why is it ?.....

[M78Ultra]

that you get the electric car out for the first time since before winter
(last week) and do a half of a lap in the backyard and smack a tree and
break the front shock tower and a arm?..........

that you finally get to run the t-maxx, (like today) and you lose the front
cvd diff pin after 5 mins.?....

that when (like today...) you lose connection at the cheap 4 AA battery
holder in your buggy,..
that it runs faster than it has ever run?..
straight across a dirt field ,up and over a dirt hill where a pond is on the
other side......
thank goodness for a small wire mesh fence or I would have been
swimming.....
sad thing is I had my new rx pack with me and forgot to put it in to avoid
just this thing!....

yeah.. it's rc season again!.......

[kenji]

In article <Mts%d.55620$_i3.2359546@twister.southeast.rr.com>,
"M78Ultra" <M78Ultra@REMOVEtriad.rr.com> wrote:

> you lose connection at the cheap 4 AA battery
> holder in your buggy,

no failsafe?

[Backbone]

yeah i know exactly how that feels. today i was racing around the parking lot.
no trees here was driving my savage and wham right into one of those parking
cement thingys. man, that thing ruined my day. front part of the truck was kinda
messed. well I guess I have something do tommorow.....

--
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"M78Ultra" <M78Ultra@REMOVEtriad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Mts%d.55620$_i3.2359546@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> that you get the electric car out for the first time since before winter
> (last week) and do a half of a lap in the backyard and smack a tree and
> break the front shock tower and a arm?..........
>
> that you finally get to run the t-maxx, (like today) and you lose the front
> cvd diff pin after 5 mins.?....
>
> that when (like today...) you lose connection at the cheap 4 AA battery
> holder in your buggy,..
> that it runs faster than it has ever run?..
> straight across a dirt field ,up and over a dirt hill where a pond is on the
> other side......
> thank goodness for a small wire mesh fence or I would have been
> swimming.....
> sad thing is I had my new rx pack with me and forgot to put it in to avoid
> just this thing!....
>
> yeah.. it's rc season again!.......
>
>
>
>

[dingo]

crashed my plane this saturday. First flight of the season.
makes me scared to take my TC3 out for a spin. Maybe i stay on the indoor
carpet prettending its still winters.

TM



"M78Ultra" <M78Ultra@REMOVEtriad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Mts%d.55620$_i3.2359546@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> that you get the electric car out for the first time since before winter
> (last week) and do a half of a lap in the backyard and smack a tree and
> break the front shock tower and a arm?..........
>
> that you finally get to run the t-maxx, (like today) and you lose the
front
> cvd diff pin after 5 mins.?....
>
> that when (like today...) you lose connection at the cheap 4 AA battery
> holder in your buggy,..
> that it runs faster than it has ever run?..
> straight across a dirt field ,up and over a dirt hill where a pond is on
the
> other side......
> thank goodness for a small wire mesh fence or I would have been
> swimming.....
> sad thing is I had my new rx pack with me and forgot to put it in to avoid
> just this thing!....
>
> yeah.. it's rc season again!.......
>
>
>
>

[M78Ultra]

Yes I have a failsafe ...but if you lose power at the rx battery pack a
failsafe will not work..the battery pack powers the failsafe. Most failsafes
are only good for low power on the rxpack or low power or signal loss from
the tx.
The 4 "AA" trays flex on the corners and lose contact with the battery...it
was even taped up with zip ties on it, however bumping around broke one of
the zip ties and a corner "flexed" and lost contact. This has happened to
me with more than one of these type trays..hence I am replacing all my
models that have AA trays with 5cell rx packs.

"kenji" <kenji@ripco.com> wrote in message
news:kenji-EF5032.23045720032005@news.ftupet.com...
> In article <Mts%d.55620$_i3.2359546@twister.southeast.rr.com>,
> "M78Ultra" <M78Ultra@REMOVEtriad.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > you lose connection at the cheap 4 AA battery
> > holder in your buggy,
>
> no failsafe?

[M78Ultra]

I also spent quite awhile crawling in the grass Sat. looking for my friends
helicopter parts....
Good thing alot of the fun of the RC hobby is repairing,tinkering,and
building them...otherwise sometimes it might not be any fun!

"dingo" <dingo@pandora.be> wrote in message
news:sZy%d.42488$2J5.3845250@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> crashed my plane this saturday. First flight of the season.
> makes me scared to take my TC3 out for a spin. Maybe i stay on the indoor
> carpet prettending its still winters.
>
> TM
>

[M78Ultra]

I think things like this happen so we can upgrade with more expensive parts!

"Backbone" <backboneaccessflaps@flapscomcast.net> wrote in message
news:TL6dnffAhup4E6PfRVn-sw@comcast.com...
> yeah i know exactly how that feels. today i was racing around the parking
lot.
> no trees here was driving my savage and wham right into one of those
parking
> cement thingys. man, that thing ruined my day. front part of the truck was
kinda
> messed. well I guess I have something do tommorow.....
>

[Mark Stevens]

"M78Ultra" <M78Ultra@REMOVEtriad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Mts%d.55620$_i3.2359546@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> that you get the electric car out for the first time since before winter
> (last week) and do a half of a lap in the backyard and smack a tree and
> break the front shock tower and a arm?..........
>
> that you finally get to run the t-maxx, (like today) and you lose the
> front
> cvd diff pin after 5 mins.?....
>
> that when (like today...) you lose connection at the cheap 4 AA battery
> holder in your buggy,..
> that it runs faster than it has ever run?..
> straight across a dirt field ,up and over a dirt hill where a pond is on
> the
> other side......
> thank goodness for a small wire mesh fence or I would have been
> swimming.....
> sad thing is I had my new rx pack with me and forgot to put it in to avoid
> just this thing!....
>
> yeah.. it's rc season again!.......


