Has nothing to do with it being Nitro, I have wayyyyy to much money into my Savage to the point of it's basically unupgradeable anymore lol, at least anything basic.

I hated the layout, the shock setup is gimmicky at best, if it were so good it would have been used already or now by others. It's extremely difficult to work on compared to ANYTHING else out there. It is god awful ugly. The layout is not clean and jumbled. It isn't as durable as some ppl try to claim, I really wonder what some call 'bashing'. Stock it is underpowered for anything but racing (the nitro). The body is disgusting on both versions.

Part of it is fabrication cost and R&D for a chassis that can be set up for on-board shocks capable of that amount of articulation. IMO, the Revo is just a well-engineered piece of machinery and not a lot of companies can support the start up cost for a design like that that actually functions well, IMO.

Don't get me wrong, it is not perfect, but in terms of all around ability for a MT, I think it's the best MT out today, at least by a hair.

I'm about to pick up a Savage Flux myself. I don't think the 3905 is in the same league as the Savage or the Revo though, and that is ultimately the answer to his question.

Not that we have any numbers, but I highly doubt Traxxas is the 'highest' gross income company of all of them. They don't have their foot in near as many markets as say Losi, AE, OFNA, Thunder Tiger, Kyosho, HPI, etc. Traxxas specializes in just one thing, ENTRY LEVEL R/C vehicles. Now somebody is going to say, "harhar, the Revo is the bestest MT racerr their is!" which is HIGHLY debate-able.

So just saying it's R&D costs is a bit ridiculous. Doing something different doesn't make it better.

the slash has conventional shock set up and only 2 wheel drive.
slayer has revo style. your post makes no sence.

mini-slash does, my bad for not specifying, also it's way to early.

ok so if you were talking bout the mini i still dont see what your getting at. your comparing a 1/16 truck to a 1/10 truck right sc10. yea they need their own class. im not trying to bust your ball but understand

Casey, you really think Traxxas isn't the highest grossing company? They are for the exact reason you said, they market entry level hobbyists. There is no hobby shop that doesn't carry their parts, and they sell!

I do see where you're coming from though. But for what the revo is, it is simply the best in that category. I don't know anything about electric, so I'm not going to pretend I do, but I know plenty about nitro. I agree on most of your parts about the revo that are weak.

The first thing to do when buying a nitro revo is get rid of the 3.3 and that stupid ez start.

I don't understand why so many people hate on traxxas, but I'm starting to believe it is because traxxas is the "walmart" of RC. They offer RTR Trucks that are pretty good quality for less.

I also believe that if traxxas wanted to, they could develop a 8th scale buggy/truggy that would compete with any other company out there, they just choose not to. And why would they? They pretty much have a monopoly on the MT class, 7 out of 10 MT sold are traxxas.

I think working on the Revo is a breeze, it's pretty simple. Again I agree on some parts are cheap, and break, but is there a RTR MT that is perfect? All of them have flaws.

You can go from a very good race MT, to damn near a crawler. And aside from shock oils you get everything needed to do that when you buy the truck. All that needs done is a swap of the rockers and springs and some adjustments.

Some people just want to buy a truck and have fun, without spending the $500 extra to make a savage race ready. With all that being said here is what I say

If you are racing, hands down the revo.
If you are bashing only - Savage or Revo. I believe the savage is more durable when bashing, although the revo is fine, Savage gets my vote there
If you are wanting to build a shelf queen, get a Maxx. The aftermarket is unbelievable for the maxx trucks

really u should go with the savage flux but out of thoose two the e revo because its brushless

i would NEVER go with a savage they are just too akward, heavy, big, and tippy they stand not a chance on a track against a revo or erevo. The only reason i would suggest maybe gettting a savage is because they are as tough as nails but thats about it... Now out of a e-maxx or an erevo go with the erevo dude you wont be disapointed.

just tossing this won e out i have a e revo for sale or trade

YA WOW!!! LOL

Haha jepp I think so to. But still:

I would go with the revo since it has lover center of gravity = less roll overs.

they are both great trucks the e revo is more geared for racing and the emaxx is more for bashing but the e revo is a good basher

So for a brushless e-revo you are going to spend about $650 right? Then need to buy batteries and a charger. LEts say you get those for $150 (a little low probably). You are into that revo with no extras or spares for about $800.

I just bought an e-maxx with aluminum skids, RPM arms, BB shocks, extra tires, bag, batteries, and lots of spares for $350 shipped. I got a Superbrain 977 on e-bay for $65 shipped. So I am into this maxx for $415 and can upgrade motors and radio for about $250 on the low end. If I upgraded I would be into this truck for less than $700 and have a bunch of spares and nice aftermarket parts making it faster and more durable.

All of the posts on this page are personal opinion for the most part, but mine is facts. Can I beat a stock e-revo in a race, i don't know and won't find out because I just bash.