its about time!
11-07-2006, 03:03 PM
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its about time!
HPI have FINALLY a truck that is different and not the same old boring sav with a new engine and new name.
i talk of coarse...
of the [link=http://www.hpieurope.com/kit-info.php?partNo=10822&lang=en]WHEELIE KING![/link]
looks pretty buch... but not sure about that tube frame, anyone know what sort of punishment this will take and if i can modify it to ride a little lower (it looks too unstable that high)
i talk of coarse...
of the [link=http://www.hpieurope.com/kit-info.php?partNo=10822&lang=en]WHEELIE KING![/link]
looks pretty buch... but not sure about that tube frame, anyone know what sort of punishment this will take and if i can modify it to ride a little lower (it looks too unstable that high)
11-07-2006, 03:39 PM
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RE: its about time!
Yeah, electric isn't good for a monster truck, even a 1/12 scale. It does look good, but I think thats all it is, another release for HPI, and another can for collectors to put on thier shelf.
11-08-2006, 02:38 AM
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RE: its about time!
yeh, but how durable do you think it is? i want something like an electric savage that i can tear around the garden with
it just looks so vulnerable riding so high...
it just looks so vulnerable riding so high...
11-08-2006, 03:03 AM
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Guess I'll chime in and say I think it looks stupid too.. Maybe if it were REALLY cheap for driving around inside the house and chasing/crawling over cats..
11-08-2006, 08:51 AM
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RE: its about time!
Nitro power would mess this truck up, it's not intended to go blasting across a dirt field or around a racetrack at 30-40mph. Trucks like this are best in a fairly confined area, and this thing woud be right at home in the garden, backyard, or runnibng around the parking lot at work during your lunch break. I can't run my nitro trucks at my house, they are just too big, fast, and impractical. I also don't want to assault my neighbors ears with a screaming nitro all the time either.
Also, as far as looks go, this thing is more like a real monster truck than any of the nitro powered rigs. It will handle, jump, and accelerate more like a 1:1 monster than anything else HPI makes. I never knew how much fun it is to run something like this until I got my Mad Force. Solid axles are cool.
I also love the comments I've seen on this forum about it's bad handling... from Savage owners no less[sm=spinnyeyes.gif]
Also, as far as looks go, this thing is more like a real monster truck than any of the nitro powered rigs. It will handle, jump, and accelerate more like a 1:1 monster than anything else HPI makes. I never knew how much fun it is to run something like this until I got my Mad Force. Solid axles are cool.
I also love the comments I've seen on this forum about it's bad handling... from Savage owners no less[sm=spinnyeyes.gif]
11-08-2006, 11:52 AM
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RE: its about time!
well its riding high, the savage is bad enough but this thing has large tyres, high Centre of gravity and i want to know how bad it handles
E-savage?... bit expensive and big. maybe a traxxas lecc pede
E-savage?... bit expensive and big. maybe a traxxas lecc pede
