When you crash / break [Archive]

guver

09-15-2005, 06:39 PM

This may be interesting, might get old too as it seems I am breaking / destroying something frequently. Is it just me? maybe I need a break.

Today's was the E-maxx , I hit a RR tie with the front wheel going pretty fast and broke a skid, bulkhead, chassis bolts, maybe a hinge pin or more.

Twin detonator jumped and lost a suspension pivot bolt and then lost a dogbone, one of my good heavy ones, lucky I found it and is a easy fix.

The E maxx is still setting,,,,

Tyrael1986

09-15-2005, 07:07 PM

the entire time i have driven RC cars i have only lost a few e-clips, broke a few body posts, bent 1 aluminum shock tower and cracked a lexan body. Ive never actually broken anything. i guess i'm just lucky...

guver

09-15-2005, 08:09 PM

Wow. I really feel bad now, upon closer look at my e-maxx It also has two broken a-arms another broken bulkhead.

Nice run on my TD though. Nice run with my evst too, no breakage, yeah , I didn't hit anything either. go figure.

Tyrael1986

09-15-2005, 08:14 PM

nah, don't feel so bad. my friend broke my RC cars lots of times! i need to learn to NOT let him drive... the last time he drove it he didn't realise it didn't have reverse and wedged it under a front tired of a car... busted the front of the body and the shock tower, both body posts, and now the front end is out of whack...

Out Of Control

09-15-2005, 08:20 PM

When you crash / break

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This may be interesting, might get old too as it seems I am breaking / destroying something frequently. Is it just me? maybe I need a break.

Today's was the E-maxx , I hit a RR tie with the front wheel going pretty fast and broke a skid, bulkhead, chassis bolts, maybe a hinge pin or more.

Twin detonator jumped and lost a suspension pivot bolt and then lost a dogbone, one of my good heavy ones, lucky I found it and is a easy fix.

The E maxx is still setting,,,,

well i guss im like you, i was driving my t-maxx almose for 10 min and i hit a post, i broke 2 a-arms, hing pins, both bulkheads, ripped a tire. i break it alot, soon im going to super upgrade it with acncm bulks/chassis brace, rpm a-arms, and titanium hing pins thats to start it with the money i have right now

tec_41

09-15-2005, 09:16 PM

Last thing I did was bend 2 shocks and bust a lower arm on my S-maxx by hitting a drain pipe. I thought it would be totally messed up with the way I hit it, but I got lucky.

And of course I'm not the kind of guy to stop after you break something, so I did some more driving with 3 wheels :D

savagepicco26

09-15-2005, 11:31 PM

i don't mean to flame anyone, but how can you honestly expect to hit a hard/heavy object going fast and not break something? http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/speed_bump/smiles/scratchhead.gif "upgrading" to alluminum parts is not a solution either IMO. when plastic parts break, it's only a couple things that break. the rest of the truck is fine. when a truck with lots of alluminum hits something, instead of just an a-arm breaking, the a-arm bends which cracks the bulkhead which twists the chassis, etc. when you start dumping all these alluminum parts on the truck, not only does it make the truck heavier and slower, it greatly increases the complexity and cost of repair if you do have another major wreck. IMO, keep the stock stuff and either go somewhere more open (less posts and RR ties to hit) or slow down a tad so you can process the surrounding a little more and react in time to avoid stuff.

DanteXIII

09-15-2005, 11:45 PM

I break stuff every 6 runs I'd say. Don't feel bad, it happens, it just means your getting your moneys worth. Sometimes it's actually cool to see one break. Like my bros Evader ST on crack (It's no longer got like anything stock). He jumped it, hit the brakes in the wrong place, then the thing proceeded to land on a rear wheel, sorta upside down cockeyed, hard to explain, but it broke the rear a arm and be 3 hinge pins on the truck, after a 30 ft cartweel of evader death. It was interesting to say the least. Then again when I ran my B3 into a curb WOT it was not at all funny, it just stopped, no flying or explosion of plastic pieces, just a pile of broken crap in my front end, virtually all of it that is. If you had this problem with a real car I'd be concerned, but depending on how you drive your RC, you'll probably break stuff, lots of stuff. It comes with the territory for most of us, unlike Tyrael1986. Man you must be really lucky or never push your car/truck at all.

