Traxxas Summit 4WD RTR Electric RC Monster Truck

The Summit is NOT a rock crawler or a monster truck. It is a little of BOTH. It climbs rocks rather well, surprisingly well for such a HUGE truck. A little top heavy yes, but still pretty capable for a truck trying to fill two roles. On the monster truck side it does this job well also. If you are looking for speed look at an EMaxx or Savage as the Summit isn't built for speed. But it will bash with the best of them. It is a very GOOD dual purpose R/C truck. It does what the manufacture says it will do and if you apply some common sense and don't try to make it do something it wasn't designed for it will last. I love mine, it is fun to fly around at 20mph and then slam on the brakes, lock the diff from the remote control and start crawling on a pile of rocks. Then once on the other side of the rocks unlock the diffs, shift into high gear and go tooling around at 20 again all from the remote and all from the same Radio Controlled truck. Remember this is a GENERAL PURPOSE...Read more

Had the Summit for about a month now and its been very...VERY expensive to keep running. I have had no problems with the wiring or electronics of it, i have had a ton of problems with the drive train and suspension. I have had to replace 3 of the 4 drivelines, 2 turnbuckles and part of the front dif. The front and rear bumpers will break right away BUT don't replace them they will still absorb alot of the shock of a head on impact with a tree or leg (ouch). The batteries (4200) dont last more than 15/20 minutes no matter what the ratings say...they dont. The truck is a little to tall to withstand a full on impact head on, it singles out the axles to take alot of damage. All that being said I am very hard on my toy and realize most of the damage is from how i drive it. When its in full running shape its a super fun truck. Its great for bashing and it will go anywhere you want it to go. Be ready to spend a few hundred in upgrades for suspension. If you want a super fast RC the...Read more

im sortof a begginer rc driver, i find it a good, expensive hobby. this truck is definatly worth the money, it has a good speed, agility, traction, suspension, durability for a begginer rc car driver.[...]