Yep bad driving, my track is pretty big and rough and has some larger jumps, but still i though the Serpent would have been stronger, the damage wasn't from huge air landings, but more from miss landings on table top jumps and hitting the front end on the jump mound, my Losi seems to be much more durable when same thing happens. Oh well, new parts already arrive and will be fixed today and still love the Serpent.