nice but I love that blanket with the wolf

yeah i got the truck pretty much broken in.. but now im having radio or reciever issues..

For cheap, just get an HPI polished pipe off ebay...

Omg I can't stand listening to that guy. That vid you linked of his is almost 15min of nothing useful. Almost 15min of a convoluted way of explaining you need heat in the engine, wrap the head, avoid puddles and don't suffocate yourself with fumes. Why does every video of his take sooo long to barely explain sooo little? With every subject he drags out what should be a single 20min video into a series of 10 videos sapping hours from your life. I tried watching some of this really cool custom Grave Digger build he did and almost crushed my mouse in frustration.

I think it's because Sqirrel doesn't actually know or understand he just knows how to repeat things he hears and reads. You want to quote or recommend a video commentator or producer, try Jang who really knows his stuff or DJ Medic who is at least entertaining at times. Just my opinion.

Agreed.. I've never understood why people pay so much attention to that Squirrel guy...

Apparantly he's a big deal on a forum that has "toys" in the name, I forget what it's called. I think he's a big deal on that forum because he gets sponsors to the site with his vids and may be a sponsor himself as he has something to do with a charity raffle the forum does every year. I think he builds the vehicles for the raffle. Only reason I know that much is because of the Grave Digger raffle build I mentioned earlier was for sale on RCTech a couple months ago looking for it's 3rd or 4th new home in 2 years.

I like squirrel because he isn't biased against nitro..people dont listen to guys on the internet unless they have a youtube channel..brandon from bsrc/rcnightmare is way better than jang btw

I find some of his stuff useful for things I wouldn't know, its great help for a beginner..

Call it bias or whatever but Jang has stated he has no interest in nitro due to noise and other reasons, preferences. So I'll give you that one but he clearly knows his stuff and has the ability to explain it for people of all levels without dragging it out. Definitely way more professional than Squirrel. I've watched rcnightmare before, just not recently enough to remember anything specific about him but I don't remember it being torturous.

I only watch these guys for vehicle/product reviews (mostly Jang for that) and any builds I find interesting. It doesn't matter who makes the video if it helps you out though. Even if it does take 10 videos and 5 hours of your life away! Lol

so im thinking that i got a basketcase.. i swapped out the stock radio and reciever and attempted driving it again AND its starting to go nuts again.. throttle is twitchy and i lost brakes at one time and it is just not right... something in the electronics is really wrong.. i also started noticing problems with the nitro starter skipping and not working properly.. i am pretty sure the servos on it are bad cause the steering servo twitches and the throttle sometimes doesnt work.. and the engine seems to have a bad air leak.. ive tuned before so im not new to it.. i have never been so discouraged and dissapointed in hpis product.. can anyone suggest what i should do? i tried calling them and they just have me on hold...

For the engine, remove it and use grey RTV silicone to seal the carb and the backplate. For the servos I'm not really sure, 2.4ghz shouldn't have the interference problems that normally cause servo twitching. Check to make sure none of the servo wires are frayed and try plugging the Rx battery directly into the Rx bypassing the switch.

Ok thanks. I plan to take the motor out tonight and seal it. Can i use the orange stuff? Thats what i used to use on my nitro engines i wanna say it said copper on the the tube and was made by permatex.
As for the servos, the truck is new so the wires are not frayed, pinched or anything and usually i upgrade servos and radio soon after i buy a rtr model but i havent even run a qt of fuel in it yet. Pretty dissapointing. I wasnt able to get a hold of hpi but im going to email them and see what they say.

Have you tried a 2.4ghz system yet? Is the antenna or any of the wires running across the aluminum frame? Have you tried new servos? One of the wires could be pinched somewhere, inspect everything! Have you tried a rechargeable pack?

Sounds like you should use some brake parts cleaner on your one way bearing in the roto start and definitely pre heat the engine with a hair dryer to help loosen up a new engine before starting.

If sound like a switch problem maybe someone pluged the leads in the wrong spot. I would think you would have a red connector and a black one. Make sure the battery is plug I to the red one.

If the leads were in the wrong spot, it wouldn't work.