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My rustler after my last bash (muddy pics)
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My rustler after my last bash (muddy pics) - 12.23.2008, 12:38 AM

Well i had a very short run with my rustler saturday! got it real muddy at a friends house and had some problems with my MM to come up regarding water. i hit a puddle and that's when it started to act up. I hit the puddle, kept running foward for about 25-30ft and then the ESC just shut off. I check everything and all of it was pluged it and the reciever and steering servo were working fine. I checked everything and all the temps were fine except the ESC. The ESC could just about burn me without touching it (normally only gets to about 150 max)! So i unpluged the esc and waited a couple of mins. I then pluged it back in and it came on. I then sat it down, pushed it and drove some. But as soon as i stoped and got back on the throttle, it just sat their and sputtered just like when i've fried my MM before. But i thought it was waterproof???? the servo and reciever were fine (put balloon around reciever and used a zip tie to close the end tite). And when i'd push the car a little before giving it any throtle, it would run fine, but every time i'd stop, it wouldn't go again. I ran it a few mins (pushing it when i had to stop) and it kept getting better and better the longer it ran untill the LVC cut it off. I checked the temps and the motor was at maybe 100-110 and the batt was just about the same. But the ESC was once again, extreamly hot!! I wish i had my temp gun becouse it was WAY hotter than normal!! It was to the point that i could feel heat come out the car's body when i picked it up. Could this be water damage? Or could it have just been my luck that the ESC just happened to mess up right when i hit the water?

Anyway, here are some pics of my muddy rustler for you guys:





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