Castle 5th scale

Originally Posted by Cody.McP

I was blasting it when I was driving, I was racing my Dad's Jammin so there would be periods of waiting to start, but I'd say I was on my throttle for about 80% of the time., I was on mostly loose dirt so my tires would slide all over the place, not sure if that affects runtime though.

And it turns out my ESC is most likely dead. :( I hooked up my 1515 to it and nothing. I hooked up my 2028 to my MMM and it worked fine. The ESC recognizes my throttle input, but it just doesn't communicate to the motor in any way, which is why it won't beep when it starts up, the ESC does "arm" I'd guess, as I get the blinking LEDs and everything, it just doesn't connect to the motor so no beeps. I'm thinking I must have shaken up the ESC too much in my crash and a solder joint went bye bye. I'll give Castle support a call tomorrow but I'll probably be out of a Baja for a week or two.

That sucks man! You have me seriously contemplating getting some hyperion packs though. Im gonna put some more runs on these chinese packs and see how it goes first. I also want to read the data logs more and see if i can dial in the setup better. I have a quick connect on order that should be here soon so i cane easily download the logs. Hope you are back up and running soon.

Steve

[brian015]

Originally Posted by blackz97

That sucks man! You have me seriously contemplating getting some hyperion packs though. Im gonna put some more runs on these chinese packs and see how it goes first. I also want to read the data logs more and see if i can dial in the setup better. I have a quick connect on order that should be here soon so i cane easily download the logs. Hope you are back up and running soon.

Steve

I would just chime in that I don't think anyone claims that more expensive packs give significantly more run-time (for packs with equal capacities).
Better packs may have slightly more run-time since they maintain voltage longer under load, but not double or anywhere close to that under equal driving conditions.

Originally Posted by brian015

I would just chime in that I don't think anyone claims that more expensive packs give significantly more run-time (for packs with equal capacities).
Better packs may have slightly more run-time since they maintain voltage longer under load, but not double or anywhere close to that under equal driving conditions.

Thats why im going to put more time on the ones i already have before i go spending $300 on hyperions. For that much $$ i could get a few sets of the packs im currently using and probably end up with more overall run time that way. I just want to make sure they are going to put up with the abuse from a power hungry system like this.

Steve