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Thomas Porfert · 10.20.2014, 09:43 AM

BBB,

Please seend the units in and let our repair department take a look at them. As I said before we have a very VERY low failure rate on the Sidewinder 8th ESC. So it is very alarming to see 4 units fail and generally points to a setup issue. We will have our repair techs dissect the units and see if we can determine the cause of failure.

The smaller tire diameter does change the setup a bit, but the batteries are still below our recommended minimum C rating; and if the ESCs are being damaged due to high ripple current then then upgrading the batteries or adding extra capacitors is the only viable option in preventing failures.

Thomas Porfert
Tech Support
Castle Creations

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Thomas Porfert RC-Monster Carbon Fiber Offline Posts: 301 Join Date: Feb 2008	10.20.2014, 09:43 AM BBB, Please seend the units in and let our repair department take a look at them. As I said before we have a very VERY low failure rate on the Sidewinder 8th ESC. So it is very alarming to see 4 units fail and generally points to a setup issue. We will have our repair techs dissect the units and see if we can determine the cause of failure. The smaller tire diameter does change the setup a bit, but the batteries are still below our recommended minimum C rating; and if the ESCs are being damaged due to high ripple current then then upgrading the batteries or adding extra capacitors is the only viable option in preventing failures. Thomas Porfert Tech Support Castle Creations