What is this BS Castle is feeding this customer?

[TexasSP]

Originally Posted by hootie7159

texas.... where did your monster come from?

Mine came from Mike, I just got it in the mail today.

I am not mad, just a little depressed. It was putting such a smile on my face while running. It's an awesome controller and I know CC will take care of things, I just wish I could still play.

[MTBikerTim]

Originally Posted by Joe Ford

I just got done blowing the sidewall out of a tire on one of the new Emaxx's...first time I punched the throttle. 6s lipo, one of our prototype motors, stock spur and 24T pinion....EASY gearing on this setup!!!

I know this is the wrong place to ask but any news on whats up with the few MMMs that have stopped working?

[TexasSP]

Inquiring minds would like to know for sure.

[MTBikerTim]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

Mine came from Mike, I just got it in the mail today.

I am not mad, just a little depressed. It was putting such a smile on my face while running. It's an awesome controller and I know CC will take care of things, I just wish I could still play.

Same here. I was stoked with how my MMM was running. Better then I had even hoped as it was that smooth. I was so happy and then it stopped. I wasn't angry just had a bit of an empty feeling. I wish I had ordered 2 now.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Not too sure what to think about the RURC. I guess he means well, but is not quite there with his info. Maybe he knows about other things? I know quite a bit about rc, but if I were to start giving out info about re-winding outrunner motors, it would be wrong, as I have no idea how to do that. So I keep my mouth shut, and wait for people for experience to chime in.

I am really at a loss as to why the battery situation is such a big deal. I guess I now understand how to choose batterys. If you have a setup that is working fine with a mm and upgrade to a mmm, nothing has changed. The mmm may run cooler, and give the option to go up to 6s lipo, and have a built in bec that works up to 6s. That is it. Maybe someone needs to make a sticky out of that?

Main problems with public forums is that there will always be dumbasses out there that want to be right, regardless if they are or not, like this RURC, and Jason from NK (had to throw him in!). I try to keep out of the poo tossing, but saying that enerland cells are junk, who believes that? I usually find that if one thing in someones rant is wrong/BS, the rest of it is most likely crap too.

I just hate to see less experienced users trying to get their heads around all of this false info. It is difficult enough as it is, all of this BS just adds to the confusion. Plus, when you hear someone trying to justify their reasoning by being in the hobby with x number of years of experience, just remember this: Just because you have done something a bunch of times does not mean you have done it right once.

Well spoke.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by lutach

Well spoke.

Thanks, at least the entire country of Brazil (or maybe just you?!) is on my side!

[glassdoctor]

Some of them have a bad component in the BEC circuit.

These components come on a roll, and it was found to have some that didn't meet specs. They have a new roll that has been checked out ok.... and the "bad" roll was sent back to the mfg.

Sooooo..... that's why a few Monsters have died peacefully, while most are going strong and should not have such issues.

Castle told me today that any Monsters that are sent in are being put at the front of the line... and it's a simple component swap.

Suks that some of the guys outside the US got a bad one.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Thanks, at least the entire country of Brazil (or maybe just you?!) is on my side!

You should see how the guys at the Brasilian RC forum treats me. They think I'm a god over there. I keep it real though and I told them to come in here to rc/monster to get real info about anything they need.

[TexasSP]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Thanks, at least the entire country of Brazil (or maybe just you?!) is on my side!

I would be on your side except you have been talkin too much trash today, so now RURC is my new hero just to spite you!



It's idiots like him that chase people out of the hobby. He is just as bad as the arrogant nitro guys talk trash on electric. Luckily, I had run across his stupidity before and usually just ignore him. It's sad really, all the actual factual things he says are completely blown out buy the sewage he spits out on his keyboard via his fingers.

Originally Posted by MTBikerTim

Same here. I was stoked with how my MMM was running. Better then I had even hoped as it was that smooth. I was so happy and then it stopped. I wasn't angry just had a bit of an empty feeling. I wish I had ordered 2 now.

It is definitely smooth. We should form a support group and have a group hug.

We could call it PWFMM, People With Fried Mamba Monsters.

[MTBikerTim]

Originally Posted by glassdoctor

Some of them have a bad component in the BEC circuit.

These components come on a roll, and it was found to have some that didn't meet specs. They have a new roll that has been checked out ok.... and the "bad" roll was sent back to the mfg.

Sooooo..... that's why a few Monsters have died peacefully, while most are going strong and should not have such issues.

Castle told me today that any Monsters that are sent in are being put at the front of the line... and it's a simple component swap.

Suks that some of the guys outside the US got a bad one.

Thanks for the info glass doctor. It does suck. It means I'll be waiting a few weeks for mine to be returned.

It needs to be PWFMMS, People With Fried Mamba Monsters Syndrome. you have to have syndrome in there to be taken seriously.

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by Longhair

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.

So your going to wait to do anything cuz you dont want to wait????

[lutach]

Originally Posted by glassdoctor

Some of them have a bad component in the BEC circuit.

These components come on a roll, and it was found to have some that didn't meet specs. They have a new roll that has been checked out ok.... and the "bad" roll was sent back to the mfg.

Sooooo..... that's why a few Monsters have died peacefully, while most are going strong and should not have such issues.

Castle told me today that any Monsters that are sent in are being put at the front of the line... and it's a simple component swap.

I've seen this happen a lot since I started selling electronic components and it will happen more not only with Castle, but any electronic device being made. A tape/reel will some times have a few chips that will fail. I have to say that the few that went bad shows how good Castle's manufacturing really is. I had Philips Brasil try to blame me for 75,000 TV sets that went bad. Funny thing is that Philips bought a Philips MOSFET from me that was in a sealed package. I told Philips Brasil to deal with Philips as they were the manufacturer. Funny how I can sell Philips components to Philips .

[glassdoctor]

Nice... you would think they could pull their head out long enough to notice the parent company's name on the bad component and leave the middleman alone LOL

[lutach]

Originally Posted by glassdoctor

Nice... you would think they could pull their head out long enough to notice the parent company's name on the bad component and leave the middleman alone LOL

The excuse they gave me was that I sold them the parts and I should take care of it. A quick call to Royal Philips in Holland calmed things down in Brasil. I like how you handled RURC. He still didn't answer me about the 300A Schulze controller he has.

[jfruge]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Thanks, at least the entire country of Brazil (or maybe just you?!) is on my side!

California is with you too! I know its not a country but it could be!