I'm thing about selling my hammer it is costing a lot of money it seams every time I run my hammer it breaks and I have to keep feeding it money. I'm looking at nitro rtr like the traxxas slayer it is 4 wheel drive. I know the fuel is about 30 dollars per gallon but, if it does not break everytime I run it is worth spending more on fuel. I would like feed back from everyone that has or had both.
What Is better in my case and why?
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I'm not sure how I could answer this for your specific case. It's tough to say. I have a nitro and a 3 large scales. I like the fact that a nitro can easily be run in my neighborhood. I hate them because of tuning, glow plugs, and cost of nitro.
I love my large scales because of the ease of tuning, loudness, speed, power, looks, size, ease of working on them, gas, etc. My dislikes are places to run them and they have to be babied a bit when driving them (not everyone does, but I try to be careful so I don't break stuff).
So really it comes down to what you want to do. It's a tough choice for sure. But those are my opinions.
How much stuff have you broken on your Firehammer? Post a list. There are a bunch of us here to help you out and advise the best we can. Every problem with that thing has been discussed here, so post any question you might have.
I love my large scales because of the ease of tuning, loudness, speed, power, looks, size, ease of working on them, gas, etc. My dislikes are places to run them and they have to be babied a bit when driving them (not everyone does, but I try to be careful so I don't break stuff).
So really it comes down to what you want to do. It's a tough choice for sure. But those are my opinions.
How much stuff have you broken on your Firehammer? Post a list. There are a bunch of us here to help you out and advise the best we can. Every problem with that thing has been discussed here, so post any question you might have.
pipeous
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broken parts is an excuse to upgrade 
I could never go back to nitro. you run out of gas at full throttle. not only do you have to fill the tank but replace the glow plug 80% of the time. $8 a plug. burned out 5 in a day before and a gallon of fuel. that's an $80 day without breaking anything.
I just stocked my toolbox with parts for about $150, almost a spare of anything that can break
I could never go back to nitro. you run out of gas at full throttle. not only do you have to fill the tank but replace the glow plug 80% of the time. $8 a plug. burned out 5 in a day before and a gallon of fuel. that's an $80 day without breaking anything.
I just stocked my toolbox with parts for about $150, almost a spare of anything that can break
Trip
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I agree with Pipe, I bought every plastic part for the Mutilator, (I used Firehammer parts) I paid 50 bucks!
I would never go back to nitro! If that was the only R/C made, I would take up stamp collecting...
I would never go back to nitro! If that was the only R/C made, I would take up stamp collecting...
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So your saying running nitro is a even bigger pain the the hammer. I been watching alot of videos on you tube and I have seen alot of the hpi Baja 5t doing large jumps and not breaking anything is this truck a better choice I know it still is a lot of money but if it doesn't break it would be cheaper to run. Thanks for all the support I have been reciveing. I know the hammer is a knock off is everyone hammer breaking this much or maybe it was not set up properly from factory.
Trip
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What parts are you breaking?
You could always switch all the plastics over to FG parts... My FG MT has over 16 gallons ran through it and I have not broken a single plastic part on it! Except the spur gear..
You could always switch all the plastics over to FG parts... My FG MT has over 16 gallons ran through it and I have not broken a single plastic part on it! Except the spur gear..
I'm not convinced by anyone that they can fit ALL FG MT parts on a Firehammer MT. If they all fit, expect to modify it by drill and cutting.
I've jumped my Baja a good 6 feet in the air many times. I've broken some parts doing it (shock shafts), but it depends on how you land. I've also jumped the FHMT probably about 4 feet in the air. I've crashed it pretty good without breaking parts. It all depends on what you hit, how you hit it and what will break. There isn't an RC out there that is indestructable. I hit a trailer with my Losi Aftershock last summer and fricked it pretty good breaking about 75 bucks worth of parts.
Like pipe said, glow plugs are expensive, fuel is expensive. You have to re-tune those stupid things if a cold front moves through in the summer. Drives me nuts when I'm in the mood for running mine and then I spend about an hour jacking with getting it running the way I like. Not that i hate it, but it just loses its appeal after trying to get it working.
Firehammer MT parts are dirt cheap!
