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[@johnjohnfreerunning5012]

these videos got me into RC cars

[@nathanz602]

same

[@mikehunt783]

Yeah I just bought a traxxas rustler 2wd 1\10 scale with charger and 8.4 battery for 200$ becuase this guys vids.

[@Cody-hw3bt]

John John FREERUNNING definitely not this one with the rustler breaking in half

[@thathippyguydownthestreet]

Yhea I got into the hobby from this in fact I got the rustler 4x4 armma notorious and the x maxx because of this and I think that it was a good investment to get the rc cars

[@guy7500]

Same

[@cameron-w]

I just upgraded my Traxxas Slash 2wd to a 3000kv Dynamite Tazer and it goes fast! It's my first brushless vehicle and I run 3s. I've never run 2s.

[@perry1134]

No one can say rustlers aren't tough little trucks. You guys beat the living snot out of it and finished it off with an impact that NO RC car would have survived. What's more, the car can absolutely be fixed. Traxxas made a hell of a good product.

[@johnjohnfreerunning5012]

everytime I watch these videos I want to play on my RC car

[@xKINGRAVEN87]

lmao right? i'm about to go work on my speed run rustler lol

[@xKINGRAVEN87]

@@dominic9279 That's awesome. Love how diverse this hobby is.

[@martinaucott4545]

His vids are the best.

[@vincentordaz9819]

John John FREERUNNING same

[@DENSUTUBE2008]

Kev that Video was worth the wait!! Rustler took a LOT of abuse. Took a suicide hit to break it but good. I don't think ANY RC could take that hit without some serious damage. The New benchmark for durability test :)

[@droth2011]

That poor Rustler 4x4. It was doing pretty darn good until the head on crash at 45 mph. One thing is for sure NO RC is safe around you guys!! 🤪 Good fun, great vid.

[@richduperbash2966]

Ouch😱!!! She took quite a flogging until the box hit 😨. I'm sure that'll buff right out😂. That driveshaft got pretzeled.🍻🤘🤘😎💪👊👊

[@evhexrc1765]

The box didn’t hit the rusty. The rusty hit the box. All too common with every RC basher lol!

[@STEVOD313]

Total DESTRUCTION WTF Kev!?!? What happened?!? That was not good at all, poor poor rusty!

[@nathanz602]

more like: What happened Steven?!?! 🤣😲

[@aaronsrctoday5456]

Hey Kev, I’ve been trying to get my hands on one of these, but I called 6 different hobby shops all around my state. None have it yet, my disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined. Glad to see you’re enjoying yours😂. Oh, and “What happened????”

[@KevinTalbotTV]

hope you get yours soon buddy

[@crazyrc4610]

Hey aaron where are your vids bro? I would like to see them😀

[@danypd]

Today I took to bash my Rustler 4x4 vxl and for sure it needs more stiff shocks. With the stock shocks, it sounds always hitting the floor very hard. And I think the chasis is always hitting rocks running on irregular roads. I love this car and the design, but definitly it needs stiff shocks.

[@nateb9346]

45 weight shock oil, aluminum caps and you’re golden.

[@Steven-hg4cz]

I did not expect that rustler to take that, that was impressive. I also like the sound clips you used, added a lot of value to the video.

[@grantw8140]

Roses are red, kevs car are too, I see an Xmaxx GOING TO THE MOON

[@MrSlanger89]

Because of you, i bought a XMaxx 8s and tune it like yours ❤️ youre the best!!!!

[@masonrussell254]

Been waiting for this for while thanks your the only youtuber that really tests them

[@STEVOD313]

Ya boi got the hustler rustler out! Definitely a fun truck, needs a couple small things to make it bullet proof but it’s an all around good rig IMO

[@STEVOD313]

14 tooth pinion seems to be the sweet spot, I’ve been told the 17 tooth u can backflip no problem but off road with it, it’s gonna over heat, so it’s got 11 tooth in it out the box I say u go with a 14 tooth

[@KevinTalbotTV]

Shafts n shox me thinks

[@stpbasss3773]

@@STEVOD313 14 is it ,I was pulling double backflips off a little jump today, it's a flip machine on a 14 👍👍👍.

