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Old 03-02-2004, 04:01 PM
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I lost control of my buggy and it took of at full throttle an hit a wall square on and surprisingly i only bent the front centre shaft, Look
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Old 03-02-2004, 04:03 PM
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Is ure buggy an Inferno? It looks like one (the colour of the radio tray gives it away). Oh, and where was ure failsafe by the way.
Old 03-02-2004, 05:44 PM
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The radio tray on alot of buggies are blue. My ofna 9.5 has a blue tray as well. Oh and you think thats an interesting bend. I got another for ya. Can anyone think of how I bent a brake disk. This is one of the ones on the rear. The trick is I only bent the outer of the two rear disks. Wierd dont you think..
Old 03-03-2004, 02:23 AM
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Stu
it might be worth checking your chassis is still straight!
the centre driveshafts only bend when the chassis flexes right back[X(]
just take your wheels off & press it down on a flat surface & take a look
might be worth getting some decent chassis braces
Old 03-03-2004, 04:06 AM
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looks like an inferno sports with a kfactory front brace?
Old 03-03-2004, 04:12 AM
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Mmm. I was gonna go there. I would say the chassis was mangled aswell. Maybe a lot more damage if you strip it down more (gearbox mounts, Steering posts etc..).

Bent 1 brake disc, wierd, any stones in there? You must have a 10 tonne/cm servo in there. Or the disc was warped when you fitted it. Maybe it just overheated and warped like a 1:1 disc. Oh
well they're cheap and easy to replace.
Old 03-03-2004, 01:08 PM
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could be a storm too.

lucky bum if you hit a wall and only bent a shaft. is it a cvd or a dog bone? surprised no plastic gave way at the "site" of impact.
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I forgot to reset my failsafe through my transmiter and the shark got it right except its not an inferno sport they have blue chassis plates. By the way everything else is fine. The first thing i thought when i saw the bent shaft was that i must of bent the chassis but i didn't some how
Old 03-03-2004, 01:50 PM
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ORIGINAL: Model Mania
I forgot to reset my failsafe through my transmiter
Basically, your fail safe worked but it didn't put the servo in the right place because you forgot to set it. youch. I think I'll make "fail safe check" part of my pre-start up check.

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