Bashed my buggy, not a happy bunny

[EasilyObsessed]

So, picked up this Baja Champ from the bay. Was a bit tatty and needed an overhaul, whipped out the MSC, stuck in bearings all round got a new shell, upgraded the pinion, put new tires on and stuck a 2S lipo in there. Just built new CVA mini shocks for it this weekend and trimmed the shell up to just how I wanted it, even fitted a snazzy alloy heatsink and fan for the motor.

Took it out the garden for a quick drive and this happened, not a happy bunny

Wasn't a particularly fast impact with the edging round the path. Deciding now whether to cut my losses or to try and fix her up.

[JeepnMike]

Ouch! That will be quite a repair. I will have a pint for you.

[EasilyObsessed]

Ouch! That will be quite a repair. I will have a pint for you.

That's gotta be a two pinter

[bromvw]

Nothing but a dent - that will cut out with compound

[Gruntfuggly]

Just replace the two chassis halves - I bet there are cracks in the damper mounts anyway...

[EasilyObsessed]

Just replace the two chassis halves - I bet there are cracks in the damper mounts anyway...

Daren't look

[biggamehunter]

the tl01 chassis are plentifull , easily obtainable , and very very cheap , about £10 for both sides , its a 30 min job definately repair its pretty minor realy , ....................... or some t-cut and gaffa tape will sort it , lol

[Psylence]

Shoe-goo and some hose clamps?

[mr crispy]

Cable tie that sucker back together and keep bashing you big girl

Seriously replace the chassis halves and check your steering knuckles arnt cracked. Job done.

[F2 Stu]

If it's any consolation, my 502x committed suicide by smashing into a kerbstone at full speed dead on.

[XV Pilot]

There seems to be something about kerbs that make them very attractive to buggies, kinda like moths and flames...

I too lost a buggy to a kerb once. It was a Yokomo MR4BC, that also struck the kerb with a glancing blow, and suffered damage very similar to yours. However I couldn't get parts for love or money, and the car ended up being scrapped, sold off in pieces to fund the purchase and conversion of my TT01 rally car.

In fact, it was that experience that spelled the end of my ill-advised flirtation with non-Tamiya models, and my return to the true path. All my models since then have been Tamiya, and I have never had to wait more than a week for spares.

[taliesin]

I agree with the others: just buy the 2x chassis halves and spend 30 minutes making it like new again. Cheap and easy.

[Daves956]

I was thinking Ali plate from the bumper screws back to where it angles out. Epoxy to what's left of the plastic and make it stronger than new...Then find the next weakest link

[Origineelreclamebord]

You can bet on it that the chassis has had a few knocks in the past. It can be pretty much invisible to the naked eye that the plastic has seen it's best days - I see it when racing all the time. You crash a hundred times and in some crashes you expect parts to flying all over the place, but it's surprisingly still intact... and then on that one time you land a jump awkward, but still easily tolerable for the car, something breaks down.

Don't be too let down by it. Get replacement chassis halves and get going again! If it wasn't broken at the transmission housing I would've said you could try some epoxy and mounting metal plates on the sides of it... But your gears you want to have running smoothly and in a properly closed box

[beefmuffin]

same sort of thing has happened to me on my DF-02 (rising storm, mutant) which also has the gear housings and suspension arm supports integrated with the chassis. luckily as everyone's said, the chassis are cheap for now so i got a few extras... probably a good idea just in case the price goes up in future. also handy to have them at the ready for when they will inevitably break. sooner or later everything breaks if you run a car.

[EasilyObsessed]

Had a think, gonna grab the chassis parts and fix her up - and I wasn't gonna spend anything on this one, still nature of the game

[B.M.T.]

Yep, curbs gutters and steps.... But I have never seen a TL break like that

I was looking at Summit videos and this one popped up in the sidebar, so I'd share it so you don't feel so alone...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJba7y4WVTc

[speedy_w_beans]

Imagine spending $1000 on an XO-1 and doing this... The guy driving it is lucky he didn't hit himself!

[EasilyObsessed]

Ouchie on those vids!

[raysan]

Nasty break there. Curbs have taken their fair share of damage out on my cars too. I rekon fix it. Although I don't think either of the cars in those 2 youtube vids will be running again any time soon, was that a battery flying past the camera at 0:45sec in the second vid?

[Psylence]

Am I the only one who has wondered what exactly the POINT of that Traxxas vehicle is? Most people are utterly incapable of operating a real 1:1 vehicle safely at the speeds this thing blows right past. I don't get it. I'd say it looks like a smoking crater waiting to happen, in pavement and wallet! And the vids seem to back me up there

[biggamehunter]

another smash , the noise when it hits is awesome

[Gruntfuggly]

I'm surprised Daves956 hasn't posted on this thread yet - he's had some pretty spectacular highspeed wipeouts too...

Maybe a mod could adjust the title to include "[high speed carnage]"

[B.M.T.]

Speedy Bean's XO vidoe... in slow mo you can see a LiPo bouncing down the middle of the road first, followed by the blown tyre culprit

[djmcnz]

After destroying Lord know how many Blazing Stars and Manta Rays back in the day hitting solid stationary objects I eventually learnt to scale up everything I could see in my "running zone" by 10 times in my imagination. Then I'd decide whether to run there by asking myself "would I race a 1:1 car through this". If the answer was "no" (and it often was) I'd move on. No doubt this has saved me countless heartache in the past.

Once you scale up a curb or rock by 10 times it's not hard to see how even a glancing blow can be destructive.

She'll be right mate!