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

@@KevinTalbotTV avoid the steel cvd traxxas shafts, I've snapped one at the joint, I'm going for mip ones next.

[@mattster197]

I liked when you use to run them out at that golf course or whatever it was with the really smooth grass and nice little hills. If you made a mistake there it just tumbled in the grass. You didn’t have steel boxes to risk hitting. Kevin you put them through a lot more than any of us would.

[@TimBrennan]

Kevin, please can you do a round up of all your Traxxas cars in one video? Including pros and cons and price and running costs

[@christopherthompson4785]

I rarely use this word- epic. Absolutely epic, well done kev

[@stpbasss3773]

Put a 14 pinion on it, I was pulling double backflips with ease today on the 14 and it won't get too hot like the 17 does. And people saying it's the tires are wrong the tires are fine it's the gearing, I can backflip off a curb on the 14 with stock tires.

[@KineticTaco]

Your vids fuel my addiction as my rustler needs parts 👍

[@yz125ryder]

Actually surprised at how tough the rustler 4x4 is. Good stuff!

[@anthonystapleton2075]

I think you deserve 1mil subs

[@nasa1985]

Anthony Stapleton. If he deserved 1m he’d have 1m.

[@404astronaut]

@@nasa1985 he has 1m

[@tuffy3637]

The fact that Traxxas cars can still self right even after being broken in half

[@someguywithachannel7590]

Kevin is the whistlin diesel of rc cars😂

[@PolarisTurbo]

Man 11:41 made my day haha what a roar!!!!

[@ShenRC]

😀That was a viscous hit! I don't think any RC would have survived that one!

[@STEVOD313]

Shen RC it’s not a BEAUTY anymore lol

[@jimriley2812]

Did the same thing to mine on a concrete curb. Same result. Servo, drive shaft and chassis. Good to go. Gotta give a reason for upgrades!! 😅

[@nikkomartinez8965]

These videos are what got me and my dad into the hobby

[@surgerc4791]

Glad I picked one of these up they are fun as hell

[@stevenleonard3539]

I'd really like to see a test of the Stampede 4x4 VXL

[@Crypto_Brandon]

Do another Rustler video! ULTIMATE!

[@mar01006765]

This thing eats up so much punishment!! I'm here thinking its time to retire my FTX carnage

[@ms.riptoreandvenom3208]

He should have named this video hero to zero 😂🤣🤣

[@ryanharrell9570]

the xmaxx is the best RC I know and kev your videos are the best

[@ralpherizonie1785]

Kev crushes common kids dreams on a daily 🤘🏽

[@edmalhan8322]

We have front flips, back flips, and this (8:18) shall be called the Kev.

[@shiro4076]

What do you prefer? The slash 4x4 or the rustler 4x4

[@alexairconditioning1581]

The Rustler 4x4 was kinda cool but I think that considering it cost as much as the arrma the arrma is soooo much better, but if I had the money I'd still buy one

[@stpbasss3773]

People think that but the extra 100$ goes towards metal diffs the arena has plastic diffs and the TSM is insane I've never had an RC that handles so good in my life.

[@benweinheimer6287]

Arrma chassis can't hold up to the heavy duty bashing, that's all. And I wouldn't consider Traxxas "toy grade" compared to arrma

[@andrashelembai3185]

@@cwatson42785 it was the other way around for me. The arrma models always broke. And the traxxas models never.

[@indybama80]

Thats like comparing ford n chevy lol. I own nuthin but ford. All the chevys ive ever drove have ended up with issues. Yeah arrma has the metal chassis, but after bein bent so many times, theyll break. I like the give of the traxxas chassis, plus it keeps its shape. Unless u do like kev n bash it straight into somethin solid, then it explodes lol

[@euqat]

I usually don't like traxxas but I must admit it seems pretty tuff

[@KevinTalbotTV]

she takes a beating!

[@NoMercyFtw]

man Traxxas takes a beating out of the box

[@roynorthcutt830]

I love doing front flips with my 4x4 rustler vxl. And the back flip to front flip

[@DriftomaniacsRC]

It's not into the 50's (never mind approaching 65!) unless you've at least the 17T on but then be warned that accceleration is going to tail right off compared to this pinion, oh and get very used to that body front popping off, very, very used to it. If the wind changes direction it pops off. You mention the high speed gearing but get ready for a Huge drop in acceleration. Time to get that castle mamba x out....

