Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / September 2005

Howdy y'all,

Had a bashfest at the local park this past weekend, running my Savage with 3
Traxxas vehix (E-Maxx, T-Maxx and Rustler).  The park is a combination of
gravel roads, dirt ballfields, grassy fields, and a concrete
skateboard/bicycle park.  After one hour, the only one left standing was the
mighty Savage!

The E-Maxx couldn't hold a stick to the accelleration and top-end of the Sav
or T-Maxx and was retired after 15 minutes or so as it couldn't keep up with
the big boys.

The T-Maxx and Rustler couldn't keep up with the Sav on the rough terrain
and I was running them down (actually over the Rustler a few times) like
they weren't even moving.

The rustler blew out a shock tower and was retired after a nice 25 ft
cartwheeling adventure, and the T-Maxx just quit for no reason and wouldn't
restart.  All that remained was the Savage, and I kept running it for
another hour after that.

I was really suprised that I could outrun a Rustler with the 2.5R in it.  It
<looks> faster and <sounds> faster when it's running, maybe because it's so
small, but after running it down a few times I realized my Savage was
actually faster than it.

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