HPI Savage replacement - What do i get?
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Time to say goodbye to my HPI Savage 25, due to having recently moved and then built a garage in the garden I now no longer have the space to use the Savage, so time for it to go.
Not used it in about a year but managed to fire it up first time today, however was running a little rough, needs a good tune up.
Shame really a its been great fun, I have loads and loads of bits for it:
2 x Body shells
Spare Tyres
New Boxed Roto start Kit
Used old Roto Starter
Spare Pull starter
Spare Savage 25 engine
Lots of spur gears of varying size
Spare air filter
Spare clutch
Spare tyres
2 spare exhausts, one is very loud
+ loads of other random bits like glow plugs, fail safe, dogbones, drive shafts, body bits, oils, fuel etc etc.
So what do you think I can get for it, ideally the plan is to sell this and replace it with a slightly smaller buggy, but this time opt for electric, probably something like a tamiya buggy or similar.
A few pictures below, also now very clear in the pictures but I have dropped the front end suspension to give it a meaner look…
Of course the next question is, what to replace it with, when I get an electric one will I be able to use any of my current bits, e.g. the controller? Or am I better selling the savage with the controller?
Not used it in about a year but managed to fire it up first time today, however was running a little rough, needs a good tune up.
Shame really a its been great fun, I have loads and loads of bits for it:
2 x Body shells
Spare Tyres
New Boxed Roto start Kit
Used old Roto Starter
Spare Pull starter
Spare Savage 25 engine
Lots of spur gears of varying size
Spare air filter
Spare clutch
Spare tyres
2 spare exhausts, one is very loud
+ loads of other random bits like glow plugs, fail safe, dogbones, drive shafts, body bits, oils, fuel etc etc.
So what do you think I can get for it, ideally the plan is to sell this and replace it with a slightly smaller buggy, but this time opt for electric, probably something like a tamiya buggy or similar.
A few pictures below, also now very clear in the pictures but I have dropped the front end suspension to give it a meaner look…
Of course the next question is, what to replace it with, when I get an electric one will I be able to use any of my current bits, e.g. the controller? Or am I better selling the savage with the controller?
TheMighty said:
I'd let your radio gear go with it and take the opportunity to move on to 2.4GHz spread spectrum technology.
What you get I guess really depends on how much space you really have now... don't forget that in many cases now that electric is as quick or quicker than nitro.
Its not so much the speed i am worried about more the physical size of the car. What you get I guess really depends on how much space you really have now... don't forget that in many cases now that electric is as quick or quicker than nitro.
The Savage is a big beast with a pretty crap turning circle so no good for my garden. I will still manage to go out to a local field but it wont be as easy as walking to the end of the garden, jumping over the hedge and hey presto in the field. As i am going to need to lug something around would prefer it to be a little smaller.
Been looking online today and just seen the tamiya lunchbox, but part of me wants to get a buggy/truggy instead.
Main use will be in garden and then in a field with longish grass, so need decent 4wd and good grippy tyres.
With the electrics what are the batteries like, i originally went nitro as i did not like the thought of driving for 5 mins then charging batteries for an hour then 5 mins driving.
Main requirement is its 4wd and fast as possible also need to be easily upgradeable, that the best thing about the Savage.
I will be getting another nitro car in the future but unlikely to be next year.
Edited by R360 on Tuesday 21st December 18:39
Fast shouldn't be a problem, and I guess you won't have a problem finding something a bit more maneuverable if you physically downsize a bit. A good friend of mine has just sold his Savage and we've both just bought Traxxas Slash 4x4 short course trucks. After going to brushless electric power he swears he'll never go back to nitro. Even on the standard 7cell NiMH battery pack its quicker than his Savage was and a tenth of the hassle. Add a LiPo battery pack and the hassle ratio rises a little, but so does the performance.
Run times have improved dramatically over the last few years and with a half decent battery pack the slash will run for about 30 mins with little drop-off which considering the performance is pretty impressive. My little Lunchbox running a standard tamiya silver can 540 manages about 50 minutes on a quite cheap 7.2V 3000mah NiMH battery.
A good peak charger that will look after your batteries will usually charge a decent capacity battery in about 2-3 hours on the mains or quite a bit quicker on a car battery. If you move up to LiPo's then charging is a little more involved, but as long as you stick to the rules they're supposed to be pretty safe. So on the whole the run time to charge time ratio is much much better than it used to be when I was a kid and a couple or three battery packs should keep you more than happy.
Run times have improved dramatically over the last few years and with a half decent battery pack the slash will run for about 30 mins with little drop-off which considering the performance is pretty impressive. My little Lunchbox running a standard tamiya silver can 540 manages about 50 minutes on a quite cheap 7.2V 3000mah NiMH battery.
A good peak charger that will look after your batteries will usually charge a decent capacity battery in about 2-3 hours on the mains or quite a bit quicker on a car battery. If you move up to LiPo's then charging is a little more involved, but as long as you stick to the rules they're supposed to be pretty safe. So on the whole the run time to charge time ratio is much much better than it used to be when I was a kid and a couple or three battery packs should keep you more than happy.
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