Another Big Savage

[Bondonutz]

I didn't have much time to play today, being a home owner kinda sucks whens there is a plethora of chores to do ALL THE FRIGGIN' TIME !!

Went to the lacal bash spot in hopes of catching some video, no luck. My short thick sausage fingers can't hold the TX, camera and drive ?
Half way through the second set of packs the L front tire started coming off the rim on the inside, so that killed the session.


Heres a picture of "Holey-Moley" next to one of my ERevos for a comparrison of scale



I had a Baja 5B when they first came out, it was a fun ride, lots of power(with a aftermarket pipe) and easy to run and take care of. However it was "too" big, steering radius was severely compromised, the weight killed the nimbleness these RC's should have. I'm re-liveing all this while driving my Savy. Yeah it's big and badassed and all that, but truthfully I'm bored with it already. It can't scamper up a hillside and jump the slightest bump or divit like a RC 6-8lbs lighter can ? The layout of the huge RC lets you put the power down and the thing goes like a bat out of hell. It handles excellent and goes where you point it but the weight also makes the control arms flex a ton and not to mention harder on drive train IE diff gears,axles,slipper ETC
It is truely a unique RC and I had a lot of fun building it but I will be selling it soon to whom ever might be interested in a large scale Savage. I'm gonna play and tinker with it another week or two when I can make time and then I'm going to break it down to a XL size w/CD (possible slipperential?) and sell the chassis and skid plate.
I have more fun driving my XXL/LST with the 1717 & 6s personally ??

[bryan]

Sorry to here that the big ass savy isnt what you thought that it was going to be.Why not wait for the hv controller and try it on 10,12s before you ditch it?Never know!
BUT anyway you're right about the LST XXL rolling w/the 1717.
Dont give up on that big ass savy yet .It seemed as though you were stoked about this build until now.
There is always room for perfection.Especially when you have so much to work with.

MAKE IT HAPPEN