Is this possible?!

[Finnster]

Hey man, nice vid :) If you like that one, click the one in my sig. That's on 5S, and its faster than Jesus. Too fast really for most things. I mostly drive on 4S now.

The ESC does well on 14 cells. I've ran 16cells, then later 5S, and even that was ok, but 5S is a bit nutty. Really the larger challenge has been keeping the motor cool vs the ESC.

My v1 ( 2.5 w/ Emaxx tranny, as shown in vids) weighed 4.3kg (9.5 lbs) w/o batts. My v2 (3.3 chassis, revo tranny, man brakes) weighs 4.2KG (9.25 lbs) w/o batts. These are stock otherwise, inc talons. I do have some Ti parts and red rods coming in, so this will drop a bit more on v2, but only so much. As cajun said, there is not a whole lot else to trim. Slayden (TRX) races his 3.3 @ 9.5 lbs RTR, so I wouldn't expect to cut too much. If the TRX team can win championships at that weight, its prolly fine IMO. :)

The biggest weight diff in RTR will be the batts. High end lipos weigh as little as ~450g for a 4S ~5000 mah. My TrueRCs weigh more, 4S 6400 is ~700+g, while the 5S 8000 mah tops 900+g. The huge power and TQ of BL makes up for the slighly heavier weight IMO.

Lastly, My FDR is ~16.2:1 +/- .3. Generally on v1 I run 15/51. V2 is a little higher at 16.3, but I'm still playing with the gearing.