I've jumped my Baja a good 6 feet in the air many times. I've broken some parts doing it (shock shafts), but it depends on how you land. I've also jumped the FHMT probably about 4 feet in the air. I've crashed it pretty good without breaking parts. It all depends on what you hit, how you hit it and what will break. There isn't an RC out there that is indestructable. I hit a trailer with my Losi Aftershock last summer and fricked it pretty good breaking about 75 bucks worth of parts.
Like pipe said, glow plugs are expensive, fuel is expensive. You have to re-tune those stupid things if a cold front moves through in the summer. Drives me nuts when I'm in the mood for running mine and then I spend about an hour jacking with getting it running the way I like. Not that i hate it, but it just loses its appeal after trying to get it working.
Firehammer MT parts are dirt cheap!
pipeous
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It's rather funny. in another thread I gave advice on things to check for a truck that didn't move. I blew 2 of those things myself yesterday.
every rc needs things fixed from the factory, pretty well. 8th scale buggies are the toughest I will admit. I raced them for many years for that reason. that said, 2 seasons ago was nitro hell for me. I had so many motor problems throughout the year, and I had really high end (expensive) motors that were custom ported and stuff, and it finally did me in for nitro.... the roar race, all weekend thing. I bet I spent 12 mins on the track actually driving all weekend. not bad for my $45 entry fee. the roar prez was my pitman lol so can't fault him.
that stupid motor would either run 300 degrees and blow glowplugs... or 1/8 turn richer and I couldn't make a 5 min qualifier without running out of fuel. he was putting in a third glowplug in the main when I said stop, enough is enough. I raced nitro for many years, and I loved it. The challenge of tuning, pitting, tweaking was a huge draw for me. the last few years, I didn't want to fight as much. I was the rc pro director last year here and I couldn't make all the races. I kept the points, posted them, got amazing prize sponsorship (I myself sponsored all the trophies) and I got complaints that I didn't attend all the races LOL. ya I run my own seasonal business. that did it for me. big scales here we come diving in without checking the depth. it's good cuz I can only fit 2 big scales in my shop.
I converted an 8th to brushless last year and ran that. sold it year end and bought a redcat 1/5. I had my semi and was putting it together. we ran 1/5 through the winter. no way any little rc was going to hit the track when we were up there. we had a lot of snow, and when some melted it was muck. an rc is dirty when you have to pull out the pressure washer .... that is what draws me now. run and run.
I think people need to remember that these are really heavy rc's. they aren't meant to be jumped like 1/8 buggies. The draw is no tuning and fuel economy. able to go over more terrain than the little guys. they don't adjust attitude in the air like a 1/8 (I could go off jumps upside down and still be able to land on my wheels by hitting the brakes, no way with a 1/5).
every rc needs things fixed from the factory, pretty well. 8th scale buggies are the toughest I will admit. I raced them for many years for that reason. that said, 2 seasons ago was nitro hell for me. I had so many motor problems throughout the year, and I had really high end (expensive) motors that were custom ported and stuff, and it finally did me in for nitro.... the roar race, all weekend thing. I bet I spent 12 mins on the track actually driving all weekend. not bad for my $45 entry fee. the roar prez was my pitman lol so can't fault him.
that stupid motor would either run 300 degrees and blow glowplugs... or 1/8 turn richer and I couldn't make a 5 min qualifier without running out of fuel. he was putting in a third glowplug in the main when I said stop, enough is enough. I raced nitro for many years, and I loved it. The challenge of tuning, pitting, tweaking was a huge draw for me. the last few years, I didn't want to fight as much. I was the rc pro director last year here and I couldn't make all the races. I kept the points, posted them, got amazing prize sponsorship (I myself sponsored all the trophies) and I got complaints that I didn't attend all the races LOL. ya I run my own seasonal business. that did it for me. big scales here we come diving in without checking the depth. it's good cuz I can only fit 2 big scales in my shop.
I converted an 8th to brushless last year and ran that. sold it year end and bought a redcat 1/5. I had my semi and was putting it together. we ran 1/5 through the winter. no way any little rc was going to hit the track when we were up there. we had a lot of snow, and when some melted it was muck. an rc is dirty when you have to pull out the pressure washer
.... that is what draws me now. run and run. I think people need to remember that these are really heavy rc's. they aren't meant to be jumped like 1/8 buggies. The draw is no tuning and fuel economy. able to go over more terrain than the little guys. they don't adjust attitude in the air like a 1/8 (I could go off jumps upside down and still be able to land on my wheels by hitting the brakes, no way with a 1/5).