Traxxas Slash fun times.

"feather-throttle-not-hair" (feather-throttle-not-hair) 02/25/2015 at 12:10 • Filed to: None

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Hey guys, a few weeks ago I bought a new RC car, a Traxxas Slash. It's my first trophy truck style RC (I also own a rock crawler and a drifter.)

First impressions are that it's friggin fast. Like twice the speed of my drift car. It can also handle a beating. I've already crashed it a ton of times and driven it through numerous puddles.

This video is mostly my friend driving on our first couple of trips to the track. We're just messing around, but honestly, neither of us are very good as you'll see from the video. Anyway, hope you enjoy it.

TheHondaBro > feather-throttle-not-hair 02/25/2015 at 12:13

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2WD or 4x4?

feather-throttle-not-hair > TheHondaBro 02/25/2015 at 12:13

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It's the 4x4 Platinum Edition.

Fookin' Prawns > feather-throttle-not-hair 02/25/2015 at 12:38

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Those are so friggin' cool. My roommate has an OG T-Maxx and it can do 60 in a straight line. So much fun to mess around with it.

E92M3 > feather-throttle-not-hair 02/25/2015 at 12:39

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That looks fun! Can you mount a go pro on the truck? That would be cool to see.

BeMark > feather-throttle-not-hair 02/25/2015 at 13:18

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I've got the same 4x4 PE and it is fast and with a good sized lipo you can get a 20 min run out of the thing. I can attest that they are very tough and will take a beating. Only suggestion is to upgrade the A arms to a stronger plastic. It's the only part I've managed to break. I think I went with RPM A arms. Enjoy!

03mach1 - Now has a Fiesta ST > feather-throttle-not-hair 02/25/2015 at 13:43

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I love the Slasher! My dad and I have a Nitro Rustler and it's so much fun.

The Slasher is the one we're looking at next, but at the same time we keep throwing around an engine swap in ours.

And no matter how much more wasteful and expensive it is, I will always prefer the gas models. There's just something about them.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Fookin' Prawns 02/25/2015 at 21:13

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Badass. Yeah, i think the non-scale looking trucks like the T-Maxx just work a little bit better and are a little faster, but I like the scale(ish) looks of the Slash.

And of course it's been stupid fun so far.

feather-throttle-not-hair > E92M3 02/25/2015 at 21:14

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I need a GoPro first! Honestly though i'd want to work out something to keep the vibrations from getting to the camera, i bet if you just strapped a gopro on there it'd be kind of blurry without taking care of that first.

feather-throttle-not-hair > BeMark 02/25/2015 at 21:16

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Thanks! Good to hear about the durability. I've heard that the A-arms break, maybe i'll order a nice set just to have around when they eventually go.

More fun that it really should be......hahah!

BeMark > feather-throttle-not-hair 02/26/2015 at 07:03

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No problem! The other thing I've heard is to really keep on-top of the ball bearings. I have not had this issue but apparently some people have rust issues after running in water. Just something to look out for. Mine is two years old and still running strong.