Dead Mamba Max ESC?

Oh, believe me. A buddy of mine sold all of his car/truck stuff and went and bought a TRex 450. He went from having nothing associated with helicopters to having everything he needed (less batteries and charger) for under $800. That's unbelievable to me considering what my Compro, JR Z9000T, and three Feigaos cost, not to mention everything else.

I'm really at a point where I have to take a step back and re-assess. The whole thing with the Compro almost put me over the top. This whole "dealing with warranty" thing is new to me. When I was running nitro, I was able to get everything at my LHS. In my years of running nitro and brushed motors, I only remember having gotten a defective unit twice and it was no big deal. I just took it back to my LHS and they gave me another one. All of this large scale electric stuff is so specialized that you have to do business on the net, where even the best of service still leaves you waiting.

Don't get me wrong, I've done about 95% of my buying from Mike and he's been great to deal with. I'll buy from him, even when I could get something cheaper someplace else, just because I feel like I'm supporting my LHS when I buy from him. Where would we be without Mike? Still in all, I have made some bad decisions with regard to my choice of product by either buying the wrong thing, or using equipment out side of it's specified purpose. In any case, it's starting to get the best of me. Now, I have all of these vehicles that have been converted to electric and I can't even sell 'em, because they are, by there nature, experimental and I'd have to support them for whoever bought them. I'm just not prepared to go that far.

I'm not going to buy another esc right now. I already own the Compro, although I haven't really been able to run it yet. One day, my Compro will show up on my doorstep and perhaps I'll feel compelled to drop it into a truck and get back into it.