Step by step the last options arrive !!! (pics and lists)

**Popoxx** · 07-06-2008 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by wade7575

Did Novak just start selling 32p recently,the last time I checked they were olny selling MOD 1 with a 5MM bore.

Now Novak sells 32P 5mm bore : http://www.shopatron.com/index/135.0.32452.32455.0.0.0

**Popoxx** · 07-09-2008 02:29 PM

Just

x10

**Popoxx** · 07-09-2008 05:31 PM

Finished !

I installed my new radio system very quickly. It's plug & play ! I like that

I look forward to using my E-Maxx this weekend

!

I love the short antenna

**george16** · 07-09-2008 05:44 PM

Nice radio. Congrats!!!

Just make sure you reverse the throttle position on your radio and set the failsafe to 0% throttle.

**jayjay283** · 07-09-2008 05:48 PM

very nice ! capacitor , lead free solder, new temp guage and wheel wrench, love the soldering Iron, need to get a nice one like that for myself ! Whats in the HPI bag ? lol

**Popoxx** · 07-09-2008 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by george16

Nice radio. Congrats!!!

Just make sure you reverse the throttle position on your radio and set the failsafe to 0% throttle.

I know ! I read with attention all your posts (and other) about the 3PM settings for the 3905 E-Maxx

And the failsafe function is just for HRS Mode (I use the PPM mode because I have the stock non-digital servos).

**Popoxx** · 07-09-2008 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by jayjay283

very nice ! capacitor , lead free solder, new temp guage and wheel wrench, love the soldering Iron, need to get a nice one like that for myself ! Whats in the HPI bag ? lol

Some black zip ties

With my future black chassis I prefer to use black stuff (the harmony of colors...

).

**eemmaaxxxx** · 07-10-2008 01:50 AM

Looks great! How much more stuff are you waiting for before it is "finished" (they are never finished)

**Popoxx** · 07-10-2008 03:07 AM

Originally Posted by eemmaaxxxx

Looks great! How much more stuff are you waiting for before it is "finished" (they are never finished)

Finished.... to install my new radio of course

I'm waiting for 2075 servos and after my E-Maxx will be really finished (humor

).

And at the end of the year : lipo ! I will buy the Hyperion Duo charger with two pairs of batteries (7.4V 2S2P 8000mAh at least). But I don't know yet which ones.

**Kahn** · 07-10-2008 03:08 AM

u might wanna try and arange it so that you got a bit more vertical aerial....

its made a huge diff with my spektrum having that extra half inch vertical....

but nice bits of kit there mate

**Popoxx** · 07-10-2008 03:14 AM

Originally Posted by Kahn

u might wanna try and arange it so that you got a bit more vertical aerial....

its made a huge diff with my spektrum having that extra half inch vertical....

but nice bits of kit there mate

Thanks !

The antenna is very short ! I will test like that this weekend and I will see if I have to change the setup. Thanks for the tip

**Kahn** · 07-10-2008 03:32 AM

no worries...it will still be a lot better than stock but i doubled my range with a lil adjustment

**jefierro** · 07-10-2008 09:20 AM

Popoxx that is a very nice truck, congrats. You just got to love those short 3pm antennas.

**Suicideneil** · 07-10-2008 05:06 PM

Very nice indeed, especially that weller iron. Makes my rusty thing look like poop, but it does its job okay.

**Kahn** · 07-10-2008 05:21 PM

haha its ok i got a £15 pathetic iron that can barly burn abit of paper lol...and i still mannage neil lol :P

**Popoxx** · 07-10-2008 05:21 PM

Thanks all !

My soldering station is great ! I managed very easily to solder TRX connectors ! Yahouuuuuuuuuu

With the appropriate tools all is simpler

**Popoxx** · 07-14-2008 11:23 AM

Pics of the weekend

I used for the first time my Futaba 3PM this weekend : I love it ! No glitching anymore !!

**Popoxx** · 07-14-2008 11:24 AM

I just broke a servo... (bad jump, bad landing

):

Nice weekend

**nikonianmike** · 07-14-2008 01:43 PM

Hopefully you'll get that fixed today. I can't go two days without running and if the truck is broke I can't sleep until it's fixed.

**Suicideneil** · 07-15-2008 05:19 PM

Bad luck about the servo, I did that once to a 1/4scale item from hitec, wasnt best pleased. Metal gears servos are so much betterr- they dont need to be massively powerful to turn the truck, but metal doesnt break like plastic does...

**Popoxx** · 07-17-2008 05:12 PM

Just an update of my option list

:

**Suicideneil** · 07-17-2008 05:26 PM

Heh, I have a similar type list too, need to update my website with it some time, but html is no fun.

**george16** · 07-17-2008 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Popoxx

And the failsafe function is just for HRS Mode (I use the PPM mode because I have the stock non-digital servos).

You can still set the failsafe in PPM mode while using analog servos. I used it before shifting to all-digital servos. Go to page 24 of your manual. The procedure is at the bottom of the page and reads like this,

" How to Set the F/S Position (PPM mode)
PPM mode only:
*HRS mode: Set the F/S function by the fail safe function menu.
1. Move and hold the throttle trigger to the F/S servo
position you want to set (slow side). Then push the
F/S switch on the transmitter.
*The LED blinks green.
Note: Always set the F/S position when turning on the transmitter power."

