mike620

I know that the volcano stx & tornado xp are pretty fast. On ebay, sellers claim that they will go 60+ mph. Will they get close to that fast on even "perfect conditions"? Or are they just lying?

[link=http://cgi.ebay.com/TORNADO-XP-NITRO-Powered-R-C-4WD-2-Speed-Buggy-60-MPH_W0QQitemZ160005448292QQihZ006QQcategoryZ19168Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]tornado ebay link[/link]

[link=http://cgi.ebay.com/VOLCANO-STX-R-C-NITRO-Powered-4WD-Truck-60-mph-FAST_W0QQitemZ190007232333QQihZ009QQcategoryZ44029 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]volcano link[/link]

CA_Fun_N_Sun

This is just one link to the speed topic.
Search a bit more and you'll find quite a few more posts about the 'real speed' these are capable. Good luck.

I still love mine hehe

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4378751/tm.htm

Popper252

60 mph is a bit of a stretch. you might be able to get your 2 speed xp to 50 under ideal conditions. Ehroof clocked his at 43 mph using 20% fuel. Maybe with a little tweaking and 35% nitro you could get it up there. Who knows.
40 is fast enough in my opinion. A crash at that speed would be pretty rediculous.

{GBI}Harryball

I must say that my XP has held up pretty good considering at full speed 40+ i hit a curb, it flipped about 4 times in the air, landing on the roof of the car and didnt stop running. I did break my left front c-hub, ordered the part and back in business faster than ever. Dont worry about hitting 60mph, i really believe that it would be to fast, unless of course you have a place to run it. For the normal applications, and dirt the car is plenty fast.

mike620

thanks for the info. true even on road at 35-40, you have just a few short seconds before it's out of range.

Fatman84

AMEN! i really dont think that anyone would want to crash their volcano over 30 mph

ive seen the damage

{GBI}Harryball

I did and nothing happened. I lost my motor mount screws however on an 8 and a half foot jump. It was cool.

Fatman84

8 and a half feet! I guess it was a lucky bounce.

ha ha

Fatman

chri4798

I measured my Himoto Syclone aka. Redcat Racing Tornado xp aka. HiSpeed Atomic Warhead with a two speed transmission and 16% nitro.
20 metres in 1 second = 72 kph = 44.74 mph. HAHA

Fatman84

alright i got to try that sometime

chubbysuncle

Zip Tie a small hand held GPS to the wing of your buggy. 37MPH right to the crash site![sm=lol.gif]

ehroof

I dont know why redcat keeps making the 60mph claim on their 1/10ths, that is a way far off figure especially out of the box.

alex k

i have seen some extremely fast buggies on you-tube, i mean, they were doing like 70mph+. and they had some outrageous jumps. those guys were going so fast that the wing would cause the car to flip over backwards. and the jumps were like 15 feet high, see if u can find it.

Popper252

Speed =

Andyde4

right there thats what happens lol.they had one of those radar things on my street and it picked up my XP i got it up to 51mph. and then a couple minutes later that happened

alex k

we should put parachutes on the back of these things. I have a nitro rustler and once i get it to about 50mph it just starts to weave back and forth until it flips into the barpit and is saved by a bunch weeds. Im waiting for a aluminum part for it right now and more shock oil.

BigMatt

that pic looks like an sv with a purple chassis.