2ndGeneration

09-16-2005, 02:05 AM

Finaly finished our little gheto track and started racing on it, broke a tooth off of the idler gear in the RC10t Stealth.
Neighbor is coming up this weekend to play, figure we will break some other things before the weekend is over.

tec_41

09-16-2005, 03:05 PM

The only thing that I can't stand is when a part breaks repeatidly. IE: Having a certain gear strip.

FreeRideJunkie

09-16-2005, 03:18 PM

The only thing that I can't stand is when a part breaks repeatidly. IE: Having a certain gear strip.

Like constantly stripping the spur on a T-maxx with perfect mesh. It's ok... I sent that truck to hell. The only problem I ever had with my GT was losing e-clips. Other than that nothing. Now we shall see about my Storm. It should be here monday... so I'l know what I break by Tuesday. :-)

howielong

09-16-2005, 03:19 PM

Breakage sucks a lot. I haven't broke anything on my losi in a while. The maxx is still not working. What a pain to run that thing.

One tip is try not to hit stuff i guess. I hit big rocks and curbs with the losi but nothing breaks. Have fun...

FreeRideJunkie

09-16-2005, 03:24 PM

I never hit anything with the GT... but then again the FT RC10GT is nimble like a cat so I guess that helped. I slammed the T-maxx into many a fence post during it's life... heck a few full fences too. It was just finicky and would randomly say "Ok... batteries dead... WOT!!"

disclaimer: buy a failsafe

one

09-16-2005, 03:39 PM

Of all the things I have lost or broken, I will say the LOSI brand gives me the most trouble.

All the Associated stuff is built like a military tank. I never broke a single part on my RC10, RC10T, and RC10GT, and I have looked around at the comments and most people feel the same way.

Also, my Revo has never broken a part on impact either.

On a LOSI, if it can go wrong - it will.

Legend_Car

09-16-2005, 09:10 PM

i guess your entitled to your own opinion, but i have had a losi xxx-t for over 2 years, and after 2 years of vigorous bashing and racing i have broken 2 a-arms, a kickplate and bulkhead, and lost some motor screws. I also shatered a motor magnet which would have happened to any motor that you jump out of a half pipe. I think losi's are awesome

microrcdude

09-17-2005, 12:55 AM

I used to race a car called a "Super GT" (Basically an unlimited 1/10 electric TC), and i would always get real high out of the sweaper, clip the wall, spin back down the track, and some how, my little brother always found my car. I used to let off and take the corner, then i realized its less of a hastle and i can actually finish the race.

metalry101

09-17-2005, 01:06 AM

On a LOSI, if it can go wrong - it will.
I agree. Losi SUCKS! Things on Losi vehicle NEVER work properly. That's why they NEVER win any races.

tec_41

09-17-2005, 02:05 AM

Like constantly stripping the spur on a T-maxx with perfect mesh.

Actually I haven't stripped one yet, and I've had my S-maxx since last Christmas (Knock on wood!).

TimisTim

09-17-2005, 02:18 AM

Well I only have a XXX-t but it is absolutely bulletproof. I've never had a problem with it or broke anything but the front and rear steering blocks and they just stretched to the point of breaking. I never raced it and only bashed it with mild jumping but alot of hard hits. I had some problems with my diff on higher power brushless systems, but Im talking 4s lipo's a.k.a. complete overkill!

I also only have one AE vehicle a TC3. I love this car also. I havent broke anything on it yet except for the left front dogbone (but they are the stock plastic and I am running a 3s lipo and 7S Feigao brushless motor), it snapped like a twig.

My ultimate basher is my beloved HPI MT2 that I converted to brushless. I have beat this thing to death and only broke a front c-clip that holds the front wheel on (after careening it across the street into my neighbors yard). i am having some problems with their poorly designed front axels popping out under power, but I'll have that cleared up tomorrow after a little shimming. I've gotten to the point now that I just take the truck out to try to break something. HPI's plastic is very flexible and absorbs impacts flawlessly.

ososlow

09-17-2005, 02:24 AM

Actually I haven't stripped one yet, and I've had my S-maxx since last Christmas (Knock on wood!).
I am still on my original too. I have owned my tmaxx for 2 years, 4 months now :D
When I first got my maxx, I would break stuff all the time. I have since learned to drive somewhat sanely and things will not break as often :D
Buying spare parts always helps too :cool:

z-man280

09-17-2005, 11:07 PM

try taking your full size car out and subject to 1/4 the abuse you give your r/c,,,,,,see what breaks!!!! ...pretty sure the first time you attempt 60 feet of vertical air with the ranger, it aint gonna be pretty!!!!!!!!