Yep, it is R/C Season again and all the models that behaved perfectly well
before being put away for winter are coming out of their winter sleep.....
and not liking it one bit...!!!, Very common problem with most models.
Always best to check them out thoroughly before going out with them to get
rid of the gremlins that have been hibernating in them !!!.....It's still
early season so plenty time to get them up and running properly.

Apart from that...Thank God winter is over....looking forwards to getting in
a few flights myself this year as well as trying out some driving the new
Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R that I have just about completed.


--
Regards........Mark
(BlueWaveStudios)
www.scale-models.co.uk (Moderator)

[ephedralover@hotmail.com]

I don't feel to bad. I only busted a $6 servo saver on my Stampede.
30+mph into another Stampede.

I am collecting so many spare parts in my toolbox its a joke. I try to
have spares in case anything goes wrong. OF course I always break the
one thing I don't have 2 of.

[the_atomic_punk]

M78Ultra wrote:
> that you get the electric car out for the first time since before
winter
> (last week) and do a half of a lap in the backyard and smack a tree
and
> break the front shock tower and a arm?..........
>
> that you finally get to run the t-maxx, (like today) and you lose the
front
> cvd diff pin after 5 mins.?....
>
> that when (like today...) you lose connection at the cheap 4 AA
battery
> holder in your buggy,..
> that it runs faster than it has ever run?..
> straight across a dirt field ,up and over a dirt hill where a pond is
on the
> other side......
> thank goodness for a small wire mesh fence or I would have been
> swimming.....
> sad thing is I had my new rx pack with me and forgot to put it in to
avoid
> just this thing!....
>
> yeah.. it's rc season again!......

Thats part of the hobby,heck you had all winter to double check
everything.I wish it would dry out and warm up here (michigan) a little
so i can go out and break something:-)

[sbb78247]

M78Ultra wrote:
> that you get the electric car out for the first time since before
> winter (last week) and do a half of a lap in the backyard and smack a
> tree and break the front shock tower and a arm?..........
>
> that you finally get to run the t-maxx, (like today) and you lose the
> front cvd diff pin after 5 mins.?....
>
> that when (like today...) you lose connection at the cheap 4 AA
> battery holder in your buggy,..
> that it runs faster than it has ever run?..
> straight across a dirt field ,up and over a dirt hill where a pond is
> on the other side......
> thank goodness for a small wire mesh fence or I would have been
> swimming.....
> sad thing is I had my new rx pack with me and forgot to put it in to
> avoid just this thing!....
>
> yeah.. it's rc season again!.......

DAMN! I must have been the only lucky S.O.B. last weekend. Got out the
beastie and it started, ran, and I didn't break anything.

<note to self - push it a bit harder next time>

Shannon

[M78Ultra]

why is it? ...continued...
....the next week.. an internal casting flaw in your .21 T-Maxx motor block
drops a small piece of pot metal right into the connecting rod channel to
lock up your motor?.....

....when you think your just ready to play..you just realize your last week
runaway buggy stripped the servo gears after it dissappeared over the
hill?.........

you gotta love it, eh?

> M78Ultra wrote:
> > that you get the electric car out for the first time since before
> > winter (last week) and do a half of a lap in the backyard and smack a
> > tree and break the front shock tower and a arm?..........
> >
> > that you finally get to run the t-maxx, (like today) and you lose the
> > front cvd diff pin after 5 mins.?....
> >
> > that when (like today...) you lose connection at the cheap 4 AA
> > battery holder in your buggy,..
> > that it runs faster than it has ever run?..
> > straight across a dirt field ,up and over a dirt hill where a pond is
> > on the other side......
> > thank goodness for a small wire mesh fence or I would have been
> > swimming.....
> > sad thing is I had my new rx pack with me and forgot to put it in to
> > avoid just this thing!....
> >
> > yeah.. it's rc season again!.......

"M78Ultra" <M78Ultra@REMOVEtriad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:txo1e.68426$wl4.1987548@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> why is it? ...continued...
> ...the next week.. an internal casting flaw in your .21 T-Maxx motor block
> drops a small piece of pot metal right into the connecting rod channel to
> lock up your motor?.....
>
> ...when you think your just ready to play..you just realize your last week
> runaway buggy stripped the servo gears after it dissappeared over the
> hill?.........
>
> you gotta love it, eh?
>
> > M78Ultra wrote:
> > > that you get the electric car out for the first time since before
> > > winter (last week) and do a half of a lap in the backyard and smack a
> > > tree and break the front shock tower and a arm?..........
> > >
> > > that you finally get to run the t-maxx, (like today) and you lose the
> > > front cvd diff pin after 5 mins.?....
> > >
> > > that when (like today...) you lose connection at the cheap 4 AA
> > > battery holder in your buggy,..
> > > that it runs faster than it has ever run?..
> > > straight across a dirt field ,up and over a dirt hill where a pond is
> > > on the other side......
> > > thank goodness for a small wire mesh fence or I would have been
> > > swimming.....
> > > sad thing is I had my new rx pack with me and forgot to put it in to
> > > avoid just this thing!....
> > >
> > > yeah.. it's rc season again!.......
>
>

yea makes it fun though dun it ???
its ether that or just going round
and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and
round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round
and round and round and round and round and round and round and round
and round and round and round and round and round and round and round and
round and round and round and round and round and round and round and round
and round and round and round and round and round and round and round