What is it with you guys and Mr. Moody, anyway? 
He mustve really pissed you all off or he's FOS and you called him on it.
He mustve really pissed you all off or he's FOS and you called him on it.
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Aluminum Rods!
- Thread starter Kat
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They Break!:rofl:
Here is what happened to my aluminuim rod in my race engine while in second place 40mins into a 45min main. Went over a big jump. Hit the throotle right before it was going to hit the down side. It went bang! I was good 50' from it and could hear it clearly. This was out my Mugen Seiki MBX-5 Prospec 1/8 racer. This was the cheap engine. Luckly my high dollar JP Racing Mod never did that.
Here is what happened to my aluminuim rod in my race engine while in second place 40mins into a 45min main. Went over a big jump. Hit the throotle right before it was going to hit the down side. It went bang! I was good 50' from it and could hear it clearly. This was out my Mugen Seiki MBX-5 Prospec 1/8 racer. This was the cheap engine. Luckly my high dollar JP Racing Mod never did that.
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dang John! Blowed it up good!:spit: I havent seen or heard too much problems from OS rods breaking. I have see plenty of FUBAR'ed Traxxas 2.5's with busted rods, a few windowed blocks too! The stock TRX rod is know to snap. Looks like your OS got kinda crispy too! Ive never really hurt a motor, other parts are another story!
That motor that 20+ gallons thru it. I sqeezed the sleeve twice. It owed me nothing. I never over temped my engines. That one looked like that because it had over an hour of run time on it just that day. I qualified crappy and had to bump out of the B main. My radio can datalog. IIRC it was 230* when it decided to leave the party. Now if I pinch a sleeve I always repace the rod.
Nitros are out dated now. Brushless and lipos are faster, cheaper, and more reilable. But now cool noise!:baby:
Id like to have a TRX Slash. There is a fun stock class out here for them and is a blast so i hear. There a fun truck to drive! I never was an electric guy but ive changed my mind on them since the brushless revolution! Im still a nitro nut though! Id love to have an 1/8th scale on-road! Thats some big bucks, and need a place to play with it.
what radio do you use John? Spektrum? Nomadio? Im using a DX3 sucks, the week after i got my DX3 they got the DX3.0:rofl: Its been a couple years ago
Nomadio Sensor with all the gadgets. Good part about being a sponsored driver.
I am thinking about getting back into this winter and racing some indoor. MBX6 with Brushless LiPo power sounds like fun. Get a AE short course truck for my boys. but then I would need one to.:happy2:
My local R/C hotspot is our Hobbytown USA, and im real good friends with the guys down there! Lot of customers too! Some think i work there!:rofl: I like goin there to shoot the breeze and drool on the newest goodies. There a great bunch and always get me a hard to beat price, lower than anywhere ive seen! But that makes it hard to not buy things:rofl: I work on 1/2 the employees cars so we have a nice benificial circle of good deals:rofl: Our store in Wichita is pretty good size and has been #1 store in the country! Always guys doin new and crazy things there!
Im always offered to drive or fly new toys and i usually end up buying somthing!
So R/C is a really addicting hobby for sure!
Im always offered to drive or fly new toys and i usually end up buying somthing!
So R/C is a really addicting hobby for sure!
My local R/C hotspot is our Hobbytown USA, and im real good friends with the guys down there! Lot of customers too! Some think i work there!:rofl: I like goin there to shoot the breeze and drool on the newest goodies. There a great bunch and always get me a hard to beat price, lower than anywhere ive seen! But that makes it hard to not buy things:rofl: I work on 1/2 the employees cars so we have a nice benificial circle of good deals:rofl: Our store in Wichita is pretty good size and has been #1 store in the country! Always guys doin new and crazy things there!
Im always offered to drive or fly new toys and i usually end up buying somthing!
So R/C is a really addicting hobby for sure!
I really like them. We have a very good indoor offroad track about an hour drive from my house. Some of the best racers in the midwest play there. I have a large collection of RCs. 2 RCB4s, 2RC10T4s, JConncepts BJ4, Jconncepts BJ4 Worlds(chassis #4
), Tmaxx, Revo, and the mighty Mugen Seiki MBX-5 Prospec. Like everything I do I get carried away.:rofl:
