Transmitter off LAST!!!
04-10-2008, 07:47 PM
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Transmitter off LAST!!!
Well after an hour of fun this afternoon, we were getting ready to quit.
I turned off the TX so my Fail Safe put the brakes on to let the fuel burn up.
Then like a big dummy, I reached down and turned off the RX..... Oh. !@#$%&%*!!!!
I couldn't kill the engine fast enough and off she went.. WOT for about 100 ft and into a chain link fence..... a post that is.
That just killed my day. I sent my friend to get the pc's.
Damage:
Bulkhead (have grey's in stock)
Both A-Arm's
Tie rod end
2 shock rod ends
steering drag link
Question.. Are the A-Arms for the 2.5 and 3.3 the same? Tower says no. What parts are the same?
I turned off the TX so my Fail Safe put the brakes on to let the fuel burn up.
Then like a big dummy, I reached down and turned off the RX..... Oh. !@#$%&%*!!!!
I couldn't kill the engine fast enough and off she went.. WOT for about 100 ft and into a chain link fence..... a post that is.
That just killed my day. I sent my friend to get the pc's.
Damage:
Bulkhead (have grey's in stock)
Both A-Arm's
Tie rod end
2 shock rod ends
steering drag link
Question.. Are the A-Arms for the 2.5 and 3.3 the same? Tower says no. What parts are the same?
04-10-2008, 07:57 PM
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RE: Transmitter off LAST!!!
Dude that sucks, I feel your pain. Today I thought the same was going to happen to me.(wot) was breaking in a 3.3 on my maxx and the throttle started cliching real bad. Making me feel like wot was coming any sec. so I stoped and changed the servo. all better. WOT is never good.
04-10-2008, 08:35 PM
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RE: Transmitter off LAST!!!
I turn off the transmitter last unless it run out of gas. I always stop engine or let it run out, then reciever then transmitter, hate to see that though
04-10-2008, 09:03 PM
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RE: Transmitter off LAST!!!
WOT = Wide Open Throttle
Yeah, I was dummy and wasn't thinking and turn the TX and RX off while it was running.
Not too bad though damage was assessed at $30 - I had some parts in stock.
Yeah, I was dummy and wasn't thinking and turn the TX and RX off while it was running.
Not too bad though damage was assessed at $30 - I had some parts in stock.
04-10-2008, 09:31 PM
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Ouch man, that sux to say the least!! I feel for ya for sure!!! I'm just glad I haven't had the unfortunate luck of having this happen to me yet(thank goodness) [X(]
04-11-2008, 11:38 AM
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RE: Transmitter off LAST!!!
i once started my truck without extending my antena on the remote. i started to drive outside my driveway gate to warm up the engine and it went out of range. it went 1/3 speed under a car and i was lucky that only my air filter broke. had to take the tyres off the truck to get it back out
04-11-2008, 05:26 PM
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RE: Transmitter off LAST!!!
ouch. can you still get the parts to fix those shocks? pro-line doesn't make them anymore, so you may have to do some searching. good luck.
04-11-2008, 08:26 PM
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RE: Transmitter off LAST!!!
ORIGINAL: NitroBobby
ouch. can you still get the parts to fix those shocks? pro-line doesn't make them anymore, so you may have to do some searching. good luck.
ouch. can you still get the parts to fix those shocks? pro-line doesn't make them anymore, so you may have to do some searching. good luck.
Just the ends are broken... shafts seem fine.. I'll find ends that fit.
04-11-2008, 09:39 PM
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RE: Transmitter off LAST!!!
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Well after an hour of fun this afternoon, we were getting ready to quit.
I turned off the TX so my Fail Safe put the brakes on to let the fuel burn up.
Then like a big dummy, I reached down and turned off the RX..... Oh. !@#$%&%*!!!!
I couldn't kill the engine fast enough and off she went.. WOT for about 100 ft and into a chain link fence..... a post that is.
That just killed my day. I sent my friend to get the pc's.
Damage:
Bulkhead (have grey's in stock)
Both A-Arm's
Tie rod end
2 shock rod ends
steering drag link
Question.. Are the A-Arms for the 2.5 and 3.3 the same? Tower says no. What parts are the same?
Well after an hour of fun this afternoon, we were getting ready to quit.
I turned off the TX so my Fail Safe put the brakes on to let the fuel burn up.
Then like a big dummy, I reached down and turned off the RX..... Oh. !@#$%&%*!!!!
I couldn't kill the engine fast enough and off she went.. WOT for about 100 ft and into a chain link fence..... a post that is.
That just killed my day. I sent my friend to get the pc's.
Damage:
Bulkhead (have grey's in stock)
Both A-Arm's
Tie rod end
2 shock rod ends
steering drag link
Question.. Are the A-Arms for the 2.5 and 3.3 the same? Tower says no. What parts are the same?
04-11-2008, 10:24 PM
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RE: Transmitter off LAST!!!
I had a runaway today to w/ a truggy but eh still reltaes. hit my moms car, climbed a rock wall and I jumped infront of it to stop it. It was my ON/OFF switch it groke and sent it WOT....
