i got my v2 today, and it is dead

[mk351e]

I started the thread about well, you know what. ok, done. then I come home from work yesterday, and in the mail is a package for me. then I look at the address, IT'S FROM CC!!!!!

So I bolt in the house like a loser and open it up, excited as hell! Later that night, I bust out the soldering iron, and get busy. around 3 am my batteries are all charged, and it's time to connect and calibrate. but, same issue as last time: can't get this thing to calibrate w/ my spektrum. I even bumped the arming time all the way up to 5 seconds this time! So I try it over and over again, maybe 7 or 8 times, then, I hear what sounds like a popped fuse, and it's game over.

I've checked my connections MANY times, but there aren't many, and this isn't rocket science. I've tried to go back and get it to work, but it's dead as a doornail, just like last time. I'll call CC tomorrow to see what we can do, but the deadline for them will be 8/15. If I can't get a working MMM by then, and I really do want THAT, then it's off to mgm I go, to spend a lot of extra money on a controller that I hope will work. If not, then i guess I need to go back to nitro.

I can say with total certainty that this hurt even more the second time around. Perhaps someday I can get through the calibration process with the MMM.

did you have your radio set up before you tried to bind them?

i am wondering if the throttle end point on spektrum , which is 125% is messing up these MMM on start up, although i dont think everyone that had one fail during setup is using spektrum

[glassdoctor]

Originally Posted by mk351e

I started the thread about well, you know what. ok, done. then I come home from work yesterday, and in the mail is a package for me. then I look at the address, IT'S FROM CC!!!!!

So I bolt in the house like a loser and open it up, excited as hell! Later that night, I bust out the soldering iron, and get busy. around 3 am my batteries are all charged, and it's time to connect and calibrate. but, same issue as last time: can't get this thing to calibrate w/ my spektrum. I even bumped the arming time all the way up to 5 seconds this time! So I try it over and over again, maybe 7 or 8 times, then, I hear what sounds like a popped fuse, and it's game over.

I've checked my connections MANY times, but there aren't many, and this isn't rocket science. I've tried to go back and get it to work, but it's dead as a doornail, just like last time. I'll call CC tomorrow to see what we can do, but the deadline for them will be 8/15. If I can't get a working MMM by then, and I really do want THAT, then it's off to mgm I go, to spend a lot of extra money on a controller that I hope will work. If not, then i guess I need to go back to nitro.

I can say with total certainty that this hurt even more the second time around. Perhaps someday I can get through the calibration process with the MMM.

I'm wondering if you unplugged and replugged the battery a lot during this process?

I killed an LRP esc once because of a connector that was difficult to get plugged in. Once it took several trys to get it plugged in (caps charge and spark every time) and that's all it took to smoke it.

just a thought....

When exactly did this "pop" happen? When batts plugged in, switch turned on? During the calibration???

[J3110]

First of all: sorry for your loss, man. That really bites.
Dude, I've got 2 of these things on order and now I'm starting to feel like a sucker for not heeding all the signs.
Time to email castle a letter of concern...

Couple questions just to be clear:

-Was this an E-Maxx that has already been run with another system in it, so the radio was already set up?

-Had you tried setting up the ESC via the USB to a PC before hooking it up?

I've got a spektrum, so I'm understandably curious, I guess you could say.

[jayjay283]

I just got back from running my V2 for 25+ minutes almost 4 hours total on it, Today I switched from the 9xl to a 1515 1Y, 5s Neu 30c 5ah, Gmaxx 65/24, nothing but creamy smooth acceleration and amazingly low temps. Dont fear the V2 most are running like champs !

[J3110]

Ah, that's great to hear. Guess I'll just cross my fingers n hope fer the best whenever I get it.
Torture that sucker jayjay. :)

[Larrydino]

I feel your pain..i was the guy who had the 1st v2 go up in smoke!