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Old 08-15-2014, 10:13 PM
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Default Had to happen eventually

Well, I finally broke something.

Family commitments mean I can't race at my normal (outdoor) track, so went to the other option in town. Indoors, perimeter boards.

I was driving quite well, managed to work from the back of the pack to 1st and was leading for a couple of laps, then bang. Brain fart and smashed the right front into the wall. Fast left hand sweeper and the track has the boards painted the same colour as the run off, I struggled with depth perception.

Big hit. Battery came out. Right wheel looked at a sick angle.

Here's the damage.



And after a quick pull down, all the broken bits. Bottom arm was REALLY broken


Something must be very wrong with these pictures, no broken C Hub!!! Wtf! How did that happen!

Don't worry, next race I fixed that over a curb. And completely trashed the rim on a brand new set of tyres! Doh!


I'm guessing it was stressed from the previous stack, well probably anyway. It didn't look it at the time and nothing was off on the setup station after the first rebuild, so who knows.

I packed up and called it a night then. Lucky these tamiya parts are so cheap. $4 hubs, $5 arms. The damage bill would be double on a yokomo, for example, I worked out.
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