savage nitro or electric???
#47
Tech Rookie
Well, I am a Nitro guy though I had plenty of brushed electrics back in the day.
I just bought a 4.6.
Okay, a Savage X 4.5 will run you around $465, a bit less some places. Comes with everything but fuel.
The Savage Flux HP will run around $640, a bit less some places.
About $175 price difference.
Now, if you run it at its max, 6s, thats 6 batteries and you will really want like 3 sets of batteries so thats a total of 6 3s Li-Po's.
Say around $50 each at the lower end and thats $300 in batteries.
Then a charger of course. Probably like $125 for a good one?
So out of the box, you are looking at $1065.
The Savage with a gallon of fuel to start will be under $500.
Of course, you will have to buy fuel quite a bit and glow plugs but the start up for the electric is a good twice as much.
Thats of course going with a top end truck with max batteries.
You always run a risk of a battery going bad. Li-Po's are great but not bullet proof.
I do see the appeals of electric and will not for a second knock anyone liking electric.
Just a nitro guy myself.
Just thought I would point out the start up cost.
True, you can buy say just two batteries but then you got a long wait between charges. I would want to have 1 set running, one set ready to go and another set on charge. Thats me.
Probably would want to consider a charger that can charge two batteries at once or a second single charger.
Kind of the opposite now. When brushed motors was the standard, I started to drool over nitro though nitro has been around for quite a while.
Now many drool over brushless over nitro.
No denying the fact that brushless performance is off the charts, especially with the high end electrics.
No denying that one makes a lot of noise and the other goes 'wheeee'.
Enjoy what you enjoy.
I just bought a 4.6.
Okay, a Savage X 4.5 will run you around $465, a bit less some places. Comes with everything but fuel.
The Savage Flux HP will run around $640, a bit less some places.
About $175 price difference.
Now, if you run it at its max, 6s, thats 6 batteries and you will really want like 3 sets of batteries so thats a total of 6 3s Li-Po's.
Say around $50 each at the lower end and thats $300 in batteries.
Then a charger of course. Probably like $125 for a good one?
So out of the box, you are looking at $1065.
The Savage with a gallon of fuel to start will be under $500.
Of course, you will have to buy fuel quite a bit and glow plugs but the start up for the electric is a good twice as much.
Thats of course going with a top end truck with max batteries.
You always run a risk of a battery going bad. Li-Po's are great but not bullet proof.
I do see the appeals of electric and will not for a second knock anyone liking electric.
Just a nitro guy myself.
Just thought I would point out the start up cost.
True, you can buy say just two batteries but then you got a long wait between charges. I would want to have 1 set running, one set ready to go and another set on charge. Thats me.
Probably would want to consider a charger that can charge two batteries at once or a second single charger.
Kind of the opposite now. When brushed motors was the standard, I started to drool over nitro though nitro has been around for quite a while.
Now many drool over brushless over nitro.
No denying the fact that brushless performance is off the charts, especially with the high end electrics.
No denying that one makes a lot of noise and the other goes 'wheeee'.
Enjoy what you enjoy.
#48
I don't know where you got your info from but someone lied to you.
Things you should NEVER hear a dude say;
"Dude" check out my MONSTER TRUCK, it's nice and quiet.
"Dude" lets get a mimosa after playing with our electric monster trucks.
"Dude" you left your chapstick in my prius the other day after driving our electric monster trucks...
Things you should NEVER hear a dude say;
"Dude" check out my MONSTER TRUCK, it's nice and quiet.
"Dude" lets get a mimosa after playing with our electric monster trucks.
"Dude" you left your chapstick in my prius the other day after driving our electric monster trucks...
It's correctly pronounced - "Priuthhh" withh a lispsthh....
Savage XL NITRO FTW.
#49
im going to be selling my nitro savages soon. yes they are cool. but just not me.
i have a x ss 4.6 and a parts savage 25 im throwing a spare .25 in. unfortunatly you cant seem to get anything for the nitro savages anymore.
i have a x ss 4.6 and a parts savage 25 im throwing a spare .25 in. unfortunatly you cant seem to get anything for the nitro savages anymore.