Most Popular Motors for 1/10 Off-Road Buggies and Trucks

Wondering what motor to put in your 1/10 buggy, stadium truck or short course truck? They run the same motors, so we counted them together. In 2WD stock, the most popular is the Hobbywing V10 G4R. In 4WD stock, it's the Trinity Slot Machine. In modified, it's the Hobbywing V10 G3. We counted the setups saved in the RC Setup App since January 2024.

The percentage under each motor is the share of racers in that section who run it. Check your class rules first, since they usually decide the wind. Counts updated November 2026.

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Choosing the rest of the electronics? See the most popular ESCs, radios and servos for 1/10 off-road buggies and trucks. Running a 1/8 electric buggy or truggy? See the most popular 1/8 electric motors.

Most popular motor brands

Across stock and modified, in every 1/10 off-road class, Hobbywing is run by 43% of the 1,056 racers who named a motor brand. Reedy is next at 11%, then Trinity at 9% and R1 at 7%. The sections below show how that changes by class.

1. Hobbywing43%
2. Reedy11%
3. Trinity9%
4. R17%
5. Fantom5%
6. Team Powers3%
7. Tekin3%
8. RUDDOG2%

Most popular 2WD stock motors

522 racers named a stock motor and wind for a 2WD buggy or truck. 17.5 is the most common at 62%, then 13.5 at 30% and 21.5 at 20%. This is where the classes differ most: buggies are mostly 17.5, with 14% of buggy racers on a 13.5, while 84% of stadium truck racers and 58% of short course racers run one. Short course is also the one class where a 10.5 is a stock wind, and 17% of its stock racers run one. Hobbywing leads at 36%, followed by Trinity at 13%, Reedy at 11% and R1 at 11%. This list covers motors with at least 15 racers.

1. Hobbywing XeRun V10 G4R9%
2. Reedy Sonic 540-SP58%
3. Hobbywing XeRun Justock 3650 SD8%
4. Hobbywing XeRun V10 G47%
5. Trinity Slot Machine6%
6. R1 Wurks V215%
7. Trinity Revtech X Factor5%
8. Fantom Helix3%
9. Team Powers Actinium3%
10. Team Exalt Phoenix3%

Most popular 4WD stock motors

174 racers named a stock motor and wind for a 4WD buggy or truck, and 4WD is a 13.5 class: 83% of them run one, 15% run a 17.5 and almost none run a 21.5. Hobbywing leads at 33%, followed by Trinity at 17% and Reedy at 11%. Nearly all of these racers are in buggies, at 97%. Fewer racers are spread across these motors, so this list covers those with at least 5.

1. Trinity Slot Machine11%
2. Reedy Sonic 540-SP59%
3. Hobbywing XeRun V10 G4R8%
4. Hobbywing XeRun V10 G47%
5. Trinity Revtech X Factor4%
6. R1 Wurks V214%
7. Fantom Helix3%

Most popular modified motors

373 racers named a modified motor and wind. 6.5 is the most common wind in both drivetrains, at 35% of 2WD modified racers and 31% of 4WD. Next is 7.5 in 2WD, at 20%, and 5.5 in 4WD, at 21%. Hobbywing leads at 45%, followed by Reedy at 12%. This list covers 2WD and 4WD together, since only these four motors reach 10 racers.

1. Hobbywing XeRun V10 G320%
2. Reedy Sonic 540 M-Series6%
3. LRP X223%
4. SkyRC Ares Pro3%

4WD short course trucks

Most 4WD short course racers don't enter a wind, and many list a motor by its size or kV instead, so very few of them are in the lists above. Of the 88 who named a model, the most common are the Hobbywing 3660 at 17%, the Hobbywing 3665 at 16% and the Tekin Pro4 at 12%.

How we counted

We count anonymous totals from setups saved in the app. A racer counts once per motor no matter how many setups they've saved, and a value only counts if the racer entered it themselves, not if it came along with a copied setup. A wind of 13.5 or higher counts as stock and anything lower as modified, except a 10.5 in a short course truck, which is a stock wind there. A racer who runs more than one class or drivetrain counts in each. Motors that come in ready-to-run trucks, like the Traxxas Titan and Velineon, aren't counted, since their wind doesn't match a racing class. Plenty of racers leave out the model or the wind, so these rankings only cover the ones who entered both.