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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/16/2011 8:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Awesome, but i noticed that hpi's xs was more responsive on the standing back flips and faster all round
 



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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/16/2011 8:58 PM   
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Awesome, but i noticed that hpi's xs was more responsive on the standing back flips and faster all round
 




Then what?

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/16/2011 9:46 PM   
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Everyone must either be out playing with their XS's or at work dreaming about playing with their XS like I am doing....


At least one of us is dreaming about how we can get $300 together to visit your LHS that still has an XS in stock...


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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/16/2011 10:20 PM   
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/16/2011 10:27 PM   
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T9dragon, yep, over on RCtech.  I'm Redlinez there.  Awesome vids you have as well!!  Just thought I'd post up a corporate vid too. 


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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 3:50 AM   
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hey guys my lhs just put my Savage XS on hold for me and will pick it up after work (yaay). Just wondering if stock gearing should be enough or already optimal on SPC 6000mAh, 30C, 2S, 7.4V?


That should be fine if the battery fits in the battery compartment.

in theory it should: 138.5mm long x 46mm wide x 24.5mm deep


good news its perfect fit! the xs is as everyone says it is tough, fast and fun to play with. However my xs steers to the left even when I set the steering option on the included remote to counter it. Any way to fix it? is it a servo issue? this is how it come out of the box



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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 4:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just recieved my HPI FLUX XS yesterday. Read all the instructions, set it up as directed. I put in a 3S 30C battery and ran it for about 2 minutes and was just doing some fine tuning on the steering. When I brought it back to me for a adjustment the truck started to smoke. I removed the top and the wires melted right out of the ESC. Now no more fun. I barely got started. I called HPI and I am sending the ESC back to them so they can send me a new one. It just sucks that I have to wait another 2 to 3 weeks to have some fun. HPI customer service rocks so far and was really helpfull.  The shipping to IRAQ is pretty fast but I will just have to wait around to see if a new ESC will fix the problem. I just hope that there is nothing else wrong besides that.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 5:26 AM   
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Awesome, but i noticed that hpi's xs was more responsive on the standing back flips and faster all round
 




all in the tires..

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 6:39 AM   
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hey guys my lhs just put my Savage XS on hold for me and will pick it up after work (yaay). Just wondering if stock gearing should be enough or already optimal on SPC 6000mAh, 30C, 2S, 7.4V?


That should be fine if the battery fits in the battery compartment.

in theory it should: 138.5mm long x 46mm wide x 24.5mm deep


good news its perfect fit! the xs is as everyone says it is tough, fast and fun to play with. However my xs steers to the left even when I set the steering option on the included remote to counter it. Any way to fix it? is it a servo issue? this is how it come out of the box




Remove the servo horn from the servo and recenter the servo and then re-attach the servo horn.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 1:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well I hooked up my 3s lipo so I could bind my Tactic TX/RX and the ESC beeped 3 times and started to smoke!!! unplugged it and shipped it back to HPI. I hope they have some replacements on hand.....

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 1:39 PM   
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 3:02 PM   
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Well I hooked up my 3s lipo so I could bind my Tactic TX/RX and the ESC beeped 3 times and started to smoke!!! unplugged it and shipped it back to HPI. I hope they have some replacements on hand.....


WOW... Red, I am sorry to hear your ESC went smoking.... I think I will stay away from the 3s lipos until they get the problem fixed. But you know when they released the Flux there were issues with that ESC going up in smoke to. After a 1.5 years the ESC in my Flux quit but it never smoked..

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 5:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		HPI has been having a lot of issues! I seen it on mine and read in a lot of forums this issue is becoming a common problem. HPI needs to fix this....if castle is having issues...switch to a better ESC. Mine melted and burned up after about 3 minutes of use. It is ridiculious...This should not happen!


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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 5:46 PM   
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 5:55 PM   
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HPI has been having a lot of issues! I seen it on mine and read in a lot of forums this issue is becoming a common problem. HPI needs to fix this....if castle is having issues...switch to a better ESC. Mine melted and burned up after about 3 minutes of use. It is ridiculious...This should not happen!



What other forums have you read that this is a common problem? Any issues I have ever had with HPI or Castle they have gladly fixed no questions asked.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 6:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey guys, I was thinking about the issue of the ESC's going up in smoke.

Has anyone changed the settings on the ESC before they ran it on 3s?

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 10:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		My esc had a dim red light after running two times. Sent it back to castle. I installed a Mamba pro max now every thing is good.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 10:28 PM   
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/17/2011 11:17 PM   
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/18/2011 12:03 AM   
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/18/2011 12:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		Crappy, Red.  I am definitely starting mine with the mamba max pro in it.  I am also thinking of putting the SCT motor in it right away too to go with what I know has been solid.  If the stock ESC is weak, though, I should probably put it in something and see if it goes too since I don't want a weak ESC around.
 


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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/18/2011 12:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		I bet Castle is working on a software update for this esc. Get yours yet Rob?

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/18/2011 12:43 AM   
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Not as of friday morning, I bet its there monday. Doesn't matter, I'm away for two weeks.   There must be something different with the ESC than a regular sidewinder.  They've been on the market for a while before this without issues.


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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/18/2011 12:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		I wonder if the BEC is kinda bad with this esc?
looks like no issues running 2s but on 3s we see smoke...

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 9/18/2011 12:47 AM   
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