come on guys, you beat the dog-snot out of something, its gonna fail. i know thati have broken my share of things too, for two reasons: 1. driving like a complete tool,.2. driving like a complete tool.

manufacters do screw up, and sometimes we get "bad" parts, but mostly, after we break something,the first thought is " ooooooooooh, shouldnt have tried to do that".....

Legend_Car

09-17-2005, 11:30 PM

losi doesnt suck!!!! do you even own a losi metalry

metalry101

09-17-2005, 11:53 PM

losi doesnt suck!!!! do you even own a losi metalry
Some people just don't get it. :rolleyes:

z-man280

09-18-2005, 12:02 AM

its ok metalry,.....i THINK i picked up on what you meant!! lol :D

DanteXIII

09-18-2005, 12:32 AM

I gotcha, metalry101. For those who are now confused go ahead and look up race resaults of you choice and check it out...

P.S. My losi's have had plenty of opportunity to screw up, but haven't for the most part, not anymore than say an AE would.

TimisTim

09-18-2005, 01:42 AM

Please insert ;) to accentuate sarcasm!

metalry101

09-18-2005, 02:25 AM

Please insert ;) to accentuate sarcasm!
I don't think I could have laid the sarcasm on thicker if I had used a butter knife.

guver

09-18-2005, 09:04 AM

The only thing that I can't stand is when a part breaks repeatidly. IE: Having a certain gear strip.

Yes, that is very frustrating. I usually am very patient with stock parts (I will replace them multiple times b-4 upgrading) A crash is my fault and expected to do damage, but you are right, I have spur gear on my twin force and delphi indy that repeatedly gets stripped. They are both shelved .

Depends too on how much you bash, there's some days when I can run all my vehicles back to back.

TimisTim

09-18-2005, 12:00 PM

I usually only get one day off a week so I come home and tune a little each day to get ready for Sunday (today!). So Im off to go wreck havoc on my neighborhood!

tadium54

09-18-2005, 12:49 PM

guver

09-18-2005, 01:14 PM

sorry, the hinge pin is bent, not broken. Noticed a very bent shock shaft too.

2.5 guy

09-19-2005, 06:47 AM

Actually I haven't stripped one yet, and I've had my S-maxx since last Christmas (Knock on wood!).

I've stripped mine, only because the engine mount wasn't tight enough on the chassis, so the engine slid over on me(I guess he was tired of that old gear)

guver

10-04-2005, 02:05 PM

evader BX- after replacing diff thrust washer twice, It crashed and broke the rear pivot block, rebiuld and did the same again. doh!

Mini-quake- ball pin in outdrive, then someting in the diff is broken, time to go to work on them. All the faster thery go the more I break hehe

ron1431

10-04-2005, 02:30 PM

i like breaking things it shows whats weak in the car. :p my rs4 3 barely breaks anything once i upgraded to al front uprights and hardend diff. the mini t well thats another story when im outside i brake nothing. then when inside i always crack the thing in half i try to contol my self and say dont go wot when inside. i always end up slamming into a wall.
I've gotten to the point now that I just take the truck out to try to break something.
I do the same to the savage. i go outside trying to break something never can.i either end up running out of fuel or it gets to dark.only thing that has broken is a spur that was totally my fault ALWAYS CHECK FOR MESHING. lucky i had a spare spur in the tool box. :D
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MrCrash

10-06-2005, 10:29 PM

I've only broken my old Inferno once. I forgot to turn on the radio when I was out bashing with Crank Throw Wei(some of you might remember him), and my buggy took off at WOT into a large cement curb(it topped out at about 45MPH back then). One bent shock shaft and one snapped lower arm later, it was all over. I was quite impressed with how durable all that old plastic was(it was an MP-5, and was probably going on roughly 7 years old).

