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Finnster · 08.13.2006, 03:33 PM

Hmm mixed bag of results... I made a y and wired it correctly. Lots of power now. :017: Surprizingly it doesn't want to wheelie now?:032:

Part of the prob is that it still stutters from a start. It surges *vroom...vroom vroom...vroom* then get to ~10 mph then just bolts to full speed. The back end def squats down and takes off. I would guess top speed to be high mid 30's currently.

I wonder if that cheap Ratshack cap is not upto the job. Seems like its missing a phase or something. The basic specs are the same 220uf, but it only 35V and 60*C rated, and non-fast switching. I've ordered some better caps from allelectronics.com, but I don't see them listed as fast-switching. I hope they can do better. I can't find a replacement Rubycon cap in a quant less than 400, so I'm a bit stuck. Also, the esc is still heating way up. It got to ~200F again within a pack (4-5 min really.) I may have already partially killed the RS cap with the temps. Perhaps that's why its misbehaving more badly at low speeds (was ~ok first run.) I should have just bought the esc new. Thought that as soon as I won it and have been regretting since. Maybe I'll get it working, its almost there.

May have to wait till mon/tues when the new caps come and see what happens. I will def need a roll bar. Got too used to flinging the rusty in the turns, and you just can't do that on such a big MT and expect to stay on the wheels.

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Finnster KillaHurtz Offline Posts: 2,958 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bucks Co, PA	08.13.2006, 03:33 PM Hmm mixed bag of results... I made a y and wired it correctly. Lots of power now. :017: Surprizingly it doesn't want to wheelie now?:032: Part of the prob is that it still stutters from a start. It surges vroom...vroom vroom...vroom then get to ~10 mph then just bolts to full speed. The back end def squats down and takes off. I would guess top speed to be high mid 30's currently. I wonder if that cheap Ratshack cap is not upto the job. Seems like its missing a phase or something. The basic specs are the same 220uf, but it only 35V and 60*C rated, and non-fast switching. I've ordered some better caps from allelectronics.com, but I don't see them listed as fast-switching. I hope they can do better. I can't find a replacement Rubycon cap in a quant less than 400, so I'm a bit stuck. Also, the esc is still heating way up. It got to ~200F again within a pack (4-5 min really.) I may have already partially killed the RS cap with the temps. Perhaps that's why its misbehaving more badly at low speeds (was ~ok first run.) I should have just bought the esc new. Thought that as soon as I won it and have been regretting since. Maybe I'll get it working, its almost there. May have to wait till mon/tues when the new caps come and see what happens. I will def need a roll bar. Got too used to flinging the rusty in the turns, and you just can't do that on such a big MT and expect to stay on the wheels.