Killer RC Rocker Switch Problem

[crucialRC]

Everyone please be careful if/when using this switch. I love the looks and LED on it but I've had 2 accidents where the switch toggled off while running leaving no brakes or steering. I'll never use them again but that's just my $.02. Picture below is @John Parks and is just for reference.

 

[Milo]

Did your kill switch stop the engine but the rig kept rolling?

 

[John Parks]

Yep! I swapped mine as lance said to a protek push button style. Have had 2 or 3 of these switches now that can't handle bigbore vibrations and will just shut the rc off and you will lose all control. Mentioned this in my baja and vekta thread. Good to bump this though, and have an actual thread on it

 

[spents]

Yep! I swapped mine as lance said to a protek push button style. Have had 2 or 3 of these switches now that can't handle bigbore vibrations and will just shut the rc off and you will lose all control. Mentioned this in my baja and vekta thread. Good to bump this though, and have an actual thread on it

such a shame yourself and lance are having issues with the killer switches john,
i'm sure someone else had the same problem but cant remember who it was,
i've always liked the look of the killer switches and have been gonna grab one or two for ages now, but think i may leave it now

 

[RickDizzle]

Crap. Thanks for the heads up fellas! I replaced my bad stock switch with one on my rig.
I have not had a problem yet...but only put a gallon or so through the truck with it in.

Has anyone reached out to Killer Rc to let them know if the issue?

Links to what you guys are using instead?

 

[Rep732]

poop I have one too but still rocking a small block and no issues yet

 

[John Parks]

Crap. Thanks for the heads up fellas! I replaced my bad stock switch with one on my rig.View attachment 76761
I have not had a problem yet...but only put a gallon or so through the truck with it in.

Has anyone reached out to Killer Rc to let them know if the issue?

Links to what you guys are using instead?

I messaged him a few times no luck. He has looked at it and never responded

 

[misterleon]

FTW

 

[Haric]

FTWView attachment 76770

Oh yeah!

or this skyrc. I have a few for sale. $10 plus $2 shipping within the US

 

[crucialRC]

Did your kill switch stop the engine but the rig kept rolling?

Yup cut off on my 34 baja dragster 1st and she rolled under a box truck. 2nd my 55 supreme w5 ultimate shutoff and rolled into a football field goal upright. Both sustained minimal damage but just wanted to let people know. I'm with @misterleon and @Haric and @John Parks with the protek/skyrc or xt60 switches.

 

[blackrain]

Yup cut off on my 34 baja dragster 1st and she rolled under a box truck. 2nd my 55 supreme w5 ultimate shutoff and rolled into a football field goal upright. Both sustained minimal damage but just wanted to let people know. I'm with @misterleon and @Haric and @John Parks with the protek/skyrc or xt60 switches.

That could have been a bad crash especially for the dragster being on pavement

 

[Milo]

Yup cut off on my 34 baja dragster 1st and she rolled under a box truck. 2nd my 55 supreme w5 ultimate shutoff and rolled into a football field goal upright. Both sustained minimal damage but just wanted to let people know. I'm with @misterleon and @Haric and @John Parks with the protek/skyrc or xt60 switches.

Thanks. You were lucky.

 

[John Parks]

That could have been a bad crash especially for the dragster being on pavement

Yep, my vekta smoked My neighbors car at almost full tilt because of that dam switch. Luckily was just a bent shock tower

 

[blackrain]

Yep, my vekta smoked My neighbors car at almost full tilt because of that dam switch. Luckily was just a bent shock towerView attachment 76780

Damb a vekta hitting anything Is sure to do some damage. I’m running a standard on/off switch for now but some of them can be really faulty.

 

[RcJunkie13]

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Yep, my vekta smoked My neighbors car at almost full tilt because of that dam switch. Luckily was just a bent shock towerView attachment 76780

And the car?

 

[DougStar]

Yep, my vekta smoked My neighbors car at almost full tilt because of that dam switch. Luckily was just a bent shock towerView attachment 76780

For a moment I thought you said "I smoked my neighbors cat"
X1 fuked pussy?

 

[Z.hb71]

Wouldn't surprise me to be honest. All this talk of hairy pussy, there's the real deal right there

For a moment I thought you said "I smoked my neighbors cat"
X1 fuked pussy?

 

[John Parks]

Car was fine luckily. Was an older work car

 

[Milo]

This seems like a relatively new issue. I think it’s to do with increased stiffness of a lot of our builds. I’ve had a killer rc switch that has never had an issue. Here’s the but though, it’s mounted to a plastic lid on a plastic box with rubber mounts on a plastic chassis. I could be talking total balls but it looks like a pattern to me.

Crucial with his carbon build and those with Krakens and other solid metal chassis rigs running a metal box, those models must suffer from worse vibration. In almost all cases stiffness is a better thing for handling, but the vibration passed to other parts is an issue that we only discover as we run over time. Big bores probably make the issues worse.

Its trial and error with this stuff because a lot of our stuff is very custom and fairly unique to each person.

I won’t get on to the subject of matching parts from different manufacturer.

 

[Jshaff16]

I have one on my l5b...had same on my dbxl. No issues. Hybrid is using whatever comes with the bone head kit