The importance of engine kill switch

[gates59]

Ok guys. I am somewhat new to gas rc vehicles. I always read that you need a kill switch. Ok so I went cheap and bought the one that redcat makes. The only problem with that is if you end up having problems with your battery, it does not work. I went out yesterday with my wife out in a sand pit. About 2 minutes out I lost control. It just missed hitting my wife. I jumped on my atv to try to catch up it it and it ended up turning around and almost hitting my wife again. It did end up flipping over and died but I did break a drive shaft in the process.
I just want to tell everyone how important a good quality kill switch is. I am going to look at the best place to get a killer rc version. Maybe someone out there has a spare one to sell me. After checking my rc I found that the problem was the battery cable got worn out from the battery moving around a little bit and lost all power.

 

[Rajsupra]

Until you don't experience a run away you cannot realise how dangerous it can be. The manufactures of 1/5 th. RC should be made to have kill switch as standard and I don't mean fail safe but kill switch that turns the power off.

 

[gates59]

My wife wants me to sell it now. She is very scared of it. I'm sure if it would have hit her she would have atleast a broken leg. I have the rampage mt so it is very heavy. I tried to catch it but was scared of it myself. It will take a death or two before they make it mandatory for manufactures to install them.

 

[scooby61]

+1 on all that both my Mt and my 5ive got kills witches installed before I even put fuel in them. And the one in my Mt has saved it once.

 

[the_deadman_corp]

+1 on that. It's a 45 lb roller. At 40+mph. That can cause major damage to anything it hits. That's why most guys with common sense won't chance it. It should be a requirement really.