A Traxxas Slash is reborn

[flipwils11]

After 2 years of bashing and hard use, my son's Slash was looking pretty bad. Other than raising the body posts and fixing a broken rear shock tower, I never touched it. The way I realized it was really in need of me devoting some attention to it was at a local outdoor track where my son and I went for an open practice. The original brushed motor was REALLy tired, it was caked in mud and grime, and I noticed the rear shocks shafts were bent and it had maybe 10% of the original rear suspension travel.

So the Tower Hobbies parts order went in for nearly every part RPM makes for the 2WD Slash, and I also ordered some new wheels and tires from amain. I exceeded the original purchase price when new, but I really like RPM stuff and it was kind of fun to bring it back because my son has gotten so much enjoyment out of it. I also installed a Hobbyking 4000kv brushless system and changed the radio over to the 2.4ghz receiver for using the Flysky radio he has.

Here's what I started with.









Here is the RPM parts orgy.





Here is the end result.











Here's a video of a happy 7-year-old doing wheelies with the newly built brushless truck.

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[slotcarrod]

Looks great! I know allot of people hate on Traxxas, but you just can't beat the value of a slash and how durable they are!

At that amount of money, I would have looked at the Proline upgades though!

[flipwils11]

At that amount of money, I would have looked at the Proline upgades though!

Yeah, like that widetrack arm conversion they have? I saw it after I'd ordered if I'm being honest, but I do like the RPM stuff so I'm still happy.

I think the next purchases will be another Slash for my daughter when she turns 4 (and run it at half speed/beginner mode) and maybe a 1/8th scale 4wd for my son next year because he's showing interest.

[slotcarrod]

For a kid what you got is perfect and still racy enough!

[Lonestar]

i HATE the slash vut i love the wheelie vid

[Charlie don't surf]

i HATE the slash vut i love the wheelie vid

I agree, that's a cool vid

[flipwils11]

Thanks, I cut it short a second too soon, but you can hear him at the very end start to yell "Whooooaaaah!!! Did you see that!!??".

[Coelacanth]

Thanks, I cut it short a second too soon, but you can hear him at the very end start to yell "Whooooaaaah!!! Did you see that!!??".

I would've loved to hear that! Nice vid!

[hawgfanman]

Looks good! I'm a fan of the slash. My racer is an Anza Slash. The only Traxxas parts left though are the front bulkhead, idler gear and shocks.

[civilguy]

We have three Slashes. My kids two get passed around at every family gathering and have little-to-no damage over the years. On a decent lipo they run an hour with the stock Titan brushed motor. I raced mine while the 'stock' class at the local track slowly became a cheat-fest. Now they just have 2wd SC open.
The RPM stuff is great and will endure the new brushless power. Imho the Proline conversion would help if he was racing it.
My kids still like the trucks & buggies but they have more interest in flying now. Oh, and their crawlers are still used during camping trips. That video of your son is awesome. Another Slash would be perfect for your daughter.

[THEYTOOKMYTHUMB]

Looks great Adam. I need to do an overhaul on mine. It's been whipped like a pack mule and just begs for more. There's nothing better than seeing your kid grin from ear to ear. Makes all the sacrifices and headaches worth it!

[markbt73]

I like the green RPM parts! I didn't realize they did that color; I've only ever seen black, white, blue, and purple.

[flipwils11]

A few updates, hotter motor from Hobbyking and upgraded steering.

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=28582&p=399589&hilit=Slash#p399589

An action video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJaFgUMm0KY

[DMAT]

I bought 2 of those same servos a few weeks back. wonderful things. I bought from ebay though b/c the seller was including free alloy servo horns and free shipping.

[RC104ever]

Funny I remember when my little guy was bashing around in the gold pan I built for him and it was constantly 'can you make it go faster daddy?'

And until Christmas this past year, he was quite happy doing wheelies in his basher gold pan. Then we got him a 350QX2 Quad copter and now all the RC cars are collecting dust

Great that you could do that for him and getting it running again. I don't really love the Traxxas stuff (AE die hard right here) but you can't ignore the durabilty of those things! Built like tanks.

I still like the fact that my neighbour who has two e-Revos wanted to race me and my son. I had my B44 with a 7700 Castle in it and my son had his gold pan with a 5700 Castle in it. We handily spanked those Revos (even the one with a 3S in it).