My First New RC: Savage Flux

[JThiessen]

Couple comparison shots with my 3.3 Revo conversion
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hmmm - Flux is supposedly 1/8th scale, Revo 1/10th....doesnt look any different to me...who's right?

A few misc pics:
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Manual is nice - much better parts list and diagrams than I've seen from Traxxas. Down side is the multilingual crap. No offense meant to those who need it!

Good lot of some spare parts included.

Included tools are on the cheap side, and not all tools required for assembly/dissassembly are included (which I beleive Traxxas does provide).

After scrounging for some AA's that actually worked, I proceeded to try to program the ESC - didn't go nearly as smooth as my MMM. Not sure if that's due to the difference in 75Mhz vs my 2.4. Anyway, it took about 5 tries before I was happy with it.

Another note - these battery trays could really use some help. First, what's up with those rubber caps for the latch's? They dont fit under the tab very well, and come off too easy when you forget that they dont open the case.
Second, the doors dont open far enough - the latch's hit either the ESC, or the radio case, preventing them from opening far enough to easily put a battery it. Next, I was using a pair of 3S Zippy K's (4300). Very, Very, very tight fit. Even the wires going through the wire opening were tighter than I liked. Part of that is due to the nice braided wrap I have on them, but I'm also glad it was there due to the tightness.

Wheel nuts are extremely tight from the factory - I was going to swap off the rims/tires right off, but after rounding off the first nut, I decided I wanted to RUN the damn thing first!!! I'll tackle those rims next time.