I found some pictures in my Photobucket account that were from a post I did a few years back in another forum. It's about how to avoid accidents, and it may be helpful (or not), so I htought I'd post it again, but in RCU.

I was thinking back to how I do the most damage to any of my RCs, and it's not normally from jumps or rolling over, or even cartwheels. It's from hitting something solid. And this seems to happen when I don't pick a good spot to stand so I can always see what's going on without snapping my head back and forth as my RC flies by from left to right, or vice versa. Worse yet, is with my RC heading straight to me, I have to turn around to see my RC fly past me and hope I didn't forget what was there.

I've got some pics to help show what I mean. I sort of went with the parking lot theme as it's easier to put things in rectangles, than the odd shape of a typical off-road bash spot.

Always stand in a corner, not half way down one side or in the middle of your area.



Try to avoid travelling from right to left and vice versa as by the time you snap your head around, bad things might have happened.



Try to avoid having your RC come straight at you, and then go past. You might not remember what's behind you, or it may even have changed....children, animals, etc.



Mark spots that could cause an accident with a cheap cone or soda-pop bottle. This example is more true for on-road cars going at high speed.



Never move around when operating your RC. Your depth perception and frame of reference arn't working the best, and that's when an accident will happen.



Try to avoid becoming distracted. If you can't help it, shut your RC down right away.



Driving a RC, takes great skill, concentration and effort. Don't drive on an empty stomach. Like a Formula 1 driver, you need to be in top shape. Having snacks handy can ease the tummy pangs and let you focus on driving.



Please feel free to add any other tips you can think of. Save an RC today!

Very creative post!

This is awesome. "Never drive past yourself....you don't know what is behind you." I am horrible about that. Check out what happens to me at 1:10 in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bTsl4y44Q0

The other day when doing some speed runs, same thing happened but worse....I actually drove UNDER the one of my (new) neighbor's truck at full speed. Ugh.

don't try and hold a video camera in one hand and drive with the other, while trying to make sure the RC is in the frame. Trust me not pretty results. Thought I totaled my Jammin X1 CRT just was glad I only ripped the full front bumper mount out from under the front diff, as it was quite cheap to repair compared to how much damage I thought I did . If you own one or seen how thick that piece is YES I ripped it completely off believe it or not without damaging the rest of the truck.

Or wife is calling your name louder and louder, you turn to look at her for a second....just one measley second... turn back and... Where did it go?

Very creative, and useful post!  Another tip:  Look where you're GOING, not at obstacles. If you look at obstacles, you will hit them!   My off-road course is in the middle of an old pear orchard now going back to natural. Oak trees and shrubs all around. We laid out the course around these obstacles, and having learned our lesson from our previous bash spot, we took some old cheap foam camping mats, cut them into 10in strips, and wrapped them around the base of the trees. We also put orange cones INSIDE these which causes the impact forces to be directed UP. Best thing we ever did for eliminating hard hits while running hard.