THIS IS A MUST HAVE RC CAR PRODUCT!

[@jasondemers8522]

I got the wing mount from garage life and it’s amazing so far. I’ve landed straight on the wing numerous times and it hasn’t broke.

[@sturner151]

Huge fan of the Hitec stuff, so solid. I have 2 of their chargers already and plan to put this on my Christmas list

[@OGRCFanatic]

You know, it’s funny. So many traxxas haters out there who always talk about how terrible quality their electronics are, their servos, their batteries. I’ve been buying traxxas products since 1997, along with many other brands such as Losi, Associated, and most recently Arrma. I have honestly never had any problems with any of my traxxas cars or trucks having electronics or batteries or servos fail, ever! Granted I don’t drive crazy like a lot of other people do. But I don’t baby my stuff either. I blast as much as the next guy. And do mild bashing and jumping. And all my cars and trucks from all the manufacturers, Arrma, Losi, Traxxas, etc, still have all the original electronics, and batteries I bought for them. Traxxas batteries and the spektrum batteries may be a little pricier. But I have not had even a minute of problems with any of them. Makes me wonder what people actually do to their RC cars and trucks. 😂 And if your batteries get messed up because you leave them unsupervised while charging and forget, that’s on you. I’ve never charged lipos unattended, ever. There are warnings all over the manuals for every manufacturer strongly advising against it. So if your batteries puff up or start on fire because you left them unattended for a long time while charging, better look in the mirror when dishing out blame. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@cd-pu5uv]

I've had like 25% of my Traxxas servos burn up or break, I don't beat my stuff either. Lol. But no rtr has a good servo.

[@OGRCFanatic]

@ totally agree. Most RTR don’t put junk in the cars, but they’re pretty basic grade stuff. Enough to get the job done, but not really able to take any serious punishment.

[@harlyquin]

The only traxxas RTR thing i own is a Maxx v2 and I'm really happy with it, but i had to replace the really slow servo and the non adjustable esc with a (faster) hobbywing max8 esc, i also swapped out the transmitter and receiver because i dont want to use such a cheep transmitting with such a nice truck, i know its impossible for some reason but it would be nice if traxxas offered a roller version of their models so people like me dont have to pay for quantity over quality

[@OGRCFanatic]

@ totally understand where you’re coming from. For you, you wanted something that performed better than what the truck came with. Guys like me, I’m just out there having fun and don’t mind what’s in there electronics wise. As long as it’s sufficient enough to steer the car and make it go, I’m good. 😂 At the end of the day, as long as it’s right for you, and puts a smile on your face, that’s all that matters. 😎

[@harlyquin]

@@OGRCFanatic yeah like i said if traxxas had a no electronics option it would be the best of both worlds

[@johnwindsor9069]

I have many years experience with lipo batteries. I have mistakenly left a lipo fully charged for a few weeks, and ruined the battery. Smart batteries are well worth the price, IMO. Spektrum, Gens ace, and now Amain have the smart lipos. No need to discharge them at all.

[@OGRCFanatic]

@@johnwindsor9069 totally agree. That’s why I spent the extra money on the traxxas batteries and ID charger, and the spektrum smart batteries and charger system for my Arrma cars. You can storage charge both the traxxas and spektrum batteries yourself. And even if you forget and put a spektrum smart battery away fully charged, after 72 hours of non use the battery will automatically start to discharge itself to storage levels.

[@DadsRCGaragePNW]

Swear you already covered this in a video. Maybe that was a prerelease. So good it makes a return!

[@BetriebAnin]

Mine is coming on Thursday! I hate how you just can’t see your voltages at all with Traxxas chargers, this will hopefully fix it!

[@scarifrougeone7225]

Hi Mark. Great videos by the way. I have the Traxxas Rustler Ultimate and a VXL Stampede. What size Cow RC mat do you recommend? Of any recommendations at all would be helpful. I am getting back into RC after 30 years of being out of it. Thanks in advance and keep on trucking my friend!⭐️🇺🇸😎

[@rc_car_blog]

What is the highest and at the same time most gentle c rate for discharging a Lipo battery?

[@justinfolster2278]

Nice upgrades and cow rc I've been looking into there stuff for cleaning and there pit mats look pretty cool 👍.....

[@polarlicht4758]

I like to "slow" charge my traxxas batterys with the cheapest traxxas charger 2970. I think the lifetime will be higher this way. Have them for some years now and no problems.

[@arthopfer]

Yay new video

[@bengonzalez5673]

By discharging you mean storage charge right? I use a GensAce iMars charger and I use the 'storage' function when I have a fully charged battery I couldn't use. Is that basically the same as discharging?

[@harisjaved1379]

Nope, I have the same charger, those are separate modes. I think the discharge function discharges to a set level and the storage mode charges between a level with balancing, I should check the manual but I noticed that between the two modes the amps and voltages are different.

[@bengonzalez5673]

@@harisjaved1379 oh gotcha. I did use the 'store' function and it brought a 100% full charged battery down to 38% capacity which is consistent with the voltage cutoff on my esc

[@harlyquin]

so with the discharger you dont plug your balance cable in? how dose it balance the cells?, my lipo charger might take longer but all the cells are balanced when its done, i was thinking you were going to show the results after 5 minutes but you didnt for some reason, i dont think ill be spending $150 on somthing my charger can do better all be a bit slower

[@bencathey7217]

Where do you get that soldering block

[@samhoneywell]

I also would like to know

[@RC4us]

I've been saying since they sent me the charger and a servo how much I want one I'm constantly discharging because something comes up

[@JustNothingvxl]

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[@Rc_cars5]

Nothing is safe with me no car no battery any brand with how I drive like really big air and more

[@Rick776]

Traxxas batteries are expensive and bad in quality.

[@monkeyrc7541]

You mean to say Traxxas anything. 😅

[@pooljunki1]

nah ii have something way better