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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/3/2012 6:19 PM   
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I'm a complete newbie to the RCs the XS was the first truck I have purchased and I have been very pleased so far it has ran great for me. I have put about 12 packs through it and I have only ran in to the following:

One upright broke this was due to a complete newbie driving it and basically made the truck cartwheel on its wheels down the road way to fast.

Some screws are striping this is because I overdo everything including tightening things down.

The horizontal bars that the body attaches to broke but after looking at the design of course they broke and will just stay broken.

The other thing I did was reroute the antenna cable so that the rear axle wouldn't catch it. After I did that the plastic antenna cover on the outside broke off once when it flipped over and I noticed I only had about 1 inch of plastic on the outside as well as 1 inch of antenna cable so I just put a little plastic cap over that and it works / looks better than the long plastic tube that wasn't doing anything.

My drive cups haven't been wearing yet although I have kept them greased up.

I am running stock on everything even the servo which I don't currently have a problem with and that is probably because I don't know how good it can be lol.



Your screws stripping could be from over-tightening them or it could be your using the wrong size hex drivers.


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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/3/2012 8:05 PM   
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/3/2012 8:18 PM   
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Heriticgod would you kindly post the part number of the RPM shock ends?  I am tired of replacing stock part.
Thank you!

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I used RPM #80472



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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/3/2012 8:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Anybody know if this motor will work in the XS? I know the mamba max pro fits but I wasnt sure about the motor.

www.ebay.com/itm/Castle-9600-Mamba-Max-Race-Pro-1-10-SCT-25-2-v-ESC-1410-3800-kV-Motor-Combo-/290659831901



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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/3/2012 10:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		been having some issues with the tranny last two runs. lots of crunching and clicking when I try to take off with it. and just now sometimes I will hit the gas and nothing will happen. i have to go throttle on and off a few times before it'll start to really move. gonna pull out the motor and all tomorrow and see whats what

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 12:51 AM   
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been having some issues with the tranny last two runs. lots of crunching and clicking when I try to take off with it. and just now sometimes I will hit the gas and nothing will happen. i have to go throttle on and off a few times before it'll start to really move. gonna pull out the motor and all tomorrow and see whats what


Will you please keep updating on this please. 



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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 12:56 AM   
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been having some issues with the tranny last two runs. lots of crunching and clicking when I try to take off with it. and just now sometimes I will hit the gas and nothing will happen. i have to go throttle on and off a few times before it'll start to really move. gonna pull out the motor and all tomorrow and see whats what


Will you please keep updating on this please. 





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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 12:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		I see the ss available for viewing now on hpi website http://www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/107820

Does anyone know when it's forsale? I've takin the xs apart so many times this may just be what I need to get a working one.


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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 1:06 AM   
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I see the ss available for viewing now on hpi website http://www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/107820

Does anyone know when it's forsale? I've takin the xs apart so many times this may just be what I need to get a working one.



You would still need a better esc and that is probably all you need now to get it running.

And reut1

If you hit the gas and you are getting nothing from the motor and then it kicks in that's electrical not mechanical. My esc started doing that before I swapped it out.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 1:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		 I understand. I would be buying all new electronics for the ss. I was just saying with my experience of pulling my xs apart building one should be a breeze and then I can put in my own electronics and such. You guys think it will still be 300 for the ss?

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 1:45 AM   
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 2:02 AM   
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 2:03 AM   
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I dont think it comes with a motor or ESC so it has to be cheaper then 300,  I am hoping its priced around 150.  IMO 200 would be to steep.


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 I understand. I would be buying all new electronics for the ss. I was just saying with my experience of pulling my xs apart building one should be a breeze and then I can put in my own electronics and such. You guys think it will still be 300 for the ss?



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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 2:20 AM   
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And reut1

If you hit the gas and you are getting nothing from the motor and then it kicks in that's electrical not mechanical. My esc started doing that before I swapped it out.


well i kinda figured that it was electrical because of that issue, but the clicking i was hearing definitely would be more mechanical. I opened up the tranny tonight and it all looked fine, even though still that spur/pinion mesh is not as nice as id want it to be.

maybe there will be a new esc and motor in my future



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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 4:13 AM   
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I guess I should use correct terminology wasn't paying attention to what I was saying there. My screws arn't striped at the head I just have a few screws that won't completly tighten anymore they get snug but they don't tighten like the one next to it.



You overtightened the screws and pulled the threads out of the plastic.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/4/2012 7:45 PM   
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I guess I should use correct terminology wasn't paying attention to what I was saying there. My screws arn't striped at the head I just have a few screws that won't completly tighten anymore they get snug but they don't tighten like the one next to it.



