MJX HYPER GO 14210 Brushless RC TruCK REVIEW: My favourite offRoaD RC 2023

The MJX Hyper Go 14210 is a bigger badder version of their excellent brushless 1/16 range. It is fast, handles great and has good battery life and the attention to detail is on point

Like:
+Excellent brushless motor/ESC combo for top speed and acceleration
+Super strong and smooth driveline
+Tyres offer outstanding grip
+Highly durable
+Heaps of spares included - a second shell, a full set of paddle tyres and much more

Don't like:
-Getting expensive for a 1/14 scale RC car (but still much less than LC Racing)
-No ESC programming card available (yet)
-Tyres almost too grippy

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I ordered the MJX 14210 HYPER GO 1/14 Brushless RC Car from Banggood. They have it available with a single or double battery option.  Try code BG8fa04f at checkout to get 10% off.

Each MJX RC car I have reviewed is a substantial improvement on the one previous. The Hyper Go H16E (reviewed here) was a 4wd 1/16 scale truck that had built in GPS speed but was overly complex and a little expensive for a brushed car but it performed well and was very durable. The Hyper Go 16208 switched to brushless and took out the expensive GPS and remains an excellent budget option that is fast and durable, better even than the super popular HBX 16889a pro. Their first larger 1/14 released is the on-road Hyper Go 142301 basher and I chose this as my on-road car of the gear - driving (and drift) performance is hard to believe for a relatively low cost RTR car. Now we have the Hyper Go 14210 as reviewed here which uses the same core chassis but wraps it in big suspension, big grippy wheels and a lot of fine touches that make this my favourite offroad RC car of the year. Read on for more

In this article:

• MJX Hyper GO 14210: RTR 1/14 Brushless 4WD truggy
• MJX Hyper GO 14210: A closer look at the equipment
• MJX Hyper GO 14210: After a month's worth of driving
• MJX Hyper GO 14210: Wrap up - It's hard not to be impressed​

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MJX Hyper GO 14210: RTR 1/14 Brushless 4WD truggy

The MJX Hyper Go 14210 is a 1/14 scale brushless 4wd RC truck (truggy) with permanent 4wd. This car comes with a full set of electronics: remote, receiver, servo, ESC, motor, battery, battery charger and full instructions - everything you need to run except for the 2 x AA batteries needed to run the 2.4GHz digital remote. It also includes a serious amount of spare parts, everything from an extra body to a full spare set of paddle wheels and many replacement pieces. Brushless trucks like this tend to be fast, durable and very competent off-road when compared to buggies - the bigger wheels offer more grip, the larger body products shock towers without being cumbersome but they offer the excellent handling of the buggy underneath. For this reason they tend to be one of the more popular classes of RC cars available.

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MJX Hyper GO 14210: A closer look at the car

Before we get into how this car drives, we'll take a closer look at the car and what's included. The embedded YouTube video above will show this but if you'd prefer to see closeup pictures and read my comments carry on below. 

The massive amount of extras included with this car well and truly deserves coverage so as well as the usual picture please see the embedded video as well. Beyond the RTR basic this includes a spare body, a full set of paddle wheels and tyres, charger, spare spoiler, spare body mounts, a wheelie bar, front suspension arms an more. 

2 Full bodies are included which fit the chassis very cleanly with minimum gap. Plastic moulding on the top protects the body on rollover

Included is a full set of paddle tyres which are softer than others I've felt. I'd use these only on very loose dirt, sand, snow or hydro-planing

Same 3 channel remote used on the Hyper Go 14302. It takes 2 AA batteries. It's very lightweight and the on off switch also doubles as a speed limiter. Throttle and steering trim are on dials. Feels a little light for my liking which is typical for RTR units

ESC is a 45a unit is can supposedly take 3s but would only recommend this in very specific circumstances unless you move to a lower KV motor. Heatsink and fan are well integrated. I'm not aware of any programming card that can be used here presently

Brushless 2852 motor is pretty large for a 1/14 scale but not excessively so. 4400kv is a really good motor speed on this size for 2s

Shocks are oil filled with adjustable collars for ride height, shock body is plastic. They have good dampening out of the factory

Typical front CVD driveshaft from MJX are very chunky and should last well

Nice big offset on the wheels for the monster truck look. Good tread pattern and a very medium-soft tyre compound mean these grip like crazy

Steering servo is mounted upside down to allow for the large battery. Servo saver is integrated into the servo horn and feels a little on the soft side

Unlike the Hyper Go 14302, a proper lipo (rather than a Li Ion) is included here rated at 2s 3000mah. This is an excellent sized battery for this car

The chassis uses and aluminium torsion bar in place of a top plate which makes it lighter and easier to work on. Receiver is mounted in a waterproof box

Here you can see the receiver and the fact that the box is is stored in is at least water resistant. Notice the 3rd channel is used to control the bumper-mounted headlights

I haven't seen these rear drive shafts before - universal joints on diff and hub ends with a telescopic drive. They are SERIOUSLY BEEFY

Nice solid aluminium plate chassis that offers good stiffness. Also note suspension arm hinge pine holders are very secure in their metal mounts too

Upper and lower suspension a-arms front and rear make this tough but mean that front and rear camber cannot be easily adjusted

A closer look at the tread pattern. Still plenty of contact area for the road but plenty of chunky blocks to grip offroad too

Inside the rear gearbox all gears are hardened and well made.

