What is this BS Castle is feeding this customer?

[Arct1k]

PDC any chance you could check my pm - thanks

[Arct1k]

A clever person produced this:

http://scriptasylum.com/rc_speed/_nospark.html

[lutach]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

No problem,

Use about 50-500 ohms or so (value isn't that important), 1 watt minimum, surge rated resistor.


You will lose that "MANLY" pop when you plug in the battery though... it's very cool on the SHV with 20S and 4000+ microfarads of capacitance... sounds like a gun going off... (We added an inrush current limiter circuit on the SHV, 'cause connectors would die in about 3-4 plugins...)

I like the pop . It scares the crap out of my friends and it gives that "I'm tough effect".

[rabosi]

Maybe it's just me but it seems that the "pop" is smaller on the Mamba Monster than the Max. On 6s I was expecting something big but hardly noticed it.

[xtremelimits285]

Originally Posted by phatmonk

Diddo he is repeating it today almost word for word.

i know an hes still posting

an cc let us know the real problem

[bdebde]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

No problem,

Use about 50-500 ohms or so (value isn't that important), 1 watt minimum, surge rated resistor.


You will lose that "MANLY" pop when you plug in the battery though... it's very cool on the SHV with 20S and 4000+ microfarads of capacitance... sounds like a gun going off... (We added an inrush current limiter circuit on the SHV, 'cause connectors would die in about 3-4 plugins...)

Cool, thanks Patrick, I have my 6s batts set up for the resistor already, Just have to wire the Monster up when it gets here.

[sleebus.jones]

Originally Posted by lutach

I like the pop . It scares the crap out of my friends and it gives that "I'm tough effect".

Heck yes! Makes all the folks around me say WTF was that?! Pop = awesome. :)

Originally Posted by rabosi

Maybe it's just me but it seems that the "pop" is smaller on the Mamba Monster than the Max. On 6s I was expecting something big but hardly noticed it.

I noticed it smaller too on 5s than the 7 runs had on my quark before it went crispy.

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

We have shipping hold right now, pending final determination of the issue.

Please note that this is (so far) a MINOR issue -- we have had 6 failures total out of 1000 pieces shipped.

6 out of 1000 isn't bad at all.

I'm just saying is how big of a problem it would be if those 6 failed ones made it to the hands of 6 different people outside of North America. Instead of a week of down time those people would have a month of down time because of the shipping times - which are in nobody's control.

I do plan on buying this for my Savage conversion but before I do I want to make sure all the bugs are out of it because of the wait time.

[rhylsadar]

i just take this quote as an example.

DITTO THAT RURC guy is full of Crap, he thinks hes GOD ....
he said hes been into 1/8th scale brushless for over 10 or 15year
(when we all know 1/8th scale brushless just sarted a few years ago, an just started to cartch on last year)

i wouldn't be too fast with a judgment. RURC may have a kind of a 'special' way to express himself sometimes and that may easily sound 'arrogant'. however there is no doubt that he has lots of experience and from what i read for years in the rcu forum his informations are mostly not bs but rather correct. maybe he didn't get it exactly right this time. idk but it has been stated here again that lower quality batteries may cause a problem for the esc. so the basic message isn't that wrong. and he is sure not just some trashtalker that knows nothing.

btw of course it was possible to build a brushless 8th scale models many years ago. it just wasn't as popular as nowadays. i do not have that long time experience but when i got my first converted savage in 2003 there wasn't much talking about brushless monsters on any internet platform. and i have no doubt that there were some people out there that already converted some trucks or buggies before 2000. so a guy like RURC may easily have around 10 years of experience.

bye
rhylsadar

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

We have shipping hold right now, pending final determination of the issue.

Please note that this is (so far) a MINOR issue -- we have had 6 failures total out of 1000 pieces shipped.

Who are 6 failures total out of 1000 pieces?
1.DickyT
2.Hootie7159
3.???
4.???
5.???
6.???

What should they do if they are 6 failures total out of 1000 pieces?
What will CC response with 6 failures,and if they're international orders?

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Surely there not all bad as Castle are sending out replacements to the 6 people that have had failures when the receive the call so if Castle was really worried they would't worry about sending a replacement ASAP

[sleebus.jones]

Originally Posted by finfin

What will CC response with 6 failures,and if they're international orders?

They'll make it right, just like they always do.

So, i'm understanding that this is just a bunch of bullspit and i can run my Maxamps with the MMM? The Maxamps is the only battery i have and can't afford the Monster AND a new lipo.

[Sower]

Originally Posted by Fast5sRevo88

So, i'm understanding that this is just a bunch of bullspit and i can run my Maxamps with the MMM? The Maxamps is the only battery i have and can't afford the Monster AND a new lipo.

From what I understand you can as long as it's a decent MA pack - one that will put out 15C or better. How new is the pack, and do you know the C rating on it?