hey what's going on rc drivers i'm greg welcome back to the channel you know over the past few years i've had a number of requests for a traxxas xmax review or unboxing video here on the channel and we did a project on one i gave it away and i've actually had a 6s version that i've been thinking about doing a project with but i just got in a new solar flare version of the x-maxx and i figured you know what why don't i go and do kind of an overview of it since it's been out
for such a long time just to help those out that that are looking for an xmax review here on the channel or some information so let's head over to the workbench and take a closer look at this truck so here it is a brand new fresh out of the box x-maxx and this thing is massive i love the look of this truck they actually have i believe five different versions for the paint scheme on this and they also swap out the anodizing colors on the different variations but we have the solar flare edition and i
really like this one it kind of reminds me of the the background opening scene of some of the marvel movies just the kind of the action going on within you know the images itself these graphics are just really cool really vibrant love the look of this truck look at the big tires on this thing these are really cool as well love the lugs on them the black spoke wheels 17 millimeter hex just a great looking truck i mean that just demands attention sitting still and again i think i really need a bigger workbench in this
shop i don't know if that one's going to be any bigger when i'm going to work on this thing the reason why i actually got this in is we're going to do a wide max project on it you've probably seen that they have the kit already and that's going to go on this truck but i i want to get a good feel for the truck first we're gonna go drive it in a little bit uh but let's check out what's under the hood to take the body off we just got this simple clip in the
back you pull it up and the body slides right out love the inner skeleton on these x-maxes really helps out when you land on the roof because you're gonna do some tricks with this thing all right check out this beast now it is all composite plastics throughout here we got this really well designed and engineered chassis setup plenty of room for the 6700 milliamp packs from traxxas look at the shock towers integrated into the chassis so it's all one solid unit here that's how you build strength you know the less parts you have separate parts
bolted in the better so you know we're looking at some strength here and then you know we've got massive shocks damp the suspension check them out aluminum bodies on here composite caps and composite perches and stuff but they do have a lot of aftermarket option parts for this if you're really going to go and stress this thing out you might want to look into those here are the stock suspension arms right now we're going to change those out but uh right out of the box i mean this thing handles great i've driven a few before
i've driven the 6s version it's a little bit slower but they do handle well and i'm really excited to try that that kit out from what i've seen people like the way the x-max handles so don't feel that you need the wide max version of it you know we're going to to check it out that might just be for people that are going really well with it but as is this suspension does work well look at the travel on this thing lots of packing here so when you come off the jumps it soaks up those
impacts now let's get down to the drive train on here a lot of metal parts into the drivetrain you know steel axles steel out drives all metal differential uh oil filled huge ball bearings throughout that cush drive in the center a steel spur gear lots of metal parts throughout this this drivetrain was built you know to handle the power system that is in here and you know hold up just be really durable right out of the box now let's move on to the electronics in here so this uh could handle 8s it's got the vxl8sp
controller look at the size of that thing two id connectors coming off of it so you can plug your traxxas batteries right in i'm definitely gonna go with the traxxas power cells to power this makes life a whole lot easier check out the size of the motor dual cooling fan on top of it large scale servo up front for the steering and it's just a really cool looking truck the way they engineered this thing i mean it just looks like a brute monster look at the bumpers on here front and rear check out this ground
clearance plenty of ground clearance you know to go through rough terrain and stuff lots of fun all right let me show you what else comes in the box so here we've got the tqi transmitter what's really cool about this is you can go and upgrade it later with one of their link modules uh we've got your usual paperwork does come with a steel high speed spur gear excuse me spur gear so you go uh do some speed runs with it i don't know i'm just gonna go and uh jump this thing so i i don't
think i'm gonna use that gear they give you some battery foam spacers some tools these are some more battery spacers as well and then this rubber block i haven't figured out what that's for yet let me know in the comment section below there is the massive box that comes in it actually comes with the suspension zip tied down you got to cut the zip tie off before you use this thing but i am going to go charge up some batteries right now i've got their live charger to charge it up with and uh we're just
gonna go have a quick run with it because i i gotta get that wide max kit on there as well i i gotta try that out let you guys know about it all right let's head outside all right drivers so i'm at the bmx track and it's a beautiful 28 degrees out and i'm just going to take the x-maxx out for a light run throw the camera on my head and show you how much fun this truck is all right gotta get a quick feel for it right out here in the parking lot man i
