Getting my first HPI Savage 3.5 RTR Truck

[Ult1mateSavage]

Hey I would just like to say hi to everyone here.

I am going to be getting the Savage 3.5 in about 4weeks (hopefully), I really cant wait to get it, because I have watch some videos of it and it looks like it runs like mad.

Well so yous around.

[RAFF113]

sound mate , your like it on here everyone helpful with everything , savages r sick your love it long time

[sleeper341]

sound mate , your like it on here everyone helpful with everything , savages r sick your love it long time

a bit like a $10 bankok ho Raff? :D

[trashard]

Hey I would just like to say hi to everyone here.

I am going to be getting the Savage 3.5 in about 4weeks (hopefully), I really cant wait to get it, because I have watch some videos of it and it looks like it runs like mad.

Well so yous around.
Hi there! welcome to the best forum there is.
I think you`re gonna like the best monstertruck there is!
(know it for sure actually)
If you got questions bring`em on!

[jdogg_js_here]

congrats on buying your savage, you will have alotta fun with it

[RAFF113]

oh definatly son but the 10$ ho might just av the edge on the savage sorry boys

[trashard]

oh definatly son but the 10$ ho might just av the edge on the savage sorry boys
hope she`s at least 18 or you`re gonna have a looooong vacation in bangkok!

[Ult1mateSavage]

I just want to know something,

is the Savage 3.5 RTR a good Nitro Truck for a noob like me, because I could of gotten the new Savage X but I didn't want to go that high end yet.

[RAFF113]

the x has all the latest bits on them have a look at hpi web site and compare the 2 id go for the x easyer to repair

[Ult1mateSavage]

Yeah still is the 3.5 RTR Still a good truck for a first time noobie.

[Hoppedup Savage]

i think it is, thats pretty much what i started out on

[jdogg_js_here]

They are both about the same truck to be honest. The X is the newest one out now(I think). The X has a stronger engine in it, lower center of gravity(not much), and the diffs are easier to get to. The radio box was also redesigned. I have the X so I happen to like it a little bit more.

But you will have alot of fun with whatever one you get.

[trashard]

I just want to know something,

is the Savage 3.5 RTR a good Nitro Truck for a noob like me, because I could of gotten the new Savage X but I didn't want to go that high end yet.
the 3.5 is OK.
it has the same chassis as my SS4.6, the only things that are different are:
the 4 gear diffs,
the double disc brake
and the engine.
when I was looking for my first rc monstertruck I wanted to buy the savvy X but there was only a RTR version available and I want to build my own cars.
I wanted a BEAST of a monstertruck so the best kit available for me was
the SS4.6.
the X has easy acces diffboxes and that`s why I wanted it.
the X drivetrain & suspension will fit your 3.5 also.
if you break the suspension arm replace it by an X suspension and diffboxes.
my advice is just keep your 3.5 and replace any parts you break by better parts.
after a while your 3.5 will look more like an X than a 3.5 if you know what I mean.
as soon as I can get alu bulkheads, diffboxes, braces and diffs for the X I will transform my SS4.6 into an X SS4.6.
the first thing that I would upgrade if I were you are the brakes.
the double disc brake is fantastic!
It brakes without fading ( that is if it`s adjusted the right way ).
if you decide to upgrade the engine, first replace the 2-gear diffs by the 4 gear diffs, or get full alu 4 gear diffs.
check the HPI site if you want to know exactly which X parts will fit your 3.5.

[HPI_Savage25]

I startwd out on the 25 and love but you will like yours to as long as it is a savage or even if it is an HPI

[RAFF113]

yea suppose depends on bugdet like i said the x is the new version and in twelve month u might want something to that spec

[Baronie]

I thought the savage 3.5 had 4 gear diffs:confused:

http://www.hpieurope.com/piw.php?lang=en&partNo=87193

[jdogg_js_here]

I thought that they they started putting it in all the trucks now, the older trucks didn't have it but the new ones do. I think they have been using the 4 gear diffs in all the savages made for the past year or so(maybe longer).

[rk295]

D'oh *slaps head*

I've just posted a 3.5 or X thread and now I notice this one! Oh well. Soz!

All your input is useful, thanks guys. One question I have is that nobody talks about the reverse options for the trucks. Do any of you bother?

[trashard]

D'oh *slaps head*

I've just posted a 3.5 or X thread and now I notice this one! Oh well. Soz!

All your input is useful, thanks guys. One question I have is that nobody talks about the reverse options for the trucks. Do any of you bother?
a reverse module can be dangerous.
imagine a savvy running at 35 mph and accidentally you touch the reverse button.......
not all savages have this problem but if you have a 3 channel radio system like mine it can be dangerous.
www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=HPI861
check this link, you`ll find a savage X ss 4.6 there.
I couldn`t find it on the HPI site so I typed `savage X ss 4.6` in google and this is one of the thousands of links available.

