THE BEST RC CAR TO TAKE TRAVELING | Traxxas Mini Erevo
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- 0:00 - Intro
1:24 - The reveal
2:00 - The unboxing
3:56 - The upgrades
8:00 - Driving review
12:18 - 3 cell lipo testing
14:30 - Run time test on 2s x 2
17:18 - Final thoughts
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Go ahead and add a second servo, save yourself some time changing them. The original don't hold up very long at all. I put 1/10 scale motor in mine with a max 10 esc. It's nuts lol. Them diffs don't hold long either, even stock.
Speaking about body posts, this car is a perfect candidate for using Velcro to hold the body on, instead of clips. Just place the Velcro between the battery doors and your body, and you're golden.
Exactly how I have it done. Hold is decent.
I never thought that velcro could be strong enough of a hold. If it works then I would prefer the ease of it by long and far over clips etc Great suggestion. ty. o7!
@@dub2536I put 10 pound rated velcro on my yesterday. Body holds on perfectly no matter the amount of roof landings or sliding. It's a no Brainer
Great video! I've been looking for something to take on road trips for my son & I. You have my interest peaked! Thanks bro, keep up the good work!
Driving my 1/10 erevo vxl around recently and shredded the center drive shaft because of rocks. Got it fixed over the weekend and ready to rip again. Love the ERevo's!!!
9:42 that sunset. Some beautiful color in that sky.
🥰🥰
How funny! I just bought the exact same car (purple and all) a little over a week ago with plans to take it on my road-trip coming up. I am glad you have a grip of upgrades already because I wasn't sure what to buy for It first and now I have an idea! Thanks for the awesome content and your vacation spots looks relaxing.
I've got a brushed and brushless mini erevo. Love both of them!
Wow, how timely this video is! I bought my 1/16 Revo a couple months ago. Just returned from a 10 day camping trip a couple days ago. I'd packed the car, radio, batteries, charger, parts and tools all in a single backpack. Went through probably 4 batteries throughout the trip in my downtime.
Found myself doing more crawling maneuvers around the campsite, than fast stuff. Maybe that's a hint I need to invest in a mini crawler as well.
You could probably use some of the 1/16 summit parts to make the Mini Revo have more travel. Then put a crawling motor in it.
Yes E-Revo VXL is amazing. When it came out it changed the entire RTR r/c game.
Awesome video, Mark. One of your best.
Just got a trx4 f150 and love it and I will build another xmaxx but wanted to try something new
I wanted to comment about the cereal but couldnt think of anything punny enough.
Something like- Don’t you eat cereal and run batteries in series? 😂😂
Came here for these comments 😂
These new rc cars are cereal!
(Surreal)
Seriesously guys?..
Sorry if it’s a little late but congratulations on 100,000 subscribers that is truly amazing and most CZcamsrs would never get there. Hope you had a great time in Mexico.
B4 you buy a rally wait till fall they will have a clip-less body mounting system and a new 2S lipo power system...and new new body will be released for the rally also....should be really cool!!!!
Just ordered one! Thanks for this video
Im aboutv to get one. I l ove the thought of a 1;16 scale Traxxas. Nevcer knew of one until today. Cant wait.
You forgot one of the most important upgrades for the MERV though: center diff. It helps lessen the impact on that rear diff, and just generally makes it drive better.
But yes, it is an amazing travel companion that takes no space in the trunk and is insanely fun. I run mine on two 3S 1300 mAh packs in parallel, and the runtime is 40-60 minutes depending on how hard I bash it. Just when running it on 3S (or two NiMHs in series) do install the "speed" pinion. It's actually smaller than the stock (25T vs 29T, iirc), otherwise it'll be overheating badly. I run mine on 25T pinion with 54T spur, and it still overheats if I run it continuously for longer periods.
My wife was looking at the mini slash with the VXL upgrade. We can run parallel 3S without worrying if it catches fire then?
I’ve always been a traxxas guy. But I love, and own a lot of other RC car brands too. Like associated, Losi, etc. This was a great video, Mark. I’ve recently bought the XRT and slash BL 2s and love them both. As I used to be a nitro only guy back in the late 90’s, early 2000’s, when the electrics were nowhere near what they are now. I’ve been on the fence about this mini E revo for a while. But this video convinced me I may just need to get one 😂 Please keep these awesome videos coming!
