stburr91

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I have a brother (that has no RC experience) that was thinking of getting into RC trucks, and the Traxxas Summit was something he was interested in. What do you guys think of them? Is this a decent truck for a person new to this hobby?

How reliable and durable are they?

traxxastar21

they are good for a beginner because they will only do 20ish mph stock they are durable, water proofish, and all around a good truck

scwrod

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I say get a slash or a RTR SC. It is cheap and he can try racing if he wants to. If he gets the summit and wants to race, chances are there will not be a class to run it in. Just my opinion.
If he gets something, anything, he will be hooked.

Driver86

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They're FREAKING AWESOME..... there, that is my opinion.

However, they're also FREAKING EXPENSIVE. Unless you've got $$$ to burn then I suggest something cheaper being your starter vehicle. Like maybe an HPI Wheelie King or a Tamiya Twin-Dagger. (I like 4wd better than 2wd).

Dark Dragon

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My dad just bought a brand new summit today. Got to play with it a bit, it's launches like a mofo and it pretty quick even in low gear. The lockers are pretty neat too. overall I would say it's a good starter truck, not really fast enough to break much unless it's directly ran into a solid object but fast enough to be fun and fairly predictable handling. Battery run time was pretty good too. I am not sure just how well they crawl as we only had a small dirt pile and a stack of old drill pipe to try it on, but I would imagine with a steady finger it would do ok. Bought it at canyon hobbies, two extra sets of batteries and a dual charger for about $800

Sandman77

If your just looking for I truck, I reckon an E Maxx. They're pretty durable, waterproof, cheaper, and a bit faster than a Summit. Probably has better handling as well. I think only get the Summit if he wants to do a little crawling as well.

1717LST

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it's a quality truck.

rc everywhere

summit is an awsome machine
stock they are very durable and now even come with batteries

i ran mine a year stock in the snow, mud and rain, even did under water !

never had real problem till i started to do modifications.

check out my truck
http://www.rctech.net/forum/monster-...75-titans.html

speedracer rc

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Traxxas summits are ok. They dont really do anything they say the do that well. Its like a between class. Its not a great crawler or a truck. I would stick with traxxas off road electric for any beginner. Ex: Slash,Rustler,Stampede.
Those 3 trucks are tougher than rocks,have great upgrades,easy to maintain,and will teach the person how to drive and other things with an rc.

ethernet

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From what I have seen and read I agree with speedracer. Seems to be an all around truck. Bashing, crawling, jumping, everything. I am really looking at getting on. Need to sell my E-Maxx first though!

BOG

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If it were my little bro i would get the 4x4 slash cheaper and tons of fun, and like someone else already said if he wants to race there will be a class for it for many many years!!! IMHO