Went bashing today !!

[TINY_MAXX]

Well i finally got to go bashing again !! I alos had to go and buy a new servo and a new steering assembly.The weather here is allmost perfect the temp is 10ºC but its really windy its gusting at about 50-55 km/h. Also my dad just got and painted his parma Gravedigger body.he also bought a parma Gravedigger body for his 1/8 scale !! I got all this week off to go and bash my truck and i hope i don't break to many parts !!!

 

[nitro dave]

ahh yes. Bashing is always a good thing. Have a good week bashing. I just hope I get to finish breaking in my fantom this week.

 

[TINY_MAXX]

What type of fantom?? and Is your fantom in your t-maxx ?

cuz i'm thinking of getting a fantom fr-15. but i don't know if there any good in a t-maxx so if you can help me that would be great !!

 

[Rob D]

Have fun bashing ..i went to go today and forgot airfilter at home had cleaned it night b4 oh well

 

[SkyMaxx]

I have the Fantom .15FR in my T-Maxx. I have been running if for almost a year now, and it does really well. It provides great top speed, and when properly geared, awesome low-end torque. I am geared for the low-end torque and still managed to post some speeds greater than 35mph.

I have not had a chance to run it against the new 2.5 (the one opportunity I had, the fellow broke the front end off his truck before I could get mine started). I have run with Pirata's .21 and held my own.

I am currently looking for something with more power. This is not saying that the Fantom .15 is underpowered; its just that my T-Maxx is getting heavier and heavier as I upgrade to more and more metal...I may try one of 3maxxman's mods to drop a .21 or larger into the standard chassis (but that is a tale for another time).

Anyway, I think the Fantom is a great investment and will give you what you need. Their customer service is also top notch.

If you really want more information, try a search on this site. You will find several threads on the Fantom and quite a crowd of Fantom users (not as large as the OS crowd but a crowd none-the-less).

 

[TINY_MAXX]

Thanks SkyMaxx !!

 

[nitro dave]

Tiny-

I have a fantom fr.15 in my maxx. So far it is great, but I am still breaking it in. I will let you know the verdict when I get to tune it for speed. It is last years model with an ABSC sleeve, but fantom went back to the ABC sleeve and redesigned the carb which was a great move for 03. I do know that the customer service is really the best I have ever recieved from an R/C company. Jeff Schroeder has bent over backwards to make me happy. They rebuilt X's for free and even gave him a new style carb.

I can tell you from just break in period that this thing will love the high RPM's. I have the duratrax header and AE pipe. I may have to change my clutch bell to get a little more lowend grunt, only time will tell.