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Rtsbasic · 01:53 PM

Got my Mamba today! Along with a 540C-8XL and new UBEC. I'm really impressed by this setup, my Savage had more low end torque and more top speed than before, no hint of cogging at all, low speed feels almost like driving a brushed setup its that smooth. And the USB link, I love this. No more counting beeps or watching leds to program it, just plug it into the pc.

Temps are great, without a fan, 156.1F was the highest temp on the mamba, 143F on the 8XL. When I fit a fan to the ESC tomorrow I'm hopeful that will drop at least 20-30F, then I will bump the voltage up to 14 cells. I'm hopeful this setup on 14 cells will outperform my mates MGT with 18 cells and my old 9XL/9920 setup, mostly because his MGT is like 15lb, my Savage is now a cool 12lb 3oz.

Only annoying thing, is my radio range is significantly reduced compared to the 9920. Using an airtronics MX-3 set, its not much more than 100ft. Going to solder a new ariel onto the rx tomorrow and see if that helps. Oh and its a real pain in the you know what to mount, no decent place to mount it in a Savage without having excessively long motor cables. I think a small lexan "shelf" to mount it to over the gearbox is in order.

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Rtsbasic RC-Monster England! Offline Posts: 425 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: North Devon, England	10.10.2006, 01:51 PM Got my Mamba today! Along with a 540C-8XL and new UBEC. I'm really impressed by this setup, my Savage had more low end torque and more top speed than before, no hint of cogging at all, low speed feels almost like driving a brushed setup its that smooth. And the USB link, I love this. No more counting beeps or watching leds to program it, just plug it into the pc. Temps are great, without a fan, 156.1F was the highest temp on the mamba, 143F on the 8XL. When I fit a fan to the ESC tomorrow I'm hopeful that will drop at least 20-30F, then I will bump the voltage up to 14 cells. I'm hopeful this setup on 14 cells will outperform my mates MGT with 18 cells and my old 9XL/9920 setup, mostly because his MGT is like 15lb, my Savage is now a cool 12lb 3oz. Only annoying thing, is my radio range is significantly reduced compared to the 9920. Using an airtronics MX-3 set, its not much more than 100ft. Going to solder a new ariel onto the rx tomorrow and see if that helps. Oh and its a real pain in the you know what to mount, no decent place to mount it in a Savage without having excessively long motor cables. I think a small lexan "shelf" to mount it to over the gearbox is in order. Last edited by Rtsbasic; 10.10.2006 at 01:53 PM.