HPI: Savage Flux on the way? 8th scale electric savage
 

january issue of the xrc magazins.

http://image2-0.rcuniverse.com/e1/fo...49/Yw68330.jpg

http://image2-6.rcuniverse.com/e1/fo...49/Av68506.jpg

source: thread in rcu

probably a cc mmm esc like in the e firestorm flux.
8th scale makes me hope that the suspension etc is similar to the gp savage. so all aftermarkt parts would fit.

looking forward to more information.
hopefully a nice answer to the traxxas brushless offensive. lol

bye
rhylsadar

Wouldn't be surprised since the Flux in the Firestorm is a Sidewinder/5700KV. Wouldn't mind seeing a shot with the body off

wow if I only had $650...I miss having a MT now that Im down to the CRT and my rusty.

Cool. I bet the layout is crap though, judging by most of these 1/8 factory conversions.

Yea I agree the layout will be crap. I just want to find out what the motor and esc are so I can use them in my conversion. I like the sound of 60+ mph!

Gee, that motor looks familiar... ;) Where's Arct1k at, I bet he knows something...

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/5536925/Hpi_Savage

bye
rhylsadar

HPI Savage 1/8 Flux
 

Well weve all been anticipating the release of the new Savage 1/8 Flux Brushless MT and it sure does look promising.
A few pics to start "courtisy of deezyperformance from the RCU forums".
Pics came from a mag.


http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...savageflux.jpg

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...ebrushless.jpg


Here it is guys. Finally a demo video showing its raw power.

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/5536925/Hpi_Savage

Wow is all I can say.

Now all we need is a pic with the body off.

Dang!

I didnt see this!

Well anyhow. Looks SICK!

'Bout damn time HPI got serious about this.

...well well well...now this wil certainly open things up...

...looks to be the X chassis as opposed to the E-Savage chassis...Which is intersting because over at E-Savage.com we are pretty much maxxing out our E-Savs ;)

The video is taken off HPI Europe's site but no other info on there

Is it too much to ask for a body off shot?

Still haven't seen any

So now hobbyists will have a choice between the E-Revo BLE and this. 2009 is going to be a good year for brushless monster trucks.

Im sure they will be plenty more brushless kits out in 2009

The Firestorm is a sidewinder ESC. I've driven a Firestorm & all I have to say is, holy crap they are quick!!

1/2 throttle & zinga it's sliding down the road on it's roof backwards!

I heard that XRay are developing a 1/8 BL buggy.

Drove a BL E Revo the other day too, that was pretty quick. We've got a few guy's with BL 1/8 stuff down here now.

It's looking very promising for race days having our own BL class.

My CRT pulls wheelies very easily on 80% punch control. Going to drag it back to 100% for racing tomorrow.

i think they are the first to advertise standing backflips, i hope theyre using the new xl drivetrain, because thats HARD on stuff, well we know they went with a dual battery setup because in its 60mph discailmer it says on 2x3s lipos.... im curoius to see some body off shots also

I hope they make it to where you can run 1 large lipo pack or run the 2 smaller 3s packs. Thats my main gripe about the e-revo.

after carefully pausing the video when the truck does a backflip on the curb I was able to see a bit and pretty sure the are using a battery set-up similar to the e-savage, meaning sideways! but it's pretty hard to see so dont shoot me if this isn't correct! lol pause it at 43sec when the truck falls back down to the curb! :O)

Yea it kind of does look like it has battery trays on the sides.

If it didn't they wouldn't have the sides completely blacked out in the pic.

Standing Backflips, that sounds like fun :sarcastic:

They get old quick, trust me.

yeah just like my 8xl on 4s lipo was to much torque for my light e-maxx! always on 2 wheels! not very good and gets boring after a while! that`s why I like higher kv a bit and smaller motors! more control and easier on the drivetrain! lol

...I cant reallly see them using ANY of the E-Sav parts...Through and through GP Savvy i think...

Sorry been away for 4 days - Yes these motors are very familiar ;)

They are CC 1515s with a different case design - You won't be disappointed... Not though that it makes them 48mm+ in diameter...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...1k/MMM/010.jpg

Is your mmm up-side-down? Maby I'm going crazy tho?

i dont care how many times ive done it before but doing a standing stop complete back flip is awesome every time, always puts a grin on my face......if they used the xl drivetrain and 3 speed and had good battery trays i think theyll have a hell of a competitor for the erevo for burshless mt bashers.

this looks very very interesting... hope it is based on the X and not the e-savage though.

....

ooh just went to HPI Europe and it is going to be the X chassis oh boy this will level the playing field traxxas

I want one! I guess the layout isn't all crap though. The motor is inside the tvp's which is a plus.

I like the single speed tranny with motor brakes. I may have to get that for my flm savvy... Sad to say that I have never even run that truck, and it must be at least 8 months old now...

very nice, maybe if the motor/esc set-up is for sale, i will buy it instead of the MMM combo...

Greetz,
Joram

btw, is it the same as the CC 2200Kv combo with the MMM v3:lol:

Just the same as the flux bl set...

Greetz,
Joram

yes it is the same but for some unknown reason as soon as everything gets HPI stamped on it the price goes up by $100