forgot how big this thing is no problem seeing this thing driving around yeah there we go nice got my 6 700 million packs in here man i guess i really have been missing out not having this on the channel look at that thing yeah awesome control on this truck a little whining from the gears though this is right out of the box i haven't touched it yeah see we wheelie off this thing yeah nice all right time to get a few jumps in all right my favorite jumps the starting hill is awesome here we're just
gonna float this first tabletop there we go [Music] nice that truck just commands attention look at that thing a little squat in the rear it's fine float this one got it it's like the suspension just soaks up everything gonna be interesting to see how that wide max kit works all right one more here we go nice all right ramp things up a little bit bigger of a jump here [Music] here we go look at that so awesome so much control in this truck too wow for such a big truck a little slop there the regular
max it was a hard hit there but this thing look at that i really have been missing out this is an awesome awesome truck way better than my old 6s x-maxx so cool all right switch it up all right we're going to come off this big table top here backwards get some air nice just so fluid and that tsm is working too that's cool look at this man this is just so easy to control so cool love this wow that tsm just corrected every little mistake i just made in that jump whoa normally that thing
would have just kicked up with other trucks when i caught that lip there on that jump this truck is just great the way it is out of the box look at that just skipped the top of it didn't upset it at all plenty of steering good god i am freezing but i can't stop driving this thing let's take it easy off this way here we go oh yeah just skip right over everything i'm gonna just float this truck watch this oh man now i know why the x-maxx is so popular you see the front wheels
just check up in the air to correct it plush landing let's do this again roll it roll it here we go nice all right we gotta do the six pack here all right here we go let me see if i can get my timing down right off the bat first time man this truck is awesome look at that so plush all right one more yeah oh oh first crash today oh and it lands on the wheels so awesome all right guys let's head back to the workshop and wrap up this review so we're just going
to do a quick wrap up here since this is kind of a overview video i just wanted to get out there with this truck get a good feel for it since i am going to go and modify it uh but i really have been missing out i really should have put more xmax content here on the channel i really should have rebuilt my old 6s truck and just showing you guys so much more of this beast because it is so much fun to drive i had a great time with it out there at the vmax
track even though it was just 28 degrees i was a little worried about breaking something because that is pretty cold weather however this thing didn't really have an opportunity to break because it just drives so well and you know i was a bit conscious about the drive making sure that i was wheeling it properly but it does a lot of the work for you actually the tsm is really helpful in this truck i could see it work in the front wheels uh when this truck was getting checked up in the air i could see the
counter steer and so if you're someone that's looking to maybe expand your rc collection you're looking for the next big thing and you've been looking at the x-maxx i think that tsm is going to help you out it's going to help you be a better driver with the truck until you know you get familiar with it and then you could always go and turn it down if you want to you could dial it back you could turn it off but it does really help you out it keeps the truck nice and stable uh you know
when you're going through turns if it does catch because these tires have some grip to it you'll see the tsm counter steer the steering for you and keep the truck level and on the ground i mean this thing just floats over the jumps it's so cool to watch it's just so massive that it gets your heart pounded with excitement and even the power out of the box is really good i mean it's not your insanely fast truck however it's got some serious rip to pull wheelies to launch really far through the air when you hit
some hit the proper jumps to catch air i didn't go for any backflips with it again it was a little too cold to risk the truck and again i do have plans for it so i don't want to totally wreck it after i drove the truck for the talking portion i actually went back into the car warmed up a bit and went back out again so i actually have two full packs through this truck again this is not a review because that is certainly not enough time to tell you about durability or anything like that
that's why i'm calling this an overview but it seems to be a really tough truck i tumble this thing into a pile of rocks and i did crack a little piece of the corner of the chassis on the top that's really not going to hurt the truck at all but it seems to be a really tough beast i had so much fun i can't wait to do more with it and if you want to see me do more with it make sure you hit that subscribe button and the notifications bell throughout the video like while
you're there because uh we're gonna do some more xmax stuff in 2022 even some more mac stuff these traxxas trucks have me hooked and i can't wait to do more all right we'll see you back soon for some rc driver videos foreign
