Wraggy, you're my hero!! :)

[dave g]

can you not put anything across the lipo or under the shaft to stop it happening if the pin comes out?

or fit the steel bearing rings i showed in the durango thread..

[JohnM]

I think the new 2mm drive shafts that are coming out soon, have something that should stop the pin coming out.

[gazbaz2]

You coud put a penny under the battery strap beneath the shaft or use the outer casing of a bearing

[telboy]

Yeah I'm gonna get some heatshrink, and put some over the cvd just the extra bit of safety now.

Thanks Rob.

[gazbaz2]

rob ?

[racdeaf]

Originally Posted by gazbaz2

rob ?

yes ?

i think he ment gaz

[gazbaz2]

lol

[telboy]

Soz Gaz, I meant Rob on previous page. lol


Thanks to you aswell though Gaz.

[deepdale11]

I didn't take a picture of the main event, by the time i noticed it there a crowd around it and I didn't want to add injury to the wounds by taking a picture.

[deepdale11]

But I did take a picture of the remains,

[paulc]

I think i am gonna put some heatshrink round my centre driveshafts after seeing that

Paul

[nitrokillah]

aouch ... that looks prety bad ?
any chance to see the damage on the car as well ???

[deepdale11]

Originally Posted by nitrokillah

aouch ... that looks prety bad ?
any chance to see the damage on the car as well ???

I didn't take any of the car but someone did take a picture from a mobile phone of it smoking at the end,the smoke was alot thicker than that!!

[telboy]

When it first went up, I'm sure the smoke could be seen from space!!!!

Regarding the car.....

All it did was melt through the battery strap. The CVD prop joint was WELL chard. But a quick clean up and a new drive pin from Mr waters, and I was on track for the next round. Oh, and some quick action from Wraggy.
I ended up doublesided taping my final Lipo in to the car and then holding it down with cell tape. It was solid and didn't move a millimetre.

As I said before. Any car with plastic or Carbon chassis would have been buggered, the heat was pretty high. I'm glad Durango built a car with an alloy chassis!!

[racingdwarf]

from from the fist photo it looks like someones walet got burnt out....not the 1st in rc

[telboy]

Think that could have been my wallet!!!!