Hey Kev, used to be all traxxas here but bc of you I've been buying a bunch of arrmas now too. I just bought a kraton 8s and wondering what you reccomend to help tighten up the center diff a bit? My front tires really balloon on acceleration. Any recommendations?
When I build cars or motorcycles I have to make them suitable for there use. No point building a rally car for a customer if it breaks... I'd like the same for an rc car as you say my friend. I dont think it was treated overly hard or rough.
@@hashimrahman51 you sound like you have some sort of detailed understanding of engineering in applying its very simple, how do these very simple items as you state keep breaking ?? They have a flaw in such a simple design would you not say, while its simple as you say to make the plate, please detail how you personally would or could make the plate stronger to take more abuse ? How would you start by fixing this simple problem ??
Is carbon fibre any good for chassis ? If I made a chassis I'd build it with carbon fibre and T shaped aluminium or titanium down length of chassis for strength. I am new to rc, my background is building cars and motorcycles 👍
@@reubenhemmerdinger8227 in my experience with the materials I believe I could make it for between £140 to £220. Ive no idea in the rc world if that's good or bad, but thanks very much for your input friend 👍👍
The EXB handling is killer, wow, it was eating the BMX track like nothing 😳 Very impressive. May be lower KV helps to keep temps down. RPM arms sounds good as long as the shock shafts can take the flex. Can't wait to see more of it! 😘😘
Guys, why are you all so shocked that it bent? It's of no real surprise that it might need an additional bash bar if you really want to launch it like Kev did. This thing weighs around 15kg fully built, think about that! These are not little 1/10 lightweight plastic bashers, you HAVE to be realistic, if you launched a real car that high, it would bend in half, real monster trucks break, the heavier something is, the more likely it is that it will bend. This thing IS an absolute beast, look at the way he was ragging it around that track, THAT's what this is good at, NOTHING else you can buy at any price will handle terrain like this can. Stop comparing this to an Xmaxx, yes the Xmaxx is a tank, but it also handles like a tank, launching things 40ft in the air is not all RC driving, this thing runs rings round an Xmaxx in every single way except the extremes of durability, but you don't buy a Lambo for durability do you? Handling!!! I would say the arms are disappointing, but that's a £40 upgrade, you all need to get real...
we are shocked because its marketed as extreme bash! and seeing as all landings were not bad i expected better and its not our fault that its heavy, thats just making excuses. I agree it is a beast and it went round that track like a boss, they just should not have called it a exb
@@KevinTalbotTV I've just ordered a Radical bash bar, that'll sort it.. :) I understand that labeling it EXB can be seen as slightly misleading, but everything has it's limits, calling it extreme bash doesn't automatically qualify it for 40ft drops, i'd consider what you were doing on the BMX track extreme bashing, and it would take that all day long. The trouble is that people like you Kev have literally redefined what extreme bashing actually is, doesn't mean these things will ever take that sort of abuse, and it is abuse! :) Truth is, ONLY an Xmaxx can take that kind of a beating, but it handles like a dump truck compared to this, so like you said, they are two different beasts and shouldn't really be compared at all.
Love your videos. I think you have got me interested.. I have some fully decked out nitro savages from years ago but never got into the new brushless scene. this 1/5 scale looks insane. Couple questions though.. in regards to the motor.. Flattened or round front shaft? and sealed or open housing? I'm assuming flattened so you can tighten down a gear on the flat.. and sealed.. but i could be wrong..
I always wonder why they don't add a stiffening bar or some semi-circle tube bracing from the factory, When you're spending several hundred bucks, I don't think another ~50 makes that much of a difference.
It looks like a stock K8S makes more sense with upgrades and M2C chassis. You didn't do too many crazy things and landings were spot on. So yeah. The M2C aluminum is way better. Thanks for the video!
I bent my upper front chassis brace like a banana after some big jumps. 20ft plus. Chassis still looks straight, shock shafts and shock rod ends are looking good. I did damage the lower shock cartridge on the right rear shock because I landed on two wheels only (right front and right rear wheels). The links are looking good too, so there are some improvements. Yeah the chassis is slightly better than stock, but yeah M2C is better.
I was into RC cars for a little bit but for a while after I wasn't, and when I found your channel you got me back in to RC cars and now I am saving up for a Traxxas Ford GT. Thank you for getting me back into RC cars. Also I don't know why you have haters, your videos are %110 awesome.
@@hashimrahman51 All RCs break and even with less abuse than Kevin gives them. The initial investment to get into the hobby really isn't huge if you start small. It's the RC car acquisition syndrome that kills the bank account.
I got into the Hobby only 3 months ago and I already have 7 cars and I'm waiting on my Wltoys 12018 to arrive. I have RCAS bad 👍 (RCAS = Radio Controlled Acquisition Syndrome)
I feel like once the scale gets to a certain size, that it doesn't matter how strong they make it, you'll still break it. It's got too much inertia on it's own parts to not break stuff now.
Arrma fan boy says: wrong electronics, wrong servo, wrong esc, you landed it wrong, jumped it wrong, ran over a stick wrong, ran over a rock wrong, hit that blade of grass wrong, ran it in the wrong season, ran it on the wrong surface, ran it period. Kev you gotta just shelf queen them man you know that's the only way an arrma survives.
Arrmas aren't durable? I'm genuinely curious as I'll probably be buying an RC car soon and don't have a lot of experience with the various brands. My current car is a Nanda BD8 1/8 Nitro buggy and I wanna get an electro monster or stadium truck in 1/10 scale or possibly a tad smaller. Is HPI still a viable choice? Had an HPI MT2 stadium truck many years ago, but got rid of it since I had nobody to drive with back then so I got bored with RC. I've gotten the impression that Traxxas has a kinda questionable reputation? What about RedCat?
