archer7153

Are these trucks worth the money?

SAVAGEJIM

Check out this thread of guys who own and upgraded their Firehammers:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7706537/tm.htm

These are not FG MTs (even though they look like them), but if you study that thread, those guys give rather extensive information on how to upgrade and what to upgrade on a Firehammer.

davido666

Yes they are worth it and a lot of fun. I have a clone of the firehammer and with a few hop ups they are easy to work on. The prices for spare parts are cheap. They cost of fuel is better then nitro. FG parts fit the truck so when you want to upgrade you can buy FG parts.

slawhammer

Thanks Jim for the mention of the thread about the firehammer.....Just trying to help others out that own a firehammer or for those that my
want to buy one.....I went a little more than I should have..But my unit just kept breaking down..It was used and very abused....That may be
the case for all the problems.......Thanks again for pointing people in the right direction for help for there firehammer....That's what it's all about
helping people....................................Slawhamm er

hndaman1

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Hell Ya.. I had the 2 of the Buggies and they were a blast.. and parts are still avail from tower.. and the price is super cheap right now on the MT.

tiemac

I have a Firehammer M/T Great gasser.

[link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deNRjl6QrGQ]my firehammer video[/link]Q

Hoopsta17_99

I'm a very new smartech bigfoot owner, actually like today I got it in the mail. It doesnt' have anything about how long to charge the battery for the receiver. I saw how much you know about the trucks and was hoping you could help me out. thanks

Dave ESPI

Welcome Hoopsta !

what is the power output of the included charger ? It will say on the face of it in MAH. ( a number like 1800 or something I believe)

that will dictate howlong it takes to charge.

SAVAGEJIM

Yes, look at the battery, it will tell you the Amphere-Hours (capacity) in milliAmphere-Hours. Like Dave said, 1800 mAh os so. It can be for example, 1200, 1500, 1600, 1800, 2000, and so forth.

Look at your charger. If your charger has a charge rate of 250 mA and your batt is 1500mAh capacity, it will take 6hours to charge. (batt capacity divided by charge rate: 1500mAh/250mA = 6H, 6hours).

Or, if you have a decent charger won which you can select your charge rate, the higher you set your charge rate, the faster your batts will charge. Do not exceed 1amp (1000mA) though, you can risk cooking your batt.
So, at 1amp (1000mA), a 1500mAh batt will take 1.5hours to charge (1500mAh/1000mA= 1.5Hr).