Ever have one of those days?

[Xjeepguy]

Took my XRT out and ran it, hit LVC, no problems. Decided to run the Machete… 5 minutes in, broke two shocks and it’s down, no idea why, didn’t even jump it. Decided to run the DBXLE, literally 45 seconds after powering it up, understeered into a cinder block and broke an A-arm, bent hinge pin, bent hinge pin brace, possibly bent shock, cracked the body. Took the batteries out of the DBXLE, put them in the XRT, 3 mins later, after jumping off a large hillside, truck barrel rolled, hit a rock on one tire, broke a toe link. I normally don’t break trucks that bad, and I broke 3 in 3 hours time. Almost got the Kraton out, but decided against it. Luck (and skill) just wasn’t on my side today.

 

[Tex Koder]

Took my XRT out and ran it, hit LVC, no problems. Decided to run the Machete… 5 minutes in, broke two shocks and it’s down, no idea why, didn’t even jump it. Decided to run the DBXLE, literally 45 seconds after powering it up, understeered into a cinder block and broke an A-arm, bent hinge pin, bent hinge pin brace, possibly bent shock, cracked the body. Took the batteries out of the DBXLE, put them in the XRT, 3 mins later, after jumping off a large hillside, truck barrel rolled, hit a rock on one tire, broke a toe link. I normally don’t break trucks that bad, and I broke 3 in 3 hours time. Almost got the Kraton out, but decided against it. Luck (and skill) just wasn’t on my side today.

That's a serious

 

[Xjeepguy]

That's a serious

No doubt. But I ordered the parts for the Losi and it wasn’t that bad. I was surprised. $93 for hinge pin braces and a set of A-arms. I thought it’d be a lot more than that.

 

[Moirae]

Momma said there'd be days like this.

 

[lipo-joe]

happens to the best of us

 

[Garcbomber]

I’ve had those days, keep them few and far between.

 

[GeneralTyphon]

Took my XRT out and ran it, hit LVC, no problems. Decided to run the Machete… 5 minutes in, broke two shocks and it’s down, no idea why, didn’t even jump it. Decided to run the DBXLE, literally 45 seconds after powering it up, understeered into a cinder block and broke an A-arm, bent hinge pin, bent hinge pin brace, possibly bent shock, cracked the body. Took the batteries out of the DBXLE, put them in the XRT, 3 mins later, after jumping off a large hillside, truck barrel rolled, hit a rock on one tire, broke a toe link. I normally don’t break trucks that bad, and I broke 3 in 3 hours time. Almost got the Kraton out, but decided against it. Luck (and skill) just wasn’t on my side today.

Why no photos? We all love photos. Don't be shy.

 

[RCbuzz]

Took my XRT out and ran it, hit LVC, no problems. Decided to run the Machete… 5 minutes in, broke two shocks and it’s down, no idea why, didn’t even jump it. Decided to run the DBXLE, literally 45 seconds after powering it up, understeered into a cinder block and broke an A-arm, bent hinge pin, bent hinge pin brace, possibly bent shock, cracked the body. Took the batteries out of the DBXLE, put them in the XRT, 3 mins later, after jumping off a large hillside, truck barrel rolled, hit a rock on one tire, broke a toe link. I normally don’t break trucks that bad, and I broke 3 in 3 hours time. Almost got the Kraton out, but decided against it. Luck (and skill) just wasn’t on my side today.

Yep! It happens! Been there

 

[Bustedaw11]

Yep, I have those days. Not so much with rc but like.... everything else I touch. Literally like that insurance guy in the pic above.

I try to stay away from rc's that are consistently a problem for me. Like my vxl rustler. I cannot get half a pack out of that truck without a decent order from JRC to repair it. I shelfed it a year ago and have never been happier (and less broke).

 

[Sandracer_NL]

Sometimes when it rains is pours.

Good thing is that you used up all of the bad luck at once, so next couple of times you're golden!

