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Originally Posted by MetalMan
If the pack gets low enough that the receiver no longer operates, the failsafe in the MM will kick in and stop the motor from spinning. It might take a couple of seconds for it to kick in (my RX pack got disconnected last night, and this is how long it too), but it will kick in.
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Actually, I have to render this post as not 100% true. Just a few minutes ago I was driving my Rustler, and broke the antenna tube (75mhz FM receiver). I wrapped the antenna around the base of what was left of the antenna tube, giving me an effective range of about 15-20ft before it would start glitchting. So I was going along, and then all of a sudden I no longer had control. The Rustler was fortunately going only about half throttle (but still at least 25mph) when it hit my neighbor's driving, and skimmed his car. I think it only skimmed the muffler, as I saw some sparks. I'm really hoping that I didn't dent anything, but I will have to wait until the morning to check.
The damage to my Rustler is dented capacitors, which happened when the Mamba Max was ejected after hitting the driveway and the truck hit the muffler.
To summarize, the Mamba Max won't cut off in case of a bad signal. My receiver was sending it ~50% throttle signal, which the Mamba Max did not refuse.