I agree with some of the comments about adding the center diff. Made me love driving so much more.
And the aluminum pivot caps can work there way out so check on them often.
On 3 s it’s out of control and gonna kill diffs.
Honestly the Rally would have been perfect for that gravel parking lot you were running the MERV in, please do that one next. Its like the only one you havent featured and got into the mods on
I bring the xmaxx on vacation just because when you rip it at the camp site you get a big holy shit from anybody around who sees it 😂😂😂 making kids want to get into the hobby because of how impressive that truck is to see in action
Ohhhhh mannnn. 105k. Congrats.
I just came back from camping with my E- Revo mini just like yours. I added the wheely bar because it NEEDS it. I can say, ounce for ounce, it preforms just as well as its big brother. I also got the lipo( never used the nickle metal one).
What a coincidence! I just picked up the orange and purple one Saturday. Love it!
we have had issues with the rear diff stripping ring and pinion gears, especially if the trigger is pulled while it tumbles end over end.....
Was really considering the mini e-revo as my first RC, but backed out cause of how much more support the slash had. Still a great little RC for the price.
Loving the slo-mo!
Cool location. Kiddo hooked my neck while fishing there years ago. Fun times!
Typically UK comment here but what a lovely picture of you and your family at the end there Mark. Great video!
Excellent choice. 3S is insane fun.
Beautiful scenery there for Shure.👍
I love the Mini E-Revo!! I need to get another one!
9:50 that probably a delay on the trigger pull timing
Amazing review. I am sold on it
Nice choice I have one myself its fast for its size and the 4wd helps alot
Growing up, we use to go snow skiing in that area (red river and angelfire) every spring break. You think it's beautiful now, you should see it when it's all covered in snow!!!
We can't believe we've never heard of this area! We spent spring break last year in Taos and there was a heavy snowstorm. Beautiful!
@SoulciaLight - I'll always remember the first time going up there for SB. We were coming from the east, cresting the mountain @ Eagles Nest. and that lake (Eagles Nest Lake) was completely frozen over. Hundreds of people were walking in the middle of it!! Crazy
I love min! I added RPM Body Skid Rails on top and a center diff, the body still looks brand new and it doesn’t do unwanted wheelies.
Bro, that backdrop. Sick.
I Love my e revo vxl I been jumping a lot recently so I gottta get new diffs😭 it’s my favorite out all my rcs
What I liked most about this video is I'm looking for a car to take camping. The wife said she would clean out a tote for me. So far, I have 2 Losi mini LMTs, and I was looking for something fast. Thank you for the video.
If you want to go even faster the castle sidewinder 3 fits perfectly the esc only hangs off a little bit. I run it on 3s and can't go more than 1/4 throttle before it flips
Nice! I have this exact one! When I first got it I ran 2 of the NiMH batteries that it comes with in serial. Even faster that way! It was too fast, so know I run it with the 2 2cells in parallel.
Really nice car insane set up
Looks like a great location for an RC boat!
You needed to get a boat with that big lake that's behind you
I do recommend the hot rave helix cut diff especially in the rear had to put one in mine due to shredding the ring and pinion gears on even just nimh batteries but i love mine as well
I use a wide bristle paint brush to clean the cars works excellent to dust them of also
That thing is indeed awesome! I have one and it is insane on 3S! Absolutely ridiculous, but so much fun! I personally don't mind breaking stuff from running on 3S. It doesn't happen to often to me and i think it is just awesome fun!
I am taking it with me on vacation aswell. Got some Proline Slingshots for the beach. Should be perfect.
Now I want one..... thanks alot!!
As I remember the mini e revo vxl has a 380 motor where the brushed version has a titan 12t 540. Guys used to get the brushed version just to swap in the velion 3500 from the slash. That thing was crazy. That version may be the one you remember doing standing back flips with.
I took my Bruiser with a lexan Ford body camping for 10 years. Kids had their stampedes. Have all lights on the Bruiser. New vehicle to take is gonna be a Axial Gladiator or a Traxxas Built up TRX4 Sport. Full lights. Kids still have their new stampedes with lights.
