How to kill a firestorm
08-18-2007, 03:07 PM
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How to kill a firestorm
Ok... an hour after i get it BAM! batteries gone and im going flat out into a curb check these pics of the upper deck ! lol its suppose to be flat!!
08-18-2007, 03:58 PM
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RE: How to kill a firestorm
Yeah i smashed the entire steering servo up and both front wheels cracked ... erm let me see what else ... oh yeh the steering rods the bumper ... basically the entire front end was in bits in a field :P i mean who puts curbs in fields ! oh my god ! Speaking of which the company i ordered the new bits off had no steering rods in stock so i spent 4 hours in that field looking for it and eventually found it ! :P sorry got no more pics tho hehe
08-18-2007, 04:18 PM
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RE: How to kill a firestorm
An hour after you got it thought you have been spending the last week or so jut trying to get it to run from your posts!
This is why I run return springs on the throttle on the carb, all so sanction racing rules requires it. 
This is why I run return springs on the throttle on the carb, all so sanction racing rules requires it.
08-18-2007, 05:00 PM
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RE: How to kill a firestorm
Yeah and i had 12 fresh batteries too... put the wrong ones in ! doh! [:'(] Here's some pics of my car now its all fixed up hehe
08-18-2007, 05:07 PM
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Yeah and i had 12 fresh batteries too... put the wrong ones in ! doh! [:'(] Here's some pics of my car now its all fixed up hehe
Yeah and i had 12 fresh batteries too... put the wrong ones in ! doh! [:'(] Here's some pics of my car now its all fixed up hehe
Lol Doh!
08-18-2007, 05:52 PM
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RE: How to kill a firestorm
No i had to order £40 worth of bits an pieces to reunite my front end with the rest of my car including a new upper deck hehe
08-18-2007, 06:25 PM
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RE: How to kill a firestorm
run aways suck[:@]
mine did it two days ago, luckly i had controll of the stearing and smashed it into a front of a house with shrubs. it all seems to be ok. also i was running a properly calibrated fail safe!!! it failed and glitched on me at full throttle. its best to run with a spring/ rubber band just to be safe.
good job on the repair!
mine did it two days ago, luckly i had controll of the stearing and smashed it into a front of a house with shrubs. it all seems to be ok. also i was running a properly calibrated fail safe!!! it failed and glitched on me at full throttle. its best to run with a spring/ rubber band just to be safe.
good job on the repair!
08-19-2007, 11:43 AM
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RE: How to kill a firestorm
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its best to run with a spring/ rubber band just to be safe.
its best to run with a spring/ rubber band just to be safe.
08-19-2007, 05:41 PM
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RE: How to kill a firestorm
its a spring or rubber band that is bound on the carb arm or the servo arm, make it so it doesnt get in the way and so when the reciver is shut off, it pulls it enough to shut it back to idle.
this is so when everything fails and the servo goes dead, it shuts the carb and stops it from going wot. it also makes it drop rpms faster which is good for jumping.
this is so when everything fails and the servo goes dead, it shuts the carb and stops it from going wot. it also makes it drop rpms faster which is good for jumping.
