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08-18-2008, 12:04 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 42N 88.02W
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|  Chronicles of Carnage Got pictures of carnage? Share them here. I thought it would be interesting and informative to share pictures of breakage, smoking electronics etc, good for laughs, maybe good for learning What Not To Do? I'll start off with my most recent (expensive) mishap: Smoked my HiTec 5955TG :-(  |
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08-18-2008, 01:32 PM
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| Shut up Dave   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Romeotucky
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| I cant help it...a reason to post pics of Zachs carnage  How the heck did you fry that?!?!?!?!? Ive never seen a chip get that HOT  |
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08-18-2008, 01:49 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 42N 88.02W
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| Disappointing thing with my HiTec servo, it smoked while sitting still, this was rear steering on my super, I have been noticing that the servos were getting hot, and only after 10 or 15 minutes of running, I hear that the deadband needs to be opened up, basically makes the servo center position wider, this way the servo doesn't constantly fight to achieve such an accurate center position, but go figure the digital programmer for changing the deadband is over $135, and I think it only works with HiTec servos..... Lesson learned the hard way, this 5955TG cost over $100 :-( I will be sending it in to HiTec for repair though, I hear they are good about warranty work, we'll see. |
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08-18-2008, 11:41 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2004 Location: SW of Chicago
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| I have one of the Hitec servo programers if you would like to use it remind me to pack it before the next comp. I'm not sure if I'll make the farm crawl yet. I'm out on the road all week and a couple friends will be in town for a car show this week end. |
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08-19-2008, 01:57 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 42N 88.02W
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I would definitely like to use your programmer, open up the deadband a little. | |
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08-19-2008, 05:19 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chicago/Bloomington
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09-05-2008, 04:13 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 42N 88.02W
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| I just want to give credit where credit is due. I sent my burned up servo into HiTec for repair, approx 12 days later I received a NIB replacement servo No questions asked, no shipping charges, no repair fee, just a brand new replacement servo in the mail  Not too often do I experience customer service like this, thought I should share the experience! Needless to say I will continue to purchase HiTec servos |
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09-06-2008, 02:13 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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09-10-2008, 06:47 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: far from here
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| Yes Joe, I did. |
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09-10-2008, 09:51 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 42N 88.02W
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| Holy Crap! Zach is still with us Thought we lost ya there man  |
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10-29-2008, 02:17 AM
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| MWRCA'er  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Byron, IL
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| A whole new way to strip a hex, happened at the last busse comp.  Other half as you can tell by the glue residue I glued it. It held up through the last course and bonus gate.  Stripped the wheely king trans gears. Using this as a transfer case in the C-10. Never did lock the stock slipper out so I was sort of suprized it went. The gears are chunky huge pitch.  |
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10-29-2008, 10:09 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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| Wow, I've abused mine for a year and a half and haven't run into that yet |
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10-29-2008, 10:56 AM
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| Shut up Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Romeotucky
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| isnt someone making steel gears for the wk? |
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10-29-2008, 11:13 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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| Yea, but they've left out the slipper. |
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10-30-2008, 12:04 AM
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| MWRCA'er Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Byron, IL
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| Yeah ordered the alum ones from CKRC. RC4wd makes steel ones but they cost 3 times as much. Since I'm using this thing as a transfer case I don't really need two slippers. The CKRC gears actually have a slipper. Just don't install those lock out screws and it functions exactly the same as stock.  All better   Last edited by Mnster; 10-30-2008 at 04:46 AM. |
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11-02-2008, 09:32 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Shorewood
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11-02-2008, 09:48 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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| ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh.......................... .............damn it, I'm drooling on the keyboard Do I dare ask how much? Last edited by BJoe; 11-02-2008 at 09:50 PM. |
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11-02-2008, 10:17 PM
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| MWRCA'er Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Byron, IL
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11-04-2008, 09:56 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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| Thanks, guess I'll be ordering one or two when I get back fron Branson |
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04-19-2009, 05:09 PM
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| MWRCA'er Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Byron, IL
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| Fell off a big hill last night at Devils lake and landed square on the rear shock. Yeah they are Losi aluminum shocks. Bent the screw holding it on as well.  Thought it might just be the plastic retainer cap that took the blunt. Bent the body as well though.  Oh and some how the balance plug got pinched between it all.  |
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