So far in the month or so I've had my Senton I have only broken the front bumper but I have had the aluminum plate that holds the A arm pins fall out a couple of times. Though, I think that was due to the poor bodge job I did on the bumper after the first break flexing the skid plate. That said, I've upgraded to brushless and 3s on occasion (have two 3s and 5 2s) and so far it seems to be holding up well, I did buy and install the center drive shaft support (haven't screwed it in yet since I need to drill a hole) but other than that and new tires it is stock. No leeks in the shocks yet and no broken anything else except the upper support of the front bumper. It really doesn't take much to break that...
Has anyone tried making a spring loaded replacement for the upper support? I've seen the after market bumper but have also heard it doesn't fair much better than the stock one for more than twice the cost... I'm thinking of making an upper support that is spring loaded (or maybe even with small shock absorbers) but before I reinvent the wheel I was curious if anyone else had done this sort of thing and what commonly breaks on the mega/BLX other than the bumper. I may just be lucky, had a few bad landings but those were only after a 6 to 10 foot jump so I haven't REALLY ragged it out but I'm thinking of getting some spare parts to have on hand as well as modifying the front bumper to be a little stronger...
Has anyone tried making a spring loaded replacement for the upper support? I've seen the after market bumper but have also heard it doesn't fair much better than the stock one for more than twice the cost... I'm thinking of making an upper support that is spring loaded (or maybe even with small shock absorbers) but before I reinvent the wheel I was curious if anyone else had done this sort of thing and what commonly breaks on the mega/BLX other than the bumper. I may just be lucky, had a few bad landings but those were only after a 6 to 10 foot jump so I haven't REALLY ragged it out but I'm thinking of getting some spare parts to have on hand as well as modifying the front bumper to be a little stronger...