X6 meets wall....ooops, Suggestions needed please..

[Team No Idea]

Hello hello. Its a sad day.. after coming back from the F345's without needing to carry out any repairs to my X6 i was pretty pleased with myself. However after a bit of loving fettling with the car today (refreshing the shock oils) i took it for a test drive...
I put the car on the floor pulled away and then withing seconds the car was up to full speed, i had no control at all, the steering and brakes didnt work, there was no response at all from the transmitter to the car.
The car carried on flat out about 50 yards up the road all i could do was stand and wait for the inevitable. Then came the brick wall.

R.I.P X6.:cry:

So now its car replacement time, when i find some money.... but the thing on my mind is how could this happen? does anyone have any idea how it could have taken off but then not responed to anything i tried to do?.

All the batteries in the trasmitter and car were fully charged, Im using spektrum and havent had interference issues all year.:confused::confused::confused:.

It was bloody spectacular though.!!! I still havn't found all the parts!
I think its going to be cheaper to buy a used X6 rather than repair this one.

[mark christopher]

if u have spektrum your fail safe should have cut in, unless you have it set so when you turn off your radio it defaults to max power, sounds like you have done that to me

[MRD]

My guess would be Spectrum fail safe. If you bind the unit with throttle applied, thats what it will do when the transmitter is off. Ive done it when Ive bound the car, then found out I have to reverse the throttle and recalibrate. The fail safe is still set for the original setting. I'm probably wrong but its worth looking at :).

Edit: You just pipped me to it :)

[rc_penguin]

what actually broke martin? or whats left?

[ben]

Please can we see pictures???

[Dazzler]

Pictures please +1

[MRD]

Stick me down for a few pics :woot:

[Team No Idea]

Pics on the way chaps!
Thanks for all the ideas...!:thumbsup:

[crewie]

Martin, will you take a fiver and a bag of chips for it lol:lol:. Bring it on weds so we can all have a look.

[Team No Idea]

SOLD!!! its all yours Dave!:thumbsup:

[Team No Idea]

Before......

[Team No Idea]

After!....:thumbsup:
The wheels and hubs are in tact. But i cant find the rest...

[Battle_axe]

looks like a good project i would buy it if u wanna sell:P

[ben]

Im interested in the car, will it be supplied with a tube of super glue? :woot:

[Battle_axe]

i think it may need more than that wack out the araldite :P
but honestly i may think about it if you do want to sell i need something to do when not glueing my madrat back together

[Team No Idea]

Lol, thanks for the offer:thumbsup:, to be honest i need to sort it out as im planning to run it during the Eden park winter series.....but on the other hand the cost of a chassis alone is £50 so i may as well look for another X6....mmmm not sure......ill make my mind up in the morning and let you know what im doing..thanks again!:thumbsup:

[Team No Idea]

Im interested in the car, will it be supplied with a tube of super glue? :woot:


Im sure i have some PVA glue lying around somewhere....lol

[Battle_axe]

Im sure i have some PVA glue lying around somewhere....lol
ahh that should do it im sure :P

[Garry Driffill]

I remeber doing somthing very similer to my first 3 gear X-6 at Teeside indoor at the warehouse one time, although i did have a 4.5 in it :P haha

[ben]

Dare i say it's not as bad as it looks??

Is it only the cell slot that has cracked? If so you could maybe take it out or push it back in and glue it? As for the front im sure someone will give you a nose cone F.O.C. then it's just the B4 parts :thumbsup:

£30 and you'll be sorted, if you dont need a chassis :lol:;)

[Team No Idea]

Just noticed the servo has broken lugs on both sides aswell so its a floater! yay! Add another £60 on the bill....sod the expense lets rack up the credit card ! YEEEEEHHHHAAAA :thumbsup:

[niggs98]

like ben says its really just the front. i have a couple of spare nose cones so will bring one on wed if i get down there

[Team No Idea]

Cheers Mr Ralls that be most kind of you:thumbsup:. Im going to give Ben's suggestion a go and try to pop the chassis back where it should be, and then with a bit of spit and some ferret furr she'll be as good as new:)

[stox217]

Id rebuild that up to an x6 squared saving you quite a bit of cash rather then buying a new x6 squared
Scanner servo's are cheap and good value for monny
If not see if anybody has a duff servo of the same kind and transplant front cover's or buy a new cover?

