First accident
 

Well i had my first accident with my MGT 4.6. I was racing around the parking lot at work when the receiver pak died (no fail safe). The truck took off full pin and slamed into the axle of an 18 wheeler. Now for the damage. Front shock mount, body mount 1 broke and 1 bent aluminum shocks a spur gear striped, 1 motor mount screw almost pulled thought the frame and the front of the cooling head bent stright up and flat. Oh and the roll bar twisted all to hell and i did not have the body on.........................Now for the fixing....................................Murph

P.S. I dont even have the first gallon of gas thought it yet.

RE: First accident
 

A failsafe would not have helped if you lost power. A throttle return spring may be something worth looking into. When you lose power from your RX pack it will pull the throttle closed so it doesn't runaway as fast.

RE: First accident
 

The mgt comes with a throttle return spring.

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Maybe the RX pack didn't die then?

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Get a stronger throttle return spring. Ive also learned my lesson of not having a throttle return spring. A runaway buggy is never fun and curbs or buildings are not nice to buggies going full speed. [:@]

RE: First accident
 

Return spring that it comes with doesn't work well. If you loose signal it will run away. That is more likely if it's very dead the receiver pack then you should feel it in the steering and realize you should pack it in.

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Well just checked and seems the batteries are fully charged so i have no ideal what happened..................................Murph

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couldve been signal interrupt..... happened to my buddies TTR ST1 at the dealership he works at.. sorry to hear that man..

RE: First accident
 

Get a sprektrum radio :D

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A failsafe will kick-in when the batteries get low though. It just wont help if it suddenly loses power, like a wire breaks or something.

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"An axle on an 18 wheeler" Some one could have keyed the mic on a high powered C.B. and you got sever interference..... Just a thought, I used to drive OTR and a high powered radio can cause some crazy things...I have one that will with cell phones and fm radios. LOL!!!

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Where's the blood [sm=confused.gif] can't say you had a wreck without showing us [:@]

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just think you would have busted the motor right off:( it there was no cage;)

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Will try to post some pics.......................Murph