Killed me two T-Maxx's yesterday :)

[orcusomega]

Well, I didn't actually kill them but I instigated their owners into executing their demise 🙂

We were out back of my firehouse, and just pounding around - at the end of the parking lot there is a big hill down to a local park, and at the top of the hill, there is a curl in the asphalt just before the down-hill - a perfect ramp 🙂

I started off goofing around with my Savage, just ramping it off the ramp and flying a good 30-35 feed forward and about 15-20 feet down, did this about 12 times or so, and setting the longest distance with a stick in the ground (in the video, between the two trees). Well Matt (who has one T-Maxx) decided to make a try for it - and experiences issues paying his gravity bill:

- Smashed rear bulkheads, trashed motor mount - other than that, not too bad.

Then Bobby decided to try to beat my distance (with the T-Maxx I sold him to purchase my Savage LOL) and he did not have such luck:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DnK8NDcYmM&feature=player_embedded

Damage:

• Broken lower A arm.
• Broken lower A arm pin,
• Broken rear shocks (all 4),
• Broken driver side axle,
• broken driver side rear wheel mount,
• broken rear bumper mounts,
• Broken steering servo horn,
• bent front skid plate (aluminum),
• Bent rear skid plate (aluminum),
• bent belly pan (aluminum),
• Bent servo skid (aluminum)

LOVE me my Savage LOL!

Just thought I would share the carnage. Me? All I broke was one carrier ear - fixed in 5 mins 🙂

Bob

 

[Pope]

very nice carnage.

 

[puckamahow racing]

lol too cool you can even hear it snap over the noise of that overgrown bumble bee.....but thats not carnage..just cheap!!! it's just not the same if it's not a savvy!!IMO anyhoo!!

 

[Hypnotiq]

:sings: I killed the traxxass....

Awesome man!! Keepem coming! LOL

 

[orcusomega]

Ya know, I started the challenge, and I think that they thought the Maxx's would hold up to it - I set the bar, and Bob is not one to let someone else win 🙂 I was not able to go as far as I could (slipper clutch was spinning like a mofo) but I have the parts on order, and when I get it back up and running (and they get theirs running LOL) we will start the competition again 🙂

For those coming on the 7th - this might be a fun place to show the Maxx guys who are coming what a real truck can do LOL.

I was absolutely amazed at how well the Savage flies - night and flat and smooth - once I got the shocks set up right, she landed without even a bounce. The front bumper did leave nice divots in the grass - just made it easier to figure out where I landed 🙂

My only carnage was a rear carrier - which I had 2 spares in my box - and get this - on the front bumper where the little legs go from the front bar to the bulkheads, I broke the SCREW - not the plastic, but the metal screw inside!

I blame this all of course on Pope - if he didn't get me started on Bashing, then I wouldn't be hooked so badly. Good thing I got a box of a gazillion suspension parts the other day, and a few diffs I can rebuild and keep as spares as well!

Bob

 

[Pope]

Your welcome bob.

 

[frddyj]

stinks that their trucks got busted up.

funny story though. maybe they will see the light & buy savages.

 

[Pope]

It is sad to see guys have this kind of thing happen to them when they are first starting to get into the hobby. Ends up scarring them off sometimes.

 

[orcusomega]

stinks that their trucks got busted up.

funny story though. maybe they will see the light & buy savages.

These are good guys - I helped Matt out by taking his Maxx that was sitting for more than a year and getting it up and running for him, and after yesterday he has me looking for a Savage for him now LOL :smile: So I am on the lookout for one for him - rough shape OK, I have most of what would be needed to overhaul it if necessary...

As for Bobby, well he has been in RC for years, but mostly electric - and he is a sucker for punishment 🙂 He knew what he was getting into but it was more like "that's OK as long as I beat Bob's distance" !

The REALLY funny part is all this started because I got my Maxx off the shelf and started bashing out behind the firehouse. Then we got Matt's running, I sold my Maxx to Bobby, now three other guys are looking for them too - so its gonna be really cool to have everyone together right in town...

Bob

 

[frddyj]

so its gonna be really cool to have everyone together right in town...

Bob

no doubt......................................

 

[Pope]

Nothing like a good bash crew to keep you in the hobby.

One big plus about the nitro's is they draw a crowd and everyonce in a while one of those people watching will go out and get one of their own.

I am always willing to let a guy watching take the controller for a few min. Once you drive one you can't help but want one.

 

[ryugaiden05]

This is a main reason why I sold by TMaxx after I got my Savage. They do not hold up to a good bashing.

 

[Shaun]

man that t-maxx made a disturbing sound when it hit didnt it?

 

[Pope]

It is all that alum on there making it so heavy.

:thinking: or than again maybe it is just the nature of a t-maxx

 

[Ascender]

lol, I stopped by the LHS for a bottle of shock oil, and there was a father and son in there up from Florida looking at an S-Maxx, the Hobbytown exclusive RWD-only 2.5 Maxx. I'd never screw up a sale for anybody, but man, I was having to hold myself back from telling them to buy a Savage...they endedup buying a matching set of silver/blue and blue/silver along with a starter kit, and were planning onbreaking them in tonight and bringing them back to the shop to have some Traxxas upgrade parts like a front diff and a pipe installed on them and then having them shipped to Fla...what a waste...