New traxxas castle mamba monster extreme?

[_paralyzed_]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

I am referrring to the xo-1,... Not sure if i understand what you mean?

The third vehicle down in the pic he posted is an xo-1 doing a wheelie. His original post had you quoted as saying you don't think it will wheelie.

He meant, "Oh yeah Lincpimp you elitist wiesenheimer, it can too wheelie as evidenced by this photographic proof". But he only said, "see the xo-1".

I used the clues right here in this thread and my amazing powers of deductive reasoning to arrive at this conclusion.

If there is anything else you would like explained, feel free to ask

[Pdelcast]

From personal experience with our pre-production XO-1 test cars:

The tires are specially made for the XO-1 -- they are not off-the-shelf 8th scale tires. They are belted (so they don't balloon at high RPM,) and they are very sticky.

You have to be gentle with the throttle -- it has so much torque it will break all four tires loose and then "skate" all over the place. But it's pretty stable at high speed.

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

You have to be gentle with the throttle -- it has so much torque it will break all four tires loose and then "skate" all over the place. But it's pretty stable at high speed.

Anything else you can tell us about the handling? I've pretty well talked myself out of buying one but if the downforce makes a noticeable improvement in handling over a 1/8th scale Buggy a roller with a MMM combo would be cool. Not just high speed stability but I'm really interested in how it corners, everything I've got is stupid fast in a straight line but handles like it's drunk

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

Anything else you can tell us about the handling? I've pretty well talked myself out of buying one but if the downforce makes a noticeable improvement in handling over a 1/8th scale Buggy a roller with a MMM combo would be cool. Not just high speed stability but I'm really interested in how it corners, everything I've got is stupid fast in a straight line but handles like it's drunk

Well, to be honest I'm not really a good enough driver to comment much...

It definitely corners better at speed (like an F1 car) but at high speed the turns are WIDE.

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

Well, to be honest I'm not really a good enough driver to comment much...

It definitely corners better at speed (like an F1 car) but at high speed the turns are WIDE.

Haha I hear that, I pretty much point and shoot. My trucks are all muscle cars, untouchable down the straights but I can't drive worth a hoot. I guess I'm not terrible, but certainly nothing to brag about!

That's cool, my 3.3 4-Tec took wide turns as well but for a completely different reason Not to keep bitching over and over again but man that limiter is killing me, if it weren't for that I'd ditch my Hyper 7 TQ (which I run as an onroader) and everything else I don't use much and order one when my tax return comes in

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

The third vehicle down in the pic he posted is an xo-1 doing a wheelie. His original post had you quoted as saying you don't think it will wheelie.

He meant, "Oh yeah Lincpimp you elitist wiesenheimer, it can too wheelie as evidenced by this photographic proof". But he only said, "see the xo-1".

I used the clues right here in this thread and my amazing powers of deductive reasoning to arrive at this conclusion.

If there is anything else you would like explained, feel free to ask

I completely missed the pic, was reading the text. Guess that shows my inteligence level, I would rather read than look at pretty pics.

I do not doubt that it can be made to wheely, it does have a solid center drive, and maybe some traction compound and hot asphalt would be a good grippy combo.

But Patrick just said that it can break the tires loose, so...

It has been my experience that longer wheelbase rcs do not wheely are much, especially if the weight distibution is well centered and the cg is low.

I will not buy one of these till the initial batch is sold and proven by more eager people than myself.

I am working on getting an old i phone for cheap right now, just to have a cool touch screen setup.

Also thinking that an ambitious modder could use the traxxas radio for its guns, and make a really cool tx out of it.

I like the form and feel of the cheapo fly sky gt3b. So use the trigger and wheel off the traxxas radio, make the docking bay (or permanently attach) the i device on the top and put a good sized 3s lipo on the bottom to balance it out. Given the various i device docks I have seen I am sure a good off the shelf solution could be found. Just thinking out loud, but I may have to investigat this further.