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    Advice Please, Thinking Of Getting A Modern Monster Truck!

    in Other makes

    Posted

    I am smiling while reading your 1st impression. Glad to know you are liking the E-Revo. I enjoyed driving mine before too. For sure you will upgrade in the future. One benefit from it (going brushless) is the longer run times with same batts compared to a stock set-up. Not to mention much more speed, power and torque. In any case, enjoy the thing first (stock). It can handle bashing and abuse, so...don't baby that thing. Find good jumps and see how easy to jump an e-revo.

    Excited this morning so went to find some jumps.

    Here is a short vid taken on my phone.

    was amazed with how well and flattering it is to jump, tried 6 cell packs too and they were fine. Looking fwd to the nxt bash :unsure:

    Advice Please, Thinking Of Getting A Modern Monster Truck!

    in Other makes

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    Ok the erevo came today. :)

    My 1st impressions were OMG, this thing is big! I was impressed by the overall robustness of the parts and inbound suspension, all the drive shafts and bits are extra meaty. But then again, with batts on board, this thing is heavy too. I was really pleased with the red colour, looks great! I had to set up the servos (two for the steering) as they were making a noise in neutral and the springs were changed for tougher ones (comes complete with 8 springs, 4 different tensions) to increase the ride height a bit. Clearance is now approx 3 inches.

    I charged my 8.4v 4600's (with trx connectors for increase current flow) and went to the local playing field for my acclimatisation bash.

    On fresh batts I was thinking wow, this thing is fast. I was expecting it to be a lot slower, I would say approx 20-25mph. Which is plenty for bashing atm (although I can see me upgrading the motors to something faster in the future) There was enough torque for wheelies too. I was a bit worried that if I hit someone, this could really hurt. So I was conscious to stay away from people. Handling was brilliant, really poised and working the shocks through tight turns. The edge of handling was easily noticeable as a rear wheel would leave the ground or two wheels! But this was easily controllable on sight so 9/10 times you could steer out of embarrassment and land it back on 4 wheels. I must have rolled it about 5 times and absolutely no damage at all. It would just land on its wheels and carry on.

    My only gripe would be the run time of 14 minutes 20 seconds. Although this was of full throttle driving. I was gonna try my 7 cell packs, but not sure it would be worth it! I can see why people try to do crazy jumps with these (youtube...et al), they are just so capable, you don't feel like you are challenging the truck at all on a field, need some kamikaze jumps! Next bash will be a challenging one....just got to find somewhere...!

    Pics before the bash:

    Fresh out

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    Chunky build

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    Size

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    Thanks for all your input everyone! ;)

    Advice Please, Thinking Of Getting A Modern Monster Truck!

    in Other makes

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    That would be my pride and joy... Kyosho Ferrari 250 GTO which comes as standard on a Nitro 4wd chassis. I've fitted it to a Kyosho mantis rwd chassis for a bit more realism (and also because the Nitro chassis was too fast to keep it pristine for long).

    There is a video here as well

    Steve

    ps I keep considering the small scale Traxxas stuff, but still love my E-Maxx!!!

    Fez eh? Very nice. Just won an erevo on ebay, pretty chuffed as £237 all in! I didnt think bargains existed on ebay!

    Advice Please, Thinking Of Getting A Modern Monster Truck!

    in Other makes

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    Lemming and ARH21, thanks for your help. I am sick of breaking my tamiya cars so a Traxxas seems like an ideal 'Biatch' for me! Didn't know about the 1/16th revo coming out -thanks!

    ps Lemming, what car is that in ur profile, it's beautiful:)

    Just had a look at the 1/16 revo, looks like it will be fast, but not sure it will handle long grass or obstacles as well as the full size.

    Monster Beetle, Wild Dagger & Stadium Blizter For Sale

    in Off-Site sales plugs, tips & gossip - Including eBay, Gumtree etc.

