maq1919

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Heard from hpi, Savage Octane will be out at tower hobbies this friday or monday. The guy also said it would be arriving at other shops that week.

nitroexpress

Question is, how many care? The Losi looks far superior.

On2_n_On4

SMH.

phmaximus

I for one can't wait... It should be interesting

SyCo_VeNoM

Better question is how much will the engine sell for separate

turok007

im waiting to see how good that engine is. but i like the look of the losi more but i will be watching how long that tapered piston lasts. but i suppose anything is better than a hard to tune nitro. lol

1QwkSport2.5r

There is an aircraft engine made by Norvel that uses gasoline fuel mixed with oil but uses a super hot turbo glow plug and has an ABC piston and cylinder setup. This engine runs really well, too. I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing a lot more gasoline fueled engines using various ignition methods for cars. Evolution has several smaller gasoline engines (these are electronic ignition) for airplanes that are having great success. Knowing this, I figured it wouldn't be too long before they adapt one of these systems to work in an RC truck.

pcarluvr

New video's too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyftFUGWd0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVrth4r9Xl8

thehuntingterminator

I'm just really hoping HPI did their homework on this one because this could either really help their sales or push people away. Lord knows they've had enough time to get it ready for release. Guess we'll see.

turok007

starts in seconds. i do hope it is that easy. lol if this or the losi does turn out to be good. i might just sell my nitro collection.


in the uk the price is £750 and a shop has just the engine for £400 lol

pcarluvr

Here's what I'm thinking if this is actually coming out soon. A 15cc , 2.7 hp on a proven chassis. My 1/5 scale is 30cc, 5 hp. My 5th scale weighs close to 40 lbs and I can't find what the Savage weighs but would imagine the Flux is heaviest with two large batteries, so the Octane may be 1/3 of what a 5th scale weighs with half the hp at half the displacement? Should be interesting and I'm thinking that I may be one of the first to try this.

Then there's the Losi. They haven't said boo in a few months. What does an LST weigh and only having a .31 engine? I'm more impressedwith the HPI numbers and since I'm an new owner of a nitro Savage, probably a little biased!

phmaximus

oh god, don't tell me u still think its a hoax?

SyCo_VeNoM

Think the flux, and X are around the same weight. My guess is from the bigger looking engine, fan, and other things needed to make this work it would be about 5-8lbs heavier

pcarluvr

No no Phmaximus! I went down that road once... Not doing that again!!! Plus, the dude in Germany that won the first one has done an unboxing already, so we know that the HPI is coming soon! And now knowing that it carries 2 batteries, one for the radio equipment and one for starting the engine, gonna be a little heavier. I just can't wait. I'm going to sell my Nutech 1/5 s ale to put towards buying this.

SyCo_VeNoM

Don't mean much so many models that they released overseas that never came out here. Or then there was the Cyclone(I think it was called) 1/10th scale electric buggy. I've only read of a handful of people ever getting one. I remember my LHS wanted them BAD, and never got one in to sell instead HPI sent them 15 Brama 10B's which they shipped right back.

pcarluvr

Well, after getting my hands on one and really getting a close look at it, my 5th scale is on craig's list. I really like this new Octane. The first two that Hobby Town USA has are sold. The funny thing is, the size of that cooling head in the pictures and vids don't do it justice, it's HUGE!

turok007

in the running videos it sounds loudddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd