Well guys time for an update, it has been some time now and i thought i would let you know how it is going. today i finally finished my maxx and was so excited to program it and run it. So after school i came home and programed the quark and bolted up the motor. i took me a while and i finally got it right. i went out to test drive it and it worked then i lost connection between the car and remote. after about an half hour of trouble shooting i realized my rx pack was dead. so i charged it up and was ready to go. i was so glad my quark started and programed fine because a week before it emitted a puff of smoke that was odorless from the ESC. (long story short i took ESC apart and inspected no damage was present also it light up and seem to work normal) so i drove the car and i must say i was very very very impressed. i have never driven nor seen anything accelerate so fast in my life in RC. i was running a Neu 1515 1y on 125b with heat mod on 4s lipo 6400s from true RC on 49/20 gearing and i must say WOW. it was almost two powerful for me. it would beat my friends 3.3 jato in a drag race to 40mph. this thing was amazing. it handed superb and was fast. from a stand still it would do a half back flip if i nailed the gas and it would pop wheelies and ride them through the grass at about 30. crazy. i never knew they made anything this good. i have seen videos but until you feel the power you never really know how awesome it really is. but to make a long story short it only lasted about 3-5 minutes and it just stopped. i thought that is strange, so i walked up to the car and smoke poured out like a fog machine. i mean it poured out. i have fried a dozen motors, speedos, and other electronical devices but not of them smoked like this. i took off the body to find the ESC sparking, and on fire under the case(mini fire could be seen from the outside of the case cover, fire appeared to be on chip) and so i rushed into the garage and cut the zip ties off holding it down and took it out. when i pulled it out it was so hot inside that the ESC wires just stayed in the truck because they came un-soldered. Luckily no damage to the truck happened from the fire due to all the alu. but the front skid (gmaxx ) got bent slightly from bashing, and the single speed got some minor yellowish tenting from the burning. but that was it. Also when i got done with the run the battery's where admitting heat(i mean they went cold but where not warm buy any means and the Neu was slightly warm) All in all it was a wishy washy day. anyways i do have some questions for you guys.
1.) Any idea what could have gone wrong.
2.) Is there any ideas you have that could possibly solve my no ESC issue(warranty is up)
3.) is there a better way to secure the pinion to the motor shaft. (i used lock tight on set screw but just a drop and there is a flat spot on motor)
That is all for now i will post lots and lots of pics of how the maxx looks now.
One last thing before the pics. I know a lot of you guys are stuck because you need a slipper assembly for your maxx and the stock one wont hold up to BL, ,R&R slipper wobbles to much,the revo one requires lots of mods and sticks out to far, and the strobe is out of stock. Well i have been experimenting (well have tried for 5 min) a new concept that i think might just work but more testing is needed to see how long term use is. On my truck i am using a savage spur (49) with the savage slipper pads and the stock slipper pads from an Emaxx. so basically it is a stock setup but instead of pegs and stock slipper it uses pads and slipper from the savage. I also used two lock washers from the revo slipper assembly and two lock nuts to make sure nothing backs off. i had it down all the was and 1/8 turn back off. the good thing about the savage spur is it is mod 1, availability is easy to come buy and when installed there is virtually no wobble what so ever. OK just an idea, but here are the pics.
