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pullinteef · 08.07.2008, 12:30 PM

Sort of...

On my first one (about 2.5 years ago now) the guts came loose after about 6 months and i did the mod with thermal epoxy and a piece of aluminum, that worked great for a while but then some minor board component got damaged and I sent it in and they gave me a new one. This one I've been running for a while with just a modified PC heatsink thermal epoxied to the case which works well also, the heatsink gets nice and toasty. Then the guts came loose in this one and instead of the permanent case mod I cleaned the thermal pad with rubbing alcohol which actually made it sticky again, and modified the endcaps to allow me to ziptie the board very tightly back to the case and thermal pad. It looks a little hacked, but it seems very solid (and reversible) and the case and heatsink heat up just as they should.

So any ways, everything works fine, I just don't know how some settings actually effect temps and haven't had a chance to systematically check and measure and change things. (And also my ESC button is starting to get very finicky and its a pain to change settings often)

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pullinteef RC-Monster Carbon Fiber Offline Posts: 81 Join Date: Jun 2007	08.07.2008, 12:30 PM Sort of... On my first one (about 2.5 years ago now) the guts came loose after about 6 months and i did the mod with thermal epoxy and a piece of aluminum, that worked great for a while but then some minor board component got damaged and I sent it in and they gave me a new one. This one I've been running for a while with just a modified PC heatsink thermal epoxied to the case which works well also, the heatsink gets nice and toasty. Then the guts came loose in this one and instead of the permanent case mod I cleaned the thermal pad with rubbing alcohol which actually made it sticky again, and modified the endcaps to allow me to ziptie the board very tightly back to the case and thermal pad. It looks a little hacked, but it seems very solid (and reversible) and the case and heatsink heat up just as they should. So any ways, everything works fine, I just don't know how some settings actually effect temps and haven't had a chance to systematically check and measure and change things. (And also my ESC button is starting to get very finicky and its a pain to change settings often)