View Full Version : T-Maxx duck pond video?
SteveGodfrey
07-18-2004, 01:58 PM
A while ago there was a T-Maxx video where the guy ended up loosing it in a duck pond! Does anyone here have a link to the video?
RC10racer89
07-18-2004, 02:46 PM
NO! :eek: but that sounds hilarious, if you ever find it can you send me the link via a private message, or just post it in this thread :p
Heh...I know what vid you're talking about...I might be able to dig it up...
Here you go:
http://www.showmerc.com/movies/ponmaxx.mpg
From here:
http://www.showmerc.com/id23.htm
SteveGodfrey
07-18-2004, 05:41 PM
Wow that was quick, thanks GTX
sinister
07-18-2004, 06:56 PM
AAAHH the power of failsafe ;)
RC10racer89
07-18-2004, 07:53 PM
Oh man :eek: that was hilarious! To bad though he probably needed a new set of electronics because of that one. Lol something like 40 cents for a fail safe spring could have saved it. :D
Moboman
07-18-2004, 08:08 PM
That was a lucky catch. Reminds me to get a Failsafe for my Truck whwnever it arrives
MicroMan
07-18-2004, 09:29 PM
:eek: at least it floated. :D
atm92484_3
07-18-2004, 10:24 PM
Kiss that engine good-bye while you're at it.
Nah, the engine is fine I bet. It's just water...
In case you want proof, I drove my Kyosho Sandmaster in a nearby river and it sat for a few minutes before it floated to a shallow section. Started up after I took the whole engine apart, lubed it with WD-40, put it back together, and life restored :D
Lucky for me, my servos were nice and tight and I had waterproofed my Rx in a zip lock bag and Silicone.
atm92484_3
07-18-2004, 10:48 PM
You defiently were lucky. I saw one instance where someone's Savage ran off into a creek and the block cracked from the water.
RC10racer89
07-18-2004, 11:12 PM
Engine should be fine lol, Carb definately isn't :p
kitty
07-19-2004, 08:11 PM
"How was fishing today, honey?"
"Didn't cach any fish, but I did catch a T-Maxx. Threw it back. Them ain't very good eatin'"
surfer
07-19-2004, 08:32 PM
lol kitty
MurcielagoR-GT
07-19-2004, 10:15 PM
The exact same thing happened to me when the batteries died! I was driving it around in my back yard and it took off straight for the lake! Everything including the servos and engine all worked the next day. I could not believe it. I still went ahead and replaced the servos though.
I also flew my plane into our lake. It actually kept running right back to shore. It never ran again though! Last plane I ever had. :D
surfer
07-19-2004, 10:19 PM
my brother flew my firebird XL onto the 5 freeway at the irvine Y... hehe
Popop
07-21-2004, 11:56 AM
Sorry guys
but running on water is a specialist affair :) :)
rcsaga. com/video
Wizardman_1
07-21-2004, 02:44 PM
You guys should put some paddles on a pretty fast MT and see if you can hydroplane across water.
SS Pede
07-22-2004, 12:27 AM
yeah, just start off small before you try to plane across any duck ponds :)
kitty
07-22-2004, 08:15 PM
You guys should put some paddles on a pretty fast MT and see if you can hydroplane across water.
There's a video somewhere in which someone did just that. It roosted a lot of water, but didn't last long. The air filter got wet and the engine died.
The video didn't show how they got the truck out of the water and it probably toasted the engine.
CaseyRCDDR
07-22-2004, 08:45 PM
Theres actually a video of electric buggies hydroplaning. All it has to have is a straight flat surface to enter the water upon, and NOT lose speed, second it loses speed its under.
Wizardman_1
07-22-2004, 11:59 PM
Like a snowmobile full throttle or bust!