E-Savage Bashing
For the first time since I got it, I came back from a bit of bashing without anything broken, it was all working just as perfectly as when I took it out.
So all the hard work rebuilding shocks, fixing steering, fitting new bumpers, rewiring it, upgrading to 14cells was all worthwhile, it was a blast.
Nothing to do on it (except perhaps a UBEC replacement…) apart from use it until I want to upgrade to brushless. Oh, I do need to look at the mounting for the two extra cells, but apart from that.
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HPI E-Savage Waterproofing
Following a very wet bashing day the other day, and cleaning it off with the garden hose I thought I should waterproof it a bit.
Posted a video showing what I did.
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Cleaning off-roader…
I’ve not had an off roader for many many years, I forgot they got dirty. Especially in winter.
Today I decided just to clean off the e-savage with the hose, and it worked great. It had already got pretty wet, so I thought it couldn’t come to much harm.
I also decided to check the waterproofing. The speedo got a bit of clear silicon around it’s openings, and the radio box was already pretty dry inside, which is nice, just added a bit of blu-tak here and there.
The e-savage also seems to come with some sealed bearings, the most exposed ones seem to be. It’ll be interesting to see how they stand up to mud, puddles and hose abuse.
List of things to do on it:
Fit alloy servo horn.
Rebuild shocks, new o-rings, oil.
M3 bolt mod on shock bottoms.
Rewire fans with sockets and switch.
Fit UBEC.
Fit 2.4 receiver.
Source cells to add 2 cells to existing 2×6cell packs, cheating, but cheap.
Reinforce bodyshell, rear holes are splitting already.
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e-savage servo horn
I put a metal geared servo in my e-savage, and tightened up the built-in servo saver.
Now I’ve stripped the stock servo horn.
I then put on an alloy one with plastic insert, and stripped that too.
So I’ve got to go the whole hog and get an all alloy clamping one. Perhaps finally it will steer?
