Yet another money pit!

[Hefe]

way back in the day we used to be pretty heavy into all this, but the new stuff is so much better!

I just painted this body last night, turned out ok imo

first one I have done in 15+ years !

have to drill body holes and swap out the red rims for the black ones

[Peelz]

looks cool  

how far back in the day? late 80's early 90's I was obsessed with them.....but got bored of it quick....

I remember I always wanted a "lunch box" monster truck LOL. Looks like they still make those? hilarious

[Hefe]

yep, late 80's and eraly 90's

we used to race, and that keeps the interest peeked
you have to have something to DO with them.. otherwise, its just no fun

[Peelz]

yeah we had a track, and a kid I went to school with raced them, and owned a little hobby shop...but they did flat track oval

booo

then the bottom dropped outta the industry. we don't even have a good  hobby shop within 100 miles now.

Thus, why Ive been buggin you guys lol

[Havn2muchfun]

For your kids at least, as Hefe said, you can't beat Traxxas electric stuff. http://traxxas.com/  Waterproof, come with a halfway decent battery and charger(stupid slow though), brushed or brushless that can be turned down to 50% with the push of a button. Bought my stepson the original 2wd slash 3 years ago, he is still literally beating on it. Till I upgraded it to brushless, and took him to the track, didn't break anything but the body, and what did break was cheap and easy to fix. Preddy if you haven't heard of them, RPM http://www.rpmrcproducts.com/core.htm makes great replacement parts wtih a lifetime guarantee. I have one with a 2.5 in it and that's plenty fast. I also have a 2wd Stampede, Slash 4x4, Revo 3.3, and an original nitro Rustler that I bought new in 97, and it's still running, and all original except the front arms and shocks due to an incident like your last.

[disco]

scale dragster  0-176 kph (109 mph) in 1.178 seconds.  Press 6 to get right to it.  Looks like they prepped the track too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY15NyDG3Jg&feature=related

[Peelz]

scale dragster  0-176 kph (109 mph) in 1.178 seconds.  Press 6 to get right to it.  Looks like they prepped the track too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY15NyDG3Jg&feature=related

good lord

looks like alot of fun

cool though

[preddy08]

Got some new tires and wheels got the fucker the other day.




Only to bankshot it off of a gutter and wedge it under my truck tire

[Krandall]

looks like you need some training wheels!

[disco]

Are jumps killing it or are you doing Patmods to it?   

[preddy08]

Hands down the tuffest truck I've driven! HPI Savage Flux XL. 20' double back flip jump are the norm with this thing. So far its been very reliable and only broke small parts from me being a dumbass

[Hefe]

getting away from the nitro?

[Peelz]

cool mang, I dig it 

[Geo]

I want a savage flux bad.

[preddy08]

getting away from the nitro?

I dont mind nito so much but my buddy has had terrible luck with them. More than likely due to lack of tuning and the forever dirty air filter. My nitro's alway ran like a top, but the brushless systems are flat out NUTS! This truck weighs 12lbs and will do a standing backflip on 4s. I can go up to 6s and get 2/3rds more power but that will be totally useless! Will do a mid throttle wheelie no problem what so ever.

Electric is so simple! charge and go. I've got a stock pile of 6 batteries which will lasts well past when I get bored.

I'm not shitting you, the Savage is hands down the tuffest truck out there. My old boss came out to see the new truck in action and about shat his pants when he say 20' (high) backflip jumps onto flat land and driving away.