The merv was my first RC a little over 10+ years ago. I never ran LIPO on it and it still did wheelies like crazy! the weakest link I had with mine was the chassis itself. The front always snapped off and ended up breaking nearly every time I drove it. I miss that little car but it took me out of the RC world for 10yrs until I was an adult and could actually afford hopups/repairs. Now I mainly run crawlers and am picking up a slash soon to run spec slash races. Maybe one day I'll grab myself another Merv. Or better yet, the full sized Revo will call my name
That place looks like a postcard. Very beautiful.
Honestly 2s in the brushed version is enough for smiles. The new BL-2s combo might be a good option for this model.
I like the upgrade sounds good
Omg that lake , my Hydroplanes would be in heaven sorry off topic but I just got into boats and the hydros ... crazy fun
When i got back into RCs in 2010, i bought this as i had more fun with 1/18th scales in my front yard and dead end street. I run a Mamba 10th scale brishless motor and dual Max Amps lipos. Only thing i dont like is the shock setup and how a little more difficult it is to work on. Its a weird platform but pretty ddurable stock
Out of all my cars and trucks my mini is my favorite to drive. Its a blast and fast AF for a small car. 3s is fun though. I would recommend slipper clutch eliminator though.
Crazy enough but me too !
I love my mini Revo!
It’s such a fun car but I keep breaking the left rear axel right at the tire.
I’m hoping thicker diff fluid is the answer but any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Glad you’re enjoying it. Out of the dozens of cars I’ve had over the years, this was the biggest pain in the a** I’ve ever owned. Diffs stripping like crazy, even when properly shimmed. Wheel driveshafts kept popping out and the thing that was most annoying is you have to basically disassemble the entire car to access the front/rear diffs. Sold mine. Traxxas makes some good rigs, had most over the years but wasn’t a fan of this one.
I haven’t had any diff issues 3s 2 haven’t broken anything except the servo gears I swapped in the metal gears so won’t have to worry about that anymore but sucks you had bad luck
I have 2 Mervs and they are my favorite trucks! Replace the center locker with a differential,nd that will control the wheelies. Always run mine on 3s, and beat the crap out of 'em!
You gotta get some prolines and Velcro for the body
It will backflip on 2s with prolines
I luv the mini e rev.. 😮,, really fast with just a gear and sidewinder 4,, 😊,, all luv, from TDee hobbies RC lifestyle,,
Hey Mark, my 1/16th E-Revo (MERv) arrives today. I ordered the parts in this video plus the center diff, heat sink (live in hot NV), wheelie bar and a clear body.
Last week I was at my local hobby store (LHS) looking for both E-Revo sizes. My LHS was out of stock for both sizes. The manager looked at me and said, "Great cars! Traxxas is out of stock on the 1/10th scale. Wherever you can find them, if you really want them I would advise you to get one now." I asked if he thought they were going to stop making them, especially the 1/10th since the Sledge is now out. He winked his eye at me and smiled. I am going to take that as a yes since he has never suggested not waiting on him to get stock before. After going through many online retailers they either had one left, only had the brushed version for $199.99, out of stock or store pickup only. I bought both from another retailer that day. Even if he is wrong, I have what I wanted.
Cool car! I just got that one
Headed out of town tonight for work. Full on motocross track by my hotel, so definitely packing the X Maxx😊
It needs stiffer shock oil (60wt+) and stiffer rear springs. Also it overheats so not a good idea to run 2S in parallel. I need a 2S; probably gonna get a Gens Ace 2200mah 60C 2S once they’re back in stock.
I have the mini summit which is the same drive line , The rear diff goes out a lot
I was kind of fighting myself and just said screw it and ordered the brushed version from Traxxas themselves. Super glad I did. Plenty fast for the size and they are all out of stock.
Wish they sold them more in Aussie I wanted 1 before I got my rustler 4x4 vxl but they are so hard to get here and parts are too 😢. They are so light and nimble would be awesome for the kids.
