[hyperasus]

Guess something must be wrong with all 5 of my pedes and rusties then. In any event I'm not really interested in arguing about it, just offering what I've learned over the my past few years of pede bashing. If what you are doing is working for you then I say don't change a thing. I can say though, if you jumping your pede 8ft in the air like you say(I mean on a regular basis not just once or twice), and not bending it all up then you're alot more careful of a driver then I, which maybe has something to do with why your truck doesn't break as much. I had both a full FLM pede and a FLM rustler that I liked to jump and bash. I was always bending the aluminum all to hell. Actually had to go back to plastic because even though it does break sometimes, I found it easier to replace a cheap plastic part then it was to deal with bent aluminum and hinge pins. Also, I run big LiPo batteries with lower kv motors, so my trucks probably have alot more torque.