 

[Xjeepguy]

Yea, I don’t usually have days like that unless I’m out bashing hard. I should have ran the Notorious. That’s my “bring it on” truck. But since I was just out playing around, I didn’t think it was necessary lol.

 

[jkflow]

That's one of those days when you should have stayed in bed and still somehow would have stubbed your toe or something similar.

 

[Boggs3010]

Road cars for myself. Pinion will come loose, tire come off another car etc....

 

[Dan B.]

We all have days like that, especially in this hobby. I’ve had such notoriously bad luck with my DBXL-E it’s like a bad joke. None of it was ever the fault of the rig, just the result of a couple of poor decisions and the universe lining up against me. I think I’m something like 1 and 6 with it right now, resulting in enough unintended cash flow that I could have bought a new Arrma.
I’m envious of your $90.00 repair bill!

 

[Daywalker_27]

I had my battery charger suddenly go on me. I've been in contact with HH and they asked me to mail (my only) charger out to them and they'd take a look at it. Being new to this hobby I've still been running my RC daily up until now, I got impatient so I actually went out and got another "cheap" charger till I'd get mine back (it takes TWO hours to fully charge!). HH determined that they couldn't see any signs of misuse or abuse with my charger and no longer had parts to replace the now discontinued model and said they send me a new one.

This would have worked out for me as I was set to receive the new charger on Monday, the day I start my two weeks of holidays. All I had planned for my two weeks was getting in some more RC time. Battery charger arrives on time, I'm charged duty for the replacement of something I bought locally.

Oh and by the way, Saturday night my ESC went, so I got my charger back, I'm on holidays and I have an RC doesn't run.

 

[Dr. Nitro Chris]

Took my XRT out and ran it, hit LVC, no problems. Decided to run the Machete… 5 minutes in, broke two shocks and it’s down, no idea why, didn’t even jump it. Decided to run the DBXLE, literally 45 seconds after powering it up, understeered into a cinder block and broke an A-arm, bent hinge pin, bent hinge pin brace, possibly bent shock, cracked the body. Took the batteries out of the DBXLE, put them in the XRT, 3 mins later, after jumping off a large hillside, truck barrel rolled, hit a rock on one tire, broke a toe link. I normally don’t break trucks that bad, and I broke 3 in 3 hours time. Almost got the Kraton out, but decided against it. Luck (and skill) just wasn’t on my side today.

I went to visit friends that were camping and took my lx comp 2e buggy to show them. Got it out and ran ir around. Told my one friend I just fixed a problem I had with the esc or so I thought. It suddenly stopped and then went into full reverse, right thru the side of someone's tent leaving a big hole. I left a note and the next day they called and luckily they were understanding. I bought them a new tent and all was good. The guy even thought my buggy was really cool. It ended up the failsafe built into the 2.4Ghz receiver caused it to go into full reverse when it was supposed to just hit the brakes. I put a different receiver in it and it works fine now.

Took my XRT out and ran it, hit LVC, no problems. Decided to run the Machete… 5 minutes in, broke two shocks and it’s down, no idea why, didn’t even jump it. Decided to run the DBXLE, literally 45 seconds after powering it up, understeered into a cinder block and broke an A-arm, bent hinge pin, bent hinge pin brace, possibly bent shock, cracked the body. Took the batteries out of the DBXLE, put them in the XRT, 3 mins later, after jumping off a large hillside, truck barrel rolled, hit a rock on one tire, broke a toe link. I normally don’t break trucks that bad, and I broke 3 in 3 hours time. Almost got the Kraton out, but decided against it. Luck (and skill) just wasn’t on my side today.

 

[Xpress..]

Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug.

 

[Robbbbbb66]

Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug.

Sometimes you are the windshield wiper.

 

[GeneralTyphon]

Sometimes you are the windshield wiper.

Sometimes you are the bird turd.

 

[hobo]

its worse when you spend hundreds on a new rc then you go out bashing with one of your other rcs and an esc go's up or a motor or even a tyre I don't like to leave my rcs broke either