I decieded to finally get an RC car. After going over mass information and local availibilty of parts, I went with the RC10GT Plus RTR. I am completely new to RC and completely expected to do something wrong. Anyway, here is what happend.

I purchased the car and when I got home I first checked the remote/reciever connection. All worked fine. I then checked all the bolts and tightened a few(Have not lock tighted anything yet).

Next I started charging the glow plug igniter, and put it up for the night. The next day, after 20 hours of charging I was ready to start the break in process.

I first checked all of the speed screws by screwing them in (not over tightening) and then unscrewing them to the ammount of turns suggested in the manual. I did not touch the idle screw because it looked ok.

So far so good, I think. Anyway... So next I lightly oil the filter and then I put some gas in the tank(Blue thunder 10%). After a fair ammount of pulls, it started up. I just let it sit there and do its thing, as I was just going to let the engine burn all of the fuel doing nothing as Tank 1 of the break in process. Well about 20-30 seconds into this idle, it starts to roll forward at a really slow rate. Thinking that this is normaly(and it could be) I just lifted up the back end so I didnt have the chase the thing. Next thing I know, the engine takes off. I have no idea if it was max or not, but throttle had not moved. So for a moment I thought this was normal. So I did the water test for heat, and it boiled off in less than a second so I climped the gas tube and the engine shut off.

I look over everything, and cant figure out why it took off. So I let it cool down, and gave it another go. It idles fine for a while, and then boom, it takes off again (wheels arnt spinning at all) and so i kill it right away. So i start looking around it again and I see my spur gear and 1/4 of it is torn/ripped/melted away.

All and all I went through not even a 1/4 of a tank of gas.

I am confused if I did anything wrong, or maybe because I am so new to these, I didnt check something listed on the check lists. I went over so many check lists so many times just so i didnt screw it up.

I plan on taking it to the local hobby store this week, for them to take a quick look at , and also get a new spur. But since I dont know what went wrong, I will most likely destory another.

Looking though these forums and others, I understand it could be break issues, clutch issues, and other issues. Any thoughts or comments you can give me would be great. Thanks for your time.



Drat