I've been Slashed!

[skellyo]

I picked up a pair of Slashes yesterday...thought I'd share a couple of pics with y'all. Check out the size comparison to my CRT in the first couple of pics...these things are pretty big.

[jhautz]

SO.... How do they run? They do look pretty big. What do they weigh compared to say a rustler or stampede?

And what brushless system are you going to put in them.

[Matthew_Armeni]

They run pretty slow stock. I already put a Hyperion 5350 4s pack in it, with a Medusa 2200kv 50mm motor. Put in a 40T Revo gear and a 11T MOD1 pinion. MM and CC BEC. I will have pics up tomorrow. These things are so fun to run, I really hope a class starts for them!

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Lucky you, would of been nice if The Losi Desert Body looked like that and covered the wheels

[rootar]

someone definetly needs to make an entended chassis 1/8 brushless buggy setup and then use the slash body, other poeple with salsh would be saying what the hell... that thing is 4wd and FAST lol, just an idea.....

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by rootar

someone definetly needs to make an entended chassis 1/8 brushless buggy setup and then use the slash body, other poeple with salsh would be saying what the hell... that thing is 4wd and FAST lol, just an idea.....

That's sorta what Robitronic has done already:
http://www.robitronic-usa.com/?secti...ils&newsid=199

[sikeston34m]

That's a couple of really good looking trucks you got there.

I've been really curious about them myself.

Please keep us posted on your results.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by skellyo

That's sorta what Robitronic has done already:
http://www.robitronic-usa.com/?secti...ils&newsid=199

Wow! That is what the Slash should have been!

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Wow! That is what the Slash should have been!

Come on now Brian...that thing has a stinky fume spitter in it. Besides, at $450, it won't sell nearly as well the $200 Slash.

[Robert]

[skellyo]

Also, here is a video that was posted by a guy on rccrawler.com. They've had theirs for a week now and took some video of them on a track:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yNKbhUVFd4k

[lincpimp]

Too cool, looks like those truck run well on the track. I am guessing that they were using the stock gear for those runs.

I would like to get one, and run 3s a123 in it, any ideas if the stock esc could handle that? It is rated for 8.4v (7 cell nimh) and the a123s will drop voltage a bit.

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I would like to get one, and run 3s a123 in it, any ideas if the stock esc could handle that? It is rated for 8.4v (7 cell nimh) and the a123s will drop voltage a bit.

At the end of the video I linked, the black truck was running a 3S A123 pack in it on the stock electronics.

[Matthew_Armeni]

I've already ran the stock ESC on 3s lipo with the stock motor, it ran fine, no problems. It says it can do 8 cell NIMH so 3s A123 should be no problem.

[BrianG]

OK, minus the stinky bits, but I automatically look beyond that now to the potential underneath. Actually, it just looks like a b/truggy with a different body. And a few other features, but the layout is the same.

That's true about the price, but I would've really liked a 4wd Slash.

I'm gonna check out how popular these are gonna be at the LHS. If there is enough to create a class, it might be my next purchase just so I can be in a stock class for once. Sucks being a lousy driver yet forced into a mod class where all the better drivers are.