sc10 chassis break ???

[PIE]

i broke the front of my sc10 the other day the front seems very week from the start!!!

i got a new one on order and woundered is threre any uprated parts to stop this happening??

thanks

[rocketrob]

Several companies make "chassis braces" to help with your problem, try your local hobby shop or whereever you make your purchases and do a simple search to see what they might have.

Ultimately, crashing into things and abusing your vehicle always results in broken parts - and while the SC10 is a great race truck it was never intended to be much of a basher.

[mof]

RPM has a product that strengthens this weak spot of SC10. http://www.rpmrcproducts.com/product...ires/70902.htm

[plod]

Associated have addressed the issue with a new chassis with more ribbing in the front to add strength.
Guess it's pot luck at the mo whether you get old stock or new, unless you specifically request only recieving the new one when ordering.

[Beanie]

I've ordered the RPM brace, prevention rather than cure!

[weeman]

Mine snapped in half on its very first outing!! Right across the rear tail of the chassis Twas hardly a jump either.. About 10 inch high!

[Big G]

I snapped mine. but in fairness I did have a 5.5 in there at the time

[weeman]

I know this is about sc10's but have to add that besides breakin the sc chassis i'm on my 3rd x6sq chassis since september 09!! One snapped clean off at the nose and other 2 had hairline cracks so i changed them£££.

[moth898]

integy make a carbon fiber chassis for 100 american dollars with alot of machined parts that looks indestuctable.....I'll let you know if it breaks

[rocketrob]

Originally Posted by weeman

Mine snapped in half on its very first outing!! Right across the rear tail of the chassis Twas hardly a jump either.. About 10 inch high!

Let alone "how it landed" or if you were going at warp speed, or anything else, keep in mind that a 10-inch high jump to a 1/10th scale truck is somewhere about 6-feet high to a 1:1 SC truck (and I don't see them taking many of those).

[Beanie]

RPM front bumper and brace fitted!

[weeman]

Originally Posted by rocketrob

Let alone "how it landed" or if you were going at warp speed, or anything else, keep in mind that a 10-inch high jump to a 1/10th scale truck is somewhere about 6-feet high to a 1:1 SC truck (and I don't see them taking many of those).

Ah.. the scale reasoning!.. I use that veiw also but to be fair in this case it really was amazing it broke. prob a flaw in the moulding.. our 2nd truck has been fine and our club is caldicot s.wales where the jumps have been known to launch a 10th 5feet in the air and 15 feet in distance!!

[rocketrob]

Originally Posted by weeman

Ah.. the scale reasoning!.. I use that veiw also but to be fair in this case it really was amazing it broke. prob a flaw in the moulding.. our 2nd truck has been fine and our club is caldicot s.wales where the jumps have been known to launch a 10th 5feet in the air and 15 feet in distance!!

Just because one does it and survives is no justification another should be guaranteed to do so.

[PIE]

cheers guys

any piks of the rpm brace fitted fella ???

[JonMack]

Originally Posted by rocketrob

Let alone "how it landed" or if you were going at warp speed, or anything else, keep in mind that a 10-inch high jump to a 1/10th scale truck is somewhere about 6-feet high to a 1:1 SC truck (and I don't see them taking many of those).

By that logic the fastest a 1/10th scale car should go is about 15/16mph... That would be fun wouldn't it?

[rocketrob]

Originally Posted by JonMack

By that logic the fastest a 1/10th scale car should go is about 15/16mph... That would be fun wouldn't it?

Just trying to keep things in perspective for the complainers blaming the truck; sorry you missed it.

[Beanie]

Originally Posted by PIE

cheers guys

any piks of the rpm brace fitted fella ???

Here you go: http://www.rpmrcproducts.com/product...c/SC_Prts2.htm

[PIE]

will ive ordered a new chassis but cml are out of stock themselves

so got to wait for the to come in stock then be sent out to my hobby shop in newport

the rpm brace looks funky like them lights

[91notch5.0]

the rpm bumper/brace is the answer. several people at my track broke chassis so after racing mine for a few months, i stopped pressing my luck and got the brace.

as for braking the rear, i agree sounds like a flawed chassis.

[weeman]

Originally Posted by rocketrob

Just trying to keep things in perspective for the complainers blaming the truck; sorry you missed it.

Not sure you have actually read any of this thread in your haste to post!
I cant find anyone "complaining" other than you!! I am certainly not complaining...Have broken many parts in my 32yrs of Bashing/racing
Just sharing my experience of the subject originally posted. Read it again old bud