1/8 Buggy w/ a Outrunner Motor - RC-Monster Forums

jhautz · 01:19 AM

Update:

Well The MM is dead. I plugged it up tonight with a freshly charged 5s pack and and the Neu. First pull of the throttle it cogged slightly and then all hell broke loose. Poof just like that, up in flames and smoke. I quickly unplugged the battery and the flames went out. Hope it didnt toast the Neu... That would piss me off.

Its just not cut out for 5s voltage.

Looks like I'll send it in for the $50 Gaurantee and when it comes back it will replace the 7020 in the Rusty. Man my rusty is gonna be stylin:cool:.

EDIT: Nothin I hate worse than the smell of burnt electonics..:mad:1

mtucker · 12.20.2006, 02:14 AM

Too bad to hear about the Mamba Max. RIP.
I guess that is the cost of living on the edge. I know some people have sucessfully run the MM on 5S Li-Po or 6S A123, but I wonder how much time they have on those setups.

4S on the MM has treated me well, of course it is rated to handle 4S and even has a LVC for 4S.
I guess a Quark 125B is up next.

How does the $50 Castle Creations guarantee work? $50 buys you a new one with the return of a smoiked MM?

Matt

jhautz · 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtucker

How does the $50 Castle Creations guarantee work? $50 buys you a new one with the return of a smoiked MM?

Matt

Quote from the 2nd to last page of the MM manual...

''Flat rate charge for non-warranty repair/repalcement (for any reason) is $50 for your Mamba Max ESC''

4s is proven stable. 5s... not so much.:005:

rotary rocket · 12.20.2006, 11:34 AM

Sorry to hear about your toasted MM. Gotta love the $50 warranty.

I run a Plette Max motor in my buggy, it is also a 4 pole motor. I have had NO cogging issues at all. I started with the factory default settings.

She runs on 4S, I get about 25-28 minutes out of the 8000 Mah TP packs with no cogging or thermal issues. With no fan the MM gets up to about 150, with a fan on I have not seen it go above 138.

I have even run multiple packs right after each other and the MM temps were still sub 140. I did burn out my Airtronics servo (ran over an hour straight).

Another intresting point was the center diff got to 150+ degrees also!!!

My gearing on this buggy is 11/46. I wonder if you are geared too high for the LMT?

I even ran in mud the last weekend with no issues. The buggy's weight got up to 12 lbs (with no mud she weights 9 lbs).