TCS 5T Flux kit - nice
 

Anyone seen this yet? Its pretty cool - wish I would have seen it before I did my XL conversion. However - I think it gave a few ideas for my roll cage.
http://www.tcscrawlers.com/HPI-Savag...t-p-18047.html

I was looking at that a couple weeks ago. I think it just came out. It looks pretty nice, tho I'm not sure I'd trade away my XL as is for it. IDK, one of both would cool :)

The stock radio box def needs to go on it, but otherwise I like the kit. Some 24mm adapters would be cool as well.

Ideally some wider arms would be nice to bring this to a better scale. I do wonder at what point the truck gets too big to be durable for the 1/8th Sav platform, tho I doubt that truck weighs all that much more.

I too was looking at roll cage options. I haven't found anything too satisfactory. New era has some decent rool hoops, but the are only avail for the F or R half. They won't make a full length one. RC Innovations has one too, but more for the nitro, and as most, have bars on the side that would block the batt trays, and is a little fugly anyway.

I was looking at making one of plastic rods, or possibly alu sheets, like TVPs, tied together with spacers. Looks like the do this on here and add some delrin reinforcements too.

Either way, for $150, its not too bad of a kit. RCM should be work on some Flux gear. All these companies coming out w/ conversions and stretched TVPs, there could def be some things to bring out to compete/compliment. (*cough*, CD/slipdiff kits, 24mm adapters, other 1/5th conversions, etc. *cough*)

Impressive to say the least, but if I want a 5T, i'll go buy a 5T.

where? not available stateside.....

FLM wide arms?

That's what I was thinking. Some guy was trying to get a 2" wider set put together as a group buy.


Plus its not 4x4. HPI made a 4wd 1/5th scale, but they even made if off the savage. Not for US tho :(

http://www.hpieurope.com/graphics/ki.../save5t01t.jpg
http://www.hpieurope.com/graphics/ki...age-5T_05t.jpg

I like this kit, since I have a spare 5b body laying around I may have to give it a try... Fastest way to get something 5th scale going!

Yeah, Mike should focus some more time on HPI products. His prime focus for so long was Traxxas mods (they prolly accounted for the majority of us).

I was trying to find that crawler place that makes custom trannies when I found this and got distracted.
Anyone know what site it is that makes those?

These?

There are others out there too..

I've got the standard flm wide arms on my savvy (.5 inch per side, 1 inch total) with the extended low cog chassis and it is awesome! Big and stable. Of course 2 inches would be even better, but the 1 inchers really made the savvy a whole new truck. They are strong too.

Yeah, you all know what an extra 2" does?!?!?! It is the difference between oohh and aahh....

Or so I have been told. Skanks.

No, its the difference between "ooh and ahhh" and OUCH!

Yeah, Finn - those are what I was looking for - not that particular website, but it will do. I want to see if I can find one that will work in my LST conversion - but with higher M/T gearing.

I am just lucky to get an oohh:whistle:


I like this kit, and am kind of kicking myself in the ass for not noticing it before I dumped money into my savage! Ah well, I like my savvy but this is something I will be considering. It would need some more power though, a 5T sized truck that can backflip? Sounds like a project in the making...

Really? I've been told 2" was the difference between *ouch* and reconstructive surgery. In all fairness tho, the girls in Thailand can be quite small.

This w/ extended arms would make a great monster monster truck. The 1515 does seem a bit small for it tho. It would prolly work, but why?

With the std savage width setup and some low offset wheels the 5t body fits quite nicely.

OK so anyone have a savage I can buy?

lol this made you watn one huh?? kinda inspired me as well

Who was looking at big tires for their Savvy? Check out the 40 series that the link that RC4Wd sells - kinda cool stuff.

http://www.rc4wdstore.com/2/index.ph...75982000e91e7e

I would actually like to see some pics of this set-up with the baja body. I personally hate the way that the baja 5t body sits the stock baja 5t. The wheels stick out to far for my liking.

What would be the most ideal motor for this set-up??

best motor would either be the 1520 or the 1717 as long as you don't weigh the truck down too much or gear for >50mph. the 1717 would have less trouble with it and could be geared higher, but the 1520 should be plenty as well.