[@jackgessler1515]

Can't fool us Kev! We see that Arrma Notorious hiding back there with the Vkar body shell near the end of the video :P Great video as always!

[@supersingular]

Great video. Just like when any car breaks a black and white edit appears, you should do an edit for when impossible landings happen. That would be super satisfactory to watch. An opportunity to make your videos even more addicting.

[@RCMANIAC-YT]

That's really weird my rustler 4x4vxl had never had the cover come off

[@philliplyn2692]

Really like this truck can't go wrong with the price and upgraded parts just add powerful batteries with charger it's a win win situation 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💪💪💪

[@philswift316]

Now that's a lot of Damage , flex tape cannot fix that carnage

[@DavidSmith-jc6zc]

If you put the high speed gearing in I will be interested to see if the engine overheats quickly and how the driveshafts hold up. Generally the don’t last long on the “high speed” gearing unless you just do a concrete speed run and shut it down.

[@robbrcnstuff4220]

Cool video, I just put a sidewinder 3s and castle 5700 kv in my rustler and it blew 2 of the tires apart, and I had some slash swamper tires I put on to see what happens and they handle the speed no problem

[@gonzodetroitify]

Bashing the Granny outta the traxxas reve was Dyna💥myte❤️💯🎂🎂💯, you were going on like traxxas dared you to beat it, what a show Kevin & pals, Thanks for that great show

[@evhexrc1765]

Put on some 2.8 tires on it. That’ll up the gearing, stability, self righting capability, overall sexiness, most likely widen the wheelbase, you get the point. Just do it. And maybe don’t hit the throttle into a concrete wall? Hard things that won’t budge and fast moving rc’s don’t mix. My most common hard thing that doesn’t budge that I come very close to hitting all the time with rc’s are mailboxes. When I do hit them, I can promise you a busted a arm, shock rod, shock protector, and other things... like the commonly resulting exclamation “OH F**k!!! S**t! Nooo! Goddamn sunnuvva...”

[@mystiic5025]

Definitely buying one of these! Great vid Kev

[@LeSiZmOr]

Flippin hilariously EPIC Kev!!

[@Valdemar-Perez-III]

God damn how many cars will you be splitting in half? First the rustler 2wd, then the Xmaxx, the slash 4x4 and now the rustler 4x4 lmao 😂😂😂😂 good vid Kev 😂😂😂😉🙄😁👌👋🤙💪

[@Megasty15]

Out of all the plastic cars I've seen broken in half (GD U E-Maxx), I have seen only ONE metal chassis break like that & it literally took a 100ft jump landing on a curb stop. I'll taking bending over breaking any day. It is funny as hell to see them still move after breaking though.

[@Valdemar-Perez-III]

Megasty15 hahaha I’ve crashed my stampede 2wd on 3s straight into a table and my right tire flew off along with the castor block, camberlink and servo saver I should’ve kept running it to be honest 😂😂😂😂

[@Megasty15]

@@Valdemar-Perez-III I was spinning my dearly departed Rustler 2wd on the track when my friend dropped his bloody E-Maxx on it. It took a few jump then flew apart while landing. The front end kept going while the rear end . . . turned into a speed bump for my Rustler. Both cars ended up in 2 parts 😂

[@justinwood61]

That thing took a good beating!!! I’m impressed. Much better then the revo2 and udr.

[@juantabby4787]

Yup had to comment twice. Best basher ever.

[@kevinperry5458]

Wow,,,, driver error,,,not blaming the rustler,,awesome video,,🤘😎 thanks for your time and effort it's much appreciated!!

[@SeleverRyan]

9:38 is what u came for

[@SeleverRyan]

Wow no likes that’s just sad

[@NordicRC]

Loved the montage at the end. Good job editing. Thumbs up.

[@nickteele169]

Destruction such destruction I love it

[@Mark-fy1hf]

Proper bashing as always!

[@sircefiro]

Nice work, that's what I'm talking about, at least it looks like they've sorted the driveshaft issue

[@stevenrees6015]

Best part on any traxxas is the electrical tape.

