yep, but I don't think that it needs the fan when I'm discharging a battery, or when the chargers are just sitting there, I want some kind of heat sensing unit to turn the fan on and off, but i know that that would just be like $20 when a switch is something like $0.50

well, I hooked up the fan to a switch, and I left the fan off for about 15 minutes while the charger was hooked up to it but not charging anything, and when I came back it was actually warm, right now I'm testing it to see if it gets warm with no fan and no charger, but it looks nice, here's some pics:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/DSCN5207.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/DSCN5206.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/DSCN5205.jpg

I just checked it after 15 minutes and no charger and no other kind of load, but it still got warm on the bottom, I guess I should have taken the fan out and tested it before I put a switch in, it still looks cool though.

Warm isnt so bad, but hot is. If you had a little pot (no, not that kind), you could adjust the speed of the fan, so it only blows gently and quietly when the power supply isnt in use, but turn it up to full power when it is.

what exactly is a pot? and I'm guessing that by little you mean small in size and not amount?:lol::rofl:

do you have a link?

In this case(meaning situation), I think warm could possibly be slightly bad, because the bottom of the unit inside is 1/4" away from the bottom of the case, and the bottom of the case has air wholes in it.

believe it or not... but today, I got, in the mail.....:gasp: a working Xcelorin system for the speed-t!!!!!:surprised::surprised::surprised:

i got to show the italian bikers staying at our house for the race tommorow how fast it is!

i had some problems with it that were my fault, first i noticed that the ESC's lights weren't on, it was because i hadn't turned it off and on again after i calibrated it to the transmitters, and then it kept turning off and on randomly and i found out that that was because i had plugged the connectors together just a tiny bit for the initial test run from my bedroom to my parents bedroom, and forgot to plug them in all the way, then later the connectors got stuck together and i still can't get them apart, but now I have deans on it. It's all good now:yes: I kind of couldn't believe it when it worked, this is the 5th xcelorin system that i have owned and the 4th that was replaced for free.

so, what you should do if you want an xcelorin system (they've got high quality features and the ones that work run great) is buy 5 and find the one that works and return the other 4, because as far as i know, out of every 5, 1 will work.

1 in 5 sucess rate, almost as good as the MMM :whistle:

By pot I mean potentiometer = variable resistor. Its a little dial like a volume knob that lets you adjust the speed from 0 to full. They tend to have 3 legs, but you only use two in this application (same thing as a slide switch really that does the same job).

The MMM has a bad success rate too? has it improved since they first came out?

Where have been for the last 6 months man? :lol:

The 1st run of 1000 MMMs resulted in about 80 or so dead units after a short period of time (that numbers only go to increase as time goes on, but its not so bad really).

The 2nd run which is at 3000+ units has resulted in a few dozen dead units- not so bad, but it seems that a few users are ending up with escs which die, and so do the replacements; several times over.

given castles good customer service, its nothing to worry about- have a read of the castle sub-forum for more info.

I went to the creek near my house, it has alot of trails next to it, it's pretty cool and i took my speed-t with me, it was a beast there, it flew off all of the bike jumps i've made down there. have any of you ever driven a 2wd truck on a gravel road? man it is fun!

I also saw a lady with at least 8 dogs, and none of them had leashes, and the leader i guess was a pit bull, and it ran over to me, tilted it's head sideways, and bit my thy :lol::rofl: it didn't hurt very much, the owner said that he was telling me that he was the other dogs leader.

Castle finally released their Mamba Monster combos on their website!
 

Check it out: http://www.castlecreations.com/produ...a_monster.html Castle Creations finally released their Mamba Monster Combos on their website, that's good news, but, they also said that they would be available between October and November. This sucks, at least my Speed-T works, and now I guess I'll just get $300 and stow it away for the battery, then get new wheels and tires and paint a body and stuff.

OMG I bought the MMM combo in august and it's still not expected for another 5 days!!!!!:surprised::surprised::bad::bad::grrrrrr: :grrrrrr:

they are shipping the combos?

5 days lol :lol:

wow, where have i been :D

have something that i have been saving for a rainy day here..

no they're expected to be availible in mid october which is around october 15th and that was 5 days away yesterday

Still......holding......my......breath.....:lol:

Any more work done on the muggy? Just wondering cause I was going to get one...

no, but I finally got cc bullets, and I have pinions and the battery tray and I still don't know where I'm going to put my reciever:lol:

How about a layout pic? I kept the stock radio box, and modded it a bit...

I hope the MMM combo comes in soon. Really looking forward to some vids!

Last Muggy conversion I saw had the Rx placed on the little deck by the front or rear shocktowers, such is the size of the Muggy and smallness of the Rx he used.

That's where I put mine. Spektrum SR3000 with some double sided 3m sticky pad and it fit really well.

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/DSCN5240.jpg

I thought about putting it on one of those plates, but the mmm is going to be either behind the motor or the battery tray, and idk if it's wire could go all the way to the reciever

Rear plate should be fine, then its just the servo wires that might not be long enough to reach the Rx; god bless servo wire extensions :yes:

why only front brakes?

For front flips....

because I like mechanical breaks better cuz they keep the bl stuff cooler, and the only way to use mechanical brakes and put the battery twords the front that i could find is what i did

I understand why to use mechanical brakes- but why JUST the front?

:oh: That's some SERIOUS toe-in on that rear wheel!

I received my muggy yesterday. I placed the brake servo in the same place, but the other whay around, with the horn facing the inside of the truck. This way I can use both brakes without further adjustments. I only had to use the outer hole on the servo arm.

i couldn't find a servo position that could pull on the front and rear breaks

do you have a picture of that? I'm not sure I understand how you set yours up?

sorry no pic yet. I have the servo mounted in the opposite direction of yours...rotated 180deg.

How does that allow you to use front and rear brakes? I really want to find out how you did that, please tell me.

here's a pic. I only just got the muggy this week, so I have no idea if it works. I've taken the brake servo and brakes out again now. Decided I'm gonna run engine brakes.

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7844/img2104gu9.jpg

That looks very nice!

yea, it does, it's a bit of an odd angle, but I think it'll work, thanks!

I got some news:

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/Muggy115.jpg

looking good :)