Post your biggest RC blunders, mishaps, and mistakes

[jayjay283]

yeah at work, had wait for her to get off work with the goods, 15% discount LOL. I mess myself up alot 1 month ago I posted pics of me after I bashed my eye all up. She was at work then too and took 2 hours to take me to get stitched up at the hospital. Im sure ill do something else stupid before summer ends

[Takedown]

Hitting a tree doing 35ish in mid air with a nitro pede ending in the result of cracking the pro.15's block and smashing the fins. Chassis got raped to. Another good one was when i hit my friends foot with my speed rustler. was doin about 50mph and just barely clipped his leg which ripped the arm off the rustler and sent it into a barrel roll of death. "peices flying everywhere".

[BL_RV0]

This is the best thread ever...

[brushlessboy16]

Running my b4 on 2s lipo up and down the drive way- slick tires got cold and it went into the garage door at 30mph or so. you can see the imprint of the upper shock caps and bumper in the door.

[rawfuls]

Haha, I saw the eye, wow, sombody's clumsy..

[bigboi146]

Trying to drift my 4-tec in the middle of the street and it got hit by a truck.

[brushlessboy16]

enough said.

[radioman193]

Originally Posted by brushlessboy16

enough said.

Just LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bondonutz]

For some reason the movie "Dumb and Dumber" comes to mind ?

[brushlessboy16]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

For some reason the movie "Dumb and Dumber" comes to mind ?

yeah. it happens.


little rustler could outpace my kia like it was standing still

[rawfuls]

Not to mention, my Rustler, was in that video!

Boy, this rustler should be in the Hall of Stupidty of Mike and Ben! (No offense)

It's a beast though......

I guess my blunder, was when I was resting my hands on the back of my Rustler tires, for a little to long, I had a mark on my hands, and I just couldn't get the flat spot off the tire....

I actually drilled a few holes in the sidewall.....

Then I tried to get the flat spot out, again, by just pressing, and little did I know, it actually came out...

Now I have a few gashes in my tires....

[montyjcm]

A few weeks ago, I was attending my first race at a new track with my 8ight-e. I had been practicing at said track for about 2-3 hrs and felt pretty good about it. I was putting down some good laptimes imo and not really crashing.

Well, the first qualifier comes around, and I am doing a few practices laps/getting my transponder in the system. The last half lap before we line up to race, I hit the big triple in front of the of the drivers stand. (Side note: when I say in front of the driver's stand, you literally could touch the cars if they hit the jump at the closest approach.) I hit the jump at a weird angle and smash my buggy straight into the wooden stairs leading to the track. Needless to say, the deceleration was brutual..lol. I broke my front bulkhead mounts and bent the crap out of my front shock tower, right before my first qualifier. Doh!

The announcer made a wincing comment, and later on, the people in the enclosed shop 100ft away said they heard it! Pretty embarrassing. Luckily, i was able to compete in the second qual and get 3rd in the main via some handy ziptie placement and CA glue :)

[redshift]

bump!

[Metallover]

Bullet connectors are cheap, can handle a lot of current, and are easy to use. They are, however, very easy to short..

And that is why as of today there are less bullet connectors on my e-bike and more andersons.

[ClodMaxx]

Originally Posted by Metallover

Bullet connectors are cheap, can handle a lot of current, and are easy to use. They are, however, very easy to short..

yikes. i have 7 packs of 6s lipos, all 5k. two other 5s lipos too. and all with 6.5mm bullet connectors. i'd better double-check the shrink wrap tonight to make sure no metal is exposed!!

my biggest blunder was using a novak discharge tray to discharge a 7 cell racing ni-mh pack. i don't know what happened - the polarity was right, but somehow a few of the cells fried instantly!