looks to me like the speed and grip come from the tires. lol those things ballon like crazy! and thay look real flat and soft

Maybe yours was a V3.1, and the newer ones were V3.2? :smile:

They used Phatlines on the speed runs with a huge pinion on 6s.. gotta read the fine print:yes:
:neutral:

I kinda like it, though its definately not as authoritive as my truck, har har har...

Only thing that would concern me is the rather small battery boxes- they look quite long and deep, but only wide enough for 5000mah 2s lipos really- Im sure some clever sods will come up with bigger ones though without much hassle. A longer aftermarket chassis shouldnt be too much trouble either, just a case of stretching the existing design and shifting mounting points as needed, a la FLM aftermarket chassis designs etc etc.

Nice truck, but Im happy with my one :yes:

Who came up with the name, its cheezy... the Flux Blur

You would probably get more attention if you marketed it as the actual CC products.

Personally I like the shorter chassis for bashing. Easier to to backflips and other tricks. I am interested to see what the configuration of the tranny is.

Woot I just realised there are no mechanical brakes it's a single speed woot.

You may be too young, but I get a kick out of the name Blur, like on the Little Rascals movie!

Then when they release a 10-12s version it can be called the Blur II, The Sequel.........

This truck does nothing but get me excited, oh what 2009 will behold us all. I am sure a Losi LST BL version will pop up as well.

GG TRX...

Now how easy would it be to take that tranny and put it my XL :)

I'm gonna buy that tranny for mij FLM savage.
I think the FLM bl savage is still much better, but that's just my 2 cents:wink:

Greetz,
Joram

Wonder how much more HPI will sell the Blur for over the MMM

Im thinking it wont be sold seperately, as its an integral part of the truck- not the same as buying the MMM system and sticking it in any truck you please... (thats my theory anyway).

what's that for stupid idea??

Offcourse it can be bought seperately, thinking of spare???
And it can be used un many other trucks, it's just the same as the Teckno motors...

Greetz,
Joram

Why can you buy the Flux system on its own?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVUT9&P=7

Curious. Given these are just re-badged castle systems, its kinda strange that HPI would sell them serperately- surely castle would make more money from selling their systems with their badges seperately and only allowing other companies to sell them as part of the whole rtr truck package? My main thought is that if the CC system is cheaper than the rebadged system, then HPI wont make too much from selling them seperately (especially after CC gets their slice so to speak)? If however the hpi version undercuts the CC version, then CC just shot themselves in the foot a tad...

I am well aware either HPI system can be used in any truck though Joram, but that wasnt my point- I was thinking about marketing rather than compatibility... :wink:

IDK, why does General Motors sell 4 versions of the same car?

I think for one is for people who want the OEM replacement for their truck if its damaged, or only casual knowledge of BL systems. This could be hobby shops as well that do customer repairs. Plus I think HPI (or TRX) would want their name on it for notoriety. I'm sure they are paying castle a decent amt of money for licensing of the system, as well as the name change. No matter what system is purchased, castle wins.

At the end of the day, big congrats to Castle for getting a solid and affordable 1/8th BL package out and getting the OEMs to license it. There have been other vendors around for a while sitting on their asses not getting this done. How long have we spent putting various pieces together to make these things ourselves? All other vendors had strengths, but no one had all the pieces together until castle. WTF Novak (and Tekin) has been doing all this time is beyond me. Now castle is going to clean up as these things start to take off.

Granted, the whole 1/8th market has benefited greatly from RCM Mike's work and our work here, basically doing free R&D on setups for a while now. Basically the market is copying what we've already figured out and proven to be reliable.