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

[saydee1800]

I have a FLM Savage E Brushless E-Revo and a Brushless E-Maxx
Novak 6.5 E-Revo handles like a vette jumps and Bashes great (only upgrade is True track)
Novak E-Maxx you need to upgrade the hole truck
MMM FLM Savage Great Truck (Just to Heavy!!!) part can't seam to handle to Power

[JThiessen]

Well, I placed my order for this on Tower last night. It'll be around 580 shipped. Hope this isnt going to be a long drug out release.

[TexasSP]

Will look forward to reviews. I am sure you won't be disappointed though.

I think for Xmas I will be building a savage. Im going to go with the FLM kit. I like the lay out better

Still, I will be waiting for the reviews!

Originally Posted by BlackedOutREVO

...Im going to go with the FLM kit. I like the lay out better...

..Have to agree with that...Lets just hope we can fit the Flux center unit into it Looks ok though...

[Finnster]

Big Squid has a review up of the Flux with more pix and some video.

The batt trays do look pretty good. Nice thing to see is that it looks like the tranny would be a direct swap. Hard to tell for sure, but looks just like the nitro tranny pattern. Would make nitro conversions a real snap I would think. I have a nitro XL, but if I get tired of it, swapping it over should be a piece of cake.

[Janezki]

Seems the battery trays differ in pictures at the HPI site. In some pictures the sides are closed and in some they have holes.
Here's a pic with no holes and here with holes.

The BigSquid Savage seems to have these holes too, so I presume the production model comes with those. Whether it's good or bad remains to be seen.

There's a picture of an opened Flux tranny at RC Universe, here.
I'm 100% positive that the transmission is straight fit to nitro models, but it's interesting to see that HPI has gone the easy way and kept the 2nd gear "pinion" at the input shaft (which is useless).
To my eye there's only one new gear at the tranny, all the other gears look like they're straight from the 2spd.
This ofcourse is proofed only when we can get hold of the exploded views & part numbers, so don't put your money on the line just because I'm telling so...

Now the diffs - the bevel & pinion gears do have their own HPI part number which differs from all the other Savage ones, including the XL's. Flux's gear number is #102246 and XL's #86248 according to the HPI-Europe's Savage line-up (scroll down the page to comparison chart).
This obviously tells that the gears are (or atleast should) be stronger than in the XL.

[suicideneil]

Interesting for sure. On the diff part# issue, it could also be that they are a different ratio, rather than just hardend (I know traxxas uses an 'x' next to beefed up versions of stock parts often, not sure if HPI do the same).

[Savage03]

Maybe someone should shoot HPI a email and see what they say

Check out this link:
http://www.hpiracing.co.jp/contents/dm/newproducts.pdf

It has a different part number and a "new" designation for the gearbox/bulkheads. A friend translated it for me and basically it says that they have been redesigned and reinforced to prevent the ring and pinion from losing mesh under high, sudden torque.

Just received a reply to my e-mail to HPI. Looks like the diff bearings are larger as well.

"Thank you for contacting HPI Racing and Hot Bodies customer service. It looks like we did change the bearing size on the new Savage Flux and we also changed the material on the diff as well to make them stronger. We also have changed the diff bulk head so all around the diffs are upgraded.



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[Savage03]

Very interesting, good job. Wonder if these new parts will bolt into a savage....

[Savage-Flux]

i have a savage flux and it is AWESOME! i havent broken a thing, and it has lasted 2 months! (approx). i even won some races!

[revo guy]

Savage-Flux, I dont think that a 2nd place trophy counts if it was just you and me in the main lol (every one else broke)

and you snapped your battery boxes, Remember?

EDIT: and way to bring up a thread from January just to say a dumb comment

[Savage-Flux]

Originally Posted by revo guy

Savage-Flux, I dont think that a 2nd place trophy counts if it was just you and me in the main lol (every one else broke)

and you snapped your battery boxes, Remember?

EDIT: and way to bring up a thread from January just to say a dumb comment

atleast im not using the cheap china batteries called zippys and are NOT under warranty for the MMM or the BLUR ESC and atleast i can get to top speed without breaking 2 of my driveshafts before your Crating fluctuates. and i didnt take out a recycling box with my revo XD. and btw i have that on film. LOL.