hey kal i checked maximizer and they dont make it anymore apparently but it was a farely simple mode,just put a front end on the back end and it had some kinda of splicer, like it ran off the 3rd channel (reverse) but you could reverse it, you like you can reverse the throttle instead when you pulled it, it would apply the brakes.

if you have a channel reverser for your 3rd channel you can do it yourself, but you need a complete front end of the back

i think thats how it worked but i maybe mistaken

i going off what i remember from the picture, it might of had a special chassis

 

from what ive seen they use a second steering servo and mount it rear of the rear diff on a bracket. the maxx has connecting rods that go out to the spindle hubs that are identical front and rear. so they just make the rear end steer like the front. and they just tap in to the steering channel to get second servo control.

all you REALLY need is the bracket and instructions. im sure it can be done again. i just dont have time to figure it out for myself!

 

ya but you dont want rear stear at all times because at high speeds it will be extremely hard to control, cuasin it to flip over.

 

One of my HPI RS'4'S

 

Well, here is mine:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=85252&width=2
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...=85253&width=2

 

nice car 350, nice stand too

hey walt how do you like your rs4, ive started a project with a friend to make a rs4 .30 power or .32, .32 is big for my savage and it wieghs 13 pounds. stock rs4 have .15 tops

its in the designing stage right now. i plan on using drifiting chassis, so that weigh the motor is in the center, just so it keeps most of the weight centered. maybe using a savvy tranny becuase its heavy duty, and from there its going to be all custom. ill fill yall in when i buy the kits

 

I fly R/C aircraft. Most of my models are small parkflyer size that I built from balsa kits. They are all electric. I have a Cessna C-180, a Fokker DR-1 TriPlane, and an aerobatic plane that I built. I also have a few foam planes that I started out with - A Tigermoth and another plane that is basically a stick and some foam. I really enjoy building the balsa stuff.

Fokker DR-1 http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attac...hmentid=303522

Aerobatic Plane http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attac...chmentid=76368

 

A-G I dont have my hart set on a t-maxx I just dont know what else is out there that I will be able to get parts for as easy ,I had a HPI RS4 mt that I put a 2 sp tranny in that I didn't like so I sold it on ebay,I always had electric cars and trucks,there are no hobby shops in my area so I dont have any way to check them out in person.I've heard good things about the T-maxx from rc shows on tv and some mags out there thats all,I've never even seen one up close and personal what else is out there,right now I have more fun with my tricked out ta2 4x4 touring cars then any of my trucks I run them on dirt most of the time like a rally car throwing a three foot roost is pretty cool.If tamiya reissues the frog I hope its built stronger than the original one jump or headon and it will be toast.

Glenn

 

tmaxxes are real good, only for the fact that they are highly upgradeable. but that because the upgrades are for parts that break alot. see kals machine, it the same as a t, except just like a couple things. he has almost everything upgraded, except it looks like arms, why do you think that is, maybe he broke his parts (id say more than likely) did he break them more than once and say its alu time. or just go staight to alu.

see around at oklahomas main track, the only mts that are runned there on savages for the nitro class, losi lst, (1 tmaxx) out of 30 trucks, the electric side ther all emaxxxes because it hard to find a real good electric monster truck, stock.

like i said i ran my truck into the tire of a f150, bent a shock shaft, thats pretty common with all mts, and had a pin slide out. on a t it would shatter. i know t maxx people say that would destroy there trucks.

think about it this way, the reason most people on tv and hobbyshops say ts are good is because theyll make a higher profit off replacement parts for the t, theres only one unbiased shop in tulsa oklahoma, he has all 3 of the major nitro mts, a t, a savy, a lst

he says as overall winner in his book is the savvy, for unique design that works is the lst, on upgradeable parts its tmaxx.

the t runs off a tub chassis, basically thers a skid plate and a couple of screws that connect the back and front to the center tub, that makes it very weak, itll twist in that spot or just totally snap off.

