Breakage issues

[jasonrcb]

I ran my x pro for the first time tonight and there seems to be as real problem developed,the rear t piece snaps right through the middle and not through bashing but under race conditons

now the problem is that it was not once but 2 races 2 breakages first run was with the x pro t piece second run was a borrowed t piece off my mate's madrat

i hope there is something going to get sorted and fast with this as there will be alot of pissed off people i know i wont be using mine again until there is something sorted and i will definately cancel the 2 i ordered for my girls

come on ansmann lets have something sorted or your car will be dropped before it gets started

[Jamie.T]

You could try boiling the plastic to make it a bit softer. I used to do this on my Ansmann vapor 1/8th lower arms and it seemed to work ok.

[jasonrcb]

I dont think that will make any difference the material is wafer thin and i dont want to have to carry half a dozen t pieces just to get through a meeting

i red somewhere that there is a brass piece along with other parts so when are they likely to be available as boiling wont cure this problem in my opinion

[budgio]

heres mine

[jasonrcb]

SORRY nick but i have 1 that looks just the same

[jim76]

ask Mr Atomic nicely!

[Jamie.T]

As many of you may know, the car is made in China by another company and is sold in the UK under the Ansmann name. There will be upgrades available in approx 8 weeks. Heres a list of SOME of the upgrades that will soon be available http://www.teamcracing.net/index_pro...1&imgid=517711

[jim76]

Originally Posted by thomj316

As many of you may know, the car is made in China by another company and is sold in the UK under the Ansmann name. There will be upgrades available in approx 8 weeks. Heres a list of SOME of the upgrades that will soon be available http://www.teamcracing.net/index_pro...1&imgid=517711

no sign of a rear t plate

[jasonrcb]

That is an option but i think its something ansmann will have to address as anyone who wants to race the car is going to have the same problem unless you race on a car park with no bumps

[Jamie.T]

Do you or anybody else have any suggestions as to where we could possibly look to get a batch made up in a better material, possibly graphite?

[Robbiejuk]

Originally Posted by budgio

heres mine

My dad has done about 10 of those on my old losi xxx last year, I broke one when i raced it in five years. I have had two b4's first one I broke one first time out and replaced it with an alloy version, the second b4 still has the original one on and has been raced for two years without even a crack. I guess sometimes you can just be unlucky with bits Its not unusual for companies to revise kits soon after release, Look at the b44 top decks from last year, original TC3 wishbones, etc. Both of those items were revised an replaced in kits so I am sure if it is a recurring problem then it will get changed. Plus if ti doesn't then there are enough highly skilled people on oople who will be able craft a more sutiable replacement at little extra cost.

My friend who has an RB5 has done a couple of those and has made just a carbon plate (Well actually i think he said it was part of an old egress chassis so FRP) to run underneath the car between the gearbox screws, hasn't broken one since

[jameswilkinson7]

Mines just gone tonite!! Car was driving great... One lap up on everyone after the first heat. Then, just a tap and thats it!!! VERY disapointed!!! I really hope we can get somthing sorted... Its a great car, handled very well and everyone was impressed by it.... Its a silly fault thats spoiling a great car. Im gunna look in to getting some kind of brace made up in steel or alloy for mine untill a proper soloution is sorted.

[ryan]

Hi everyone,

My car should hopefully be here today, so i can get all the new option parts i have in mind drawn up in CAD. I will then get these manufactured within 7-10 days!!!

Hopefully i will be able to get something sorted for the T-Piece!

Ryan

[jameswilkinson7]

Great... What materials were you thinking of using?... I thought at first it would be easy enough to get the T piece cut from stainless or alloy... But there is some machining to do so maybe alloy or carbon fiber?

[DCM]

looking at the breakages, it seems to be a factor of two things.

1. Depth of the countersink, leaving it very thin in that area

2. Insufficient gearbox bracing.

The two allow it to flex, and due the T-Piece being stiff, it is snapping along the line of the front suspension brace.

I think to fully rectify the problem, you would need to beef the material up, in that area, plus give better bracing to the rear gearbox.