You overtightened the screws and pulled the threads out of the plastic.


Also what I does is turn the screw counter clockwise gently until the screw drops into the threads. This prevents the screw from recutting threads which also causes what the rcklingaman described. 


No one piped up on prices of the ss. No one knows yet?


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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/5/2012 1:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Drove for about 3 minutes today and one of my new HPI CVDs snapped. These things just don't seem to be at all strong enough for the power of this truck. I can't imagine how much money HPI makes selling these things and the dog bones. Also, just as I thought would happen with that Hot Racing Aluminum Steering Bellcrank, cartwheeled it once, and it stripped out my servo arm. I put some grease on it, and it now seems to be working the way it's supposed to.


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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/6/2012 5:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		My son, Jordan, and I had a great day bashing our XS's yesterday. While we were bashing and doing speed runs I caught my son's XS head-on with my XS and sent his about 4 feet into the air, it was funny.. so we went on bashing for awhile more until our batteries where dead. So we headed back to the van to change batteries and back to some more bashing only this time it was in the parking lot. While we were playing kick the can with the XS's I noticed mine was leaning funny in the front so I picked it up and started to check it out and noticed I had sheared off the front shock tower. Which ended my bashing.

So today we went down to the school to do some more bashing with my Flux HP and my son's XS. Afer about 20 mins of bashing we noticed that my son's XS was acting strange so I started checking when I noticed the front right axle keeps fallling out of the axle cup. So now I need to get new new axle ups for both of our XS's.. You should have seen him try to drive my Flux HP is was pretty interesting... I will post some video later of it. And I will also post pics of the damages to the XS's...

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/6/2012 5:25 AM   
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/6/2012 2:49 PM   
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Talk about a night and day difference with these tires.



Can you give a little more in depth review of the tires and what are they?  I need some new ones that have a little more traction on and off road.

On a different note, I finally decided to try my XS on 3S and WOW is this truck fast.  I only did speed runs because I was a little worried about the ESC, but it held up fine.  The only problem is that it is difficult to keep the front wheels on the ground.  I flipped it onto it's lid a few times while running at nearly full speed and it was fun, but I will stick to 2S for bashing and 3S for speed runs only.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/6/2012 10:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		They are pro line gladiators on hpi mesh wheels. They hook up nice on all surfaces. I noticed the stock tires on mine all they did on take off was loose traction. These are a complete different story the truck really dosnt burn out at all now, and they show no signs of wear after about 10 packs the stock tires were almost completely bald after 10 packs. They are about the same size really couldnt tell any difference when I compared them to the stock ones so no overheating issues. If you have anymore questions just ask.


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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/6/2012 11:23 PM   
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Talk about a night and day difference with these tires.



Can you give a little more in depth review of the tires and what are they?  I need some new ones that have a little more traction on and off road.

On a different note, I finally decided to try my XS on 3S and WOW is this truck fast.  I only did speed runs because I was a little worried about the ESC, but it held up fine.  The only problem is that it is difficult to keep the front wheels on the ground.  I flipped it onto it's lid a few times while running at nearly full speed and it was fun, but I will stick to 2S for bashing and 3S for speed runs only.


Hey Gangster_Elmo, where in Washington are you located?

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/7/2012 2:58 AM   
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Talk about a night and day difference with these tires.



Can you give a little more in depth review of the tires and what are they?  I need some new ones that have a little more traction on and off road.

On a different note, I finally decided to try my XS on 3S and WOW is this truck fast.  I only did speed runs because I was a little worried about the ESC, but it held up fine.  The only problem is that it is difficult to keep the front wheels on the ground.  I flipped it onto it's lid a few times while running at nearly full speed and it was fun, but I will stick to 2S for bashing and 3S for speed runs only.


Hey Gangster_Elmo, where in Washington are you located?


209mark123, thanks for the review, they sound really good.

T9dragon, I am about 20 miles southwest of Olympia.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/7/2012 5:29 AM  1 votes
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I guess I should use correct terminology wasn't paying attention to what I was saying there. My screws arn't striped at the head I just have a few screws that won't completly tighten anymore they get snug but they don't tighten like the one next to it.



You overtightened the screws and pulled the threads out of the plastic.


Also what I does is turn the screw counter clockwise gently until the screw drops into the threads. This prevents the screw from recutting threads which also causes what the rcklingaman described.



Yeah, but you're smart enough to be working on things. Y'know...not a ham-fisted hack.

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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread... - 2/7/2012 6:54 PM   
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