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Originally Posted by one
One local racer's 410 caught fire because the pin came out (heat-shrink mod too), wore through the lipo case and lipo. Not fun.
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I'd like to clarify this a little further. The chappy who this happened to had lost 2 TD 1.5 pins prior to this and was forced to cut the shank of a drill bit to make up a drive pin so he could finish his race day. In doing so he wasn't able to grind the sharp bits off and this is what allowed this ghetto pind to cut thru the heatshrink (2 layers of it.)
He is now using a cut down heavy duty body clip from a monster tuck with heatshrnk and it seems to be holding up ok..
Back on topic, I'll agree with everyone else that there are inherent problems with the DEX410, but I've yet to come across any car that is perfect.
The DEX410 is by far the best 1/10 I've own even with all it's problems. It is almost a durable as my Losi 8ight, and this alone makes the price of admission worthwhile as it hasa allowed more time on the track then time wrenching. I've been able to do race after race after race without any wrenching. This is the other extreme from my B44, which I would be lucky to run through more than a pack without somethign going wrong.
I'm glad the R version is coming out, because I can see that by the time it's due to hit the shelves, I will be needing to replace a few things due to wear. So I"m thining combining both versions will make the ultimate ed. DEX410
Cheers
LJ