


Amen! But it seems that's life in the forums. If you sift thru the crap sometimes you can get useful information. I do hate to see people bash a reputable manufacturer though.

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ORIGINAL: The Mad Modder

There's a simple method of avoiding that; don't click on threads with subjects you don't want to read about.

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ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM

yup

side note I noticed people saying people love to hate traxxas. If anyone looked I'd say 90% of the posts (not counting the ones where traxxas fans came in and said we all hate the company) pretty much were pointing our weaknesses customers would like to see fixed. Lets face it my question is if RPM, and other companies can fix Traxxas's issues with certain parts why can't Traxxas fix the issues and sell a better product?
I sometimes wonder if RC manufacturers don't get kickback from aftermarket companies to not fix glaring issues.

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ORIGINAL: supertib

maybe traxxas owns RPM LOL !

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ORIGINAL: TheKennyKiller

lol So you guys think Traxxas owns RPM and Castle? What about Pro-Line?

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ORIGINAL: TheKennyKiller

What? You guys think RPM is paying Traxxas to not make stronger arms and stuff like that? Sounds a little far fetched to me.

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ORIGINAL: TheKennyKiller

lol So you guys think Traxxas owns RPM and Castle? What about Pro-Line?

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ORIGINAL: TheKennyKiller

I can't say I agree that Traxxas is in bed with any other company, sure they would have some kind of relationship to but I can't see money changing hands, if anyone has an proof I would be glad to hear it.

SyCo, RPM knuckles/axle carriers are known to be worse that the stock ones, I gave up on them because the pillow balls would pop out all the time, the stock ones on the mini are horrible but the RPM carriers are much worse.

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ORIGINAL: TheKennyKiller

I can't say I agree that Traxxas is in bed with any other company, sure they would have some kind of relationship to but I can't see money changing hands, if anyone has an proof I would be glad to hear it.

SyCo, RPM knuckles/axle carriers are known to be worse that the stock ones, I gave up on them because the pillow balls would pop out all the time, the stock ones on the mini are horrible but the RPM carriers are much worse.

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