[Pacifico]

Originally Posted by Furp

I'm now thinking of saving a bot longer and getting the new Traxxis Revo its more expensive but it looks and sounds even better then the T-Maxx,

Check out this review
http://www.rcnitro.com/rn/articles/revo.asp

Hi Furp,
Yeah the Revo looks amazing alright. A good £100 more expensive than the T-Maxx though.

Anyway i ordered from www.ktmodels.co.uk. ordered a t-maxx, fuel tank, Spare body and a fail safe (Should come in handy at some point ) total of close to €600 inc Delivery. i should have it this week but i am having some problems getting the guy to Send it (changing my order etc ) Will ship tomorrow through DHL

Will keep this thread updated,
Alex.

[Furp]

Great Axel let us know how you get on with the T-Maxx it looks like a great machine and its big too.

From what I ahve heard that fail safe will come in very handy too if you run out of power.

I have to admit I am envious, hopefully I can gt one soon but with family commitments it might be a while.

Just one question about the fuel traxxas recomends its own fuel have you found a supplier for that over here or are you going to use a different brand as when i was checking otu i could only fine 10% 25% etc nitro fuel whereas the traxxis one is 20% nitro, also on after run oil you can buy one just for your truck but a lot of people seem to reccomend using good old WD40

[SLIM19198]

wd40 is not recommended as it is just a lubricant, after run oil actually removes water from the engine as well as lubricating, to stp rusting and seizure of the engine!

HTH

[Pacifico]

Originally Posted by Furp

Just one question about the fuel traxxas recomends its own fuel have you found a supplier for that over here or are you going to use a different brand as when i was checking otu i could only fine 10% 25% etc nitro fuel whereas the traxxis one is 20% nitro, also on after run oil you can buy one just for your truck but a lot of people seem to reccomend using good old WD40

Yeah i dont think you can get top fuel here anyway is really expensive $130 for a gallon from tower hobbies which wont ship it for obvious reasons

i took a trip to "boyztoys" (such a kip) and bought some fuel as far as i can tell its 16% which is close enough.

I dont really know what i'll use for after run oil though.... Ill have to look into it. I'll post some pics of it when i get it just for you furp

[Pacifico]

Originally Posted by SLIM19198

wd40 is not recommended as it is just a lubricant, after run oil actually removes water from the engine as well as lubricating, to stp rusting and seizure of the engine!

HTH

What would you recommend?

[SLIM19198]

im not sure really, Im actually in cork and using Aeroplane nitro (cannot get car nitro here), which is supposed to include the oil in the nitro????

[Furp]

Originally Posted by Axel

i took a trip to "boyztoys" (such a kip) and bought some fuel as far as i can tell its 16% which is close enough.

I know I went there when they first opened and they had a great selection of stuff and lots of stock, and when i was there last month I was shocked by the way the place had gone, they had nothing and the place looked like it had been cleared out by a bomb.

I must find the other RC place though www.planetfun.org they are near Tolka park.

I have gone back to wanting the T-Maxx again becasue of budget but mainly that there are loads and loads of parts available for it, and it will be a while before there is such a selection for the Revo.

When you get you Maxx be careful to do the run-in as they state, don't want to go ruining that new engine


I will wait for the Pics, do you have places in your area where you can run your Maxx. to the limit.

UPdate: I was just checking the planet fun website and they had the top fuel under the accessories but it just gave their phone number to get a price.

You could probably get the recomended afterun oil from them too. I would definitley say though that you when buying the cheaper parts that getting them mailed from the states would be cheaper and would avoid vat.

[Pacifico]

Yeah i was majorly disappointed with boyztoys. they did have a savage for €790 though (not sure if it was a 25 or a 21 )

I was down i Dublin last week looking in some shops, what a waste of time. Went to Marks models thay had a pritty impresive CEN truck in the window for €850 50+ MPH. Apart from that nothing. looks like Planet fun is the best place however i missed it I went out to Blancherstown as thats where i though it was, then found out it was out near croke park Might have to take a trip there to pick up some loose ends, batteries, oil etc.

Would you say some small parts from towerhobbies would avoid vat? Like shocks and stuff? The RPM stuff seams like to most robust replacement parts around. however the aluminium stuff adds a great bling factor See attatched pic

Yeah i live in the country and have about an acre of space to use it Must make some ramps..... Yeah i was reading some threads on the Traxxas pages and the breaking in procedure seams fairly important alright.

Oh and an update on my order from ktmodels. Apparently the car is'nt in stock (Even though he said it was ) and he promised he would send it tomorrow

Oh just a final though. Seams that all the cars around use the "pistol" type controller. I never really like it, much prefer the two stick ones like old Tyco R/C cars


Alex.

[SLIM19198]

Old style transmitters, 12 sterling each :O

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFun...egoryID=201040

[Pacifico]

Just an update on my T-Maxx

I got it last Wednesday, took about 2 weeks from when i placed the order on ktmodels.co.uk. I would definitly not recommend them Took him a week to ship the thing and about a week and a half to get it after that (Omega express lost my address etc)

I still havn't started it though as the battery for the ez-start i was using was about 3 years old So i ordered a new one from www.modelsport.co.uk and two glow plugs on thursday at 11pm and they arrived this morning Highly recommended.

So thats about it, i plan to break it in tomorrow (If it stops raining )Oh and as promised a pic

Pic

[Furp]

cool Axel,

I was only thinking about this yesterday and thought that it was taking a long time for you to get your t-maxx, good look and I hope the weather clears so you can break her in.

[SLIM19198]

Anybody with nitro rc cars know where to run em down south?
Preferably in or around cork city?

Any other rc'ers down around here?

[Furp]

Hey any word Axel how are you getting on with your T-Maxx have to ahd a chance to give it a good run yet?

[Pacifico]

Originally Posted by Furp

Hey any word Axel how are you getting on with your T-Maxx have to ahd a chance to give it a good run yet?

Hi, sorry about the late reply

I had a bit of a problem with the truck

Basically, i was breaking it in, on the fifth and last tank when the thing locked in full throtle and hit a fence also it stayed in full throtle until i reached it. I still dont know why this happened as i checked the radio controlls befor i started it up. Might have had something to do with the fail safe, which i have since taken out. After this it would not start or even turn over. So i went through the whole after run procecure and left it for about a week. Brought it out today and it started in 5 seconds So i just started driving it today really.

I gotta say its excellent. Flipped it twice already which i wayyyy to easy to do Thats it really (until i build a ramp)


Are you still geting the REVO?

Alex.