Where are the factory 1/8th E Truggy kits?

[brainanator]

I don't think the scream and rage (motor and ESC) on the trophy are castle OEM. The torq and blur (ESC and motor) on the savage flux ARE castle OEM. If you look at the savage flux page on HPI it says "Powered by Castle" under the photos. This is absent in the trophy.

[FG101C]

If you look on the Serpent website in their catalog it looks like they will be doing a kit for the Truggy, which I am hoping will be identical to the buggy.

http://www.serpent.com/catalog/index.html

[nastety92]

Originally Posted by brainanator

I don't think the scream and rage (motor and ESC) on the trophy are castle OEM. The torq and blur (ESC and motor) on the savage flux ARE castle OEM. If you look at the savage flux page on HPI it says "Powered by Castle" under the photos. This is absent in the trophy.

x2 what he said.

I thought it was Castle at first but reading more into it I found out they were not.

Nick

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Originally Posted by nastety92

x2 what he said.

I thought it was Castle at first but reading more into it I found out they were not.

Nick

That is disappointing. But I guess at $500 its a great way to get into a 1/8th eTruggy. But if the ESC and motor don't have any room to grow then your in for another $300 just for a decent setup if you want to push the limits. At least with the Castle stuff you know you can stuff 6S and and have a truggy that hauls major ass.

That reminds me. I need to buy a 22t Pinion for the truggy. I want to do a speed run with it but can't find a tire that doesn't seem to explode on me as soon as I pass the 60mph point. The VTR tires have a 5.57" OD and would hold together, but i spent $100 on those tires/rims and have no desire to ruin that investment by running an perfectly good off-road tire on pavement. I do however hve a set of GRP Grandini tires for my on-road rally game. Their OD is 3.8" so I'll have to step the pinion up to keep Motor RPM near the same as it is now.

I hit 71mph once, then a front tire exploded and i barely saved the truck. I had my old iPhone 3G strapped in with the battery using its GPS function to record speed and acceleration figures.