wangerman69

Brushless First time used on a proper track mainly on its roof it was awesome Did a write up in the truggies/buggies bit

Pinion gear torque tube both body post remains and servo saver for fettling FTX Carnage Was a good day though

Took off all the bits I broke on Saturday

Forgot to add managed to pull off many spectacular barrel rolls and even landed in the catch fence a couple of times without any damage so I thought despite the issues listed above it was quite tough.Having never driven rc before I was crashing most laps and was pleased it could bounce over the trunking all of the time unlilke some of the smaller buggies which couldnt climb over. found it does keep you quite fit having to run from the stand to the track every five minutes to put it back on its wheels. I can reccomend the Turnigy Nano Tech 5000mah lipos had one in the the truck the other on charge on the Imax and managed to keep running most of the time only swapping to the original battery a few times waiting for full charge. I did make a mistake when purchasing the batteries which I did not realise until I was about to hit the track. The batteries are longer and did not fit between the battery posts so I dirlled another hole in the chassis and moved one of the posts along and made a new battery stay about 1" longer. Need to work on this though as lost battery once and have put a dent in it (Soft pack) but it did charge up ok so hopefully got away with it. I can't say I had anymore down time than some of the other guys there seems the Nitro's are quite problematic ? So all in all left very happy

Good afternoon Firstly been a lurker for a while but first post I purchased a brushless Carnage last Saturday and after reading the excellent Carnage/Vantage thread I upgraded to carbon front and rear towers and sway bars (many thanks Smash and others). I have only run the car a couple of times in a carpark but have now taken it to westmill race track in Herts. Nice astroturf track and oppurtunity for big air, I must have got about 8ft off the last ramp each time. I did find the steering a bit slow as the track is quite tight, but it is really nicely layed out and there is shop a minute away to buy spares worth checking out if you live nearby. Firstly I loved the car and it was me that was letting it down, I was going too slowly over the ramps and nosediving all the time. After about four hours of mainly being on its roof I can report the following. 1. After about 20 mins all four body posts snapped (at least it meant I couldnt break the body as I left it in the pits after that.) 2. After about two hours the steering lock upped really tight and the servo saver kept kicking in. The guys at the track helped to loosen everything up (Thanks guys if you read this) it appears for some odd reason everything did itself up rather than work loose. 3. The speed controller came unstuck from its cheapie double sided tape( Thanks for the spare tape sir whoever you are) After the run inspection. 1. The servo saver arm now catches the top of the servo on full right hand lock (Have nibbled a bit of the servo off to get clearence (sorry a bodge I know) 2. The centre torque tube is bent slightly 3. The front diff clicks a fair bit but if you loosen the slipper clutch off it gets a bit better (Something broken) 4. By looking at the bronze coloured swarth I would say the pinion gear had a hard time. 5. I noticed the front plate had a groove worn in it underneath from the spur gear (Chassis flex on landing?????) 6. The speed contoller moved and wore a groove in the torque tube The questions (Sorry) 1. Would it be worth getting the aluminium body posts or do I risk breaking the carbon towers ? 2. Did the chassis flex bend the torque tube and wear the top plate and if so is it worth buying the cabon top plate 3. Is it safe to move the speed controller to the top of the chassis on the top plate away from the torque tube ? 4. Is my front diff screwed, it still works fine but clicks on hard launches Many thanks for your patience in reading this