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10-04-2004, 12:50 PM
i wouldnt, I dont trust fail safes. Everyone ive seen i have seen malfunctioned and do more harm then good. The best fail safe IMO is to always have your batteries charged, and make sure everyone knows your running that channel and doing that alone is the best fail safe IMO.
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10-04-2004, 12:54 PM
I've seen a lot of people run Failsafes, and a lot of people swear against them. I know a couple guys in our group had nothing but problems with a failsafe installed. Such as only going a few feet then the failsafe kicks in... After removing the fs, no problems.... I'm not going to say everyone should take of their fs's if they have them, but I for one, don't run one.
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10-04-2004, 01:08 PM
A failsafe wouldn't have saved that guy's truck. If he lost signal, then yes. If someone else on the same channel hit the throttle, your toast.
"If you cook scallops in a non-stick pan, then they won't stick. That's why they call it NON F@#*$&%G STICK!!!" - Im watching YOU!- roc
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10-04-2004, 02:17 PM
He was pretty pissed! He had a fail safe on there but, that guy that had his radio on was putting out more power and his radio was programed to the opposit of what Jim's JT was so, even though the other guy was not giving it any gas (it was sitting on the ground) Jim's JT was at WOT! Fail safe's do work for signal loss but, by no means for someone on the same channel!
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10-04-2004, 02:17 PM
I run a failsafe and have had nothing but good come from it. I only ran my batteries low one time at leisure and the failsafe kicked in and stopped the truck. I knew they were dying as I have a battery monitor but I wanted to see how long it would last before it shut down.
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10-04-2004, 03:20 PM
Damn.. that was Jim.. aka AtomicMaxx's JT that went into the wall? He has the worst luck with that. It ran away at the last MJ and almost got lost in the tall weeds and grass. I hope he get that back together with minimal problems. I'm kind of curiouse to see what broke on it too because he was running some serious bracing and had the stiffer Dace top plate with VBS.. well basically the works.
No failsafes here either. just a throttle return spring and I charge my RX Pack after every time I run it and many time before just to be safe. Nothing can save you from someone being on your channel. Also be carefull because some failsafes are not compatible with FM radio gear and will actually cause runaways and glitching. I wish I could have gone but I had some... unplesantness on the way there and decided to call it off. 1:1.. 01 Z28 Camaro A4 Sure.. its stock. 1:8's.. K3, Inferno GT, and a straight line beater car 1:18.. RC18t Mamba and 3s lipo
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10-04-2004, 04:04 PM
Right front took the hit.
Upper arm bent really bad. Upper PB broke in upper arm Lower arm cracked at hinge pin and severly bent VBS skid bent Looked like the bottom JT plate bent upwards Right rear ballend broken The VBS looked ok but, It may have bent at the hinge pin holes.
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10-04-2004, 04:21 PM
thats what happens to strong metal parts. The more resilient they are to bending the more prone they are to snapping when hit with enough force. If that was a 6061 setup it would just look like a pretzel and probably be a real pain to get off, and he would have to cut it off in pieces.
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10-04-2004, 04:36 PM
wow.. so the suspension took most most of the hit. With all the strengthing on the chassis the Racer X took almost the whole hit. Racer X is meants to the be lightweight racer setup and not as much a super strength setup. Rich has the EXT.. that is the brute strength setup. Man that is just brutal I'd be pissed as hell if it happened to me. with the amount fo custom work and such Jim do it he should do it the american way and file a lawsuit against the guy! :p
1:1.. 01 Z28 Camaro A4 Sure.. its stock. 1:8's.. K3, Inferno GT, and a straight line beater car 1:18.. RC18t Mamba and 3s lipo
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10-04-2004, 07:40 PM
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"The Guy" was nitrolittlejoe edit: (I wanted to throw this in here.) nitrolittlejoe, I understand that accidents happen, I just put myself in Jim's place and think how i'd feel if my $$$$machine$$$ slams into the wall. Think about it, you'd be pissed too. Anyway, mistakes happen to everyone, we all move on and get over it.
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