[@rccle1023]

Hey Kevin! How about putting all aluminum upgrades like A arms and shock towers etc on the Xmaxx or another good basher and showing how well the they take the abuse with all alloy parts compared to plastic stock parts or RPM?? Most people say plastic is the way to go when bashing and I agree but I would like to see how much abuse the xmaxx can take if it had alloy a- arms, shock towers, hub carriers etc...

[@johnabelljr1997]

Kevin, that was Epic! And I like the edited run with music. NICE!

[@abelkatalanc8018]

Same name

[@mr.alpaca1017]

I did the same thing to my truck a few hours ago

[@mr.alpaca1017]

@@jansvasta2146 I know the entire front end got ripped off the only thing holding it together are the shocks

[@speeddrivenrc3477]

FINALLY THANKS KEV !

[@lonnienunes]

Awesome bash beside the crash the life of a basher.

[@thelandrovermaniac5334]

Rc life is awsome I just orderd a all the parts for a ftx outlaw gearbox and iam happy

[@katebiles5103]

When the rustlers chassis snapped and you drove it it sounded like me farting.

[@ChubbyLumpkinz]

Thanks to your videos it has reignited my love of my e revo. Thank you

[@jamesperrine1984]

One of the best bashing videos I've seen yet. That poor rustler though.

[@baryah0217]

You should get an emaxx. Next vehicle on the list for you

[@lukeisbadlol]

lol i reckon kev will prove his driving skills and hit a solid box instead of the ramp

[@Nickwillfixit]

Don't you get fed up with reattaching the body on every other landing or front impact, I did not have to refit the body as much as you do when I ran Savages T-Maxx and E-Maxx's or my HPI Firestorm, although a long while ago they did not come off as often, I always elongated the body post holes front and rear and made up some oval body washers to sit both sides in clear Lexan or polycarbonate. Keep up the bashing always fun to watch.

[@cjnoldner8526]

Just rivet on a piece of aluminum to the front body mount hook to extend it to keep the body from coming off works on the xmaxx to.

[@thomjered]

Put Velcro on the sides of the chassis and body to stop it from falling off

[@ryanharrell9570]

I wish I had playtime like you my dad won't play with me that much because he got work

[@crispinshipp2624]

which do you like more the 4x4 rustler or the E-revo 2.0

[@kaipolidori9979]

X maxx launches Kev: uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oooooooooohhhhhhh

[@chun74bikertrash40]

kudos mate! you guys have alot of fun tearing shit up! are we rubbing off on you?

[@leocampos1238]

I like your blue truck but man it hurts how you you bang her up big fan brother keep doing a good job

[@wereallydontknowwhatweredo5038]

I have to take some Advil arthritis pills now, my joints are achy after watching this!👍

[@germanrcbashing245]

Wow this looks awesome kev 👍👍👍💪🏼

[@extramanx]

Awesome test dude, true honest real world testing.

[@snapkx250ify]

Yes put it away before you break it.

[@johnnymckissick2735]

I cant believe those plastic axles took all that!!!

[@youraveragecoop5633]

Well and truly tested

[@mrmediocre6092]

Kev killed it 🤣

[@xmasterchief1158]

This is probably the most funniest video I seen LoL 😂

[@jonahboyer9114]

Your videos are amazing m8 its good to know that my rustler 4x4 vxl will take some hits before exploding

[@Jacyk]

Rustler 4WD is the Best 👍👌

[@jeanpierrelavalliere3481]

It took alot af abuse before it hit à wall flat out .good job on the vidéos. 👍👍👍

[@samjones3817]

Hello, just wondering what do you do when the size of your axel is too small to fit the wheel?

[@lukeisbadlol]

this still seems like a very durable truck

[@kevinstormcloud]

Well now you got that 2w drive you wanted.

[@dasllamas]

Been waiting for this video sorry about the crash

[@typedrew]

typically you want to aim for the ram, not the blunt object

[@dustincurtis8229]

U have ruined bashing videos for me. Anytime another youtuber says they r gonna bash something I just laugh and go watch 1 of ur videos. Keep it up man. I for 1 appreciate it and enjoy 8s Steve's voice and screw anyone that thinks they have a right to tell him to stop.

[@ryanharrell9570]

that hit was very crazy