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tallyram · **another burned quark -** 12.01.2006, 01:25 AM

it finally let go. i was running 5s lipo today at the track and after the 2nd lap the truck slammed on the brakes mid throttle. i attempted to reprogram the controller with success, but it still wouldn't move. it just cogged really bad. i cut it off and tried giving it throttle and it let out a sizzle and smoke. this sucks really bad, i have(had) a race in two days. i can't bring myself to say one good word about this controller! guess i'll send it off for repair. i will be really pissed if this has any ill affect on my lmt 1950! heres a links to some pics of my baby:
http://www.rcpics.net/member/tallyram

crazyjr · 12.01.2006, 01:47 AM

I hope the motor survived as well but Coolhand_country had a motor damaged with his quark 80

tallyram · 12.01.2006, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by crazyjr

I hope the motor survived as well but Coolhand_country had a motor damaged with his quark 80

he's my reason for worry!:026:

zeropointbug · 12.01.2006, 02:02 AM

I can't really tell, but did you do the Opto mod for the Quark?

That is one NICE setup you have there, i notice you set things up in similar ways I do... ;)

natrix · 12.01.2006, 03:35 AM

Did you use thermal epoxy to bond your heatsink to the esc?

tallyram · 12.01.2006, 08:17 AM

did the opto and used a ubec and arctic silver. my 12020 is fine, but has no midrange throttle. i need to send both of them off.

BP-Revo · 12.01.2006, 11:29 AM

lol...12020 has no midrange? Well, I guess that wouldn't affect the way I drive ;)

Wow...two ESC's that dont work...and expensive ones at that...that sucks.

I always thought the 125B's were super reliable...maybe time to look at a MM? Seems like a good replacement for now...someone was running his on 5S...

neweuser · 12.01.2006, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by tallyram

did the opto and used a ubec and arctic silver. my 12020 is fine, but has no midrange throttle. i need to send both of them off.

The 12020 will take forever to get back FYI! BK is having issues with repairs and controllers right now, not sure why.

Serum · 12.01.2006, 12:41 PM

The service of S&T is perfect. Let's hope your motor is still among us..

neweuser · 12.01.2006, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Serum

The service of S&T is perfect. Let's hope your motor is still among us..

Yeah, they have awesome CS!

jhautz · 12.01.2006, 01:43 PM

I just got a replacement for my fried Quark 125 back. They replaced it no questions asked as long as its still in the 120 day waranty. Total time including shipping was around 2 1/2 weeks from when I sent it until the time I got it back. I sent them a white wire version and the sent me back a neon colored wire version back.

BTW my 1940/7 survived the burnout no problems. I was running the 1940 in another model on a diferent quark125 I have. No problems. I wouldnt get to worried.