[niggs98]

when you place your order with dms, add a servo case ;) much cheaper

[Jamie B4]

pm'd

[Team No Idea]

when you place your order with dms, add a servo case ;) much cheaper


Ah ha! didn't know the cases were available seperatley! Great!
Cheers Mr Ralls...:thumbsup:

[pete2222]

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31115

I started a thread the other day to try to find out the best adhesive for RC repairs :thumbsup:. Looks like you could benefit from this too. (assuming someine will reply to it).

I just crashed my B4 into the wall of my house.

In my case I think I had the battery wire mounted touching the speedo/receiver wire which caused a major "glitch" when I tried to gently drive it on my small front lawn.:cry: I only broke a front arm though.

[pete2222]

Just noticed the servo has broken lugs on both sides aswell so its a floater! yay! Add another £60 on the bill....sod the expense lets rack up the credit card ! YEEEEEHHHHAAAA :thumbsup:
Floating sero...no problem: use double sided tape, plus bind it to the chassis with fishing line till it wond budge. This works well for me in my M18MT.

[mikeyscott]

Get the new plastic chassis? It doesn't look too bad

[mark christopher]

good idea if he had a squared!!

[mark christopher]

Hello hello. Its a sad day.. after coming back from the F345's without needing to carry out any repairs to my X6 i was pretty pleased with myself. However after a bit of loving fettling with the car today (refreshing the shock oils) i took it for a test drive...
I put the car on the floor pulled away and then withing seconds the car was up to full speed, i had no control at all, the steering and brakes didnt work, there was no response at all from the transmitter to the car.
The car carried on flat out about 50 yards up the road all i could do was stand and wait for the inevitable. Then came the brick wall.

R.I.P X6.:cry:

So now its car replacement time, when i find some money.... but the thing on my mind is how could this happen? does anyone have any idea how it could have taken off but then not responed to anything i tried to do?.

All the batteries in the trasmitter and car were fully charged, Im using spektrum and havent had interference issues all year.:confused::confused::confused:.

It was bloody spectacular though.!!! I still havn't found all the parts!
I think its going to be cheaper to buy a used X6 rather than repair this one.
http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31251

[mikeyscott]

How much to bring it up to a X6 Squared spec?

[Mike Hudson]

probably a whole new conversion kit as buying what would be needed seperately probably wouldn't be worth it

[dodgydiy]

i remember seeing a friends tamiya bigwig meeting a steel girder at a fair turn of speed years ago, now that was impressive, took whole side off the car, including sides of gearcases, chassis and part of my 9.6 volt battery that was being used! the only useable parts left over were the right hand suspension and a servo. motor, receiver and so on were all junk

[Paul_Sinclair]

Full punch into a wall, ouch! As others have commented, I always try to bind my spektrum stuff in neutral. Full brake is tempting, but then if you have a split-second radio hit during a race it upsets the car terribly; neutral has been the safest bet for me.

From the pictures, I'd say you could fairly cheaply go 'half-squared'. If you bought a 1005/1006 Squared Chassis, 1223 Battery strap, and 6142 hinge pin bushings you'd have everything to put the old rear end onto a new chassis (along with some miscellaneous hardware like the 1" battery hold-down screws).

Then, at your leisure or when you break a rear arm, you can put the 3012 squared control arms and 3313 squared CF tower on and have a full-version Squared.

[Team No Idea]

Full punch into a wall, ouch! As others have commented, I always try to bind my spektrum stuff in neutral. Full brake is tempting, but then if you have a split-second radio hit during a race it upsets the car terribly; neutral has been the safest bet for me.

From the pictures, I'd say you could fairly cheaply go 'half-squared'. If you bought a 1005/1006 Squared Chassis, 1223 Battery strap, and 6142 hinge pin bushings you'd have everything to put the old rear end onto a new chassis (along with some miscellaneous hardware like the 1" battery hold-down screws).

Then, at your leisure or when you break a rear arm, you can put the 3012 squared control arms and 3313 squared CF tower on and have a full-version Squared.


Thankyou Paul for your advice and part numbers!

Due to the help of several generous oOplers, the car is now as you have described "half squared" :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Thanks to all who helped, your generosity astounded me, oOple is the friendliest forum ever!!