What steering servo would you recommend to replace it with?

Not sure man...ask Bill Plude what he has, he's on this thread somewhere

He's everywhere! He's everywhere! Yep, here's the one I have in my beast
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...odID=JRPS8611A
If your wrist and arm are strong enough, you can hold your truck in the air by a wheel and swing it back and forth by the steering on the radio.

HOly smokes Bill, you got that hi dollar one! Cool...you must have some digging to do with the front tires

Thats like those guys saying I should get the Spektrum DX3 because it has an extra receiver and more model memory. I don't need all that, the DX2(2 channel, 1 receiver) for $170 is all I need 1 radio for 1 truck in this case, the Hellfire. I have 2 JR XS3s if I want to put a lot of trucks on 1 radio. The Hellfire is going to be my "Race" truck for "Real" competition.

I have a few Hellfire video clips here Jason that'll kind of give you an idea of some of the stress and punishment that servo can take.
http://www.rcpics.net/member/BillPlude

I'm getting the X1CRT to compliment my Sav X, With the free receiver of the Spektrum DX3 it seems the obvious choice, the kit of the X1CRT in the uk is about $200 cheaper than the hellfire, and I have a engine, servos and wheels and all i need is the pipe.

Thats cool, you see, when I get my x1CRT RTR I have a receiver for my JR XS3s that can go into it or I might buy another DX2. You see I want other people, my 2 sons that don't have trucks (2 of my sons have Revos), their friends & my friends that don't have trucks who come to my place for our big cookouts to be able to race too. This means radios for each truck and a lot of frequencies. And what the hell it's only another $170 LOL.

Bill, all;

thank you for the follow-ups. Pricey servo.. but... I'll have one on the way today.

-jbl

Jason...I know this might be a vague description, but being in NC, do you know anything about a dirt race thats going on this coming weekend up past Charlotte at "the mid carolina, farm something or other"?

also, have you ever been to the Grove in Rock Hill SC? I'm in Columbia SC

ash

Unfortunately not; charlotte is a ways away from me.. there aren't any tracks anywhere near raleigh/durham as far as I can tell.

My Hellfire lives!

I ran through the first tank this evening with the legs in the air; occasional minor throttle above idle.. temp using the factory settings reached ~221 during the run until it was almost out of fuel and leaned out.. quickly jumped up to ~255 before dying out (measured via IR on top of head).

replacement steering servo should be here soon.. My stock radio was broken out of the box due to minor electrical issues.. fixed those.. i'll deal with the stock radio setup for a /little/ while anyway. My only other R/C car/truck that isn't retired is an RC18T... not quite ready to put a new receiver in it just to justify a single remote for the two trucks.

-jbl

dude get a revo 3.3, i own a jato with os18tm and a savage x and i am selling it today to get the new revo 3.3, its faster than the lst2, the lst2 is a great truck though, it just doesnt handle as good as a revo cause of its weight

The 3.3 TMAXX is nice too. Not a beast like the Hellfire but for a MT it rocks. I got a couple video clips of mine this afternoon. Windy and cold but got out there anyway.......

http://www.rcpics.net/member/BillPlude

Heres a pic of my soon to be new Stars and Stripes Hellfire body (It is a Hellfire body BTW) It'll somewhat match my Revo and the new body for the TMAXX will be Stars and Stripes theme too. I also ordered the new Proline Bowtie MT tires for the Hellfire

Bill, looks nice!

I completed the breakin on my hellfire today... or rephrase, "it's almost as broken in as it is going to get and is hopefully right". I've ran 4 tanks through it thus far and haven't tuned anything yet... first tank idled around ~240-250 degrees... second tank I let it heat up to ~250 under light throttle then let it cool to ~100, repeat.

By the third tank, it wouldn't heat up above 230 and the 4th tank, it would barely break 200.... So.. tomorrow I'll lean it out a bit....

Here's a couple pics of my Hellfire with the Mugen wing stay kit and an OFNA wing. I love the little antenna from the Spektrum reveiver.

Heres a helpful link with some painting tips for new and experienced painters

http://www.cptnet.com/ken/faq.html

Since I've increased the size of my website from 500MB to 1200MB I'm going to really expand my RC section As it is now it's mostly my Delta Force online gaming team (which I've commanded since 1999), a large section of my aquariums and a little of my beginnings in RC trucks. The 1st thing I'm working on is a Banner for the RC section and I'll be doing a page or 2 on my preparing and painting this new body for the Hellfire. I use Dreamweaver UltraDev. It's a professional website builder and Macromedia Fireworks. I also have the ability to make Macromedia Flash movies. Bill Plude isn't just for RC Trucks anymore boys and girls It's a sunny day today and after I go help a very close fellow Viet Nam Vet, who has lost his site to diabietes, get his computer working again(it has that talk to text thing), I'm going to try for some more videos.

Hey guys just outta curiosity, is the Hellfire any good? Looks tight, and I really want one! Thanks.

In my opinion, "yes". I just put a 320oz/torque steering servo in place and ... Wow... what a difference. on pavement it'll kick up a leg on turns. :-)

plenty of power... handling is just amazing.. it is NOT a basher.. but can take some beating.. it'll climb quite a bit... there are videos of it doing pretty good jumps, but it doesn't have the suspension travel of other trucks.

-jbl

hey dude, nice to hear your likin your hellfire! i too live in durham and i know a few killer places to run, get up with me if ya wanna meet up. were getting a group together next weekend. lots of trucks!!

Did y'all go the Farm 2 in Charlotte this weekend?

Teasers. Got about 20 How-to pics so far. Heading into the cellar to do the white now.......

WHY are people pulling the motor, servos, and tires off of new Hellfires and selling the Rollers on ebay? I can't figure this out??