Traxxas’ NEW SCALER: Your First Look

Traxxas’ NEW SCALER: Your First Look

As spotted at the WEMU RC ScaleShop site in Switzerland, these pics show the prototype scaler that Traxxas is showing (leaking is more like it) at the Nuremberg show.

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Land Rover Defender D110 body with lots of molded details, including fender liners. Expect Traxxas to officially license the body if they stick with the Defender.

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Ladder chassis with steel rails, centered motor and battery, quick-release strap, nice. Motor is labeled “Titan 21T Reverse Rotation.”

 

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Portal axles! Note how the axles step down to reach the center of the wheels. More ground clearance, and greater gear reduction.

 

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Note three mini-servos on chassis. Two are for locking the front and rear diffs, like Summit. The third is a high-low shifter? Or a center diff? Most likely high-low. XL-5 looks standard, but will probably get different programming–unlikely Traxxas would build a rig this trick and not set up the speed control with a crawler-strength drag brake.

 

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Factory light bar? Optional? We’ll see.

 

31_85000_PICTURE_36 (2)Nice job so far, Traxxas. Looking forward to official pics and details.

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Updated: December 3, 2017 — 1:28 AM
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