MMM v3 Update - RC-Monster Forums

Pdelcast · **MMM v3 Update -** 10.16.2008, 11:37 AM

Gentlemen,

It's been a long, difficult time for us here at Castle, but I'm happy to announce that the V3 is ready to roll into production -- as soon as the new cases arrive from our injection molding people. (The new case increases the case bottom clearance by 1.5mm, and the fan blade clearance by 1.5mm.)

We must give a big THANK YOU! to all of the people who sent us their personal setups to do testing with. Several setups which caused failures in the MMM were supplied by end-users, and several of the setups were instrumental in our testing and reproducing the failures (AND developing the fixes!) in the MMM.

SO, new software, new brain board hardware, and a new case comprise the V3.

We will be doing a smaller run for the first production -- just to ensure that there aren't any snags with the new production cycles.

We expect to begin shipping the MMM V3 by the first week of November.

We thank you for your patience while we ironed out the issues with the MMM!!!

JesseV · 10.16.2008, 11:43 AM

Nice.

lincpimp · 10.16.2008, 11:47 AM

Thanks for the info Patrick.

JThiessen · 10.16.2008, 11:47 AM

Thanks. For those of us with "still operational" V1's and V2's, what process would you like us to follow for upgrade/replacement? I'd like to get mine upgraded BEFORE I end up with a smoking ball of plastic! But, I'd like to know how you prefer us to handle it.

11:51 AM

Thanks for the update Patrick :)

As always this comes with a question though (I'm sorry ;)). Any news on the exchange policy for V2 users? Only when broken or at any time (after the pre-orders have been filled) like with the V1s?

Edit: oh well, seems many people had the same question but typed faster ;)

Pdelcast · 10.16.2008, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Adonnay

Thanks for the update Patrick :)

As always this comes with a question though (I'm sorry ;)). Any news on the exchange policy for V2 users? Only when broken or at any time (after the pre-orders have been filled) like with the V1s?

Edit: oh well, seems many people had the same question but typed faster ;)

We will exchange V1 and V2 MMM for V3 on a first-come, first-served basis. Just send in your V1 or V2, and we will queue you for replacement.

We assume we will be replacing a couple thousand MMMs -- so please be patient.

10.16.2008, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Pdelcast

We will exchange V1 and V2 MMM for V3 on a first-come, first-served basis. Just send in your V1 or V2, and we will queue you for replacement.

We assume we will be replacing a couple thousand MMMs -- so please be patient.

Great news, thanks :)

kulangflow · 10.16.2008, 11:48 AM

Great news! Congrats on the deal with the Bl-Revo, btw.

Will you be handling support for that truck's power system directly, or will that all go through Traxxas?

Pdelcast · 10.16.2008, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by kulangflow

Great news! Congrats on the deal with the Bl-Revo, btw.

Will you be handling support for that truck's power system directly, or will that all go through Traxxas?

We will be handling support for the power system directly.

Thanx!

GYG · 10.16.2008, 11:50 AM

That's great news! Thanks for the update Patrick!!

Arct1k · 10.16.2008, 12:00 PM

Congrats on the Traxxas deal...

TexasSP · 10.16.2008, 12:12 PM

As long as my V2 continues working, I will keep it.

Thanks for the update Patrick and another congratulations on the Traxxas deal. Smart move for both companies for sure.

lutach · 12:50 PM

Patrick,

This is great news for sure as my Monster is just sitting here. What about the heat sink, is it touching the plugs? Mine are pretty close if not touching the heat sink and I don't want to run it like that. Please keep us posted.

Regards,

Luciano.

Edit: I'm also letting my Brasilian friends know about this good news in the rc forum in Brasil.

Dagger Thrasher · 10.16.2008, 12:39 PM

That's fantastic news Patrick, and thanks for letting us know. I'll probably leave it a week or two at least after you start shipping V3's before I send in my V1 to be replaced, as you guys are going to be busy enough.
Out of interest, what's been changed in the new software (if you don't mind saying)?

As with the others, nice one on the Traxxas deal! I don't think anyone saw that coming.

phatmonk · 10.16.2008, 12:48 PM

Thanks Patrick thats great news even though I had 3 failures with the MMM V1 all 3 of my V2s have been working flawlessly.But I assume that if they ever do quit you will replace with the V3.You guys must have had a rough time dealing with this I congradulate you and your staff.I can relate to the never quit attitude for perfection allthough its hard on a guy.