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    Hi all, I am selling My Monster Beetle, Wild Dagger and Stadium Blitzer:

    Monster Beetle:

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    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...92#ht_500wt_924

    Wild Dagger

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    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...95#ht_500wt_924

    Stadium Blitzer

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    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...14#ht_500wt_924

    Baby coming in 5 weeks...! News to me, we only met once!

    ...just kidding!

    All Sold.

    Advice Please, Thinking Of Getting A Modern Monster Truck!

    in Other makes

    Posted

    #whats your budget, 70mph sound a bit unrealistic in stock form without silll lipo setup and brushless?

    I reccommend a twin det or a dual hunter as stock they are a bit slow but add some 100mm oil shocks and shock towers and stick a nice no limit twin motor esc in there, run some 15turn motors and a decent nimh battery, ball race all round and you'll have a pretty good setup, can even go 14.4 volt if you dont mind shelling out 80 odd quid for the ally twin battery chassis conversion.

    Also loads of other hop ups for it.

    loads of options with them and awsome when set up right.

    Probably you best bet price wise and still tamiya :)

    see what others suggest.

    I've heard good things about the traxxas stuff too.

    Thanks Lenter! :) Budget wise I'd say £300ish.

    Has anyone had any experience with other brands also?

    Advice Please, Thinking Of Getting A Modern Monster Truck!

    in Other makes

    Posted

    Hi all, I am toying with the idea of getting a modern Monster truck. I have only ever had Tamiya, but the cars I run are either old designs or literally old plastic ...erm ...Vintage! I am feeling a bit guilty about putting my need for speed and thrills onto my vintage models and am looking for a fast tough basher that can take the punishment. I will only be using it off road (mud, beach, climbing a bit), would like 4wd (is 2wd as capable?) and would like it to be fairly fast. Oh and electric please. I have looked at a Rustler VXL, but question the need to go 70mph (what does a 70mph stack look like!?) and am unsure as to the Rustlers climbing/off road ability. Apart from the looks is an e revo massively different than the emaxx? and how does that compare to the e savage? My main need is durability, followed by capable handling, then speed!

    What are the best ones?

    Thanks in advance,

    28

    Wild Dagger Dive Shafts...aaagghhhh!

    in Monster Trucks, 4x4, Wheelie Rigs and Crawlers

    Posted

    Do you know if the after market drive shafts you bought are longer than the stock ones? I to finished my mod to my WD put the wheels and tires i bought rubbed the front hub carrier a little when i turn i tried myself to use a spacer but there wasn't enough axel to get a bolt on.

    Same size I think, just a bit thicker. Not reliable thou.

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tamiya-Twin-Detonato...8#ht_1345wt_903

    Wild Dagger Dive Shafts...aaagghhhh!

    in Monster Trucks, 4x4, Wheelie Rigs and Crawlers

    Posted

    Dear all. Was well chuffed today as I managed to construct my dual battery holder for my 14.4v Wild Dagger.

    Finally. I could run her. Unfortunately, 4 mins into running and I realised a front drive shaft had snapped :lol:

    Now these aren't the standard drive shafts, but the upgraded steel GPM ones off ebay. So what do I do now? Do I buy the same drive shafts again? Or are there some unbreakable ones I can get from somewhere???

    Oh, and I meant DRIVE shafts LOL! ^_^

    Which Esc/motor To Create Fire Breathing Fire Dragon?

    in Vintage Tamiya Discussion

    Posted

    Took the FD out with the silver can today. A bit of tarmac and grass. Although obviously slower than the EZ run, but not as boring as I expected. Was fun as I really got to learn the FD's handling which had a really great turn in (lots of steering lock) but had a tendency to flip if I slowed too suddenly into a sharp turn on grass -the FD is quite high riding. The motor had just enough torque to drift on dusty tarmac so I cant wait to get it into the gravel carpark!

    As an added bonus, nothing broke and no massive cartwheel style stacks as was common with the EZ run. Wouldn't mind getting a ST540 in tho. Maybe in the future :o

    28

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