Hi

I have recently purchased my first nitro powered buggy (HPI Trophy 3.5)
I have had electric cars in the past so have a small bit of experience,
But no amount of my experience prepared me for what happened on my maiden voyage today,

I had my buggy all set up and ready to go,
I firstly warmed it up letting it idle for a few minutes and then off I went,
Everything was going perfect for around five mins, then I started noticing slow response of the steering followed by slow response of the brakes, then all hell broke loose and the Car shot off at full speed, nothing I could do about it. Luckily it flipped over and a shot over and pinched the fuel line.

The buggy is fitted with fail safe, which applies the brakes in the event of signal loss, so I know it's not this. It is a used buggy so had been run in.

I'm at a loss as to the issue as nothing's sticking and all is free.

The only possibility I have been informed of is it had upgraded servos (Etron digital) or so I'm told. And somebody mentioned the AA battery's in the receiver have insufficient power and will result in the car running away when low power is registered .

Any ideas on my problem?

Cheers guy