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Wow that's really much! I am chilling with my traxxas maxx and savage 4.6, so I was just thinking of buying a new one. The reason why I wanted a octane is because it just looks sick and will definetely survive some offroad. What's the name of the car in your 3th or 4th pic? Is it also easy and not too expensive to buy upgrades or replace things in the car?This truck is discontinued by HPI and when they discontinue a model they stop producing spares for them aswell, so when the stock dries up that leaves secondhand parts. As far as the engines went they were woeful to say the least. There are many makes of Gas powered RC available, but most of these are 1/5 scale. I have had many gas powered models over the years. Monster trucks, Baja, Touring cars and sport trucks, all of mine were FG brand with the Zenoah engines. And yes still well worth having. 40-45 minute run time on a tank of fuel and the fact they start and run very well. Just like starting a lawnmower or Go-ped.
Here a few photo of the FGs I had.
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That's is a very wise move my friend.Hello
I was going to buy a new old stock HPI Octane from RC4ME. But after reading all bad reviews I have decided not to. And trust me I really wanted one. I have several nitro and 1\5th gas 30cc. But the Octane engine had problems. That's why I'm holding off on buying one.
Hi thanks, I bought a 2wd FG truck today! I drove it a bit on offroad and onroad. It's really different from a 4wd nitro savage, it likes to drift a lot on high speeds. I noticed it has a lot of power once it has reached more than 10mph. I am new to gasoline engines, so I've just some questions;The 3rd pic is of the 2 beetles & the Mini, These were all fitted on to the FG Marder chassis but the green beetle had a custom made chassis which allowed the engine to be laid down. This was the one I used for track racing, used to race it in a league which called Outlaws over here. Basically road racing off-road 1/5th vehicles with no rules on specs, anything goes. the truck in the 4th,5th & 6th picture are FG Monster trucks. 32cc 2 stoke. These are still made today and are pretty bulletproof, They are available in 2 or 4 wheel drive now but both these 2 were rear wheel drive only. Not sure what they cost now but back 15 years ago when I had these they were about £1000 without radio gear or servos. The only thing that ever went wrong with mine was I ripped a diff casing open by getting a rock stuck in the rear bulkhead. You can get hydraulic or cable brakes which put a brake roto on all 4 wheels which gave it the same stopping power as a full size car.
They aren't cheap to buy but well cheap to maintain as nothing breaks. Engines go on for ever, and to get started just pump the primer bulb on the carb a couple of times, put the choke on and give it a couple of pulls Never go out of tune and just great fun.
Nice! I am actually not the first owner of my FG. I guess I am even the third owner I bought it from someone who likes to buy used, not working gasoline rc cars and repairs them. So my FG is actually just like the stock one. I use a 26cc, and I really enjoy driving it. I agree with you about rwd, I hope I'll get used to it soon... bit is there maybe a way to make the suspension less hard/stiff? It is so hard that it just does not work on asphalt or even offroad. I mostly just drive with it, I do'nt jumpThink in the new year when my bonus comes from work I will be getting myself another FG monster truck, I do miss mine alot. The whole reason I left Savages and went for the FG was for the ease of use & the run time on a tank of gas. The rear wheel drive version does handle abit like a drift car but you do get used to it fairly quickly. Only issue with rear wheel drive only is that if you do air and take off badly you will laid badly as no means of correcting the angle of the truck once it has left the ground.
What size engine does yours have, most of the early ones were 26cc.
What ever motor you have, it will piss all over an HPI Octane and be alot more reliable. The Zenoah engine these are nie on bulletproof.
Used to have a full chrome version of this engine back in the day.
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