Just got mine pre ordered. Gonna order paint to make it match my actual bronco.
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Unless you like the noise and smell of nitro engines. Which was what I always ran once I got into RC. But these days, electric is just insanely fast and you don't have to tune the engines all of the time.Damn these have come a long way in the last 20Y! I had a mid-price battery powered RC Baja type truck back then and it would suck down the 1.5 Ah battery in about 10 mins. With that kind of range thereās no point in the single cylinder gas powered ones any more.
Traxxas pretty much pioneered the RTR (Read to Run) genre of RC cars back in the day. They made it a lot easier for people to get into the hobby. And their electronics are honestly pretty decent. Because the brand is so popular you can get a lot of custom upgrades for them.Iām not familiar with Traxxas, for the $550 does that include everything you need to run? Or do you need a controller and battery pack also? Looks like a fun hobby to try.
There have been some that have confirmed that the Defender is on the same chassis if yours is the 324mm wheelbase chassis. If so, you would just have to swap the bodies. The wheelbase is supposed to be the same for the Bronco, you may be in luck.Oh hell yeah! The traxxas TRX platform is awesome. Just finished building a defender 110. But I may have to remove the 110 body and go with the bronco. Of course the wheel base probably shorter. I think the trx has two wheelbase options.
its probably already been mentioned but this comes with dual lockers and two speed trans. Most RC crawlers are only fun for crawling, because the diffs are spooled. With this one itās lock on the fly. Canāt wait to get one.
good to know. Mine is the classic kit with an after market defender body on it. But I think it is the longer chassis. Iām pretty sure I extended the wheelbase when I built it. Itās been a year, so donāt remember exactly what I did.There have been some that have confirmed that the Defender is on the same chassis if yours is the 324mm wheelbase chassis. If so, you would just have to swap the bodies. The wheelbase is supposed to be the same for the Bronco, you may be in luck.
Traxxas stuff is real pricey, but good. The Traxxas EZ-Peak charger is good and supports non Traxxas batteries. Look at Zee brand batteries off Amazon. You only need 2s LIPO stuff in an off road crawler.Ordered my Rapid Red this morning with the local hobby shop.
They told me it would ship on 5/27 and typically they receive it in about 5 days.
We'll see...
So what's the best battery and charger to get? I would prefer more runtime if say the cost isn't all that much more? I have a REVO 3.3 from quite a few years ago so this will be my first venture in "Electric". I'm also thinking the advanced LED lighting is a must, lol.
For someone just getting into electric I'd just go with the Traxxas batteries and charger. Then you're not not dealing with adapters, balance leads, or dealing with soldering new plugs onto anything.Ordered my Rapid Red this morning with the local hobby shop.
They told me it would ship on 5/27 and typically they receive it in about 5 days.
We'll see...
So what's the best battery and charger to get? I would prefer more runtime if say the cost isn't all that much more? I have a REVO 3.3 from quite a few years ago so this will be my first venture in "Electric". I'm also thinking the advanced LED lighting is a must, lol.
The body will be available soon. Kinda pricey tho.Hopefully I can find just the body to replace the 79 body on my existing TRX-4 Bronco.
or do like some of us already did and use the $60 one.The body will be available soon. Kinda pricey tho.