Dre
Sep 10, 2006, 11:11 PM
Hi all, well I was determined to finally have a steer of this new E-Zilla on
the w/e. Pity it was raining Saturday, good thing was it was on and off
light rain so there was a chance!
I gathered all my gear and headed out to my shed (not at home) as I figured
I could do some work in the shed and if it stopped raining I could quickly
take an RC for a spin in the dirt/gravel outside the door (big dirt area).
Got there and started charging batteries. I am so glad the Zilla came with
a twin battery charger cause charging 4x 3000mah and 4x 3300mah batteries
takes AGES!
Rain stops so first truck off for a run is the E-Maxx. I wanted to get a
feel for it so I had a gauge to judge the Zilla. Now the only thing I have
done to my Zilla is so far is this: Rebuilt shocks (had air in em from
factory), put my standard issue steering servo in (KO PS-2174fet), lubed the
diffs and general tidy up.
Now I left the E-maxx in 2nd gear as that was the most fair comaprison for
speed etc. The maxx gets maybe 2 minutes run before I decide to let the
Zilla rip, and boy did it rip!
First off I noticed how quite it is (means the motors in the Maxx need, erm,
prolly replacing :), second how well it handles! The thing runs RINGS
around the maxx. In comparison, the Maxx is a battleship, the Zilla a jet
fighter! I was kaning it around, drifting it everywhere (remember it
handles handles HANDLES!) using the throttle to steer, the thing was going
ballistic. It felt like driving a small MT style truck, until I slid it a
bit close to the shed door and hit it, BOOOOOOOM!!! (big metal shed door,
so lots of noise :) Thats about the time I remembered that this still is a
big heavy truck, you just dont feel it when you drive it.
The maxx didn't get another drive that day. I put another 6 batteries (3
runs) through the Zilla before I got bored with the gravel patch, next spot
I take it to is the rock for some crawling.
All in all, AWESOME bit of kit, I am genuinly surprised with it as I
*thought* the Maxx would beat it, not a chance in hell. The only thing the
Maxx is better than it is going slow, the Maxx can drive slower which is
good for rock crawling...
I am now very VERY happy with it!
Cheers Dre
PS, anyone want to buy an E-Maxx?? :)
the w/e. Pity it was raining Saturday, good thing was it was on and off
light rain so there was a chance!
I gathered all my gear and headed out to my shed (not at home) as I figured
I could do some work in the shed and if it stopped raining I could quickly
take an RC for a spin in the dirt/gravel outside the door (big dirt area).
Got there and started charging batteries. I am so glad the Zilla came with
a twin battery charger cause charging 4x 3000mah and 4x 3300mah batteries
takes AGES!
Rain stops so first truck off for a run is the E-Maxx. I wanted to get a
feel for it so I had a gauge to judge the Zilla. Now the only thing I have
done to my Zilla is so far is this: Rebuilt shocks (had air in em from
factory), put my standard issue steering servo in (KO PS-2174fet), lubed the
diffs and general tidy up.
Now I left the E-maxx in 2nd gear as that was the most fair comaprison for
speed etc. The maxx gets maybe 2 minutes run before I decide to let the
Zilla rip, and boy did it rip!
First off I noticed how quite it is (means the motors in the Maxx need, erm,
prolly replacing :), second how well it handles! The thing runs RINGS
around the maxx. In comparison, the Maxx is a battleship, the Zilla a jet
fighter! I was kaning it around, drifting it everywhere (remember it
handles handles HANDLES!) using the throttle to steer, the thing was going
ballistic. It felt like driving a small MT style truck, until I slid it a
bit close to the shed door and hit it, BOOOOOOOM!!! (big metal shed door,
so lots of noise :) Thats about the time I remembered that this still is a
big heavy truck, you just dont feel it when you drive it.
The maxx didn't get another drive that day. I put another 6 batteries (3
runs) through the Zilla before I got bored with the gravel patch, next spot
I take it to is the rock for some crawling.
All in all, AWESOME bit of kit, I am genuinly surprised with it as I
*thought* the Maxx would beat it, not a chance in hell. The only thing the
Maxx is better than it is going slow, the Maxx can drive slower which is
good for rock crawling...
I am now very VERY happy with it!
Cheers Dre
PS, anyone want to buy an E-Maxx?? :)