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Official E-FIRESTORM thread

Old 07-06-2011, 04:58 AM
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And here we have the rigged up steering post after one got lost durrying the tire epidemic and i replaced it with ummmm i really dont remember and it ad a lot of play so i used a bearing and i finally said this aint workin and snipped off a piece of old shock rod and changed the spacers inside the steering arm and its mmmuuccchhh better
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Old 07-06-2011, 05:09 AM
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Sorry for all the posts guys one more its been a while since i got to fully share the changes

Ok here is the worst of it all i bash really hard and some how i stripped the mortor holes, so all the power and slamming does a number annnnddd i lkinda have been threw a few spurs. . . and few i mean TOMANY!!!!!! not including the two random losi spurts from my dads old lst that actually fits ive gone through three hpi spurs and am on my fourth and thats not gonnalast long. . . i found a blits aluminum spurt and i seen that in the earlier posts someone used it but said u had to change a few things but dont know exactly what tho. Also ontop of that ive chewed off a many of dog bones, and looking at the pics iiii think i made the stupidest rookie mistake and put them in backwards didnt notice the grooved end *EPICFACEPALM* . . . ill convert to universals around christmas
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Old 07-06-2011, 05:11 AM
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ANDFINNALLYYESTERDAYSEPICFAIL. . . .
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Old 07-06-2011, 05:34 AM
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Thats a lot of broken parts!  Are you using loctite when you tighten the motor down?   

I had a crappy battery in the 2-pole storm yesterday and got it up to 130F.  Road rage tires are great these days.  They really need hot asphalt to stick well.
Old 07-06-2011, 05:41 AM
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My dad the R/C Macgyver said use a little super glue and it worked but didnt hold the bond and thats all i had but thats next on my list and 130!! what batt did you have in
Old 07-06-2011, 07:09 AM
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Some cheap ebay battery that was '35C' and 3000 mAh. Last ride for the novak today then back to the four pole in my main storm.

Mail is coming in at a snails pace. No parcels since mail started flowing again. I am switching everything over to electronic equivalents to help the postal service with the backlog.
Old 07-06-2011, 08:25 AM
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That should speed it up even a little.  Got the storm running about to take it to the baseball field for a little sand drifting

Old 07-06-2011, 09:04 AM
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I thought you were out until the fall?!
Old 07-06-2011, 09:23 AM
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I bandaged her up ran longer screws the the metal plate and broken bulkhead and shes good. . . . u have the carbon kit dont you Rob? is it good for bashing or speed didnt think carbon would flex as much
Old 07-06-2011, 12:26 PM
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Your storm is beat to hell and back.....Awesome.
Old 07-06-2011, 12:45 PM
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yeah i wanna send the pics to hpi and see what they say lol
Old 07-06-2011, 01:58 PM
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I use the carbon fiber front brace and it is pretty tough. I broke 3 bulkheads before it broke
Old 07-06-2011, 05:23 PM
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I think they should have tested out the trucks hard before putting them out the front end is every weak. Maybe a cheap metal composite would have worked better. . . the im sure they are happy with the money they get on replacement parts [:'(]
Old 07-06-2011, 05:52 PM
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I run the CF brace but havn't had any failures on my e- or nitro storms except for a few a-arms, a bent titanium hinge pin, two bulkheads and one differential (ESC fires not included).  The bulkhead breaking is pretty random and you have to push pretty hard to snap it. My last bulkhead break was at the hobby show last year.

Final run with the novak was tonight, I am going to put the castle 4-pole back in.  The sensored motor is much more sure-footed but painfully weak.

The ESC I am running with the 2-pole is going to be put back in the blitz when the SCT motor arrives and the only other ESC I have is as SV1.  It will be interesting to compare its performance to the mamba max pro directly on the same motor and battery.
Old 07-06-2011, 06:01 PM
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I thought I'd post some photos of my storm now. It's the new waterproof 4800kv model. It's stock apart from the alloy gearbox, TBR bumpers and the baja body. It's also running an 18t pinion which is giving better temperatures when driving in low grip situations. 




