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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 7/30/2012 1:48 PM

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Ordered some parts last night to get me back up and running. Ordered the e-clip eliminator set, front/rear upright/steering block set, transmission out drive cups, and axles. should be here this week. Can;t wait to get up and running again to run with my father inlaw and his Flux HP. I plan to get all HR accessories when taxes come in.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 7/30/2012 7:36 PM

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So I'm thinking of finally getting an SS kit, anything I should know?

Get the e-clip eliminator! These e-clips sucks. The only way to get them off is to bend them, then they spring across the room when trying to put them back on. Get HR drive cups. I recommend pro-line badlands for tires. excellent grip on every surface. people complain about the stock steering servo (not sure if the kit comes with it) but i never had an issue.

Haven't had to touch the e-clips yet but since I split a rear hub, (it's still holding together though!) I guess I am going to find out the hard way.
Ordered my centre HR cups, cant wait for those, I hope my dogbones dontget destroyed in the mean time.
I'm going to order some HPI Yokohama Geolandars, want something stickier but still all terrain. Agree, it may be an RTR servo and only 4.5kg, but I can still turn the wheels lock to lock at a standstill so
I'm pretty happy with it for now. Although with such a short wheelbase i can understand people upgrading it to keep the truck straighter.

Would be fun to run these alongside an HP, have fun

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 7/30/2012 7:58 PM

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Bit the bullet and just ordered an rtr xs. My sc10 4x4 isn't as suitable for a basher, so I figured 'd get one of these. Hopefully I'll have it this week.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 7/30/2012 9:10 PM

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Hey guys we are doing a whole build series on the Savage XS SS kit. Check it out: http://www.modelkits.com/radio-controlled-kits/hpi-savage-xs-ss-rc-kit-build-videos.html

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 7/31/2012 7:10 AM

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So I'm thinking of finally getting an SS kit, anything I should know?

Get the e-clip eliminator! These e-clips sucks. The only way to get them off is to bend them, then they spring across the room when trying to put them back on. Get HR drive cups. I recommend pro-line badlands for tires. excellent grip on every surface. people complain about the stock steering servo (not sure if the kit comes with it) but i never had an issue.

I'm guessing the E clips you all are referring to hold the suspension pins in correct? Because I just recently built up an SS kit and it did not have any E clips for the pins. The way the bottom skid is made it had pieces to enclose both ends of the pins to keep them from coming out. If you look on page 9 in the SS kit manual on HPI's site you'll see how the skid is made.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 7/31/2012 10:40 AM

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I'm guessing the E clips you all are referring to hold the suspension pins in correct? Because I just recently built up an SS kit and it did not have any E clips for the pins. The way the bottom skid is made it had pieces to enclose both ends of the pins to keep them from coming out. If you look on page 9 in the SS kit manual on HPI's site you'll see how the skid is made.

Same as the RTR, it's where the arms connect to the hubs where the wheel bearings sit that have pins with e-clips.

Well I lost rear drive again this arvo, figured the cups had finally let go, but no could still see the rear shaft turning and the cup that goes through the gearbox pinion.
I just assumed the small pin that goes in behind the pinion had broke and had a look in my spares for a tamiya hex pin to see if this could fit, 2mm too long (I could shave it down) so I pulled the
rear diff to bits, pin in behind pinion was fine, but one of the bearings had disintergrated:

Also look at my left diff cup, it's spread apart and it's actually split at the ends of the dognbone pin slots. looks like I'm ordering the other HR cups/outdrives too! That's actually one complete bearing at the top of the pic, the rest is the remains of the other one lol

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/1/2012 6:09 AM

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Same as the RTR, it's where the arms connect to the hubs where the wheel bearings sit that have pins with e-clips.

Still like I said in my SS kit there were no suspension pins that had E clips. They may have changed it. Go to HPI's Site and look at the SS kit manual page 9 step 6. It's a screw pin with a nyloc nut that came in my kit. The skid I was referring to (that closes the pin ends off for the a arm to bulkhead) is actually on page 11 Step 9.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/1/2012 8:48 AM

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Same as the RTR, it's where the arms connect to the hubs where the wheel bearings sit that have pins with e-clips.

Still like I said in my SS kit there were no suspension pins that had E clips. They may have changed it. Go to HPI's Site and look at the SS kit manual page 9 step 6. It's a screw pin with a nyloc nut that came in my kit. The skid I was referring to (that closes the pin ends off for the a arm to bulkhead) is actually on page 11 Step 9.

Yeah it looks like the SS got the e-clip eliminator kit as a factory upgrade

RTR's have a shaft and e-clip where you have the screw pin and nylon nut.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/2/2012 6:57 AM

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Got my XS today. Actually funny because I ordered parts from Tower for my sc10 on saturday, and ended up ordering the XS monday and the XS showed up today but my sc10 parts are still MIA.

