Found Weakness In Vorza
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Found Weakness In Vorza
I just bought an HPI Brushless Vorza. Running on 2 3S Lipo's. I was running up and down my street and it got sideways going about 30mph and hit the curb. I ended up breaking the Drivers side Rear Hub. I'm replacing it with the Aluminum Rear Carrier Set.
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RE: Found Weakness In Vorza
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I just bought an HPI Brushless Vorza. Running on 2 3S Lipo's. I was running up and down my street and it got sideways going about 30mph and hit the curb. I ended up breaking the Drivers side Rear Hub. I'm replacing it with the Aluminum Rear Carrier Set.
I just bought an HPI Brushless Vorza. Running on 2 3S Lipo's. I was running up and down my street and it got sideways going about 30mph and hit the curb. I ended up breaking the Drivers side Rear Hub. I'm replacing it with the Aluminum Rear Carrier Set.
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RE: Found Weakness In Vorza
A curb is, to RC's, a thick brick wall with a LOT of weight behind it. Nothing will beat it, best to stay away from it. As was said before, that was not a weakness, the aluminum one will break/bend with such an impact as well, this is the case with most RC's on the market.
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RE: Found Weakness In Vorza
Be careful replacing all that stuff with aluminum, it will transfer all that energy somewhere else (AArms, etc). IMHO, you're better off to replace plastic and let those break before you start breaking bigger, more important stuff.
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RE: Found Weakness In Vorza
Hubs should always be alum RPM A arms bend a lot b4 they break so they absorb a lot of the impact but curb is just too much.
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Once i fix it. The Vorza is staying off the street. Strictly for dirt and jumps. The one downfall of owning this Buggy is the availability of parts. None of my local hobby stores carry them. I had to order it off Ebay.
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I replaced the rear hubs with aluminum. Now i'm hitting the jumps with confidence. I have a big dirt area near my house with a 3' tall jump and i'm flying about 20' and easily landing. I haven't broken anything else yet. I'm really happy with this Buggy