A great R/C loss?
 

I was setting at my computer last night posting on my fave R/C forum when I herd a loud “BOOM”. (It sounded like my landscaping neighbor had dropped some heavy equipment off of his trailer.) Suddenly I felt a great loss in the (R/C) FORCE, as if hundreds of happy voices had been suddenly silenced.

Twenty minutes later my wife got a text that there was a big rig explosion on the freeway on the overpass near my house. We went outside to see the fire, however by that time the fire was out, and all I could see was smoke that covered the horizon, with the reflection of red lights.

This is what happened


MORENO VALLEY: Fiery crash caused 6-hour freeway closure
By
PE News
on January 26, 2011 7:44 AM

Last night's fiery big-rig crash — and the resulting cleanup — in Moreno Valley closed the eastbound lanes of Highway 60 for more than six hours, forcing motorists to detour until 3:25 a.m. today, California Highway Patrol officers say.

The wreck happened at 9:14 p.m. Tuesday near near Frederick Street when 59-year-old big-rig driver Martin Lopez of Van Nuys made an unsafe turn and crashed the 2002 Freightliner into the center divider, Officer Sylvia Vargas said in a written statement.

Lopez was unhurt, but flames destroyed the cab and the truck's trailer, which was loaded with 6,000 pounds of radio-controlled toy cars, according to the statement.

Debris initially closed even the westbound carpool and fast lanes, which were reopened at 11:18 p.m. But the eastbound closure persisted.

"It's a tractor-trailer. They had to unload the debris (of the burned cargo). They're just a big mess," Officer Jaci Parent said from the Traffic Management Center in San Bernardino. "The cleanup takes awhile."
— RICHARD BROOKS
[email protected]

This is indeed a sad day of mourning.

RE: A great R/C loss?
 

yep, it was a trailer full of Redcat Racing models.
its not certain if the models were all lost. its possible many of them are fine.
the new vid shows firemen hauling out what look like perfectly good boxes. but its possible there is much water damage.
at least the driver wasnt hurt. the cab was burnt down to the frame!

RE: A great R/C loss?
 

awww that sucks for people ordering redcats[:o]

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Here's hoping they were only toy-grades...

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this a random but i was wondering how to post a forum if you can help that would be great thanks

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well, it was a shipment of current models. not any of the new 1/5's. that would have been a huge disaster!

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Actually, 6000 lbs is a very light load. I have 42,000+ of plastic pebbles on my trailer as I speak and am about to get unloaded. But the cars probably did take up a lot more space. Anyways luckily it wasn't more and nobody was injured.

RE: A great R/C loss?
 

Woohoo, free stuff.
Thank god the driver was'nt hurt.

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Least it was only Redcats :p

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i knew that was coming.
im wondering if a bunch of "AS IS" ones will end up on ebay?

RE: A great R/C loss?
 

Probably, there have been companies that have bought damaged freight from insurance companies for decades. It's amazing the varieties of stuff that those companies get. It all used to go to auction and ended up in places like flea markets but now-a-days e-bay and craigslist, etc are good places to get a wide customer base.
I've got a friend that does the "storage wars" thing and he has recently set-up an online store and got like 2000 hits the first week with zero advertising.
So, yeah, they'll show up somewhere...

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Scratch N' Dent sale!

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i cant wait for that;)

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it depends. as of yet redcat doesnt know how much of the product was damaged or lost. in the news vid i saw it looked like most of it my be OK. but it will take time for redcat to sort it all out. not a good day for the guys at redcat!
if the whole lot is considered a "loss" and someone buys them from the insurance company they may end up on ebay.
but if most were OK then redcat will take them im sure. what they will do with ones that may be damaged i dont know. they might take them apart to sell as spare parts?

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i wouldnt mind driving a half melted car around:D

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At least the driver was ok :D

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dont know anything about redcats. i am sure the driver is thanking God a lot, i know i would.

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was the semi truck he was driving a redcat too?

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hahaha i love it +1

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maybe the truck was made by castle creations. ive seen alot of their ESC's go up in smoke to:D

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That's funny (not) we just had a pickup crash into a gas tanker truck in Merritt Island FL. Both drivers were killed and the resulting explosion and fire, which burned the overpass where the accident happend, have closed it for the next month or so. Traffic has been a nightmare for us driving to work at KSC and CCAFS since the wreck. Here's a link concerning the accident (latest report indicates that it was 8k gallons of fuel involved). No RC involved, but bummer nonetheless.

[link=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/201101220108/news01/101220317?odyssey=mod_related_topix]One of the reports concerning crash.[/link]

On a lighter note, I was stationed at MAFB from 1984 to 1989 and loved it. Working the 84 Olympics was a blast (golf course is pretty awesome too). I still think southern Cal has the best weather in the country (by far).

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FREE RCs!