@@hakont.4960 redcat has definitely gotten better and traxxas I believe has the greatest customer service without a doubt. My xmaxx has taken one hell of a beating and keeps taking it no problem. And my fiance's maxx is holding up just as well.
Please Arrma give the chassis some serious profile to prevent it from bending. Of course something else will break then but when it’s less painful to replace, I‘m fine with it.
Awesome vid mate - I'm so excited to get my hands on my EXB (whenever Make it Build it actually deliver it). The 7075 chassis: 7075 is the grade of aluminium. If it has a 'T' number after it (for example 7075 T6), the 'T' is referring to the Tempering (or the degree of hardness). 7075 is heat treatable and a T6 temper tends to be the most common.
Kevin excellent video. I have this truck but she is Stockstill. I wanted to get the EXP chassis when I seen on your video now I’m hesitating. Here hopefully they will straighten out this issue. It is a lot heavier truck this is the problem with it I like the Cracken a lot better because I cannot keep the X max upright at all. Yeah I’m not worried arrma will get this right eventually. Excellent video me and my kids always watch them.
I’ve never understood why they don’t put structure folds into the chassis or just build it with overkill in mind. When you build a bike for a 200LB man, you have to take conservation of momentum into consideration. A 200LB man can weigh in at close to 2000LB when landing a jump. These chassis’s are under designed by orders of magnitude.
m2c is also 7075 t6 the bracing makes a lot of the difference perhaps try drilling the chassis where the m2c bracing would fit and just install the m2c bracing. Although 7075 is aircraft grade aluminium so shouldn't bend easily it could be case of the weight of the beast so bracing as mentioned or it's not been heat treated or anodized properly rushing the process or it just didn't take as well on that chassis will be interesting to see if others have the same problem.
Kev, you are too much. Your enthusiasm shines thru, and I love that your passion is rc. I didn't get my own first until my forties, and quickly collected ten. Sold and donated a few, and got a few more. Thanks brother, you're a gem.
Great vid Kev, I was hoping you'd get one of these and review it for us. I reckon the proportionately longer arms on the Kratons is their strength and weakness, give better stability and handling, are weaker in hard landings. I'd still have one in a flash, possibly the 6s version though.
I think Arrma should pay you to bash their new model proto types before they commit to a production run. 👍 Oh well, helps the aftermarket folks put food on their tables. 😊
7075 Al is aircraft structural grade aluminum. It’s a lot the strongest (40ksi yield of 6061 and 70ski yield for 7075), but it’s really brittle (compared to 6061 anyways) due to the chemical composition and the amount of cold work. The “T6” bit refers to the annealing and the “6511” bit refers to the cold working the material undergoes. The “11” means it was stretched 11%. I believe that’s right but my engineering is a bit rusty.
Definitely not going to say I didn’t kind of expect that from the “Extreme Bash” Kraton 8s, but I certainly didn’t expect it to happen on it’s first outing!
@@Mostima115 they are very different. I just want his opinion on the team corally's. Maybe he doesnt get them because the parts arent available in the uk. I like the arrma kratons but the team corally's have such great character! If he doesnt want them it is his choice. I would like to see him buy/test one. They are fast, durable AND the chassis doesnt bent on the first jump :/
@@Mostima115 and yes, i would buy another 1/8 truck. He just bought ANOTHER 1/5 scale so a 1/8 doesnt take up much space. And he wants a bigger shop so maybe if he gets one, he gets a corally (i certainly hope so :D)
Kev says buy both, look in my bank app and sob quietly in the corner to myself. ESA+PIP will never cover buying one of them 😒 bloody brain 🧠 tumour grrrrrrrr.
Hello Kevin, greetings from Venezuela, I congratulate you for your excellent videos about RCs, here in Venezuela those imported RCs used to arrive and now they no longer arrive in my country and they are very expensive to buy them in the USA or Europe and then bring them. I did not know that ARRMA EXB brand, I only knew TRAXXAS, here where I live I have a lot of land to run cars and 4x4 RC greetings and take good care of yourself, greetings from Punto Fijo Venezuela.
Great vid kev, I’d say the car held up pretty good, considering your jumping and landing on solid concrete, something the company probably never intended on happening. Appreciate the abuse you put your cars through.
My GOD that thing is enormous! Imagine trying to find a track to race that scale on... yah that chassis is probably quite a strong aluminum, but its so heavy and falling so far that there's only so much aluminum can do. At that scale I'd almost say titanium or steel parts are necessary. I wonder if thered be a market for steel basher components for big RC cars. My cnc could probably do steel, haven't tried yet.
No it's not acceptable from arrma, the price of the exb models that claim to be upgraded!!! U didnt do any bad landings either 😤 arrma sort your sh*t out
None of their EXBs are better than aftermarket upgrades, just a waste of money for a car that after you have to upgrade it, it's the same as the regular version.
For over £700 that’s a pile of crap. No where near “extreme bash” or “xmaxx killer” lol 🤣🤣 Edit: look at the replies. Looks like we found an arrma fanboy kev!
Kevin you are the one that got me into this hobby. Started off with a rustler 2wd. Just bought my first Kraton today for my street bashing! Xmaxx is the next lol thank you so much for these videos you had me hooked before I even bought my first one!!!
I really enjoy your honesty and the fun you have trying out new products! I’ll be honest and say a stumbled upon you guys a year or two ago and the information you provided your viewers is the main reason I decided to get into RC’s! So thanks and I continue to enjoy your videos!!!
