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Who wants to watch me break my new body...

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nanoali

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ouch, i posted in the introducing post of this body, too bad see this. bad bash day bro.


best luck for you
 
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looker2756

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Awesome video & editing. Man does that suck your body got broken. Neat editing of sound effect though ;) . Get you some HPI bottoms in those shocks & no more "bendy". All in a days fun ... :D
 
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6victor6

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Got hpi bottoms, and about to install em soon.. I gotta admit it's getting old.. pack it all up, find a spot, and 15 minutes later, I'm loading it back up... fixing this all the time.. starting to wear on me a bit.. I have yet to run an entire tank. I'm loosing faith in this thing. :( I keep trying though.. But I gotta admit I've been eyeballing other cars the last few days.
 
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yolonda21

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6victor6 said:
Got hpi bottoms, and about to install em soon.. I gotta admit it's getting old.. pack it all up, find a spot, and 15 minutes later, I'm loading it back up... fixing this all the time.. starting to wear on me a bit.. I have yet to run an entire tank. I'm loosing faith in this thing. :( I keep trying though.. But I gotta admit I've been eyeballing other cars the last few days.
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LOL......man you have only just begun..... :D


Wait until this happens a few times, 4th set of metal gears, 3rd broken lay shaft..........


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hamster huey

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I really feel your pain. Ive been there. Youre lucky if you have the $ to fix it. Sometimes mine looks at me for a week or 2 when Im saving $ for parts. The worst is like you know putting something on brand new and breaking it or burning it up. :mad: :( I lug my 30 pounders around the house, charge all my batts, mix some gas, bring my spare parts and tools, decide if Im filming, test run before I leave, drive 30 minutes (usually). You know what makes it worth it if your car breaks? Having a 2nd one with you. I was running a Ramp and 5T but Im going back to 2 ramps. My second spare is not going to be all hopped up though, just enough to function as a spare. I figure if I have 2 of the same they can share parts and I have to have less parts on hand. Were those the 4mm shock shafts or 5mm shock shafts? I started with Redcat 4mm, then got a full set of HPI front shocks, now I run Redcat 5mm. Hpi shafts don't bend they snap off the bottom....


Long post but I do feel your pain.......


I cant say any more....... :(


I had a bad expensive day too.......
 
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hamster huey

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don't lost faith in it. Hopefully once its bullet proof the only things you will break will be due to driver error. Thats the way mine is.
 
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6victor6

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hamster huey said:
don't lost faith in it. Hopefully once its bullet proof the only things you will break will be due to driver error. Thats the way mine is.
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I keep hoping for that too.. I've had a lot of rcs and sometimes I get just right and they seem to last and last and I've had other I just gotta abandon and move on to something else... You had a 5t? Not a good experience?
 
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6victor6

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hamster huey said:
I really feel your pain. Ive been there. Youre lucky if you have the $ to fix it. Sometimes mine looks at me for a week or 2 when Im saving $ for parts. The worst is like you know putting something on brand new and breaking it or burning it up. :mad: :( I lug my 30 pounders around the house, charge all my batts, mix some gas, bring my spare parts and tools, decide if Im filming, test run before I leave, drive 30 minutes (usually). You know what makes it worth it if your car breaks? Having a 2nd one with you. I was running a Ramp and 5T but Im going back to 2 ramps. My second spare is not going to be all hopped up though, just enough to function as a spare. I figure if I have 2 of the same they can share parts and I have to have less parts on hand. Were those the 4mm shock shafts or 5mm shock shafts? I started with Redcat 4mm, then got a full set of HPI front shocks, now I run Redcat 5mm. Hpi shafts don't bend they snap off the bottom....
Long post but I do feel your pain.......


I cant say any more....... :(


I had a bad expensive day too.......
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they were the 4mm... well I got the hpi's here now so we'll see how they do I guess.
 
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hamster huey

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Heres my impression of life at the HPI house:


"hey son would you like to go off roading today?"


"Gee dad Id love to but I have homework and the 5t is only 2wd"


"don't worry son you can do it in the car and we'll stay away from those rampage guys"


My opinion: The 5b/5t is fun with a cherry on top but 2wd isnt my thing. The best combo for them is 23/26cc and a 5t muffler. Anything else results in too much wheel spin. I havent tried those track pipes though that are supposed the be soft on the low end. Thats why I would rather have a Rampage. It can use the power the engine makes.
 
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6victor6

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hamster huey said:
Heres my impression of life at the HPI house:
"hey son would you like to go off roading today?"


"Gee dad Id love to but I have homework and the 5t is only 2wd"


"don't worry son you can do it in the car and we'll stay away from those rampage guys"


My opinion: The 5b/5t is fun with a cherry on top but 2wd isnt my thing. The best combo for them is 23/26cc and a 5t muffler. Anything else results in too much wheel spin. I havent tried those track pipes though that are supposed the be soft on the low end. Thats why I would rather have a Rampage. It can use the power the engine makes.
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hehe... I see.. Yeah I gotta admit I kinda dig the 5t.. well from watching vids and whatnot.. I've had quite a few 2wd 10th scale buggies in the past and enjoyed them a lot.. But 4wd is cool for sure.. Thats why Im here I guess. :)


thanks hamster...
 
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looker2756

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My Rampage has been good once I took the time to change & fix the weak points. I did break an HPI shock end off once, but never bent a shaft & I sent it sailing MANY times. The 5t is a good jumper, but you can still occasionally break a front arm or shock shaft. I find most of my damage when it's colder, & when I get to pushing the limits. So I've broken about everything at one point or another :D .
 
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Evildomain

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The only time my truck pissed me off is ten minutes into the first tank the shock shaft busted. It didn't even bend, just broke off. I installed the 5mm shaft and no problems, yet. I have done some mods but mostly stuff to support the frame. Other than losing a couple screws due to vibrations nothing too bad has happened. I've run about ten tanks through mine with the 28.5cc headkit. I haven't even stripped my plastic gears yet but I am waiting for that to happen...lol


Anyway, sorry you are having all these issues man. Don't give up yet.
 
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ParkerNT

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McCreary Co. KY
You'll get all the bugs worked out :) I turned screws more than I turned the tires for the first couple weeks. Like you, everytime I took it out it was 30 minutes of play and 2 hours of fixing... I started to get discouraged and disgruntled too, but stick in there and it'll be a bad mamajama... The good news is nearly everything only needs fixing once. When I break something, I put it back stronger and better, the list of things that can break is getting shorter and shorter ;)


I lost both steering servoes in the first 15 minutes...then spent a week looking at it in the floor til I got new servos in the mail. I've broken a shock end of a HPI along with a limiting cable...went to all alum RC4WD shocks and nylon straps (good choice).


Go through and do all the mods for durability, soon it'll be 2 hours of running and 30 minutes of working on it! Now that I don't have to work on it ALL the time, the maintainence and down time is part of the fun


Parker
 
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kirkhayes37

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Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Yep, I really struggled with my MT for about a month before I got all the bugs worked out. Now, it is pretty darn reliable....but not as realiable as my 5t. My 5t with a 30.5 hauls the mail and proline excavators, gets tons of traction. HPI has 99% of the bugs worked out if the 5t. Right now, I enjoy my 5t more. I can count on it staying together. Now, if HPI comes out with a 4WD...I will buy it! I love HPI quality.
 

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