Hi again all :thumbs_up:

I went to my mates last night, a week ago he ordered a rustler vxl from towerhobbies and a few days ago it showed up.

Wow i must say it looks better in the flesh then in a picture, im defo getting one next year :drool:





The wheels are so :cool2:



















I must aimt i was quite shocked when i was looking at the motor, i was expecting the motor to be bigger is size then what it was, the motor size is smaller then my old mans scooby motor, thats quite mental considering how much power is got :drool: thats brushless for ya :clap:

:lol: my mate is gutted though this is his birthday present from his wife and she will not let him use it untill his birthday in 3 weeks time,lol

lol so in 3 weeks when we take it out with our t-maxx's we will take a video to show you all :thumbs_up:

Anyone know where we can buy a lipo charger and the big ass batteries and new gears?

Can't wait to see the video!! :clap:

Gutted for ya mate, the wait must be killing him!! LOL!! :lol:

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:lol: yeh it is, dam if it was mine i would not care what the wife says, i would be straight out side :clap: :lol:

yeh man, rims look sweet

looks awesome, :clap: :clap: :drool: :thumbs_up:

i hate it when new stuff gets put on this forum as it makes me want it :joker: :joker:

marc tell your mate that i want it :thumbs_up:

lol i second that mate, thought id get my own back this time :joker: :joker:

I asked him if he wanted to swap for my outlaw,lol he said no but not that nice,lol wonder why :lol:

thats lush, going 11.1v lipo?

yeh mate he wants to go 11.1v lipo, if you know any places to be a good deal on the charger and some betteries and the gears that would be a great help B)

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buy gears direct from traxxas uk

charger/batteries ask luke? otherwise i'd go for maxamps battery and charger package

Max-amps are a good battery to go with. I could show you better ones, but you wouldn't benefit from the difference. As for a charger, try one of these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/iMAX-B5-Lipo-NiMH-Ba...id=p3286.c0.m14

This will charge all batteres types at a rat eof 5 amps. I just sold one to Tim, which does 6 Lipo cells. Exactly the same, very easy to use and a geat first charger for Lipo's.

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class cheers guys ill pass the info on ASAP :cheers: :thumbs_up:

Any update on how it goes Marc?

:lol: my mate brought the batteries charger and trx connectors about one week ago, Im not sure what ones yet though as ive not seen him, soon as i do though i will make a video show you guys can see it run :clap:

I cant wait,lol

morning guys :thumbs_up:

well i thought i would give you all an update on my mates rustler.

last week he finally took at out for a spin, hes running the 11v lipos, unfortunately i was not there when he used the ruster :( but my old man was so i got to hear all about it :lol:

well first thing, the rustler goes like a rocket, its about as powerful as the nitro joto but would beat its max speed, it also has the same kind of crazy handling as the joto at top speeds and if wind catches the bottom of the chassis the truck lifts and wants to fly, :lol:

My mate took the ruster out about 3 times i think over a few days, allready the gears have melted, and to top it off he crashed it into a parked car,lol

has anyone got any tips on how to stop the rustler from eating its own gears?, apart from going down in power from the batteries..

HAPPY RC-ING ALL. :rc_car:

i think you have answered your own question marc try 7.4 lipos :thumbs_up:

what gearing is he running marc?

ill find out for sure mate but i think hes using the recommended traxxas 31/76 gears..

yeh if hes not allready using a lower volt battery ill tell him to do so, :lol: losing 10-15mph or so would not really make much difference to the crazy speed this thing has, if anything it will make it more controllable :lol: :thumbs_up:

marc to be fair the 11.1v and 31/76 is only suitable for speed runs, i agree with rob on dropping down to the 7.4v

cheers guys, ill tell him :thumbs_up:

must admit though when i get my vxl stampede im not going lipo, im just going to keep it running on the 28/83 gears and with a 8-cell 9.6V battery, 50+ mph for a off-road electric truck is good enough for me and then fingers crossed i will not have any trouble with my gears, also as we all know the only way we would get the max speed out of these is in a straight line :lol:

roll on christmas :banana_jump: :banana_jump: :banana_jump: