had to be very careful as it was doing wheelies anytime it found traction on small rock surfaces in the sand 

some more. it cleared that btw.



oops. uploaded the same pics twice.

Nice pics lucky guys you have a beach

yeah. but it would have been very expensive luck for me today.

a friend of mine wanted to come along with us, he read waterproof on the servos and asked if the truck was waterproof. i told him everything was except for the ESC.

he asked for the truck and since it was on the beach i figured it was no harm. and first thing he does is does a few rounds, turns and drives it towards the water at full speed.

luckily a few feet from the water it tipped over.

when i asked him what he was doing he says - ESC is high up, water wont reach it, i wanna make the water splash. 

never giving it to anyone anymore.

Wow! That's the problem in telling people the features of the truck. They think they can try out something and assume it would ok. If something goes wrong we pay the price.

Similar thing happened to me yesterday. I told my cousin not to give full throttle till he gets used to the truck and it was an open ground with a stray stone in some corner so I thought it's ok. This guy went crazy after two mins and hit the rock head on, lucky that there were no breakages.

Thats why I keep my slash on training mode even when I drive.

I can go crazy at any moment.Even my mother could drive it.

Back to the topic,a best on the rocks but looking VERY cool.Superb photography man.Nice background and stuff.


And yeah,NEVER let anyone drive your cars.

great stuff... i wish i lived near a beach... this is a great way to enjoy a sunday morning... (apart from sipping beers on the beach )

nice pics.. i have never tried rock crawling but nitros are far too noisy for that. guess ill have to wait for electric...

cheers,

and yes.. never let anyone drive.. unless he/she has a better car and you get to drive it

The batteries being discussed are sold by us. They are manufactured in China and branded under our company name. They are 7.4v 6000mah 35c. The capacity and 'C' rating is true. They are hardcase and come presoldered with deans connectors. And the best part is it comes with 1 month replacement warranty (unless you have not used it properly).

There is always a need for cheaper batteries thats why we got these in, for customers who want to spend we have the complete maxamps range.

cool. do you also keep 3s lipos with 25-35c? if so, how much do they cost?

cheers

Quote from: ShutterX on April 06, 2011, 10:51:42 AM
and yes.. never let anyone drive.. unless he/she has a better car and you get to drive it

I like that 

Hey guys,

A small video to show the E-Maxx at the beach.

a small bit at the end was filmed from inside the car while following it. it clocked about 60 kmph as seen in the video.

still not completely settled in with the E-Maxx so not trying any huge jumps yet.

Ajit - A very nice Video.

Cheers

Nice Video! I like how the Phoenix ST2 gets owned!!

Your a fan of Far East Movement too?   

Nice video. Why do car guys use hard pack lipos?

So that the LiPo doesn't get punctured in a crash..
Crashes happen a lot more often in cars than planes (AS You saw in thew video) and nobody wants to buy a new set of LiPos when they crash

Nice video 

And a rock getting in can easily puncture a lipo.USUALLY,the brunt of the crash is taken by the parts and little force makes it to the battery but in a big crash,I've read about wires and balance taps being ripped out.

I have been using cheap Lipos from HK and never had a case of lipo getting punctured. Yes, the hardcase will take the impact on hard crashes. The reason I want only hard case now is that if a lipo burns, it will spoil my battery tray (it happened a few weeks ago)

But the issue with hard case is that you cant see if the battery is puffed and will continue to use it.

Still its safer to use hard cases for off-roading.It might be fine in on road as long as you don't crash.


The issue you mentioned can be a problem but a way to avoid it is constant checking of the cell voltages.I'm gonna get an iCharger which can even measure IR.More stuff to look at.

Hey guys.

u know how things u dont want going wrong have a habit of going wrong right before a weekend.

happened to me today.

did a small wheelie in the sand and it rubbed against a branch piece and rear right tire ruptured. 

anyway as they say everything happens for a reason. so now upgrading to Proline Trenchers.

so the Maxx is retired till next week. will try to make a few vids of the drifter. 

lol...tires are a must upgrade with so powerful setups, even with a tmaxx they blow up easily, i'v seen many blown up tmaxx tires of magarwal's  tmaxx.

Quote from: mail4ajo on April 08, 2011, 08:14:37 PM

I have been using cheap Lipos from HK and never had a case of lipo getting punctured. Yes, the hardcase will take the impact on hard crashes. The reason I want only hard case now is that if a lipo burns, it will spoil my battery tray (it happened a few weeks ago)

But the issue with hard case is that you cant see if the battery is puffed and will continue to use it.

+1

I'v used flightmaxx from Zippy, and the pack was decent in perfo, but excellent in price, just $6.9for a 2s lipo , 20C and 2200 mah.

I'd still prefer regular lipos instead of hard case because most cars have a decent battery tray which is very less exposed to outer environment, i'v had a flux hp before and its battery tray had small gaps in b/w so it was risky, i used foam sheets to cover the exposed areas of the compartment and added foam blocks in front to prevent it from sliding in tray since my lipos were smaller and hence there was enough of space left in the compartment,
However since lipos on emaxx series are kinda exposed , it wot be a bad idea to stick with a hard-case one.
But for savage flux, which has a closed (not sealed) battery compartment with some space for cooling, foam layers can help a lot.
I'v used a regular lipo for almost a month with the flux with no exploding/bursting/puncturing issue, though faced the puffing problem a lot but thats simply due to insufficient lipo specs. If it would have been a hard-case, i would have killed it by now

Hey guys. small update. as you know i recently tore up my rear right tire. so today my E-Maxx recieved new shoes 

Proline Trenchers mounted on Proline Tech 5 wheels.

Will update with a few more pics and vids in the next 2-3 days.

well got around to putting together a few clips of the E-Maxx on a small jump. not much.

no damage except for the shell getting cracked at the rear body post holes.

Hey nice clip there  i like the way you've compared the Summit and the E-maxx. You might want to try and powder coat the rear wheels with black color to ensure uniformity, that is IF you dont like how it looks now 

PS: Can you post a video of your Summit at night ? Just to get an idea as to how much those LED's help at night.