I found a great public RC track about 25 minutes from my house. ecib and I headed over there to try the Frogtima out. This happened 5 minutes in: That broke the a front C-hub, the rear arm connection, and a rear shock all at once! Also you can see a good amount of paint flake off the wing. I got it driving again in about 15 minutes and took it easy after that. This week I am repairing and hardening the Frogtima. Painting continues...
There were two crutches and at least two casts. He's the guy who used to ride motorbikes in the canyon with Damon Bradshaw so hurting himself was just a thing. On the plus side it was the 'rail rather than the Baja Bug, which mighta killed him. Something people disregard is that center-of-gravity and moment-of-inertia concerns take on an outsized importance in free space. A little nose-heaviness is problematic when four tires are on dirt but when four tires are several inches above dirt, the front two are barely going to move while the back two reach for the sky. We learned early on that we did not air my buddy's smallblock chevy FJ-40 because the guy who built it wanted it to peel out easily to impress the chicks so he moved the transmission forward eight inches. That initial jump was minuscule but memorable, particularly with 450lbs of removable top sitting in the garage.