I'm telling you bro the mini summit is awesome too. Especially after some mods. You can crawl and bash
I'm looking at both sizes in the summit right now! 😆
The bug was admiring the rc there, lol😂 2:47
I travel for work because I work in the carnival and festival business as a food vendor and I bring most of my rc’s with me.. and the brushless merv is one of my favorite cars too bring with me 😊
I have my slash on 3s and its fun if controlled right almost at 4mph
i have the 1/8 e revo and its awsome my dad had the 1/16 e revo and he likes it to
A friend of mine put the 10th scale Vxl in the mini it hauls ass but you will break everything if your not careful
Please do another vid on the 1/16th erevo vxl
I'm going to have to stick to the mjx hypergo but that's definitely a cool little rc car.
Gonna do the metal center driveshafts too while you're at it? Oh you need the led bumpers too
Great video @MarkSantaMaria ! Question : Traxxas' site say the wire harness part# mentioned in the video is for NIMH only. Is it ok to run two 2S LIPO's in parallel with this harness without any repercussions?
You can't connect the lipos with the last // cable. With the old // cable, yes. I thinks it's more safe for low voltage detection (for not overdischarge lipo) not to use // cable.
But i use this cable like 10 year ago. And not problem.
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You are bold for wrenching on that 🧀 cheese grater of a table! Only downside to the MERV is the shock oil drains out faster than water.
Put Velcro on either side of the body and wave goodbye to body clips forever!
Have you ever broke a chassis on the mini revo I've broke 2 and wow what a job to change them
Get the pro line trencher for the MERV and the center diff it’s a hole new monster! Oh and yes Velcro the body!!!!
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How do you run batteries in cereal? Wouldn't that be a waste of food? Also, get the open center diff, it keep the trucks power on the road, won't wheelie ad much?
I love the E revo! It's a speed demon out the box! The big one is out of stock, but I've seen it at other retailers. I take it with me when I travel too! Might be time for a crawler, though. 🤔
Hi there, last week I was at my local hobby store (LHS) looking for both E-Revo sizes. My LHS was out of stock for both sizes. The manager looked at me and said, "Great cars! Traxxas is out of stock on the 1/10th scale. Wherever you can find them, if you really want them I would advise you to get one now." I asked if he thought they were going to stop making them, especially the 1/10th since the Sledge is now out. He winked his eye at me and smiled. I am going to take that as a yes since he has never suggested not waiting on him to get stock before. After going through many online retailers they either had one left, only had the brushed version for $199.99, out of stock or store pickup only. I bought both from another retailer that day. Even if he is wrong, I have what I wanted.
Is that a metric hex bit attached to the Dewalt impact gun? If so, can you please provide links for the metric hex bit and the adapter for it?
Thanks.
Want to hop-up my welllll-used Merv. Do the pivot ball caps screw in to the standard hub carrier or do I need upgraded carriers to use those caps?
Cool video
Still have mine since 2012, only broke 2 front A-arms so far, got it replaced with rpm front A arms last year and never had a problem again although I would highly recommend you putting a metal-geared servo, the stock servo will either break it's gears or burn one of the capacitors on the pcb causing it to stop working. Either way, solid fun rc car
Edit: put thicker shocks fluid.
did you run it on 3s?
@@OfficiallyStrikerXEditz Worse bro. 4s with the series connector. Little thing takes a beating
@@pantinhas7930 4s with the stock esc?!!
Whats funny is the smaller pinion is your 3s pinion and the large one is for the 2s but honestly i ran the big pinion on 3s just fine onroad only
Does it work better with Captain Crunch, or Fruity Pebbles?
I can get mine to do standing backflips on a nimh battery
I thought the parallel harness was only for nimh batteries. Does it work on lipo too? The packaging says otherwise.
Run it in "cereal" huh? Series my guy. 😂🤙
What about 3S with speed pinion?
Did you ever fit the hop ups?
Gotta watch this
Will LVC kick in while using the parallel connector and two, 2 or 3 cell lipo? I called Traxxas and they only recommend using a parallel or series with Nimh batteries.
I was pretty sure that parallel adaptor says for nimh only😅
Just bought a machete 4s as a travel basher. Don't knock it until you try it. Not a bad package for $400