anyone on here recieve their 1/16 slash or revo yet?

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by hootie7159

Skellyo, what runtimes are you getting and are you running your 2s in series or parallel or just one pack????

I haven't run out my first pack yet and I easily have over 10 minutes on it. The single 2S pack has enough punch to put the E-Revo on its lid on a hard launch. I just don't see the need to run the packs in parallel and definitely not in series except for perhaps a speed run or two.

[kulangflow]

Originally Posted by E-Revonut

Not havong the braking power is mostly due to you tsking the front driveshaft out. No front driveshaft = no front brakes, which is where the most braking is done. All the other vehicles you listed are also 4wd which all brake well because they have front braking. See how fast a Rustler stops, they don't!

You make a good point, but the braking wasn't good even before I removed the front driveshafts, so I guess it went from bad to worse. :-)

All the local guys have been beating their E-Revo VXL's up pretty good at the track and nothing has broken on theirs so far. I'll give it another shot when the new parts get here.

[kraegar]

Took the slash out to where they're building a local track - right now it's pretty rough dirt, a lot of rocks, and the recent heavy rains left it pretty wet...

That being said, it was a ton of fun! I flipped quite a few times when I hit some rocks, took some amazing tumbles, but didn't break anything. Just some mud to dig out of it.

Tons more fun on the dirt then on pavement! I'd had some second thoughts on the slash after running it on pavement, but it really looks amazing on the dirt.

Still running the stock battery, debating on either 3s in parrallel or 2s in parallel, when I make up my mind I'll get some on order.

Tony

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by kraegar

Took the slash out to where they're building a local track - right now it's pretty rough dirt, a lot of rocks, and the recent heavy rains left it pretty wet...

That being said, it was a ton of fun! I flipped quite a few times when I hit some rocks, took some amazing tumbles, but didn't break anything. Just some mud to dig out of it.

Tons more fun on the dirt then on pavement! I'd had some second thoughts on the slash after running it on pavement, but it really looks amazing on the dirt.

Still running the stock battery, debating on either 3s in parrallel or 2s in parallel, when I make up my mind I'll get some on order.

Tony

I'd try a larger capacity single 2S lipo before you jump to a parallel configuration. My single 2S 1800mAh kicks butt!

[kraegar]

Originally Posted by skellyo

I'd try a larger capacity single 2S lipo before you jump to a parallel configuration. My single 2S 1800mAh kicks butt!

So why not put two of those in, and get double the runtime?

[hootie7159]

That's my dilemma .... But I ordered 2x2s 20C 1600mah lipos...gonna series it for runtimes and then parallel for speed runs....if this is not what I want I'll be ordring 3s...either way it's not a huge dent in the wallet...get both and see what you like or which ones fit ..thas wha I'm doing..

[Bondonutz]

I purchased (2) 1300mah 2s 25C Zippys to run in parallel for mine thinking tons of run time and nice light BALANCED weight, at 8.00 each who's to say thats wrong ?
I'm still waiting on the Dam truck ?

[kraegar]

Originally Posted by hootie7159

That's my dilemma .... But I ordered 2x2s 20C 1600mah lipos...gonna series it for runtimes and then parallel for speed runs....if this is not what I want I'll be ordring 3s...either way it's not a huge dent in the wallet...get both and see what you like or which ones fit ..thas wha I'm doing..

Think you got that backwards - series is for speed (series adds the voltage together) parallel is for runtime (parallel adds the capacity, or mah together)

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by skellyo

I'd try a larger capacity single 2S lipo before you jump to a parallel configuration. My single 2S 1800mAh kicks butt!

Originally Posted by kraegar

So why not put two of those in, and get double the runtime?

Because I have 4 packs. Why weigh down the vehicle needlessly instead of just stopping for a minute to change the pack?

[kraegar]

Originally Posted by skellyo

Because I have 4 packs. Why weigh down the vehicle needlessly instead of just stopping for a minute to change the pack?

Gotcha :)

[kulangflow]

Originally Posted by skellyo

Because I have 4 packs. Why weigh down the vehicle needlessly instead of just stopping for a minute to change the pack?

I'll be running mine in parallel just to make life easier for the batteries, splitting the load. I'm sure one can handle it by itself, but it'll be even easier with two.

That and I hate stopping to change packs.

[hootie7159]

My bad series power parallel runtime...copy that :)

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by kulangflow

I'll be running mine in parallel just to make life easier for the batteries, splitting the load. I'm sure one can handle it by itself, but it'll be even easier with two.

But I don't ever have to hassle with trying to balance multiple packs to be used together for mine.

[kulangflow]

Originally Posted by skellyo

But I don't ever have to hassle with trying to balance multiple packs to be used together for mine.

Good point. I am used to sync charging packs with my Hyperion Duo, so I'll just always treat the pairs as one pack like I do with my larger E-Revo packs.

I'm attempting to temporarily fix the a-arm myself using a trick my friend told me about today: Glue the two pieces together. Wrap the break tightly with dental floss. Glue the dental floss to the break. It's worth a shot I guess to get by until replacement parts come around.

[hootie7159]

JUST GOT MY MINI REVO TODAY!!!!!!!!!YAY!!!!! couple questions....i can't get it to wheelie for crap but it accelerates like a bat out of hell keeping all 4 wheels to the ground... (yes i tightened the slipper.....yes i am only running 2s.....) but it kinda feels like the throttle is kinda sluggish for like a 1/2 second....do any of your feel that way?....this thing is a pretty cool backyard basher....just big enough to monster truck over rocks and just small enough to enjoy in your backyard... :)