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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/7/2008 12:18:26 PM   
st1_racer



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Status: offline 		thats way to expensive the rustler vxl is a better deal or the team losi desert truck, or e- firestrom

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/7/2008 12:29:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Can someone here tell me, when your in forward and you hit reverse, should the tires lock up? Or does it take a while to slow down then stop? My e-firestorm doesn't lock up the tires when i go from forward to reverse, but if i'm in reverse and hit forward it instantly jumps forward. Any idea's of this is normal? Thanks.

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/7/2008 1:35:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		its not a bad thing if they lock up, and yes going from rev to fwd will not ease it on and that isnt good for the gears you should loosen your slipper

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/7/2008 4:05:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		out of the losi dt and e- firestorm which would be better. Now between vxl and e- friestorm

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/7/2008 10:22:56 PM   
Enzyme80



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Status: offline 		If you just want speed go with the VXL. If you want something you can race go for the e-firestorm. You can bash the crap out of both of them but only one can you tune to race (stock that is).

When I go from forward to reverse the car breaks as it should. The tires may lock up a little but that is more if I turn when breaking (hard turn 180 or something like that). It also depends on what surface I am on.

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/8/2008 12:49:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		Just got back from a great bash. Setup 4 jumps 1 ft up to 3 ft and prob like 20 degrees (nothing) up to about 50 for the 3 ft jump. I think I can truly say that since nothing broke on this car I am just going to have to start making things up to go buy new parts. This was crazy one jump was about a foot and 1/2 over my head landed perfect. Others were lower but did not land as well (many cartwheels). This thing just kept going. I am very happy with my purchase (already was but even more now). I would absolutely recommend this truck to anyone looking for a great stock ST. I really can't wait to get brushless and better servos. For now though I think new tires will be my first purchase and then a better battery.

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/8/2008 12:57:05 AM   
Oregon mud


 

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Status: offline 		I realy like mine to and have been far from easy with it. Only a stripped servo horn so far. Its a great truck.

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/8/2008 1:22:15 AM   
rossiman


 

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Status: offline 		i like mine to just need to decide on either a speed passion or mamba 5700 i only will race mine no bashing i just picked up some ae springs and will retune the shocks and fill the rear diff with 2k diff fluid. im probley gonna end up with the mamba system just cause the price tag and it comes with all the soft ware. and i have to get rid of the rtr body i just cant stand the rtr look of it. its been a loooong time since i bought a rtr LOL. really wish this was avalible as an ss kit. still i think i made a good buy i just cant get over how cool this gear diff is is about time somebody put this in a 10/th scale. mabey things like this and lipo/brushless systems will help get electric racing back on top.

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/8/2008 5:08:24 PM   
73


 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: allicedout

Can someone here tell me, when your in forward and you hit reverse, should the tires lock up? Or does it take a while to slow down then stop? My e-firestorm doesn't lock up the tires when i go from forward to reverse, but if i'm in reverse and hit forward it instantly jumps forward. Any idea's of this is normal? Thanks.


On road and surfaces like tiles and sidewalk, yes, my truck does not stop at a blink too. But I was told it was probably part of the design, as this is meant more as an off-road vehicle, or a safety feature to protect the gears.
Once in the dirt, the rear skids around nicely when brake/reverse is applied.

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/8/2008 5:28:18 PM   
Oregon mud


 

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Status: offline 		If you have replaced the receiver than you need to set the ESC back up or you will have no brakes at all. I found this out the hard way and there is no instructions on setting it up either.

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/10/2008 6:49:18 PM   
73


 

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Status: offline 		Well, the brakes wasn't strong straight out of the box, but it worked for my purpose (leisure) and where I play (offroad).
But I think I may have somehow damaged the stock HPI esc, now the truck don't hit full throttle even when the trigger is all the way in.. Power is not consistent, usually slow in fact, and the esc heats up quite a bit more.

So I got the esc replaced with a new Futaba unit tonite, and the truck appeared to have recovered it's speed and much more. With the new esc, I can slam on the brakes and the wheels lock, or ease it on to slow the truck down. Still need to hit the track tomoro to check out if the truck is really fixed though.
Am I the first to have a problem with this esc?

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/10/2008 7:04:55 PM   
Oregon mud


 

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Status: offline 		The main problem I heard about with the E Firestorm was supposed to be the ESC but I couldn't find any specifics. My truck arrived in the box, with the ESC in 3 pieces floating around. I assumed that was the problem everyone was talking about as I wasn't able to get mine to stay together. I ended up gluing it with tire glue and plan to replace it soon with something that will run a brushless motor eventually.

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/10/2008 11:17:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have not had a problem with my esc yet. Well it was not saying connected to the chassis but I fixed that and haven't had a problem yet. I think I may have finally hurt something on the car but it I have not examined it yet.

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RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread - 5/11/2008 4:31:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey guys, I own a brushless stampede and it is very fun. However I just found this track by my house and I dont think that my stampede will work all that well there. So do you think that i should buy a firestorm or shoul I wait and get the firestorm flux? 310 seems like a lot for that truck. I think that i will just want to drive it in the stock class. I have batteries and chargers and all that good stuff. So i would just have to get the car.

Or should I go for the nitro version of the firestorm?

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