Originally Posted by
wingman2
Hi Larry, I used to have a 12X and although I liked the car from the handling side of things, I did n't get on with the reliability of the chassis, especially around the lower area of the motor pod. It did n't seem to take alot to break a t-bar, but it also broke the carbon lower pod plate and the extra fibreglass bit that goes in between them. The Corally also seems to be the most expensive to replace these parts and I got fed up with it in the end. Unfortunately for me, I do hit the odd barrior every so often so do you know if Corally are going to do something about 'beefing up' this area of the 12x? Quite a few of the guys at our club run them so would be interested if you knew anything about this! All the best mate, Chris.
Hi Chris- I don't know of any plans to do so, although Specialized RC in the U.S. a sister company of Corally USA, has made some prototype pieces that may be stronger than stock. Don't know what their plans might be for production. However, we have not had a problem even with some major incidents. Jeff's radio was acting up during practice at the carpet nationals and he hit the wall head on, full speed (stock). The battery tape broke on one side and the batteries pushed the speed control forward and broke the servo ears off, the chassis broke on the side the tape did not break, the front bumper was toast, and the shock was bent at a 20 degree angle. He also had a somewhat less severe crash during qualifying on a particularly unforgiving corner. The T-bar did not break in either case, nor any part of the rear pod, and the lower piece was the kit CF.
We are using only the 2 outside screws to mount the 2mm bar, and we cut the fiberglass spacer to only use the end pieces at the mounting screws. We use a little stiffer spring than the green (olive) in order to gain back some of the front/rear stiffness. And we replaced the stock 6mm long T-bar mounting screws with 8mm long. Perhaps these changes are helping with pod reliablity?
Cheers, Larry