mamba maxx?

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Are you sure the signal was in fact ~50% throttle, or might it be random noise that the Mamba Max interpreted as 50% throttle? I'm just wondering if a failsafe would have helped here...

The Mamba Max is supposed to have a built-in failsafe of sorts (as do most ESCs), so that if the signal is lost the ESC will remove power from the motor.

If it was noise, then it was consistent noise. From the time when I lost control of the throttle to the time when it hit my neighbor's car, the RPM of the motor was not varying, so to me it seems like it couldn't have been glitching from noise.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

The Mamba Max is supposed to have a built-in failsafe of sorts (as do most ESCs), so that if the signal is lost the ESC will remove power from the motor.

If it was noise, then it was consistent noise. From the time when I lost control of the throttle to the time when it hit my neighbor's car, the RPM of the motor was not varying, so to me it seems like it couldn't have been glitching from noise.

Unless the "noise" was something consistent... Kinda unlikely though.

That failsafe you speak of in ESCs; is that just the arming routine? I know most ESCs look for a valid signal before initially turning on, but I've never known it to be continuous. Interesting.

Whatever the cause, I hope you get it squared away before it descides to do that at FULL throttle!

By the way, did you see what the damage was to the nieghbor's vehicle?

[neweuser]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

The Mamba Max is supposed to have a built-in failsafe of sorts (as do most ESCs), so that if the signal is lost the ESC will remove power from the motor.

If it was noise, then it was consistent noise. From the time when I lost control of the throttle to the time when it hit my neighbor's car, the RPM of the motor was not varying, so to me it seems like it couldn't have been glitching from noise.

So if you lose signal, the esc is suppose to shut down power to the motor? Or the servo's too? I'm assuming just the motor.