But I ran 3 packs through the XS (2s) and this little truck is a freaking blast. [>:] I'm going to see how long the stock tires last, then I'm getting a set of Badlands.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/2/2012 8:10 PM

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Is it worth buying the upgrade XS HPI Savage Wheely Bar Set?

Or is money thrown away? not of much use?

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/2/2012 10:41 PM

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If you run on a ot of pavement, yes. On 2s the truck will flip on its lid from even a slow 5mph roll. Lots of dirt? With the stock tires no way in hell. Maybe with a good set of pro-lines.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/4/2012 5:21 AM

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Is anyone having issues with your esc dropping power to the drive motor?
I will be running my truck, approach a ramp, and the power will cut out. When I go to flip the truck back on to it's wheels the ESC will be making it's start up beeps. Once the ESC starts back up I can drive it again. Last point, once on the way to the truck I was able to steer the wheels before I heard the ESC beeps. Once the beeps were over I could use the driver motor and steering.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/5/2012 8:53 PM

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Took my xs ss out on its first run today,

I am running a leopard 60a v2 esc along with a toro 3900kv motor,

Turnigy 40c 5200 2s lipo,

On loose gravel the tires worked well but on damp grass it was wheel spin, drifting all the way,

After 10 mins I could hear my esc start up tones and the truck became unresponsive,

Then drove fine again, this happened a couple more times until there was total loss of drive,

Got home striped the gearbox out and opened the gear mesh cover,

the pinion gear had slid tight against the motor and away from the drive gear,
readjusted this time putting red loctite on the motor shaft as well as on the grub screw,

But with the run time I had I'm impressed with this little truck, god it's fast,
and it does handle good for a monster truck,

Can't imagine that il ever need to go 3s on it.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/7/2012 11:23 PM

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Is anyone having issues with your esc dropping power to the drive motor?
I will be running my truck, approach a ramp, and the power will cut out. When I go to flip the truck back on to it's wheels the ESC will be making it's start up beeps. Once the ESC starts back up I can drive it again. Last point, once on the way to the truck I was able to steer the wheels before I heard the ESC beeps. Once the beeps were over I could use the driver motor and steering.

Thanks for any help
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/8/2012 2:15 PM

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My Savage XS Flux and Bullet MT Flux will be here today...

I bought the XS thinking it was a 1/10..So I hope it doesn't let me down.

Also is there a difference between XS flux and XS SS?

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/8/2012 3:04 PM

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My Savage XS Flux and Bullet MT Flux will be here today...

I bought the XS thinking it was a 1/10..So I hope it doesn't let me down.

Also is there a difference between XS flux and XS SS?

The XS will be a bit smaller than your anticipated 1/10 scale, but is just as durable or better.
The difference between the XS and the XS SS, is that the SS is a kit version.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/8/2012 4:08 PM

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My Savage XS Flux and Bullet MT Flux will be here today...

I bought the XS thinking it was a 1/10..So I hope it doesn't let me down.

Also is there a difference between XS flux and XS SS?

The XS will be a bit smaller than your anticipated 1/10 scale, but is just as durable or better.
The difference between the XS and the XS SS, is that the SS is a kit version.

Gotcha.. Was planning on upgrading the shocks anyways.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/8/2012 7:36 PM

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The xs ss comes with adjustable upper arms,
alloy shocks,
Different wheels than the rtr xs,
a clear body and 4x cvd's driveshafts,

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/9/2012 12:36 AM

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worth to buy 4 shocks? install and stay with 8 in total?

Break less?

I'd need a 40mm screw top.

And below, the stock of hpi, right?

ahh.,..one more question, rcemergency the store is reliable?

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/10/2012 1:10 AM

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So, I got my bullet and XS in today. Setup ESC and ran a 5k 2S pack each and these kits FLY! The Savage is wicked fast. I just have one issue with the XS..Why the hell is there not a POWER SWITCH!!??!

Also had the bullet flux take off on me while setting up the ESC..apparently I setup the neutral as full throttle and when I turned it on after saving settings it took off at full speed..lol

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/10/2012 6:25 AM

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There is a power on/off switch, right in front of the esc.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/10/2012 12:57 PM

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There is a power on/off switch, right in front of the esc.

Whoah there is? Are you talking about on the Flux XS vapor pro esc? I've had this thing for a while and never noticed a power switch. or are you talking about the bullet.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/10/2012 2:55 PM

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There is no switch on the XS. The bullet MTclearly has one.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/10/2012 2:59 PM

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That's what I thought. I got confused as he was talking about two different trucks.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 8/11/2012 12:03 AM

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Fooled me... I started looking for this mystery esc switch on my XS that I hadn't come across in 4 weeks of ownership lol

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