I've broken the Mini-T too many times. Right now it is broken in half. The worst part is that the steering works better with it snapped than when it's whole :p

The LST on;y has two scratches right now from when I reset the brakes, and forgot to adjust them back down. I tapped the brakes, and it was rubber side up :eek:

Now I just have to get RHCSavage21 on here to tell the story of his Kyosho Ultima RB....

metalry101

10-07-2005, 12:34 AM

I forgot to turn on the radio when I was out bashing with Crank Throw Wei(some of you might remember him)
Ya, Crank's a great guy, I definately remember him. I haven't heard from him in a while now...you still talk to him at all?

MrCrash

10-07-2005, 01:07 AM

Once in a great while. Although I haven't seen him on in over 6 months.

quicklimegirl

10-07-2005, 03:54 AM

Same parts my E~MAXX fails often. NOTE: Laying down shocks to lower ride heigth stresses bulkheads!

guver

11-07-2005, 10:02 PM

WOW, I must report 3-4 great days of bashing 5 differnet vehicles and zero breakage. Must be a record for me. It is surprising they are all running quite fast too. Bash on,

m11a1

11-08-2005, 01:26 AM

Actually, well this isn't a crash at all, but I was driving my TC3 one day, it had a D5 7T and that thing was screming like crazy. I was driving from right to left and there was a really small dog (perhaps a weiner dog or something, a foot long) on my left side that I didn't really see, and as the car zooms by, the saw the dog at the final second, and I instantly mashed the full brakes, and there was a foot gap between the dog and my car (full speed->0) ......Hahaha and I swear to god I have never in my life seen a dog jump so high.......

Peterbilt

11-08-2005, 02:00 AM

I raced my Tmaxx once in the TMaxx Class at the local outdoor dirt track. Reciever batteries starting going down, so steering and brakes were going out, too...caught the back wall due to sluggish controls. Cost me 2 suspension arms, a bent tie rod (that is still on the truck to this day - over a year later) 2 shocks, a bulkhead, and I think maybe a skid plate...cant remember. I limped the truck around to the pit area where it died. Highly embarassing. Packed up and left...

broncobill

11-08-2005, 02:59 AM

When mt buddies and I go out bashing, one, two, or all of us break something. Most of the time it's from driver error, or trying to do the impossible. We bash almost as hard as those SlapMaFro guys. We also like to play tag. And sometimes that get out of hand. The last thing I broke was 4 pins for my cva's on my MGT. That same day, I smashed into my buddies FG Monster Beetle and busted a wheel, tore the tire and bent a ball end screw. (Does any one have a FG MB tire & wheel for sale?). It's all in fun. We don't get mad when we break, we just fix.

ricderf78

11-10-2005, 01:25 PM

your not running hard enough if your not breaking things!!!!!

EvaderSTKid

11-10-2005, 10:12 PM

I was jumping my Evader off a six foot drop with a 6 inch kicker, getting about 8 feet of air. And my landings sucked, due to off camber kick. Well, after me and my freind are done bashing, i dropped my Evader from 6 inches and snapped the reapivot block. Whoops. I also rolled it hard and broke my ESC case and my motor guard, as well as a screw that held the motor in, and a motor lead. No chassis damage. Hmmm.

ridinhard

11-10-2005, 10:26 PM

Some people just don't get it. :rolleyes:
i have a xxx-nt and it does not take much to break an arm (2 fronts 1 back) mostly my falt. the only frustrating thing is the busing that goes into the flywheel it stripped after the 7th tank of gas and it looks like it is going out again. my revo is a tank but it did go into reverse while i was going forward at WOT. it was kind of cool got 8 feet of air then hit the concrete. i had to rebuild the trans after that one.

but part of the fun is hitting things and wrenching on them!!

Skribble

11-11-2005, 03:42 AM

ridinhard

11-11-2005, 01:33 PM

I hate those days when racing -- Especially when I'm in a bad mood. When one thing goes wrong, I feel like just packing up and leaving. I just kept dumping more money into my Revo. I just get burned out again, and it's been sitting in my room for months. Hasn't been the first time either.
i swapped out the am transmitter with an airtronix fm and i think the power lines interfered with it. thats why it went into reverse.

guver

02-25-2006, 01:49 PM

I just put 2 mini-quakes on li-pos and broke the outdrives on the 2S one
The 3S one outdrive has stell ones and it keeps falling out.

The E-maxx burnt up 2 motors

The street evbx for somereason was flipping turning one way , it was a broken front shock tower.

