Just had my 50th and have been given lots of £££££s that my wife says I must spend on me. Have fancied a remote car for a while but looking towards a slower one (Landy Defender) over a Mental quick one so my girls can use it too – any recommendations?

Traxxas are amazing but maybe a bit quick for what you want

I have a Taxxas Revo that I converted from Nitro to brushless as it was just too noisy for the area I want to use it in.

I actually got more fun out of building it than driving as the thing is so ludicrously fast and capable it is just boring to use slow.

Then when it is that fast, it is on the verge of serious damage in a crash and in need of a huge space to play with.

I also had a Axial Wraith rock crawler come fast ish thing. This was much more fun in hindsight but I sold it foolishly.

Depending on how much lots of ££££ is, I’d be temped by something scale moddel ish or a Traxxas Summit and a brushless convertion to give the best of both worlds.

Traxxis Trx4.

Traxxis Defender

[video]https://youtu.be/dj6KBFL2NKs[/video]

Here endeth thread

That Defender is bloody amazing! Remote lockable diffs; that’s more than a lot of full-size 4×4’s have!

That Traxxax Defender is exactly the vehicle I had been looking at (and have just about the £££££ needed) but just wanted to check to see if there was anything else I should be considering.

Its got cruise control?!?

I am just struggling with the concept of spending £500 on a toy (but I have wanted one for ages and I have my wife’s backing)!

That Defender is awesome!!!!

How many ££££s?

[video]https://youtu.be/f7IJWpkMwAE[/video]

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I bought a Tamiya Blackfoot for the reasons you have. I didn’t want to spend much more to be honest as it is just a toy at the end of the day.

You had me at “remote locking diffs”. 😳

Ordered (the Traxxax Defender) – I shall report back once I have it in my hands and operational 🙂

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NICE!!

Oh watching this thread with great envy! 🙂

@johndoh
Are we to expect an unboxing thread, just to make everyone more envious?

Gutted that I can’t use it straight away though – no-one had the battery pack required (it doesn’t come with one) so have to wait for it to come back in stock. I did try to buy the bits separately but I couldn’t find the correctly rated pack with the Traxxax connectors anywhere! I am going to be very frustrated tomorrow when it is sat there looking at me…

I shall post pictures 🙂

Just change the connectors for some more standard one’s. Or does anyone sell a convertor?

THat Landy is chuffing awesome….
WANT!

I’ve a traxxas revo nitro car..super fast, crazy fun, but as pointed out up there… It’s too fast for ‘pootling around the garden’ and when it crashes, it costs…..

I REALLY can’t justify that Landy.
Can i???

DrP

Just change the connectors for some more standard one’s. Or does anyone sell a convertor?

I could, but for the sake of getting it right first time I have just opted to wait it out and get the matched kit from the suppliers of the vehicle 🙂

That’s marvellous and about as close as I’ll get to owning a defender..

Properly tempted!

It has arrived.

Sadly no sign of a battery yet though.

That`s a belter, if only I had some spare coin sat around, enjoy 🙂

Interesting thread.

I’ve been given two 1980s vintage Tamiya models that a mate found in his attic. I’ll post them up at some point this weekend for discussion.

if only I had some spare coin sat around

I never do and I was pleasantly surprised that my wife insisted on me getting a pretty significant amount of ££££s for my birthday (my brother is quite comfortably off and he wanted to treat me the same as he did our other brother on his 50th – despite me saying I would like him to put it into our kids’ Uni savings accounts). So I thought what the hell, you’re only 50 once…

I was 50 three weeks back and got £350 off various family members to treat myself to something like this, put it in a cup on the side and I have dipped into it rather than visit the hole in the wall ,alas there was £25 in it this morning that will be gone tonight after a few pints!! Always happens 🙂

^^^ Which is exactly why I thought ‘stuff this’ and bought it before it disappeared somewhere else.

Yep, going to feel like I`m buying my own present!!

By god that’s a stonking toy johndoh.

I’ve just done a similar thing, put birthday money from the m-i-l towards a secondhand Vaterra Slickrock- my first ever rc car- but that Defender looks absolutely awesome in comparison- I hope you really enjoy it.

It’s great when you have the opportunity to have a totally guilt-free wee splurge on something completely unnecessary but fun- you don’t get too many chances when you’re part of a family.

Batteries

It’s great when you have the opportunity to have a totally guilt-free wee splurge on something completely unnecessary but fun- you don’t get too many chances when you’re part of a family.

Exactly – but I did still choose something my little girls (they are 8) can enjoy with me 🙂

By god that’s a stonking toy johndoh.

Thank you 🙂

Ah wow, blimey so you dont have to make it at all then? Does look very nice!! What controller did you go for?

Nope – it works straight out of the box and comes with a matched controller with buttons and switches for high/low gearing, diff lock (front only or full lock), cruise control etc 🙂

I do like that Landrover, but as an ex RC racer it has two problems for me
1 It comes ready assembled. I like to build my own.
2 Steer wheel controller. I was brought up on twin stick as we’re most British racers and I’d struggle to adapt

I’d still like one though.

couldn’t find the correctly rated pack with the Traxxax connectors anywhere!

Rip em off and solder your own on. 5 minute job.

Battery pack being delivered between 9.36am and 10.35am….

It feels like Christmas.

I took my nitro Revo 3.3 to rag around the beach yesterday afternoon…
My hands are cut up, it lasted about 15 minutes before the gearbox shifter fannied up, and it was noisy…

The noise was fun, but ‘leccy is the way to go…

I REALLY want one of these defenders – the slow speed would be idea for my lad, and we’ve some brilliant rocks nearby we could spend hours driving over…

Hmm…
I’ll wait a few months… £400 will be my ‘buy it now’ price!

DrP

Pete – most (i.e early all) cars nowadays are wheel controller..
It’s actually much more intuative…

I think i’ll havea go at converting my nitro revo to brushless first – I reckon a few £100 would get ol’s smokey joe running on sparks!

DrP

I’ll wait a few months… £400 will be my ‘buy it now’ price!

I have seen it at £470 but they didn’t have it in stock.

the slow speed would be idea for my lad,

Which is another reason I wanted it – my girls will have fun with it too. Last night they got all their RC things out (impatience at not being able to use it) – little ‘copters, a cheapo 4×4, ‘floating’ fairies etc 🙂

That’s wicked!

Didn’t realise I even wanted an RC car till I saw that. The diff locks are very cool.