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Might as well add mine. [emoji3] 2008 Jaguar XF, 4.2 supercharged V8. Makes 416hp stock. I've added a full stainless system to release that V8 soundtrack.

I replaced both servos last night with Turnigy TGY-9025MG metal geared servos. For now I've used the double arms, they're much beefier than the stock arms so I don't expect any more problems. The servos are a fair bit stronger than the stock ones, and turn noticeably quicker as you'd expect. For £4.15 each it's a no brainer! Also comfortably getting half an hour out of a 350mah lipo. So far I've replaced one plastic gear in the rear diff that seemed to have had two teeth stripped from the moment I unboxed it. As long as you understand not to drive a wheel into a wedge or an obstacle where the wheel has nowhere to go, it should be fine for a while on the plastic gears.

Yes it was beyond extreme. Managed to get over the scatterback cushions and over the kids toy collection. I gave up looking for a suitable replacement servo arm, the splines are so small it would be nigh on impossible to count them anyway so I gave in and ordered a couple of metal geared Turnigy micro servos to replace them with.

Yep, the servo arm snapped during an extreme mission over the conservatory sofa. I use the rear steer a lot. I can get 35-40 mins from an 800mah on my maverick scout, so I think you should comfortably get well over an hour on the basher.. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Well it landed today and it's been all kinds of fun, the kids have been making assault courses in the lounge for the basher to tackle. Had to strip the rear diff as it was graunchy from the outset. Two of the teeth were factory stripped [emoji2] Replaced those and now it's smooth, will replace with metal gears soon anyway. First snag though, the rear servo arm has just snapped. Servos are one thing I know absolutely zero about, and I can't see any spares listed specifically for the rockstar so I guess I'm into having to decipher what size, how many splines etc? If anyone can shortcut me to a spare it would help. Aside from that it's awesome. Seem to be getting a good 20-25 mins from a 350mah too which is easily good enough. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Just ordered me one of these from HK. I've not been near my Scout for a while and with moving house soon all my RC kit is boxed up. This little bad boy should help give me a fix regardless of the weather. I've gone with some 350mah zippys' for now but may well mod it to take one of the 850mah you've managed to squeeze in at some point.

Superb I struggle controlling the Savage at 50mph, lord knows what that must have been like. Hard enough just seeing it let alone controlling it! Well done to all involved

The body post mounts are offset and can be rotated 180deg which helps give a few options. Other than that, just drill some new ones. The savage is on its roof too much to worry about any shell lasting long!

Seems very good judging by the first episode...

Yes those are the ones I use, I have some in 2s and 3s but the 2s get more use. Not sure how nano-techs compare to Zippy, the nano-techs do seem to be a bit hit and miss (they are prone to lazy cells from what I can gather) but can't argue with their performance in something like the Savage HP. They would also need a deans soldering on, hope you're good with that soldering iron

Will they physically fit in the battery compartments? Yes. They will need deans connectors soldering on though. Personally I would aim for a higher C rating to be on the safe side. I run turnigy 65-130C 5000mah packs in my HP.

Have they confirmed anywhere that it's got hazard avoidance yet (avoids trees, buildings and so on)? That was the only issue as far as I was concerned, not a show stopper though. Looks good either way.

Monkey see...monkey want

What surface was that on? Running it on grass for instance will result in higher temps. Also were you running 2s or 3s? Driving style?

Nice little video, thanks for putting it together. I live in Leyland and have a savage flux, might go up to Blackpool beach sometime and give it a go. I would think as long as the chassis etc is dry (no oil film) an airline should get most of that sand out? Looked pretty dry after all. I just did a week in Somerset and was bashing a lunchbox every day on the beach, that cleaned up easily enough.

I think you'll only know for sure about the fuel tube mod if you actually reverse it and try the Scout on some familiar terrain. I just don't like undoing this that I already did!

Great stuff, thanks for posting.

Have you got tyres sorted now? Been away this week so haven't been keeping up with the thread.

Unlucky, I had them detach a few times before I threadlocked them, it was just luck that I noticed it had gone all 2wd on me straight away and found the driveshaft!

The originals seem fine to me, all I've ever managed was to pop the able end off when I drove the wheel into a wedge. Worth threadlocking those grub screws for what they are.

Truggys have better ground clearance generally than buggys which sit pretty low, but with a lower centre of gravity than a monster truck so best of both worlds some would say. My mate has BSD prime assault buggy. Seemed very slow on nimh, much faster on 2s but the brushed motor only lasted 2hrs before it died. He went back and bought the brushless setup (another

Hard enough to find decent bash spots, let alone ones that are ok for a noisy nitro electric all the way as far as I'm concerned. I would either stretch that budget a little and buy a decent brand from the off, or not bother just yet. HPI Firestorm come up for 140 in the sales corner and are a great basher. Likewise traxxas slash. If you buy one of the lesser brands you could end up getting frustrated with lack of parts supply and end up spending more in the long run. Check out Derka's thread for evidence of that. You should decide whether you want 2wd or 4wd. Personally I like 4wd as they just find traction anywhere. 2wd is great on the right surface, ie short course truck on a loose dirt track where you can hang the back end out, but I don't have any bash spots suitable for them. On a low grip surface they often don't get chance to get any real speed going. 4wd is still lairy, just a different experience. They hook up and bugger off at a great rate of knots, leaving you to catch it as they pitch one way then another. At least both my savages do anyway. Lastly, both my savages, and the scout, were bought from this fine forum secondhand. I wouldn't hesitate to go that route and get yourself a better truck for the money as opposed to buy something brand new but essentially cheap and stopgap with limited parts supply. My votes : Savage XS HPI Firestorm Slash 2wd / 4wd Lunchbox (lots of fun) Not so knowledgeable about truggys and buggys, they don't really float my boat but same principle applies - buy cheap buy twice. I can say from experience on my slash and two savages I've yet to break a single part. They are very tough.

His Bullet is a nitro isn't it? Thought about those dusty covers (got one on my little savage) but surely the heat from a nitro motor/pipe would result in a fire or meltdown?

You can get shock sox which will help reduce sand building up around the spring etc. If the sand is where you want to use it, I wouldn't be put off, I'd just modify it so it was more suitable for being used there, and gear your maintenance to suit that type of usage.