6s lipo and Quark compatible?
 

Is it ok to run a Hacker 9XL and my maxamps 8000mah 6 s lipo on my quark controller? I will be using the Heatsink they sell here and fans.Will that keep my quark from thermalling using a conservative gearing. Thanks

On 6s, the ESC acts funny from various reports. It does work better when the batteries discharge a little from their right-off-the-charger 4.2v/cell. The thermaling "issue" is a seperate thing altogether. Personally, I'd stick to 5s lipo or 6s A123 cells.

i fried mine on 5s!

You fried your Quark on 5s?

I fried mine on 5s also.... When I ran it thru a huge puddle.:019:

But seriuosly... The Quark is a solid ESC once you put some additional heat sinking on the back of the case. I'm surprised to hear one fried on 5s. What setup were you running?

I am going to make a home made heatsink for my Quark. I am going to use an Arctic Cooling Silencer (from PC videocard) heatsink, this thing is massive. I also have a smaller one from a VC, it's probably sufficient enough.

I'll post some pics... I know Brian will be excited! :005:

Here, check them out HERE, the large Silencer weights 330 grams the way it is, although it would weight much lighter with not fan and plastic shroud. The small one weights 66 grams.

so..... which one shall i use? :027: :005:

side by side, aaaahh, aren't they cute! :018:

:eek: Holy Overkill Batman!!

You love it! I know you do! :005:

You gonna mount your truck on that heatsink:D

LOL, yah, you bet! It will have a good time.

I guess it should make my own thread on this... sorry Luvsrc.

i was running a 1950/8 on 5s and 6s lipo. i mostly used 5s because of all the jerking and non-fun stuff my g2r did on 6s. i sold everything and i think the buyer ended up fixing it. i hated the quark! it would clear all of my settings at random, causing me to puff a couple of nice lipos.:035:

I've programed my Quark before, and yah, it didn't save them. What's the deal?

Holy cow ZBP! That's not a heatsink, that's a chassis! :) It should definitely stay cool. And you're right; I do like it - all heatsink and NO fans. I hate fans. Although, that heatsink is a wee bit overkill, even for me!

Tallyram: I'm surprised you blew the Quark on 5s. And your settings never saved? That's odd - I don't think that's ever happened to me. I do know that if you change settings while programming it, and then go back through to see if the settings were changed successfully, it sometimes won't seem like it, but it does change.

I ran 5s on my Quark for the most part and it did fine. The only glitch I had was going for about 15min, then if I let off the throttle, it would not go again until I bumped the brake. This tells me that it's not a thermal issue, the Quark was not even hot (98*), so not sure. Have not tested the 4s in the heat yet, so we will see what happens with that. Other than that, I never had issues with the esc saving the settings. I have been told that if you use the lowest setting on all the settings, you will have better luck with the issues of heat and performance.

mine wouldn't fully arm until you hit the brakes. that means when turned on the first thing i had to do was hit the brakes and then it would arm and i could drive it. that just started for no reason out of the blue. the quark would save my settings sometimes and not save them other times, i have no clue on that.

I sometimes have to slightly apply the brake too for it to arm, but that's a good thing IMO. But I don't know about the saved settings thing - sounds like it was having problems...

I thought the 'arming' thing was standard? I guess if you had the throttle accidentally fulled, and you go to turn it on... you know what happens.

does seem like a nice feature, but maybe they should have mentioned it in the manual! also, when i first bought my quark i didn't have to hit the brakes to arm it, it just worked.:032:

When I first had mine, it would never do that. But it does now and has for a long time. It won't arm until I tap the brake.

It might have something to do with your netral setting on your Tx. If you've trimmed it since then (either on accident or purpose), that will affect the arming sequence.

Do you mean changing the throttle, brake and reverse setting? Not sure I have a nuetral setting that I can change?

It's usually called the "throttle trim" and every radio I've ever seen (even the stock Traxxas ones) has a trim. All it does is set the center set point.

LOL, ok...gotcha. Sorry, not all there today! between school and work, I'm getting pretty burnt out!

Lol. I figured you knew what it was - I just didn't describe it well. Sounds like you need a break then! Play hookie from both for a day!

I wish I could! Someday! When I start making the BUCKS!