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Old 09-17-2009, 07:21 PM
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Default The results of not checking your fail safe......

A friend of mine, no really it isn't me, forgot to adjust his fail safe when he was checking the range of his radio. Well, the car stopped suddenly about 30yards from a lake and facing the lake. I think you know where I am going with this. Just as suddenly as it stopped, it took off at wide open throttle. Turns out these buggies are tough, but they are no match for water.

The buggy was only submersed for about a minute so only a little water penetrated the reciever box. However, the servos and transponder got soaked. Does anyone know if the servos are sealed? If it helps, the servos are Futaba BLS351 & S9351. Just trying to gauge if there is a need to take the servos apart before trying to power them up.
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