is it really waterproof???

[beason]

well, it rained so hard here it flooded the street, so what does any RC'er with a supposedly waterproof rig do?? well try it out!!!!

it was all fun and games, until i realized my house was flooding as well!!! chit!

spent the next 4 hours sucking water out of the carpet.

it ran though, and had no issues, other then the leds kept cutting out.

 

[Lessen]

I'm not afraid to say how rediculously jealous I am. That is too sweet!

Sorry to hear bout the house though Beason, that sucks.

 

[beason]

it was pretty sweet. but now i have to figure out how to get the water out of the tires. it rubber is very soft and I'm afraid to do the hole in the tread thing.

i planned on driving all the way across the "pond" but the blasted thing floats.. \

 

[Racer 1966]

I'm not afraid to say how rediculously jealous I am. That is too sweet!

Sorry to hear bout the house though Beason, that sucks.

Ditto! And I typically don't care for electric.

 

[Cupooterluvr]

That is some awesome chit right there. A crapload of rain too, lol. Send some our way! All the grass is dead... lol

Didn't know the Summit was waterproof! Now you can crawl on the bottom of a rocky lake, lol

Sucks about the house though... lol No lasting damage, I hope?

 

[RC Addict]

I heard ya'll were getting hammered, beason! I can't believe you got the Summit so dang fast. I am SOOOO jealous! Wanna trade for a brand new HPI MT2 G3.0?

 

[chelseafc385]

When i read the title of the thread i thought it was just gonna be another thread asking if its true that a particular RC car is waterproof. I'm happy that i did click it though, it looks like you really enjoyed yourself!

Thats a whole lot of water right there, atleast your making good use of it

Sorry to hear about your house being flooded though buddy, hope it didnt cause too much damage.

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

DANG! That was crazyyyy.

 

[beason]

well i went out today to see about getting the water out of the tires, i figured, hey they are bead locks ill just take one side off, dump it, and put it back on... 12 screws later. there fake beadlocks....

i ended up having to put holes in the tires. i did them inside the big lugs so hopefully they wont rip. hung it up with some rope from the garage door and ran a whole charge through it at about med throttle. i think i got most of it out. it was fun, but i dont think ill be doing that again soon.

 

[Rolex]

Judging by those pics, I would guess it shook itself dry as soon as it got in the house.

 

[Suicide]

hold its head or um bumper. that should stop the shaking itself dry

 

[Lessen]

Hey Beason, about your batteries... What did you use? are they waterproof? What did you do to protect your packs? I know MaxAmps packs are waterproof straight out of the box but I'm sticking with Nimh packs and was wondering if I should do anything to them before running in the wet.

 

[beason]

i didnt do anything to them. just stock vemon 6cells. run the same ones in my boat and they get soaked, with no issues

 

[alpinehyperlite]

Just stick em in a balloon with a zip tie, then silocone, then another ziptie.... its what me n FLM_savage did with our wheelie king batteries, and we were in the same ammount of water....... well, the mississippi river.

 

[beason]

we were in the same ammount of water....... well, the mississippi river.

yep.. thats about how much water was on my street... waist deep.. it sucked...

 

[Lessen]

Thanks fellas.