the beginning of my maxx..
 

well i got the first round of parts fo the emaxx! the flm chassis is sweet, im very impressed!! the price is right too... i got the grey bulks, full force braces, steel idler gear, integy input brace, a 208in/oz servo and a bec.
im up in the air on shock towers... i like the flm, but i kinda want to leave some flex there?
its rollin on narrowed 1/2" offset 23mm dish wheels and bow ties.:024:
ive started gathering the parts to convert to the 3.3 driveshafts and knuckles, etc, thatll happen soon.
then ill make it faster!:030:
still up in the air about shocks... the ofna shocks are easy for me, i have a couple sets layin around. but i kinda wanna try something different! the power strokes sure are sexy....:004:

so what do ya think?
http://www.mvbashers.org/gallery/dat...um/flm_086.jpg

http://www.mvbashers.org/gallery/dat...um/flm_088.jpg

http://www.mvbashers.org/gallery/dat...um/flm_057.jpg

http://www.mvbashers.org/gallery/dat...um/flm_045.jpg

heres one with the stock lid to show length...
http://www.mvbashers.org/gallery/dat...um/flm_081.jpg

Looking good!

BTW....the FLM towers are the best value out there...hands down!

I like the UE Knucklehead the best but the FLM is a great choice too.

Flm towers are best bang for the buck, UE knucklead are best though.

Looks good man! Very good start!

Nice i have some FLM shock towers they rock they are strong and suprisingly light, plus dont forget the warrenty. Also if you a reacer you can mount a wing on to the FLM shock towers.
HERE are some pics.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...P1030007-1.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o.../P10300036.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o.../P10300035.jpg

Those flm towers are the $#!* when it comes to adjustability! :)

I'm going to have to grab a set of those now.. the adjustability of those are crazy..
phil

boy, those are pudry....:004:

yepp....how everyone likes things:)

yes they are pretty and cheap, and adjustable, light should i go on.

I dont think there is any way you could go on, you've listed all of them except durable! :005:

Durable, sweet, sick BUT you are right Becasue those are jsut opinions

I think the flm are great for the money. I haven't bent them up yet.

ive had people tell me that when ya run aluminum bulks you end up shearing bolts off? thats why i chose to go with the grey plastic bulks... ill be pissed if i spend $140 then break off the bolts inside the bulk... the design of the maxx is lame in that dept... 4 bolts at the back edge of the bulk, then only the skid plate ties it all together? crappy....

so that being said, if i add the flm towers itll transmit all the force into the top of the bulks, causing it to break mounting the tabs off... i would think?

so does everyone run aluminum bulks, and if so do you shrear off bolts?
my truck is not gonna be a shelf queen, it will regularly be 15'+ in the air. as are all my rcs!
i just burned up 4 packs... damn this thing is painfully slow... even on 14 cells.
ive been doin nitro too long!!
i know you guys think that electic is the fast way to go, but ive never once seen a brushless maxx that i thought was super fast? im takin your word for it!! ive seen em running with nitro and looking similar, but it wasnt a fast nitro!
our revos do 50ish, buggies 40ish but brutally quick!
i hope im not gonna be dissappointed.... im starting to worry!!

someone please show me a brutally fast maxx!! i cant find any vid that really is truely impressive....:026:
my goal is to be able to spank my mt buddies quietly, big block revos and maxxs.
right now on 14 cells this thing is a childs toy... and i have $450 into it? did i say im a little worried?

i should mention... im still running the stock motors and esc.:eek:

Well, you could upgrade the M3 bolts to M4.. but its not very necessary IMO

those FLM towers look like they can do the revo/jato shocks on the maxx..

That FLM chassis looks pretty! not too bad!!

???? I don't understand what your suggesting. the Revo/Jato shocks are short & have a very large bore. I don't believe that would fit well.

If you place them low and to the center, they would actually work.. You only need to figure out what spring/oil to use.

i tried them on my maxx with the dace towers, and the two holes closest to the center gave me quite some travel.. If they where laid down more, the travel would increase.

Only need to change the small ball-studs before they fit the maxx arms.

Interesting. Didn't think they would clear the arms, but then again I've never tried it!

ya... i looked at that option. i have some revo shock right here, but damn... you would have to lay them down quite a bit!! the stroke is really short.
in theory it could work tho, the spring rates might possibly work out if you got them at enough of an angle to give full travel. cant lose travel....

the flm chassis is freakin sweet!!:004: i couldnt be happier... its not gonna fail, im sure!
it just needs to be twice as fast as it is now and ill be happy...:030:

You could use the Jato's shocks with the Nova Low profile shock towers and get a very good ride height with enough shock travel.

