A Day at the Beach

Let me start by apologizing for the terrible pictures. I wanted to take good ones but was more concerned with playing with the cars and barbecuing. Any way what few substandard images I have show my Bruiser, my Monster Beetle and my loaner Hornet enjoying a California day on the beach. My wife likes the Monster Beetle on the beach so that was her choice to bring. I unscrewed the front aux lights since we all know what happens to them when you look at them wrong. I always enjoy watching the Bruiser slowly trudge through the sand so that was my choice. Finally, my wife asked me to bring something for her dad and brother to drive: Enter loaner Hornet, the indestructible in his blue beetle body. I brought every battery I had with me (12) and burned through them all. Only problem I had was at the end of the day, the Monster Beetle started to run slow. At first I thought it was dying and the LiPo alarm hadn't gone off! That's not good on an expensive battery. Turned out that my wife's constant driving over this small sand dune and catching air off of it was too much for the 540 that I had covered in tape to keep the sand out. Poor little guy was over heating! Those 540's aren't happy when you cover the air holes and run a 7500mAh battery in them. It was a great day and we had a lot of fun playing with the cars. The hornet was passed around to everyone and was the source of the most battery consumption. EVERYONE drove it. At one point it was my brother in laws fiance having a go at it and doing a good job I must say! What a day. Cheers!