Drive — Shaft-driven 4WD, sealed steel bevel diffs, 32-pitch gears Power — BL-2s brushless 3300 Kv, 2S LiPo or 6–7 cell NiMH Waterproof — Yes Includes — No battery or charger
You still need: a 2S LiPo battery, a charger (Traxxas EZ-Peak 2970 recommended), and four AA batteries for the transmitter. The battery bay takes packs up to 162 × 50 × 25 mm.
Tall 5.3" Sledgehammer tyres and 62 mm of ground clearance. Extreme Heavy-Duty Upgrade Kit fitted at the factory: stronger caster blocks, steering blocks and axle carriers, heavy-duty driveshafts, 6 mm axles and steel wheel hexes. Waterproof 2075 digital high-torque steering servo.
Traxxas publishes no top speed for the BL-2s system. It states up to 60 % more speed than a comparable brushed system. The tall tyres cost a little at the top end compared with the Rustler.
