Originally Posted by
cryofix
A little about my driving, I am not a pro, but I am not a hack, I finish mostly top 5 in the A's and can run a 6 min qualifier with minimal mistakes.
I was an early adopter of this buggy, and since I have been driving it over 1 year of outdoor use in the northeast I have broken:
6-7 front arms, Max 3 were my fault (still using normal not HD, normal have been better in warmer weather)
4 sets of servo gears (due to saver spring) Savox 2274 SG and loosening the spring has stopped this.
3 shock shafts, one resulted in the loss of a Kyosho orange spring (normal jump, normal landing)
2 dogbones The most recent was Yesterday
Inner motor mount had to be replaced, even with loctite the bottom screw would back out, and allow the motor to angle, loosening the pinion gear and driving it back into the motor mount block.
Before I could figure out what was up with the motor mount I had some over current situations where the motor was drawing so hard it was de-soldering my deans connections
While I am not meticulous about maintenance, these items are all tough if not impossible to diagnose, prior to a race.
I also have a first run SCT410 that lends to the frustrations, especially a double DNF...
Wow, that does suck. I had a first run eb48 as well and in all the time of running it I have only broken one shock end (head on collision with another buggy in the wrong lane), cracked a rear diff case ( bad wing landing with no rear chassis brace (I always run a rear chassis brace now and have never had another issue), and one bent wing mount.(same bad wing landing crash).
Other than that it was rock solid.
I recently sold it and am getting a .2 now just cuz I like to waste money and like having the latest and greatest.
On the SCT410 the only thing broken on it since I got it was the rear arm front hing pin mount. (plastic one). Other than that its been solid. Again, it is a first run kit.
Sounds like we are about the same skill level of driver. I can find the podium at typical club races, but at a big race just try to find my way into the top 25%.