Traxxas E-Revo in red

Here’s my next big r/c purchase – a Traxxas E-Revo!

As much as I love my rock crawler, there are times when I’d like to go a little bit faster. The E-Revo should fill that gap nicely. Originally I was looking at the E-Maxx, which looks like it has much more ground clearance, but looking the specs it seems there’s on a small difference between the two, and the E-Revo is apparently a much more robust machine.

So far, though, it’s just in the “I want to buy one” stage – until there is more Traxxas stock in the UK (I’ll be getting it from Modelsport, I’ve used them before), all I can do is look…

I’m also thinking of getting the Spektrum DX3S controller. The E-Revo comes with everything, including radio gear, but it would mean carrying an extra transmitter if I took this and the crawler to the beach at the same time. With the DX3S, though, I could set it up for both cars and just use the one controller, since it comes with two receivers. I already have the DX6i controller for my helicopters, and that works nicely. Which is more than can be said for my flying skills at the moment…! Also, the DX3S can use sensors on the car to send data such as temperature and RPM back to the handset. Ok, that’s not really much use if I’m just pratting about on the beach, but it’s interesting…