Need response from a Castle tech for MMM question

[Happywing]

At this point, NOTHING should void the warranty. People are trying to get the thing to work one way or the other. CC should seek feedback from the mod attempts and say "thanks."

[Wakesurfer]

Give Castle a call Monday morning. I called them yesterday about my MMMs and my need for a ESC by the 14th, and let's just say they went way beyond helpfull on coming up with something I can use until the MMMs are solid. Between what I've seen on the forums and what I got out of that phone call, I'd say Castle is willing to do whatever it takes to keep their customers happy. I'll bet they work with you on your idea to bypass the BEC. Their ph # is on their site.

[macr0w]

My 2nd MMM just burned last night using the external ccbec, and the fan wired to the receiver. It ran good for a little while but once I got to the track and was warming up it went up in flames.

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by macr0w

My 2nd MMM just burned last night using the external ccbec, and the fan wired to the receiver. It ran good for a little while but once I got to the track and was warming up it went up in flames.

If it went up in flames -- it wasn't a BEC failure. Most likely it was over current -- setup incorrect, and possibly demagged the motor. Every major failure like this that we have seen have been setup problems where the current rises from a damaged motor so quickly that the over-temp doesn't have a chance to kick in.

Patrick

[Happywing]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

If it went up in flames -- it wasn't a BEC failure. Most likely it was over current -- setup incorrect, and possibly demagged the motor. Every major failure like this that we have seen have been setup problems where the current rises from a damaged motor so quickly that the over-temp doesn't have a chance to kick in.
Patrick

Mine burned. I put the Max back in and it is fine. Same motor, same connectors. The only difference is one is a MMM and one is a MM...and one works and one doesn't.

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by Happywing

Mine burned. I put the Max back in and it is fine. Same motor, same connectors. The only difference is one is a MMM and one is a MM...and one works and one doesn't.

In that case, it could just have been a bad FET, it could have been a bad solder joint on a FET, or a solder joint could have cracked on a FET.

Send it in, we'll fix it up. :)

Patrick