Alex97 Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I disintegrated a drive pin on the b5m and only noticed when I took my car to the start line so a quick change and I was on my way. This is my 4th one I've disintegrated so I need to find another brand to use that lasts more than a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimus Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 (edited) What's all this about loctiting screws? I've never needed to... Until yesterday. Screw for brushless motor mount on my hyper has made a bid for freedom. Luckily I had a spare. Guess who now uses loctite? Edited September 15, 2014 by optimus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnestah Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 My epic fail was to order what I thought to be the X1-CR buggy CNC chassis braces from HongKong only to find that they were for the X1-CRT. Yes I know "Idiot" Not to be out done I grinded the ends down and made them fit anyway with surprising success. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothybb Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 My epic fail was to order what I thought to be the X1-CR buggy CNC chassis braces from HongKong only to find that they were for the X1-CRT. Yes I know "Idiot" Not to be out done I grinded the ends down and made them fit anyway with surprising success. Done the same but the other way round! If I'd have known I would have offered a swap! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnestah Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Lol. I did think of asking on here but thought it was so unlikely. And also felt a bit of a pleb. Still I take it all worked out ok for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothybb Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Not so much for me, for them it's been great. Unused and residing in my spares box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimus Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 It seems I have just manslaughtered my ESC. I got some new batteries and was putting bullet connectors on each side and when I connected it all up there was big audiable and visible spark. Fiddlesticks* Now the ESC won't turn on..... *not actual wording used at the time of the incident 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimus Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 It seems I have just manslaughtered my ESC. I got some new batteries and was putting bullet connectors on each side and when I connected it all up there was big audiable and visible spark. Fiddlesticks* Now the ESC won't turn on..... *not actual wording used at the time of the incident I think I'm the only one making epic fails at the moment. Lord knows why I'm airing them out in public. Epic fail part 2: So my new hobbywing 150a and xt90 connectors arrived today from modelsport (less than 24hr delivery, I'm amazed) so I got to soldering and wire cutting etc. I also used one of the wires from my dead esc (wp 8sc) to make a charging wire for my batteries. When I finished with everything I connected one of the 4s batteries I recently bought to the 150a. It worked! Whoopie! All is good! So I checked the other battery. Dead. No life. Nothing. Slowly a hurtful pain began to surge through my head. The kind of pain associated with the realisation that something stupid has just been done by oneself. So slowly I began to solder wire and deans connectors back onto the wp 8sc, repairing the butchering I had committed on it. Then came the moment of truth. I tested it by connecting it to one of my sons 2s lipo's. The LED lights up and it bleeps. My children are around so I initiate internal swearing and profanities mode. It was my new 4s lipo I had killed previously, not the sc8. So now I've just spent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCMonkee Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 (edited) My BF109 messerschmitt went AWOL yesterday. It must have lost signal as it just became unresponsive to any controls and just kept going! Last think i saw of it was go down behind a line of trees. To cut a long story short i got it back after about an hours searching and asking the rather understanding farmer if i could look for it. It was a little worse for wear but will live to tell the tale. I thought i had lost for good! My daughter thought it was a good adventure anyway lol. Thinking a small tracking device might come in handy. Edited September 29, 2014 by RCMonkee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothybb Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 My BF109 messerschmitt went AWOL yesterday. It must have lost signal as it just became unresponsive to any controls and just kept going! Last think i saw of it was go down behind a line of trees. To cut a long story short i got it back after about an hours searching and asking the rather understanding farmer if i could look for it. It was a little worse for wear but will live to tell the tale. I thought i had lost for good! My daughter thought it was a good adventure anyway lol. Thinking a small tracking device might come in handy. You can get beepers quite cheaply but you have to be reasonably close, like edge of field away from the one's I've seen. GPS tag could be a tad more expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1980 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 High speed end over end resulted in this on the Tomahawk Not really an epic fail as it had broken before and I had glued it but the Tomahawk gets its knackers rung out whenever it is used so I am surprised it has lasted this long. Managed to burn my bloody hand too on something. I think it was the side of the manifold. Doesnt look bad in the pic but it is rather sore lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdaxner Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Thinking a small tracking device might come in handy. I remember reading about this a little while ago - http://gpstrackerapp.net/the-tile-app-gps-tracker/ Not sure if it is for sale yet as the developers website seems to be down at the moment but should imagine something nice and compact like this would work a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothybb Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I remember reading about this a little while ago - http://gpstrackerapp.net/the-tile-app-gps-tracker/ Not sure if it is for sale yet as the developers website seems to be down at the moment but should imagine something nice and compact like this would work a treat. Problem is those aren't gps trackers. They sync last location with your apple phone (I think) so no good for anything that's moving. They run on low energy bluetooth so range is not that good for this type of tracking. Anything true GPS generally needs a sim card to operate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdaxner Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Ahh right, thats me told then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage_Smithy Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Broke my telemetry module, and antenna, a servo and possibly tore a slot in the aluminium arm bolt holes. came down hard while landing by itself in RTL mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothybb Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Ahh right, thats me told then. Only reason I know is cos I was looking for something for exactly this reason a while back. Almost went with a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoothybb Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 My BF109 messerschmitt went AWOL yesterday. It must have lost signal as it just became unresponsive to any controls and just kept going! Last think i saw of it was go down behind a line of trees. To cut a long story short i got it back after about an hours searching and asking the rather understanding farmer if i could look for it. It was a little worse for wear but will live to tell the tale. I thought i had lost for good! My daughter thought it was a good adventure anyway lol. Thinking a small tracking device might come in handy. 20 mins with the hot glue gun will have that back in the sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tug Posted November 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2014 GPS speed testing a car, phone strapped to car, car flipped. Off road, not an issue as such, but this was on road and cost me 130 notes. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post J.K Posted November 4, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2014 Won't it rub out? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernaut jims Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Duct tape and some cable ties will sort that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Too late, that's the Busted screen after the replacement was fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deafty Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 at least the spider app is running 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMaxxDave Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Today's epic fail...... For once... Nothing ! I've been out shopping with the wife. lol Sent from my iPad Air using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCMonkee Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 Today's epic fail...... For once... Nothing ! I've been out shopping with the wife. lol Sent from my iPad Air using Tapatalk Just the Credit card that took a bashing then! I ditched the my 450 Quad, luckily just the props that are gone . They always go down hard like a lead frisby! Hate that walk of shame The Hyper ST took a beating at the skatepark and my H2 snapped a driveshaft last night. Got spares for all of it so got away without having to order anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMaxxDave Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Na the credit card is safely hidden Sent from my iPad Air using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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