[jdogg_js_here]

I don't have reverse on my savage X yet, but I will more then likely end up getting it. My LHS doesn't carry it yet.

[trashard]

my lhs has dozens of them in stock but I`m too afraid to put one in.
I really don`t want all my gears to be scattered in a 10m circle after accidentally pressing the reverse button.
the 3rd servo button is very close to your thumb and when I`m driving I constantly feel my thumb rubbing it.
If only they located this button on top of the radio.........

[jdogg_js_here]

They have the reverse module for the savage X or the original reverse? On the X we have to buy one that comes with a mixer.

[trashard]

yup that`s the safe one, your savvy must come to a complete stop before it shifts into reverse.
my radio will simply shift it into reverse when I hit the button.
I`m not sure but I don`t think there are 2 different reverse mods, it`s just the way they`re operated.
they can be operated by a 2ch radio with a splitter, or they can be operated by a 3 ch radio like mine.
I only don`t know if the splitter is on the radio or if it`s in the reverse mod itself.
if it`s in the reverse mod itself I`m gonna pick up one too!!

[Ult1mateSavage]

Kewl guys,

I am getting it in 2weeks :D, I think I am going to be happy with it, because it's my first HPI Monster Truck so I wont know the difference between this and the other savages.

oh I am going to be getting the reverse module for it couple weeks after I have gotten the truck, the cheapest I have found is $100AU which doesn't seem too much. The thing I want to know is, How do you reverse, like do you press a button on the control and use the throttle to go, or is it different way? and how hard is it to put in and do I need to buy another servo, the control I am getting with it has 3 channels.

Again I cant wait to get this thing out, for the next 2 weeks I am going to be reading break in tutorials, because of course I want the motor to run good.

I will defiantly be posting pic's of it when I have it and video of it also.

I have also been looking up Helicopters now, I love them also and yeah I know they are the hardest R/C's to run, but I will be practicing alot before I get anything highend.

by the time I am , arrgh lets say 25-30yrs old (18 now), I more likly will have lot's of R/C's from Helicopters, planes, hovercrafts, buggy's like the Baja 5, which I saw today , which looks INSANE!!!!, cant wait to get one of those things, but for the time been I am happy with me Savage.

Well see yous around, and sorry for the long reply.

[trashard]

by the time I am , arrgh lets say 25-30yrs old (18 now), I more likly will have lot's of R/C's from Helicopters, planes, hovercrafts, buggy's like the Baja 5, which I saw today , which looks INSANE!!!!, cant wait to get one of those things, but for the time been I am happy with me Savage.

I used to say that when I was 18, now I`m 30 years old I found out that I can`t afford them all together.
I`ve been wanting a nitro heli for over 10 years but it`s too expensive around here in holland and there are too much regulations.
my sisters backyard is more than 100 m total length but if the police catches me with any type of flying model they`re gonna take it away and I`ll never see it back.
another dream of mine is a 1/6 rc tank but I want one out of aluminium and steel and they`re VERY expensive.
the 1/6 scale tiger 1 from armortek costs more than 5000 usd, that is ex customs & shipping fee........
I have seen an online vid a few years ago and it showed a 1/6 WWII kingtiger
with two 24 volt pallettruck engines, that thing was MEAN.
it was capable of towing a mini-cooper and ran at almost 10 mph.
the lenght with the gunbarrel inluded was more than 2 metres and it weighed almost 200 kg( about 120 kg for the batteries).
too bad I don`t have a link, if I had it I would have posted it long ago....

[Ult1mateSavage]

Yeah probaly, but I will defiantly be getting the Baja 5 , costs about $1500AU where I live.

[HPI_Savage25]

I am 13 and when I get older zi hope to have a plane a heli a touring and a baja

[sleeper341]

i am 30 and when i get older i hope to have control of my bodily functions

[HPI_Savage25]

my lhs had the baja for $749.99 and I can get a beginner plane nitro for $259!

[01mango45]

welcome in bud you better invest in hpi,s stock you will need it lol!

[MTBikerTim]

When I grow up I want to be a fireman and have a really big hose.

[Baronie]

When I grow up I want to be a fireman and have a really big hose.

:hardlaugh:

[MTBikerTim]

On topic I have to say get the X SS 4.6 if you are really serious. Then buy a decent radio. in australia rc-shop.com.au has the xss kit for 650. Than pick your radio. the stock savage one ain't great.

[rk295]

I've just got myself a X SS 4.6 and I love it, any fears about building it went away after reading the manual. All pretty simple and great fun!

[X]

My savage X SS was the first nitro truck I bought and only the second kit I've put together. It was very straight forward to build and I think that you may end up wanting more if you buy the 3.5 if your anything like the rest of us!