Upgraded Stampede VXL

[Superbasher]

Originally Posted by azjc

its not so much wanting to drive fast, but wanting to upgrade to better components, the first time I took out the Rustler VXL one of the leads becames disconnected from the ESC and as I was troubleshooting to what the problem was, I soon discovered what I was dealing with....Traxxas products are good to get your feet wet with, that is there target audience.

I've had the same problem. I don't think it is a fault with the ESC, but more of a fault of where they put it, as the wires stick up further than the shock tower, meaning that if you land a jump upside down they break, which mine did. I managed to fix it by soldering the connector back on the PCB, but i'm on the hunt for a cheap MM ESC.

Originally Posted by Superbasher

I've had the same problem. I don't think it is a fault with the ESC, but more of a fault of where they put it, as the wires stick up further than the shock tower, meaning that if you land a jump upside down they break, which mine did. I managed to fix it by soldering the connector back on the PCB, but i'm on the hunt for a cheap MM ESC.

I agree with you that the location of the ESC is bad, I have since located my MM and BEC on the lower chassis opposite of the RX using velco to secure

[Superbasher]

Originally Posted by azjc

I agree with you that the location of the ESC is bad, I have since located my MM and BEC on the lower chassis opposite of the RX using velco to secure

I tried that with the VXL ESC, but the lead is too short to feed it over to the receiver, so i've mounted in the original position, but sideways (so the bottom of the ESC rests against the shock tower) so it isn't in the firing line now.