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[jacksprogis]

i have £480 to spend on any type of car other than a road car , The cars on my short list are , Traxxas summit (can stretch the budget for these ) Trophy truggy flux , slash 4x4 ultimate . They must be 4x4 . So what would you say ? Thanks  

Edited by jacksprogis, 20 January 2012 - 09:11 AM.

[.AJ.]

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.AJ., on 18 January 2012 - 08:16 AM, said:

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I will do abit of research now on it ,  What are the main problems with the trophy truggy flux ?

[jacksprogis]

Is the trophy truggy flux worth it ?

[suicideneil]

Use the search feature, you'll find quicker answers vs waiting for people to come along- 'what am bestest...?' questions get asked so often that very people bother to answerr them these days.

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suicideneil, on 18 January 2012 - 12:09 PM, said:

Use the search feature, you'll find quicker answers vs waiting for people to come along- 'what am bestest...?' questions get asked so often that very people bother to answerr them these days.

On my mac running on google chrome it causes the message ''oh snap'' to come up therefore causing all my msuk pages to crash , thats why i cant use the search :/

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jacksprogis, on 18 January 2012 - 12:45 PM, said:

On my mac running on google chrome it causes the message ''oh snap'' to come up therefore causing all my msuk pages to crash , thats why i cant use the search :/

That's what you get for having a Mac, lol.

Anyway, £300 isn't much for getting something 4x4 & RTR, though there are a fair few options still- nothing is 100% perfect and everything will break if you crash or hand hard enough. The trick is to find something that has cheap spares, and spares that are easy to find- no good getting a model if you have to spend a fortune importing or buying hard to find spares. HPI & traxxas are well supported, so the vorza truggy is a nice option for sure, but everyone will recommend whatever they drive usually- I'd take a look through the 1/8 truggies on modelsport and see what catches your eye, then see if you can find spares for it ( on modelsport, wheelspinmodels or ebay etc etc ).

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suicideneil, on 18 January 2012 - 12:51 PM, said:

That's what you get for having a Mac, lol.

Anyway, £300 isn't much for getting something 4x4 & RTR, though there are a fair few options still- nothing is 100% perfect and everything will break if you crash or hand hard enough. The trick is to find something that has cheap spares, and spares that are easy to find- no good getting a model if you have to spend a fortune importing or buying hard to find spares. HPI & traxxas are well supported, so the vorza truggy is a nice option for sure, but everyone will recommend whatever they drive usually- I'd take a look through the 1/8 truggies on modelsport and see what catches your eye, then see if you can find spares for it ( on modelsport, wheelspinmodels or ebay etc etc ).

Thanks man i have an updated figure of £480  all in  with batteries (lipo hopefully ) , something i dislike about traxxas is the connectors , i have no soldering iron to convert them to deans (as on my firestorm) . The trophy truggy or summit at the moment are the 2 im looking at most

[Jumper]

a tt flux and a summit are completely different but if it was my money i'd go for the trophy truggy flux. not a very expensive car compared to the summit and you can get lots of batteries, so you can run it for ages. also when it does break you can afford spares and upgrades

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Jumper, on 18 January 2012 - 03:04 PM, said:

a tt flux and a summit are completely different but if it was my money i'd go for the trophy truggy flux. not a very expensive car compared to the summit and you can get lots of batteries, so you can run it for ages. also when it does break you can afford spares and upgrades

Any idea what the speed is like compared to my 2011 firestorm flux ? , im liking the slash 4x4 ultimate but £500 with 2 lipos :/ Thanks man !

Edited by jacksprogis, 18 January 2012 - 04:38 PM.

[Jumper]

on 4s it will do a couple of mph over 45 so a bit slower than a firestorm on 3s but faster than a firestorm on 2s

[jacksprogis]

Thanks man , only downside is the cost of spares , thats why im leaning more to the slash ultimate .  I know hpi is quality from my firestorm but will the drivetrain be strong enough ,Is there no problems with stripping diffs ? thanks for all your help yet again

Edited by jacksprogis, 18 January 2012 - 07:17 PM.

[Jumper]

no problems with the diffs with the stock motor. some people who have put castle systems have gone though a few diffs but it's fine on the standard set up. the first page on the tt owners clubs has a list of parts that might need upgrading but its a strong truggy.

[Noj]

I have an ultimate and whilst I love it, I'm not convinced that all the upgrades are necessary for general bashing; the sway bars obviously limit roll, but firm up the front end too when landing jumps (I did bend one slightly lol). The alu caster blocks are nice, however (much needed) RPM upgrade arms do not fit into these cleanly, as I discovered to my cost after trashing 2 front bearings, and they can bend (tbf, it was a massive full speed impact). I'm currently running standard steering blocks as there are no alu replacements about (and at about 35 quid a pair, I may just leave them off!) The soft compound tyres totally suck on damp/wet grass too. And it does roll easily with over exuberant cornering....but that's just a slash thing I think.

BUT the cost of the car with upgrades is much less then buying a standard 4x4 and then buying and fitting them. The upgraded shocks are well worth having and the included centre diff is nice to have too (tho whether or not I'll use it remains to be seen). Blue alu wheel nuts I could live without, but they won't rust

I truly love my slash for what it will do, and that's provide smile after smile. She climbs hills as easily as my Monster Trucks, has a wicked turn of speed and (electrical maladies aside) been tough. I also find that spares prices are reasonable, although availability can sometimes be an issue, depending on what you need (for eg, at the time of typing, no heavy duty rear driveshafts about anywhere) They're easy to service too - the Traxxas modular design of front end/chassis/rear end is a joy to work with

Recommended upgrades - (front and Rear) RPM arms and Steering blocks (if you get the non ultimate), rear arms only on the ultimate

Pro-line undertray - takes a bit of fettlin' to get it to fit, however it protects the underside very well and keeps the innards pretty clean (this is very important to me lol)

Fasttrax Bullseye SC Tyres - they're cheap but I really like 'em for the grass, really grip well - I was popping wheelies in the park this avo...

RPM shock guards - for a tenner, I reckon they're worth it

I am running 3s 5000Mah 25c Lipos in the beast, which does generate a fair amount of heat in the motor and esc. I believe some folk on here suggest using the additionally purchased fan if running 3s, I haven't felt the need yet, as I'm fortunate enough to be able to rest the Slash and run a different vehicle whilst she cools down

Tis a very personal thing, this r/c buying business, just as choosing your 1:1 car is and I'm sure you'll get hours of fun from whatever you decide..... HTH

[bashville]

my rule for the big brand makes is the simpler the better they hold up. Take the Firestorm, 2wd Slash and Desert Truck from HPI Traxxas and Losi. I kill the crap out of thee all the time and hardly ever suffer problems, whilst brushless savages T-maxx's etc go wrong a lot more often and cost a good deal more to repair. to what you buy depends in my view what you want to use the car for