8ball
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i'd like to preapoligise for asking stupid questions at this point but i've never owned one of these before. some guys i worked with talked me into buying one because we work out of town alot and they get together in parking lots and fields after work to pass the time. i actualy like the idea because it keeps them out of the bars and out of trouble! now i bought a revo3.3 via hobbytownUSA because the guy said it was "top of the line" and i told him i wanted the best. we were running short strait runs (100'-125'long) the other nite and it ran fine for 2 tanks or so. then we were running in a large oval for a few miniuts and my revo shut off and was smoking a little. i ran over to it and i could smell something i think mite have been clutch. i pulled the body off and shot it with my temp at the glo plug and it read 350! my heart sank! this thing is only a week old! now it starts but its hard to keep running unless your giving a good bit of throtle. it runs but it just doesn't want to idle and it seems to make a crackling noise i didnt really notice before. the tech support says if it starts and runs its not hurt but i'm not so sure. really stumped as to what made this happen, i was very careful to break this thing it properly to keep this from happening so this sucks. it just pops and cracks unless your giving it throtle, then it seems to run good at speed. any ideas at all? thanks