If you loose the blue stops, the travel will increase.

Captain; i think the FLM's are close in low mounting options.

If you want a real low design; the gmaxx towers, or the duh-engineering gmaxx suited towers.

well i just snagged another set of ofna 12mm shocks, so ofna it is!! i just did some test fitting with the ones i have on the stock towers.... it looks like the front ofnas will be a direct fit, the rears are too long. but with different towers i think the rears would work just fine. theyre about 3/4" longer than the fronts. the fronts are 1/8" longer than the stock maxx shocks.
i ended up using rear springs on the front shocks to get a little more preload.

here is a vid of a maxx doing the low 30s this should chear you up.http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...64402387&hl=en

It's a funny movie to watch, especially the 2nd part..

mabey a little funny but i like the vid a lot.

Funny in the most positive way gmaxx.

i saw that vid.. i remember posting vid of my revo with a novarossi 528xr and i heard a comment "that as close to a brushless ive seen" well honestly i havnt seen a brushless thats even close to my revo? i can never go full throttle... at any speed without flipping over.:027:
i wanna see a brushless like that!! low 30s is like 20mph slower than my revo...

ive had 1/18 brushless stuff and it was crazy, am i going to be disappointed with 1/10?

im expecting at least 50mph and soo much acceleration that it flips at nearly any speed, is that unreasonable? its not in nitro land... if it is tell me now, please!! ill go back to my buggy and forget this emaxx thing even happened!! lol..

i hate the thought of spending big money to go brushless to only do a little over 30mph... whats that $10 per 1mph? i need more speed than that! ya cant hardly get any good air under 30... lol..

again... heres where i run, and this is how we do it!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...54172730&hl=en
am i wasting my time with this maxx? would you treat your shiney maxx this way? im tryin to figure out who im talking to... do you guys really bash your high dollar maxxs? little 4-8 foot jumps dont count, im talkin going big!! i know lipos are kinda unstable, thats why i wanted to stick with 14 cells.
honestly i saw a vid with some cheap $20 600 motors and it looked faster than any brushless vids ive seen?
theres that one guy who has a bunch of vids and he uses the dual stick radio... it looks fast, but you can tell hes afraid to break it? he never winds it out so you can see top speed, and he doesnt punish it AT ALL! do these brushless motors break easy?

heres dual 700s.:028:


http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_..._id=f_14990548

looks sweet. nice videos!

YOu say your truck is slow.
Do you know what kind of batts you are running?
If you going to buy some cheap batts you not going to be happy with the system.
If you want to go 60 mph and have all this power.
You may consider a hi cell count.
Hi cell count will be alot of weight to land 10ft in air.

well right now im running either some 7 cell 1500mah packs i put together, or 6 cell 3000mah for longer run times. i know they arent the best, but im kinda holding off on dumping loot into batts untill i know what kind of motor im going to run.
its been a struggle... do i buy batts first or a motor? if i go brushless lipos could happen i suppose.. or not...
i have no idea!!!
so thats why im here, im hoping the good people of this site can point me in the right direction.:027:
the way my brushless set up was in my mini lst, i expect alot from a system that costs twice as much... ya know what i mean? if i cant get that then i might as well cheap out and get the dual 700 set up... its like $xx(cheap) for everything. but its still kinda slow, not as bad as it is now tho! then i would buy the most battery i could get for the application.
is that logical?

what advise do you have for me? would the brushless set up dominate the dual 700s?
how about packs, will 14 cells do the trick? or will i need lipoly?

14 cells is only 1400 watts, sound to little for what your expecting.

Just remember.... The core of any good brushless system is batteries that are capable of supplying the power needed. Poor batteries will yeild less than ideal results. Once you choose your motor, buying at least one set of proper batteries should be on your list of must haves.

Decent batteries would be GP3300's or IB3800. (best bang for the $ IMO) Cell count for the packs will depend on your motor choice. Obviuosly Lipo is better, but not necessary. there is alot of other expense assosciated with lipo besides just the packs. You will need a decent lipo charger and cell balancer to go with those packs. Id budget at least $150 minimum for those items alone.


And Yes... A decent brushless system will dominate those dual 700's.

Ditto!

i got a couple more small peices.. grey skids, and a servo guard.:005: its gonna be fast now!! lol..

anyone have any info on th mamba monster maxx, ill bet thatll be a good one!:028:


http://www.mvbashers.org/gallery/dat...odness_015.jpg

http://www.mvbashers.org/gallery/dat...odness_014.jpg

Looking good!

it appears you are missing a screw in the trans case that holds it to the chassis. LOL it does not matter nice truck though like the grey skids are they any stronger than the blacks.

can you take some pics with the batteries removed