New traxxas castle mamba monster extreme?

[Semi Pro]

Originally Posted by fastbaja5b

I would have thought that as an 'expert' car Mechanical brakes would have been in order, what expert needs reverse? And it'd be a LOT easier on the ESC and save a lot of potential warranty claims from ripple current under brakes (extra caps help but why not do all you can, a 1717 stopping from 100mph is bound to put a bit of stress on things.)

everyone need to remember this car wasn't made for people here, it was made for the above average user, around here we are nuts so you all need to stop over thinking it, the car was brought to market in a package that was affordable, not perfect

[fastbaja5b]

Originally Posted by Semi Pro

everyone need to remember this car wasn't made for people here, it was made for the above average user, around here we are nuts so you all need to stop over thinking it, the car was brought to market in a package that was affordable, not perfect

....or the below average user with a pocket full of cash and way too high an opinion of themselves.

Dunno if I'd label myself an above average user though

At the very least it's going to be interesting how the first of these that hit the market do.

I want to see an eagletree of the voltage drops those batteries get under a 300 amp load!

[Unsullied_Spy]

Very good stuff here, reading some of the stuff over on the TRX forum after not going there for ~1-2 years has reminded me a lot of the kind of people that forum has. Good to be back here though!

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

Ummm, well, I can't comment. I'm really sorry, but I can't.

We understand, no harsh feelings. Could you perhaps tell us what would happen if, say, the little speed sensor got "damaged" in a "bad crash" and was no longer attached? Would we have to send back the electronics to have it repaired or would the ESC function without it (minus the telemetry, of course).

The only "review" I've seen of the Traxxas lipos was from The Jang where he hooked them up to a string of light bulbs and didn't do a particularly good comparison but it looked like they weren't bad. The warranty is going to be the selling point for them, without that you can spend less money for the same performance but if you get a bad cell/pack you're stuck with it with cheaper lipos.