Freeze's Savage Flux "Frostbyte II" build thread

Wooo, just found today that FB2 made it into the special "Truck" edition of RC Driver, so awesome! They kinda misspelled my name in header, but hey, its all good!

[LiqrSicc]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

Wooo, just found today that FB2 made it into the special "Truck" edition of RC Driver, so awesome! They kinda misspelled my name in header, but hey, its all good!

Congrats!

I'm also very proud to say that FB2 made it to the March edition of Xtreme RC!

So my old set of tires were falling apart the last few months and I finally got around to spending the cash and getting some new ones put on. Heard good things about the HPI Dirt Claws and not to mention, they were a lot lighter then the GT-S tires, and had strengthing ridges on the sides to reduce tread roll, so I opted for them this time. I was not impressed with the Mugen rims as two of them have cracks halfway and I couldn't get a good, sealed bead against the trim of the tire, so thats also likely the reason why the tires were being pealed away from the wheel. I think also the cold weather/snow driving made the CA glue brittle. On top of that, the tire taping also came off and resulted in the tires being really unbalanced and wobbly, so it was just time for replacements.

Im back with some trusthwory HPI Warlock rims, mounted up the tires this weekend and decided to not bother with taping this time. I finally got around to trying them today with weather nice for once. I have to say, it was like a whole new truck. It drove more agile and nimble in comparison to the GT-S tires and it handled more predictable in the turns. Because the dirtclaws have a lighter tread and less weight, it resulted in a big reduction in tire ballooning, which made high speed handling alot easier to control. There is less cushioning on the jumps and less mid air throttle/brake control but thats a very minor tradeoff IMO. Feels like a whole new truck now with these tires, and im happy with that!

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by Freezebyte

There is less mid air throttle/brake control but thats a very minor tradeoff IMO.

I thought the whole reason you got rid of the XL chassis is because you said it had less in-air control?

I was also entirely fed up with my bumper support strut screws continually breaking in half and having to throw away supports cause half the screw was stuck inside. Drilled them out and installed some bigger and longer stainless steels screws so even if they do manage to break, I can easily remove the rest from the back side.

Originally Posted by josh9mille

I thought the whole reason you got rid of the XL chassis is because you said it had less in-air control?

Indeed, and because these Dirt claws have less weight and rubber, the gyroscope effect at high speed isn't as pronounced vs the GT-S tires. So from my initial drive, the mid air control isn't as much as before, but still much better vs the XL TVPs