How Many Other Tc Members Own A E-maxx Or Savage

[tamiya monkey]

I am a big fan of tamiya r/c cars and intend to collect as many as i can, but i have a soft spot for my e-maxx, its pretty box standard but great fun for bashing, i did have ae-savage first, but the traxxas are better and cheaper for spares. how many own one of these monster trucks and what your thoughts on them.

[ryanbored]

Been thinking about an e-maxx basher for a good couple of years now, but a Tamiya always comes along and takes all my money away!

[tamiya monkey]

i know what u mean, traxxas have brought a new e-maxx out too, looks great. they are lots of fun and quite fast even stock, a couple of friends have e-savage's with novak 6.5 hv brushless setup installed really fast and lots of fun, thats the next upgrade for the maxx.

[WillyChang]

i don't understand e-trucks... why?

i prefer a *real* Savage, with a *real* engine.

[ryanbored]

i don't understand e-trucks... why?

i prefer a *real* Savage, with a *real* engine.

All the faffing about, i love embarrasing my mates nitro with my brushless buggy! plus it really winds him up when i fly gravel at him whilst he's trying to tune (read fix!) his

[Bluefoot]

I've got an E-Maxx and it's my favourite big basher. I've beefed it up a bit with alloy skid plates and gearbox casings, and steel CVDs. Motors and electrics are bog-standard.

I like it because it goes reasonably fast for a big truck, straight out of the box. Parts are easy to get and you can hop them up till the cows come home. It goes over just about anything. Sure, bits break every now and then, but that's what happens when you drive them hard, and I just replace the broken bits with "upgrades". Same thing happens on the Tamiyas I run hard.

Why E-trucks?.... because I can just chuck it on the ground and blast off. No mucking around, no mess, smell or noise - just a fast-moving mechanical monster! And at the end of the day all I need to do is turn it off and unplug the batteries.

[Guest joelvardy]

As you know Tamiya Monkey I have an e-savage... might get an e-maxx in the near future... BUT mu brushless was posted yesterday after being on back order for 4 months!

[WillyChang]

Why E-trucks?.... because I can just chuck it on the ground and blast off. No mucking around, no mess, smell or noise - just a fast-moving mechanical monster! And at the end of the day all I need to do is turn it off and unplug the batteries.

i hate charging batts, especially 2 packs at a time

[Bluefoot]

i hate charging batts, especially 2 packs at a time

That's why I have two chargers - and 8 batteries (well about 20 actually but only 8 that I use in the E-maxx)

Oh, and the other 3 chargers down at work. You never know when you might want to have a quick bash during a break at work, and you wouldn't want to spend most of that time trying to get the motor running....

[TA-Mark]

I have a 'Real' Savage... I threw away the HPI 25 engine and put a OS30VG on it, no more 'tuning' needed... Hahaha

The Savage engine was a shocker to get started and keep running. The OS is sweet.

My brushless buggy eats it! But it doesn't draw a crowd of spectators like the Savage does.