Originally Posted by
Nautilus
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.