The HPI sprint flipped a whole tire off the rim,,,,,

not a bad few days,,, ;)

Bunsincunsin

02-25-2006, 05:43 PM

Last time I bashed my Savage..........Let's just say the stock TVP's are WEAK... :eek:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e87/Bunsincunsin/DSC00576.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e87/Bunsincunsin/DSC00574.jpg

ErikRC10

02-25-2006, 05:56 PM

B4- numerious A arms, the last A arm I broke I don't even know how I broke it... I went of the over and under jump and landed almost perfect and something didn't feel right so I quick flicked it around and I noticed I had a broken A arm.. Also, have broken a couple steering blocks and one front shock tower(it was a freek accident). I don't think it's that bad though considering that's for a years time and that for prolly the first 6-7 months I was horrible and then something clicked and I was a great driver.. it's weird.

T3- Nothing really ever broke except I bent a few hing pins. I had plenty of electronic problems but what do you expect it was an RTR

It always seems like something goes wrong when I'm racing. I could be doing perfect all day during practice and then the races start and I break an A arm or a ball end pops off or my batts dump for some reason.

Legend_Car

02-25-2006, 05:59 PM

I was at a farm that had a huge old barn with one side of the roof that i could put my xxx-t on it. I ramped it up the peak of the barn and snapped the rear part of the chassis

pedeguy9114

02-25-2006, 06:47 PM

Just out bashing, broke the front body mount on my pede trying to frontflip.

Snapped my mini-t chassis in half and broke the bearing carrier.

LHS, here i come!

tog435

02-25-2006, 07:33 PM

Myself and a friend just got back from practice day on the local indoor carpet tracks ST setup, each of us has an Evader ST Pro.

I cracked 2 gearboxes (>_< Damn triple jump, couldn't quite land it, kept smacking down right in the center of the third), and bent a CVD pretty badly on a pathetic landing off a single.

My buddy cracked 2 rear pivot blocks, front hub carrier and hub, hingepin, front A-arm, and stripped a spur.

He needs to go to driving school :p But all in all, a pretty cheap day! :D

Prelude14WRX

02-25-2006, 08:35 PM

Well, my friend Ryan has a TT-01(as I do and my friend Matt) and he keeps breaking the same part. Lol, its really funny to see him pissed...but I guess you would have to know him. I benched the crappy duratrax BX....stupid tranny(long story that involves Duratrax making a part that doesn't even fit the stupid thing)

TRIKDYA

02-26-2006, 07:05 PM

i seem to break something everytime i run my Pirate 10 Monster. Body mounts, stripped gears, lower control arms..even managed to bend one of the steering rods and the pin that holds the front lower control arm in.

got a brand new A-arm in the other day, and broke it getting some air and landing on one of the big metal posts in the yard for our shop the same day :eek:. drilled 2 holes, wraped some zipties around the pin and back out rippin it up. Sure wish i could find some CNC arms for this thing :(

snowdog

02-26-2006, 07:34 PM

I broke an A arm at the park today. I hit the only tree in a wide open park. There is a nice hill I like to launch my MT2 off and right beside the hill is a tree. Plus its Sunday and the hobby shop is closed already.

Duffil

02-26-2006, 08:22 PM

My XXX-NT(ok, the first time, I got run over by a Buick, this time was dead RX batteries and a fence) loves to break front a arms. Other than that, I've blown a diff, but thats it.

guver

02-27-2006, 03:06 AM

sprint, flipped it and the esc flew off, lol

SerpentKing101

02-27-2006, 07:35 PM

my most recent crash was a traction roll with my e-maxx (645mg+loosened steering=nuts at high speed).

ripped the body yet agin, and a body clip went into the oblivion where all the small metal pieces go.

white sox1

02-27-2006, 07:50 PM

my most recent crash (t4)...i took it off a small jump made out of mulch, landed straight on the left a-arm, snapped it and the rear shock busted and the dogbone flew out and i never found it and, my wheel popped off and i lost the nut for it

XXXNTMAN

02-27-2006, 08:19 PM

I haven't broken a thing on my gt it has rpm arms and factory team shocktowers but other than that man the thing is invincible. I've ran it into trees curbs and walls at full throttle and didn't make a scratch. Then i sent it 15 feet in the air and landed up side down nothing was broken. I love the little thing to absolute death.