I wàtched the videos a few times that are avail for the 5t and I have to say I'm not too impressed with the way it handles with that much extra length. It loses all nibleness and suspension does not have enough travel. IMO I think the xl length and width is a very nice balance for a all around balanced rig. Of couse this is only from viewing vids and purely speculation.

my savage came with extended plates and i didn't like how it handled. i converted it back to standard length and i like it much better now. but, then again, i like the shorter wheelbase because a shorter wheelbase makes backflips easier. backflips are easily my favorite rc stunt, whether there is a jump involved or not:party:

Aren't there any steering mods that can be done to improve turning radius?

I found a little info here.

Depending on tire weight and top speed I have a feeling the flux motor on 6s geared for 40 should work. The 5t body is not that heavy, but I can imagine that some extra body mounts and side bracing would be required to help the body last. I will take some pics of the 5t body over a savvy today.

Gee did a thread on upgrading his steering here in the Savage forum.

looks like a great kit, i have afew parts from rc4wd and they all have been great, hopefuly this will be too........... too bad i sold my damn savage

http://www.hpibajaforum.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=76807

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_92..._2/key_/tm.htm

5T Flux
 

Here is a pic from mine I put together last Friday. I found the Savage 5T 24mm hex hubs for it on EBAY. Hope it loaded. One of the urls for the forums is mine (RCU).

Is this the lowest possible point for the body to sit? And how did you convince the ebay seller to ship to the US? :rofl:

I'd use a 5T body on this (along with your stock 5T wheels), but would it look scale enough? The one on HBF has the body jacked too high and it's too wide for the body. Is yours the same width front and rear? Stock 5T body is about 16 inches wide. How does it jump? (any bottoming out, is the suspension sagging?)

Can you measure the ground clearance? Looks nice and high with that tires.:yes: Also get your camera fixed.:lol:

I got a venom cam but everyday the weather is not good. I got lucky last
Saturday and I put things together quickly to run it. The camera is new and I did not know how to use it right. I did not have to convince the seller at all. I saw the item on EBAY Australia and they shipped it in 12 days. I was really relieved to see it in the mail. The suspension does not sag but it does not jump that well but where I jumped it was not the best spot. When the snow and ice clears again I will try it again.

I ended up getting one... I've been debating about whether to convert my nitro Savage XL into brushless to join my RC8Te; and well going 5th scale with my RC8Te is a bit more than I want to pay for to get custom chassis done so it's on hold til I get better machining skills myself and can do it. So I'm anxious to see what the kit is like.

RC Universe has a post by a guy who put Jammin' X2 arms on his Savage, looks from the pictures like they match up pretty well. Thinking about looking into this myself. Downside is that you are stuck with a 17mm hub unless you get a custom one made (same issue with the RC8Te I have) where as with Savage you can get Pro-lines 23mm hub and with a bit of shimming it works.

You can get 24mm adapters now from HPI direct:

http://www.hpiracing.com/press/102530.html

TCS has preorders for 27$.


http://www.hpiracing.com/graphics/pa...02530_003p.jpg

Sweet, thanks for the tip... missed that. :)

Wow, and only a month ago HPI customer service basically told me I was on drugs for even thinking such a thing......thanks for the heads up.

Anyone else notice that's a Flux XL in the pic? That's badass!

Doh! I didn't see that!

Pimp My Flux :o

Well, I have them; will post a few pix tonight. They are beef and well made, however I am not that thrilled with them. They basically stretched the front of the chassis so the gearbox/motor/esc is all the way in the back.

While I knew this going in, it would have been nice to have an front mount option for the battery trays rather than just a mid/rear options.

I would have prefered they have stretched the front only 2/3rds the amount needed and then stretched the rear a 1/3rd. Granted this would have meant supplying two dogbones, but I think that would have been ok.

Anyways, will use it for now, but am going to need to do some custom TVPs to do a center diff mod so that the diff/motor is a bit more centered but leaving enough room to put the batteries inside the TVPs at the front.

Looking forward to seeing some pics !!!!!
Making a custom battery tray shouldn't be to tough ?

Packaging...

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TVPs...
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Braces...
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Dobgone... it's really long man.
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