Old 07-06-2011, 06:10 PM
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You have a nicer table than mine. Mercer can't make fun of it.

Beautiful storm. I really like the body. Which one is it? I would like to paint one HPI orange and black. The storm is a beautiful truck.

That setup should still give about 50mph on 3s which is all you need. Anything beyond that is not practical. Have you used the link to play with the settings? You can get a lot more drivability out of it if you do.

4- pole is back in my storm, 88/19, torque control 8, punch control 50%. Has anyone played with deadband or start power in the castle link? I don't think startpower is much of an issue since I've put so much punch control in.
Old 07-07-2011, 01:03 AM
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With no body and a 19t pinion I got it to 52mph. With the 18t pinion I measured 45mph, but I think I could get it a bit faster on a fresh battery. 

The body is the Proline Baja Bug. It's the short chassis one for Savages I think. I originally used it on my Nitro storm, hence the air vents. 

I've had a bit of a fondle with the settings, at the moment I have punch at 40% and no torque control. I've used torque control, but I noticed an increase in temperature. I might try it again now that I've got a smaller pinion. I hated the effect torque control had on reverse though, reverse took a while to kick in so I might increase reverse power when using torque control. 

Does anybody else notice an increase in ESC temps when using torque control? If anything, I thought temps would decrease due to a lower amperage being drawn. 
Old 07-07-2011, 05:59 AM
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Man oh man thats pretty i wanna clean mine up like that. . . and you're esc doesn't look water proof [X(]. Is it HPI? Forum Quesh- Doest anyone know what other bodies can fit these stoms?
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Oh yeah Im about to make my own metal upper brace. . . . lets see how this goes [&:]
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Well its done. . . took a little longer then usual had no drill do its not smooth abd the holes took the longest but its done just some really cheap sheet metal
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ORIGINAL: NoPancakemix

Well its done. . . took a little longer then usual had no drill do its not smooth abd the holes took the longest but its done just some really cheap sheet metal
looks good for something made by hand. i made an aluminum battery strap for my Rustler and love it. its fun to make stuff yourself!
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ORIGINAL: tails13

With no body and a 19t pinion I got it to 52mph. With the 18t pinion I measured 45mph, but I think I could get it a bit faster on a fresh battery.

The body is the Proline Baja Bug. It's the short chassis one for Savages I think. I originally used it on my Nitro storm, hence the air vents.

I've had a bit of a fondle with the settings, at the moment I have punch at 40% and no torque control. I've used torque control, but I noticed an increase in temperature. I might try it again now that I've got a smaller pinion. I hated the effect torque control had on reverse though, reverse took a while to kick in so I might increase reverse power when using torque control.

Does anybody else notice an increase in ESC temps when using torque control? If anything, I thought temps would decrease due to a lower amperage being drawn.
Yes I was running my torque controll at 2.5 and it ran hotter then with no torque controll, I think it has to put that unused power somewhere and it makes heat....
Old 07-07-2011, 07:17 PM
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I think the increased traction has a lot to do with it.  I had a truck get hotter when I geared it shorter.  I blew a slipper clutch in the 4-pole tonight.  Its done until the mail gets moving.  The parts were ordered june 2.  Its eating slippers. Even when these pads were new I could hear the clutch slipping when the throttle was pegged.

I will try more punch control.  It was at 50% tonight and I usually run 60%.  I like to limit punch over torque.  
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I went to the bmx track this morning. I blew my diff. One bevel gear is broken in half, all the others have varying amounts of teeth missing. 

Now I put some thin calcium grease over my gears a couple of weeks ago. I know you run nylon gears dry, but I'm sure you're suppose to run some sort of lubricant over steel gears. Am I right in thinking this? If so, what lubricant do you use in your gearbox? 

Any tips on strengthening the diff? I don't want to order new bevel gears only to have them get blown apart again.  

On a better note, had a good bash leading up to the diff blowing. I might upload some videos that were just taken on an iphone of some jumps. 
Old 07-08-2011, 03:53 AM
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Nice Body Tails,

Just thought I'd post my EFS for a size comparison with my 1/8 Buggy. Almost the same size.
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