Kraton So first jump 1 minute in and this happened

[Slicktmi]

Hopefully it's a fluke

 

[Chris Lane]

Can't tell from the picture, did it lose a pin or break the arm?

 

[Mastaa]

Hopefully it's a fluke

ouch, feeling with you...

Did your first jump somehow involve diving off a skyscraper?

 

[Slicktmi]

Can't tell from the picture, did it lose a pin or break the arm?

The whole arm snapped where the pin goes through

ouch, feeling with you...

Did your first jump somehow involve diving off a skyscraper?

It was maybe 7feet ??

 

[Mastaa]

It was maybe 7feet ??

well, let's hope for a fluke then

 

[DoNoHarm]

RIP hope ur luck improves man

 

[Chris Lane]

The whole arm snapped where the pin goes through

It was maybe 7feet ??

I haven't looked through the parts list now available that @bicketybam posted. Hopefully they have a new one available. Personally my experience with 1/5th scale you'll have at least double the purchase price in upgrades. $900 for the vehicle at least that much in upgrades if you run them hard.

 

[Slicktmi]

I haven't looked through the parts list now available that @bicketybam posted. Hopefully they have a new one available. Personally my experience with 1/5th scale you'll have at least double the purchase price in upgrades. $900 for the vehicle at least that much in upgrades if you run them hard.

Yeah lucky horizon has the lowers on their way it was about 25 $ for 2 lowers

 

[Mongoose]

Ah man that hurts to see! Sorry man!

 

[bicketybam]

What ESC and motor are you running? The ESC looks like a BLX.

 

[Notorious J]

Hopefully it's a fluke

How cold is it where you are? Not making excuses for the broken part, but just wondering if cold came into play.

 

[Slicktmi]

How cold is it where you are? Not making excuses for the broken part, but just wondering if cold came into play.

It may have it was about 48 degrees f

What ESC and motor are you running? The ESC looks like a BLX.

Stock 8s electronics

 

[bicketybam]

@10:15 or so you can see the hit my front arm took without breaking.

Any chance you can describe what exactly happened? All we know is that it happened in the first minute. But you can go flat out into a cement wall in the first minute of a run.

 

[Slicktmi]

@10:15 or so you can see the hit my front arm took without breaking.

Any chance you can describe what exactly happened? All we know is that it happened in the first minute. But you can go flat out into a cement wall in the first minute of a run.

Yeah it didn't land perfectly but it wasn't like that kind of failed jump

 

[bicketybam]

Well at the end of the day only you know what happened. Based on your posts I'm assuming you feel it shouldn't have broken and if that's the case you should contact Horizon Hobby for warranty. I've opted not to try and claim warranty on the chassis because the damage was definitely my fault. I am going to ask for warranty on the rod ends though.

 

[Slicktmi]

Well at the end of the day only you know what happened. Based on your posts I'm assuming you feel it shouldn't have broken and if that's the case you should contact Horizon Hobby for warranty. I've opted not to try and claim warranty on the chassis because the damage was definitely my fault. I am going to ask for warranty on the rod ends though.

No i was just sharing my experience with the 8s i thought it was a bit interesting. everything breaks eventually some things sooner than others.

 

[bicketybam]

No i was just sharing my experience with the 8s i thought it was a bit interesting. everything breaks eventually some things sooner than others.

The thing is you shared that it broke when you didn't land a jump perfectly. Without knowing what kind of hit it took it's hard to draw any conclusions from your story. Sorry it broke though, no matter how it happened.

 

[SrC]

It may have it was about 48 degrees f

Stock 8s electronics

48 deg F is not truly cold for plastics. IMO. Boil your next set of lower arms for 10min . Remove while fairly hot and drop in a container of WD40 overnight. They will flex like rubber bands and never crack again. At least Kev Talbot does that to his X-Max.There is some truth in my jest. A fluke with a bad moulding probably.

 

[Slicktmi]

48 deg F is not truly cold for plastics. IMO. Boil your next set of lower arms for 10min . Remove while fairly hot and drop in a container of WD40 overnight. They will flex like rubber bands and never crack again. At least Kev Talbot does that to his X-Max.There is some truth in my jest. A fluke with a bad moulding probably.

Yeah ive heard that maybe i should give it a try thanks for the advise ?

 

[bicketybam]

48 deg F is not truly cold for plastics. IMO. Boil your next set of lower arms for 10min . Remove while fairly hot and drop in a container of WD40 overnight. They will flex like rubber bands and never crack again. At least Kev Talbot does that to his X-Max.There is some truth in my jest. A fluke with a bad moulding probably.

25 pound truck? Flex in the arms? Hard pass.