8LikesNew truck from Traxxas: "Hoss"
08-10-2020, 01:07 PM
#3
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Just got an email about this. Not sure what it is.
08-10-2020, 01:18 PM
#4
Tech Adept
Body looks cartoonish and front looks like it has a high front bumper, a huge gap and a lower front bumper. Is this updated stampede? Plastic shocks and axles - seems like it should be competing in $299 - 319 range.
Last edited by mosquito; 08-10-2020 at 01:35 PM.
08-10-2020, 01:36 PM
#5
Looks like a slightly improved Stampede 4x4 VXL with some Maxx features. But $480???
08-10-2020, 01:38 PM
#6
Tech Initiate
I like it. I personally like the look. Curious how it'll compete that price range. Looks like a scaled down Maxx... Would have been nice to be sub $400, but I'd put it on a list to give it a closer look.
08-10-2020, 02:56 PM
#7
OK, looking at the chassis and wheelbase, it's a Rustler 4x4 chassis with some MT tires on it. It also looks like slightly raised up front/rear bulkheads, but it's hard to tell for sure. So size-wise it's in-between a Stampede 4x4 and Slash 4x4.
Good to see a new motor and steel spur, I will probably buy one of these!
Good to see a new motor and steel spur, I will probably buy one of these!
08-10-2020, 03:46 PM
#8
Tech Initiate
OK, looking at the chassis and wheelbase, it's a Rustler 4x4 chassis with some MT tires on it. It also looks like slightly raised up front/rear bulkheads, but it's hard to tell for sure. So size-wise it's in-between a Stampede 4x4 and Slash 4x4.
Good to see a new motor and steel spur, I will probably buy one of these!
Good to see a new motor and steel spur, I will probably buy one of these!
08-10-2020, 04:14 PM
#9
part rusty and part pede. so a rusted?
08-10-2020, 05:36 PM
#12
How many monster trucks do we really need? There's a lack of imagination going on.
08-11-2020, 05:47 AM
#13
Comparison
Wheelbase:
Maxx: 12.96"
Hoss: 11.62"
Stampede 4x4: 10.83"
Width:
Maxx: 14.5"
Hoss: 13.1" (gonna be easy to traction-roll...)
Stampede 4x4: 13.4"
Tire Size:
Maxx: 5.51"
Hoss: 5.3"
Stampede 4x4: 4.8"
Power System:
Maxx: 540XL + VXL-3S
Hoss: 540XL + VXL-3S
Stampede 4x4 VXL: Velineon 3500 + VXL-3S
Has the plastic shocks, but no lower guards for them like the Stampede 4x4 has.
They advertise a "torque biasing center drive" but I don't see a center diff, so I don't know what that means. Did they build some slip into the prop shaft?
Looks like a solid drivetrain, but with the same weak shocks, I don't think it's a great idea. It's basically a 1/10 stunt truck.
Wheelbase:
Maxx: 12.96"
Hoss: 11.62"
Stampede 4x4: 10.83"
Width:
Maxx: 14.5"
Hoss: 13.1" (gonna be easy to traction-roll...)
Stampede 4x4: 13.4"
Tire Size:
Maxx: 5.51"
Hoss: 5.3"
Stampede 4x4: 4.8"
Power System:
Maxx: 540XL + VXL-3S
Hoss: 540XL + VXL-3S
Stampede 4x4 VXL: Velineon 3500 + VXL-3S
Has the plastic shocks, but no lower guards for them like the Stampede 4x4 has.
They advertise a "torque biasing center drive" but I don't see a center diff, so I don't know what that means. Did they build some slip into the prop shaft?
Looks like a solid drivetrain, but with the same weak shocks, I don't think it's a great idea. It's basically a 1/10 stunt truck.
08-12-2020, 07:52 PM
#14
Tech Initiate
They advertise a "torque biasing center drive" but I don't see a center diff, so I don't know what that means. Did they build some slip into the prop shaft?
Looks like a solid drivetrain, but with the same weak shocks, I don't think it's a great idea. It's basically a 1/10 stunt truck.
Looks like a solid drivetrain, but with the same weak shocks, I don't think it's a great idea. It's basically a 1/10 stunt truck.
and I agree on the shocks, for 480 they should just throw in the GTR shocks out of the ultimate. By comparison the maxx is a lot more car for the money.
08-12-2020, 08:40 PM
#15
I am also curious about what "torque-biasing center diff" means.
Here's the screenshot from the Traxxas webpage:
Based on the text at the bottom, it just seems like a regular center diff filled with heavy fluid. I think I saw somewhere that the 6780 has 1M weight diff oil, which is very heavy for a truck this size. While I do prefer center diffs myself, I am not sure there is a big performance gain here over a slipper.
Here's the screenshot from the Traxxas webpage:
Based on the text at the bottom, it just seems like a regular center diff filled with heavy fluid. I think I saw somewhere that the 6780 has 1M weight diff oil, which is very heavy for a truck this size. While I do prefer center diffs myself, I am not sure there is a big performance gain here over a slipper.