Well...great news. Not really.
So I start my car up today and I'm playing around and stuff and my car takes off. No biggie, the failsafe'll take care of it. Wrong. The car takes off, the failsafe does nothing and it runs about 3/4 throttle into a concrete mailbox, right? So I get there and turn it off and all I see is a disconnected exaust stinger. No biggie, right, just a ziptie. Well, I take it in to get a further diagnoses and it turns out that the damn thing is broke all the way around. The servos wouldn't work in the first place so I open the reciever box...only to find the damn hump pack disconnected! AGGGRRRGGG!! So I look around and notice a broken throttle servo...the top cracked off. I also see the wheels lopsided and notice both top a-arms are cracked. I see the servo tray bent, but the steering servo is fine. Then I look at everything else and I see the engine's lopsided...I broke the f'n engine mounts. Then I see the front end higher than the back...I FRICKEN BENT THE CHASSIE!! Which also means BOTH driveshafts are bent.
I think I'm outta this hobby till summer. THere is no way in hell I'll have the time or money to get the puppy running till spring break, if not later. I'm starting to get frustrated with this car, but I think I'll pull through this. I'm thinking of just replacing all the stock servos with high-torque ones as the car will be apart anyhow.
So a note to remember...always duct tape the plug from the reciever to the battery!!
I'm so frustrated(Will get pics soon.),
Todd
P.S. I'm estimating damage costs to be about $100s with a better throttle servo(Most likely a Hi-Tec).
So I start my car up today and I'm playing around and stuff and my car takes off. No biggie, the failsafe'll take care of it. Wrong. The car takes off, the failsafe does nothing and it runs about 3/4 throttle into a concrete mailbox, right? So I get there and turn it off and all I see is a disconnected exaust stinger. No biggie, right, just a ziptie. Well, I take it in to get a further diagnoses and it turns out that the damn thing is broke all the way around. The servos wouldn't work in the first place so I open the reciever box...only to find the damn hump pack disconnected! AGGGRRRGGG!! So I look around and notice a broken throttle servo...the top cracked off. I also see the wheels lopsided and notice both top a-arms are cracked. I see the servo tray bent, but the steering servo is fine. Then I look at everything else and I see the engine's lopsided...I broke the f'n engine mounts. Then I see the front end higher than the back...I FRICKEN BENT THE CHASSIE!! Which also means BOTH driveshafts are bent.
I think I'm outta this hobby till summer. THere is no way in hell I'll have the time or money to get the puppy running till spring break, if not later. I'm starting to get frustrated with this car, but I think I'll pull through this. I'm thinking of just replacing all the stock servos with high-torque ones as the car will be apart anyhow.
So a note to remember...always duct tape the plug from the reciever to the battery!!
I'm so frustrated(Will get pics soon.),
Todd
P.S. I'm estimating damage costs to be about $100s with a better throttle servo(Most likely a Hi-Tec).