everclear1984 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Managed to get out for a bash today. It went well... mostly, lol http://youtu.be/TWc3VpuIWAo Looks like I'll have chance to practice my soldering as one of the deans connectors broke loose from the esc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Bashed the Firestorm today and had a blast on my mates Savage... I want one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish6634 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I guess quite a few people on here are running brushless firestorm's? What sort of set up are you using suspension wise? I am running with a brushless set up on a 3s battery and its difficult to get any sort of power down without it flipping even with a wheelie bar...... I have my spring rate soft on the rear at the shocks mounted on the outer most setting on the shock tower but still i get lift and over it goes. I also have my slipper backed off quite a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I guess quite a few people on here are running brushless firestorm's? What sort of set up are you using suspension wise? I am running with a brushless set up on a 3s battery and its difficult to get any sort of power down without it flipping even with a wheelie bar...... I have my spring rate soft on the rear at the shocks mounted on the outer most setting on the shock tower but still i get lift and over it goes. I also have my slipper backed off quite a lot. How loose is your slipper? The manual says 6 turns out which seems to work for me. Other than that, go easy on the throttle trigger or run 2s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish6634 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 The slipper is fairly loose mate i will just have to learn to control it better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Another awesome morning bashing today. Stripped the spur and another pinion though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relativenewbyseb Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 What pinions are you using? Are they steel? And also even though it didn't look it my top shaft was very slightly bent which caused mine to strip a few times.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I aways use steel pinions. I got through 2 spurs and pinions before realising that the screws on the motor end cap had pulled through causing the shaft move on heavy landings. This is a new motor so I've no idea what caused these to strip but the spur is completely melted and the teeth on the pinion are badly chewed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relativenewbyseb Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Never seen steel pinion gears chewed up ???? hahah odd Has to be something getting in there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 You could be right, I'll try sealing the casing with a little silicone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Another awesome morning bashing today. Stripped the spur and another pinion though Somthing has to be wrong with your gear box or slipper. You might want tk loosen the slipper a little to take a bit of the strain off the gears (if that's the right way round lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Somthing has to be wrong with your gear box or slipper. You might want tk loosen the slipper a little to take a bit of the strain off the gears (if that's the right way round lol) You might be right about the slipper being the cause. I set it up on tarmac but have been bashing on loose, dusty gravel. I'll back it off a little next time I'm out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistonhead Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Just snapped up a tidy nitro Firestorm for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Just snapped up a tidy nitro Firestorm for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Just snapped up a tidy nitro Firestorm for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterthedrummer Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 What do people think to having a hpi firestorm club website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooth-less Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 be nice to have all the information in one place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 What do people think to having a hpi firestorm club website Already done that, it was busy for a while but people preffered general forums like this one. be nice to have all the information in one place. There's stacks of info in this thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooth-less Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Already done that, it was busy for a while but people preffered general forums like this one. There's stacks of info in this thread I agree, just would be nice if everything was in one tidy place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) We'll i've indexed a lot of the usefull stuff and there's always the search feature. Like I said I did a firestorm forum before and it didn't prove that popular as it was specifically geared to one model. Edited May 11, 2015 by stretch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterthedrummer Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Already done that, it was busy for a while but people preffered general forums like this one. There's stacks of info in this thread I'm going to create on and see how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 I'm going to create on and see how it goes nice one let us know when it's done so we can sign up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterthedrummer Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 nice one let us know when it's done so we can sign up. Will do I don't think there will be a sign up feature since it's a free website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 ok sorry thought you was having a forum my mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterthedrummer Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I've started a HPI firestorm owners club website at http://hpifirestormownersclub.weebly.com and wondered what everyone thinks of it remember the site is still a working progress 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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