**streetracero1** · 07-17-2008 09:06 PM

just a suggestion if your really trying to make the ultimate basher why are you going to run traxxas servos specially being they have plastic gears. you could get a set of tower pro servos which are cheaper(2 for $25 free shipping) more powerful(200 in/oz) metal geared and all around a better servo. did i mention their also digital. and then spend a couple buck buy some plastidip to waterproof them and have a pretty much indestructable servo. i been running them for while in a couple of my rigs prolly like 3 years now with no issues. and i like to run through thick mud and 2 foot deep stream

**jayjay283** · 07-17-2008 09:35 PM

id like to see a link to those servos

**Suicideneil** · 07-18-2008 11:54 AM

Do an ebay search for 'MG995, MG996r', that will give you the desired results; ********* has them too, though some models are stronger than others, torque wise.

**Popoxx** · 07-18-2008 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by streetracero1

just a suggestion if your really trying to make the ultimate basher why are you going to run traxxas servos specially being they have plastic gears. you could get a set of tower pro servos which are cheaper(2 for $25 free shipping) more powerful(200 in/oz) metal geared and all around a better servo. did i mention their also digital. and then spend a couple buck buy some plastidip to waterproof them and have a pretty much indestructable servo. i been running them for while in a couple of my rigs prolly like 3 years now with no issues. and i like to run through thick mud and 2 foot deep stream

That's true, Traxxas servos are not the best for hard bashers...... and bad drivers

But if you are a hard basher who drives well, Traxxas servos are excellent ! I use the Traxxas 2056 stock servos and I have never broken them... until a bad jump (which brought about a bad landing

). It was my fault.
So I'm going to buy another Traxxas servos (the 2075'), with this spare part : http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...3&I=LXSGU0&P=K. I love the look of my E-Maxx with 2 servos. And if I buy aftermarket servos there will be problem of servo horns adaptation.
Maybe it stupid, and sure there are lots of stonger and more powerful servos, but I love my Traxxas servos. It's my choice

Thanks for your recommendation

**Popoxx** · 07-19-2008 10:52 AM

I did it ! I changed the color of my chassis

Here are some pics of the mod :

Thanks to Rit Dye

**Popoxx** · 07-19-2008 10:53 AM

I dismantled my E-maxx of course :

Tomorrow I reassemble all these things

I'm fed up to screw and unscrew

**kavvika** · 07-19-2008 11:46 PM

Whatever you do, please don't buy those Towerpro 995MG servos. Sure they're digital and claim 200oz-in and a sub .16 transit speed, but I've heard far to many horror stories about centering and overshooting issues, along with a short lifespan before the gears break or the motor dies to recommend them. Two Hitec 625MG's or TRX 2070's to replace your 2056's would be great, or if you wanted to go with a single servo set-up, a Hitec 645MG should work as well.

Also, your shock socks are meant to have the ends tucked under the spring where it meets the retainer. Looks much cleaner that way.

BTW, this is the best E-Maxx I have ever seen. Love reading your build thread.

**Popoxx** · 07-20-2008 05:01 AM

Originally Posted by kavvika

Whatever you do, please don't buy those Towerpro 995MG servos. Sure they're digital and claim 200oz-in and a sub .16 transit speed, but I've heard far to many horror stories about centering and overshooting issues, along with a short lifespan before the gears break or the motor dies to recommend them. Two Hitec 625MG's or TRX 2070's to replace your 2056's would be great, or if you wanted to go with a single servo set-up, a Hitec 645MG should work as well.

Also, your shock socks are meant to have the ends tucked under the spring where it meets the retainer. Looks much cleaner that way.

BTW, this is the best E-Maxx I have ever seen. Love reading your build thread.

Thanks a lot kavvika for your recommendation and your compliment

New pics below

**Popoxx** · 07-20-2008 05:07 AM

I finished to reassemble my E-Maxx ! I love the new black look

**Popoxx** · 07-20-2008 05:08 AM

I hope you like it

**s-maxxer** · 07-20-2008 05:13 AM

nice man! rally looks diffret

**GSKSP1** · 07-20-2008 08:42 AM

I sure wish I had that kinda terain to drive my trucks on. All I have around here in Ohio is flatlands. There's not even a track within 2 hours from me. Closest RC track is 2.5 hrs away

The city I live in has about 60,000 people...not even a hobby shop here

Closest one is an hour away.

However, should be getting a house August 1st..big back yard. I'm thinking of taking up 1/4 of it for a track.

Also, after getting settled in I'm thinking about starting my own RC shop here. I just cant see how a hobby shop would do bad..

Anyways, awsome truck. I enjoyed the step by step with pic's and vids.

**Popoxx** · 07-26-2008 03:36 PM

New vid

Here is a new vid of bashing ! It was in the natural mountain bike track that I discovered 3 weeks ago near my home

It was a great session, but I broke my 2 steering servos

Jumps, jumps & jumps ! Enjoy

: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=XOq41Nz1dBA.

**Kahn** · 07-26-2008 05:24 PM

popoxx...u gps'd ur truck..cause im getting really bored of waiting for castle and my rusty does about 38-40... and im looking for the same speed...so im thinking about the new HV pro withe built in lvc...

soo looking for a genuine speed and opinion, as my truck is almost exactly the same as yours apart from tyres

**danielhr77** · 07-26-2008 07:21 PM

Love it! I don't like the grey plastic at all!

**Popoxx** · 07-27-2008 06:37 AM

Finally, I broke more than 2 servos... I broke also the head of 3 titanium screws. I managed to remove one of the screw, but it's mpossible to remove the others

Because of two screws, I'm obliged to buy new rear bulks

I noticed that the titanium screws of the bulks often break rather than bend. What about alu screws ? They bend or break ?

I need your experience

**Popoxx** · 07-27-2008 01:19 PM

Here is a very short vid of one jump + a nice trick in a natural ramp

Link : http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=RvIcSSF7teo.

(I hate the websites which host the vids and which reduce the quality of the vids

).

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