Wicked fun (Slash, that is)!

[grayta]

I've owned an E-Maxx and Bandit and I currently own 'Pedes and a Rusty. Liked 'em all (ok, the Maxx not so much) but the Slash I bought from my LHS today is easily the most fun Traxxas product I've driven. Here it is.



As soon as I got it home I pilfered a Mamba system from my 'Pede and a MaxAmps 6000mah lipo and strapped 'em in.




Actually, I ended up taking the ESC from the 'Pede and the 6900 from my (son's) Rusty. The Slash seemed to like the torque of the 6900 a bit better than the higher voltage 7700. Geared 15/90 it ran smooth and relatively cool up to the low to mid 40s on pavement and gravel. Spent about an hour bashing! Great fun.

[Rustykid]

lol, looks like fun.

[Slasher]

What's so rough about the EMaxx?

[grayta]

What's so rough about the EMaxx?

The parts bills when you crash it. Dang thing nickle and dimed me to death!

(I know, I know-"Don't crash it!" What fun is that?! LOL)

[Slasher]

Did you 'Goo the ESC to the battery bar?
Is the zip tie for the heat sink?


Have you encountered the grass-in-the-rear-bumper problem yet?
Man, every single time I ran the truck I'd get all sorts of crap in there. There's a lot of bermuda around here so sometimes I'd get really long strings of it stuck in there.

So I got tired of it and sealed it up with some 'Goo.

I have yet to make sure it works. But it seems pretty obvious that it will.

[grayta]

Nah, the ESC is zip tied to the bar. It's semi-temporary. I'm thinking of adding a fan and screwing it down sometime in the future.

And yes, I managed to catch grass. LOL

[Mr. Mukai]

I have the grass problem too, haven't fixed it yet.

[Garbage_Man]

yank the back bumper off.

[Slasher]

What sense does that make?

[rocky8333]

It makes all the sense in the world .

[grayta]

Ummm, I think I'll keep my bumper. But I will be investigating a weight or damping or both issue later. I could throw this puppy into a real fast right hand turn and it'd stick to the pavement. A left hander at high speeds induced a roll. Gotta iron that kink out.

[Slasher]

You're a street runner?

I was considering getting some street tires (not anacondas, they look lame -- too rounded) but decided against it because I totally dig it in the grass. Switching suspension setups each time would really put me down.

[Garbage_Man]

no bumper to catch the grass and what other nonsense get's stuck in there. I fing alot of plant debris in there. We have that really long like crab grass here. The pieces get like 3 feet long.

[grayta]

You're a street runner?

Nah, I'm a "what ever is available" runner. Last night it was pavement, gravel and some grass (not too much of the latter geared 15/90, didn't wanna cook my components). We (me and my boyz-ok, kids ) have a little informal course laid out: driveway (concrete) to road (asphalt) to road shoulder (gravel, sand and dirt). Gotta be able to handle it all.

[Slasher]

In just a little while I'm gonna catch a video driving on grass.
There are obvious signs of wear on the Trac-Ta-Gators, but I'm pretty mean to them. I can't help but give it full throttle.

[Mr. Mukai]

There's no dirt around here, either grass or pavement. I stick to the pavement.

[grayta]

Ooops, over estimated the speed a bit. Make that LOW 40s on 15/90:



To hit 50 would take the 7700 and a little taller gear. Still, I think I'll leave it this way. It's well behaved, has good acceleration and the temps were 160s and under.

Oh, it got a number and some warning stickers, too.

[ksb51rl]

Looks grayt! So glad you're having fun.

[69Malibu]

nice seeing the variety of numbers in use. i just might be the only person crazy enough to run the number 13. and yet i also seem to be dodging alot of the issues others are having. and i bash hard enough most of my vehicles end up breaking. i mean i cant figure out how i lost a hinge pin on a car. nothing was broke so i cant figure it out.

[grayta]

Well, I usually use 50 but they didn't send any zeros!

[rocky8333]

I would use 17.