on the savvy it connects on both sides with 3 screws each, the diff connects to the tvps, the skid connects to the tvps, then there a couple of ladder bars.

ill get some pics up in a min or so

yes, the t will be a savvy at acceleration, its alot lighter and to me smallblocks have better acceleration. but in a drag it will be it in top speed

ive seen savvys jumped off roofs, over barns. and not break ive see ts do that, and shatter.

yes tmaxx was a big hit, because basically it was the first of its kind, but it left alot of room to improve one, think of it every truck they have is .15 aka 2.5, even tho ther a type R its the same all of it is the same.

ive had a 2.5, they have horrible tunin issues but so does the s.25 , the 2.5 wont even start at times, i think this is because it has a alu. carb and the heat is easly transfered to the fuel nipple and it cause the fuel to boil before it reaches the carb and motor, i have alu carb on my motor, im replacing it a composite carb. but the problem with the t is you can upgrade up a .18 but theres not many out there, most people will suggest you to get a .21 and to do that you gotta do a kit, a new tub and some new drive lines..thats expensive..

heres the main t page
http://www.traxxas.com/products/nitro/tmaxx/trx_tmaxx_over.htm

theres a forum in there aswell, you can look over how many problems there with it stock

http://hpiracing.com/index2.htm
that hpi site, they have a couple models of the savvy, a 4.6 addition which is a kit, only mt as a kit. a lt edition, which has every popular upgrade on it, cam type servo saver, tuned pipe, dual disk brakes, and other stuff. and they have the basic model, s25 stock.

you also my want to check out

www.savage-central.com

theres hundreds of cool things on there. i was on there but i got banned for avertising another savvy site, with 10 active memebers there site has 1000+ active members

you haft to regist on savagecentral so view the forums..

heres a site that has extreem videos of every thing
http://www.beaverstick.net/

you should also check out the revo its like the combined a tmaxx with a clodbuster crawler, the suspension is awesome.

 

I think the formula i had figured out as a kid was. "15 minutes of play= 1 day of work"

I guess that car is why I am continually amazed by my old RC10 b3, if it breaks it is because i was really being stupid. Same with the gt. Oh and thanks to this thread i went to the hobby shop and spent 80 bucks. Dang you all.

 

I have 3 t-maxxs.

1st is all stock but a motor saver filter and exhaust.

2nd has a sirio .18, trinity big bore pipe, FO conversion, aluminum clutch, upgraded servos, motor saver filter, dual rate springs, and some different bumpers.

3rd one is not finished but has a paris racing .21 with R&B mods porting/polish, paris racing pipe, aluminum adjustable clutch, FOC kit, .21 conversion chassis, chrome steel drive lines, "cold air" intake, k&n filter, aluminum skit plate, aluminum chassis braces, aluminum servo skid, xtm steering servo, venom speedo meter, venom onboard temp, dual rate springs, swamp dog tires (mini boggers) with cut back tires, 2 pro-line paddle tires for sand, all 6 are on the clawz wide maxx chrome wheels, new uncut/unpainted body, I'm sure I am forgetting a few things but oh well.

I haven't run my trucks in almost a year now, started building truck #3 and lost all interest in RC's before I got to finish it, I wish I could sell it, but you never get anywhere near what you put in them

 

off to the hobbyshop we go, how much we spend..no one knows

i dropped 112.00 bucks today with another 30 worth of stuff comin in on wensday

i bought preglued, i can glue ill glue myself to myself, panther tires and some kinda of rims. they are lower profile, shorter and wider, pluss there on offset rims, wider is better.
and some misc. hardware, but i didnt know iwas missing a wheel hex.

bought some faskolor paint, facescent teal, metalic awesomeo
ordered a f350 body..

 

I race 10th scale offroad, I run a Losi BK2 2wd buggy, MF2 2wd truck, and XXX4 4wd buggy.. Its fun, I useualy travel to a few out of state races during the year.

 

hey guys i updated my gallery, new wheels and paint the body is coming in soon. check it out.