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Following on from Jam Racing's great motto:
I was wondering about other general driving principles to avoid damage, excessive wear - I'm particularly interested in driving to avoid "hidden" damage, i.e. to diffs, gears, clutch, motor, electronics, etc... (breaking plastics seems to have more obvious causes e.g. said lamppost )
I've been warned:
"Don't fully submerge it in water" - ooops nearly did that this recently... I'm guess servo and receiver are fairly well protected, but motor and particularly ESC are more vulnerable to water??
"Don't land jumps on throttle" - was warned this by LHS owner, and also read posts on here implying the same. This is to avoid mashing diffs, right?
But I'm wondering about avoiding:
Driving at very low speeds (i.e. below walking pace) - seems to make a grating noise, not sure what this is but it sounds like it should be avoided??
Excessive braking - I'm guessing this could wear the clutch quicker?? I'm trying to avoid it except in emergencies (imminent lampposts etc).
Very steep hill starts - could this put too much strain on the drive train??
Any other good / bad practises??
....so try not to hit solid non-moveable objects with the truck.....
I was wondering about other general driving principles to avoid damage, excessive wear - I'm particularly interested in driving to avoid "hidden" damage, i.e. to diffs, gears, clutch, motor, electronics, etc... (breaking plastics seems to have more obvious causes e.g. said lamppost )
I've been warned:
"Don't fully submerge it in water" - ooops nearly did that this recently... I'm guess servo and receiver are fairly well protected, but motor and particularly ESC are more vulnerable to water??
"Don't land jumps on throttle" - was warned this by LHS owner, and also read posts on here implying the same. This is to avoid mashing diffs, right?
But I'm wondering about avoiding:
Driving at very low speeds (i.e. below walking pace) - seems to make a grating noise, not sure what this is but it sounds like it should be avoided??
Excessive braking - I'm guessing this could wear the clutch quicker?? I'm trying to avoid it except in emergencies (imminent lampposts etc).
Very steep hill starts - could this put too much strain on the drive train??
Any other good / bad practises??