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killjoyken · 05.02.2008, 10:23 PM

Ok, Dewmerz and I went bashing at the BMX park today and got some pretty good video for you guys. It's unedited and a little long (9 mins) but it shows what this truck can take. The first 2 and a half minutes are me getting used to the truck so you can skip to 2:40 if you want to see the jumps. With the nice long chassis it's really stable and easy to control in the air. It did cog a few times in the air that prevented me from bringing the nose back up fast enough, but at least the brakes worked flawlessly. Remember, this is the first 1/8th scale truck I've owned and the first time I've really driven it, other than 5 mins in my small back yard and another 5 mins in the parking lot of my lhs to set 3rd gear. For such a big, heavy truck, it's really easy to control and very responsive. There's also some video at the end of my E-firestorm on 2s until the MM separated from it's case.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJVkNKYJbck&fmt=18

Total damage after 15-20mins of hard bashing? 1 broken rear dogbone, 1 partially blown rear shock cap and a slightly dented lipo. Instead of making a front lipo brace last night like I should have, I ended up playing GTAIV.

Well, just as expected, that worthless little piece of delrin failed and my lipo slid into the spur gear. The also worthless maxamps "lipo cover" did nothing but thankfully Neu put nice thick wood spacers at the end of the pack that kept the cell from fully impacting the slipper nut. The damage isn't as bad as it looks. I actually peeled back some of the shrink wrap to make sure the cell wasn't damaged. The shiny thing in the pic is strapping tape, not the cell.

Dewmerz came up with an idea to use the remaining stock motor mount support to add extra bracing for the skid plate and lower chassis while also freeing up two nice aluminum tabs to use for a lipo brace. I used a piece of scrap fiberglass for the lipo brace until I go back to work next week and make a proper plate. Don't even plan on using the stock delrin stopper in the front. FLM really needs to make better braces. It really doesn't take much, esp for them. I have to make stuff the old fashioned way, with a mill! I'd kill for a CNC machine!

Overall, I couldn't be happier. This is by far the best RC investment I've ever made.

The 8XL did get up to about 180F, but not any higher. Power was great and runtime was a lot more than I expected. No regrets at all. Best truck ever.

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killjoyken RC-Monkey Poo Flinger Offline Posts: 122 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Jose, CA	05.02.2008, 10:23 PM Ok, Dewmerz and I went bashing at the BMX park today and got some pretty good video for you guys. It's unedited and a little long (9 mins) but it shows what this truck can take. The first 2 and a half minutes are me getting used to the truck so you can skip to 2:40 if you want to see the jumps. With the nice long chassis it's really stable and easy to control in the air. It did cog a few times in the air that prevented me from bringing the nose back up fast enough, but at least the brakes worked flawlessly. Remember, this is the first 1/8th scale truck I've owned and the first time I've really driven it, other than 5 mins in my small back yard and another 5 mins in the parking lot of my lhs to set 3rd gear. For such a big, heavy truck, it's really easy to control and very responsive. There's also some video at the end of my E-firestorm on 2s until the MM separated from it's case. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJVkNKYJbck&fmt=18 Total damage after 15-20mins of hard bashing? 1 broken rear dogbone, 1 partially blown rear shock cap and a slightly dented lipo. Instead of making a front lipo brace last night like I should have, I ended up playing GTAIV. Well, just as expected, that worthless little piece of delrin failed and my lipo slid into the spur gear. The also worthless maxamps "lipo cover" did nothing but thankfully Neu put nice thick wood spacers at the end of the pack that kept the cell from fully impacting the slipper nut. The damage isn't as bad as it looks. I actually peeled back some of the shrink wrap to make sure the cell wasn't damaged. The shiny thing in the pic is strapping tape, not the cell. Dewmerz came up with an idea to use the remaining stock motor mount support to add extra bracing for the skid plate and lower chassis while also freeing up two nice aluminum tabs to use for a lipo brace. I used a piece of scrap fiberglass for the lipo brace until I go back to work next week and make a proper plate. Don't even plan on using the stock delrin stopper in the front. FLM really needs to make better braces. It really doesn't take much, esp for them. I have to make stuff the old fashioned way, with a mill! I'd kill for a CNC machine! Overall, I couldn't be happier. This is by far the best RC investment I've ever made. The 8XL did get up to about 180F, but not any higher. Power was great and runtime was a lot more than I expected. No regrets at all. Best truck ever.