Ball bearings on every rotating mount and all gears are well greased

Diff connects to drive shaft by a full through screw with 2.0mm hex drive rather than just a grub screw

15t pinion has a d-shaft design meaning it won't slip even if the grub screws falls out. I've only ever seen this on traxxas before and it's a clever feature. Motor mount is not adjustable nor reversible

In the above video I take a closer look at the gearbox and offer my thoughts

Lastly I'll note that Banggood have listed all the spares on their website already and they are really reasonably price, so much though that it would be hard not to recommend the stock ESC in my brushless upgrade guides for the future. Have a look through here for more detail.

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MJX Hyper GO 14210: After a month's worth of driving

Offroad video 1 in hard packed gravel and short grass. 

In this section I'll share a series of embedded YouTube clips I captured to show you how the MJX Hyper Go 14210 runs, some objective measures on performance and my own opinion on speed, acceleration, handling, durability etc. 

SkyRC GSM020 GPS mounted on the battery

I clocked the top speed of this car on gravel at 46km/hr using my trusty SKYRC GSM020 GPS speedometer. I reckon with on full gravel on a smooth surface I could actually get 50km/h out of it but probably a stretch to hit the advertised 55km/h. In my opinion this is the sweet spot of speed for a 1/14 scale truck like this - it feels genuinely fast but it balances this with strong acceleration and decent battery life (12-18 minutes). This is typically down to a well chosen motor size, kV rating, gearing and battery size. If you choose to run on trainer mode as below (70% throttle limit according to the switch) you'll still get a reasonable 35km/h although it does weaken the acceleration which makes it feel a little slower than it really is.

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Top speed on 100% throttle (on gravel)

The transmitter power switch doubles as a discrete speed limiter

Top speed on 70% throttle limit (on seal)

The Hyper Go 14210 has impressive ground clearance

The wide wheels with large diameter and short shock towers make for a much taller ride height than I was expecting. This means it is really competent offroad, even for a relatively small scale car. However when combined with the super grippy tyres this can make it quite tippy on high traction surfaces - on cornering, on acceleration (wheelies) and even on braking. This can be tuned to an extent by playing with ride height. Suspension is really smooth and dampening is spot on. It's a nice touch that they have included stiffer springs but short of hitting a skate park with big jumps I can see myself needing them just yet. My only (minor) complaint is that I would have liked the shock towers taller for the car to have sat a little lower and would have allowed the suspension to have dipped a little further down. On the whole though, very good handling, just a little too much grip (is there such a thing?)

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Performance on short grass. That grip is almost too much - need to be gentle on the throttle

Back in the gravel from a different angle. Nice big ground clearance certainly helps with off-roading

After having used this car for about a month I've found it to be very durable with the only damage so far cosmetic - really just the body, wing and the rims that have taken on scratches and there are spares of all of these parts included in the kit. All of the key mechanical components are very strong and well protected, particularly the driveline, suspension and chassis as you can see from my overview of the car itself. As mentioned earlier, the truggy shape tends to be one of the most durable out there as the body protects the top of the shock towers (unlike a buggy) but doesn't have the full closed wheel body but is more compact with less exposure to being damaged.

Battery life is good thanks to the large battery (I get around 12-18 minutes) which also suggests they have the balance between motor size, kv, gear ratio and battery size about right when you consider the strong top speed and acceleration. I think the included 2s 3000mah is the ideal capacity and physical size which is why I'd favour getting the 2 battery option of this RTR car right from the get go. You may remember that the included ESC is capable of 3s but I'd recommed against this unless you are either straight line speed running on road or plan to run a slightly lower kv motor. You can run as is but would recommend keeping a close eye on motor and ESC temperatures. With 3s I'd expect to see around 70 km/h for this car. 

The fans really help the electronics run cool

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MJX Hyper GO 14210: Wrap up - It's hard not to be impressed​

As you can see from my review of the MJX Hyper Go 14210, I'm really impressed by this car. This is not only due to the solid design and equipment choice but because how all this comes together to deliver on it's promise - basically this car reaches it's true potential. What this means is that it is fast, it handles well and it is durable. The pricing at time of writing is just over $150 which sets it above the 1/16 scale MJX models and the WL Toys 1/14 and 1/12 scale cars as well as other budget models but below the $200+ mark of the LC racing. Personally I think it is worth the premium, especially if you can get it on special (check here to see if it is on flash sale or try the discount code just below). When talking about value also consider all the extras this comes with - a spare body is worth $10-20 and a set of paddle wheels/tyres is worth at least $20 so this soon makes it more attractive. 

Negative point are fairly minor - a little too much traction roll due to tall ride height and super grippy wheels (easily helped with a suspension adjustment) and it would be nice to have a programming card for the ESC but as you can appreciate, I'm really clutching at straws here to find bad things about it. For this reason I'm happy to award this car 5 stars, it is definitely my favourite off-road car that I've reviewed this year in performance and value. Poetic really because I awarded the on-road version, the Hyper Go 14302 (as reviewedhere) as my favourite on road car of the year. Well done MJX!

I ordered the MJX 14210 HYPER GO 1/14 Brushless RC Car from Banggood. They have it available with a single or double battery option.  Try code BG8fa04f at checkout to get 10% off.

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