So how many of you have broken this... (on a 501X)?
 

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/9018/img0597qg4.jpg

2nd qualifier of last night's club race... snapo! :( Average crash, buggy landed hard on left rear wheel after double jump attempt (nothing huge). Another 501X owner at our track broke the same piece at a regional race a couple months back and from what I hear was replaced with a stronger piece (apparently Tamiya knows about this problem and his new piece looks identical, so hopefully a stronger type of aluminum, maybe forged and not cast).

Rear shot ... http://img67.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0598as9.jpg

I've heard of bent ones, but not fully broken ones. I have had some rather spectatular accidents and have not even bent my one.

I've bent one and had a c/f part made up to replace it, works quite well to be honest. If you want a C/F part PM me.