Do speedies "just" blow up?
06-20-2004, 07:00 PM
#1
Do speedies "just" blow up?
Yesterday I smoked one of my LRP V7.1's in my B4. Nothing apparent shorted out, wasn't plugged in backwards, I hadn't touched the car since it was raced at Maitland Cup 3 weeks previously, put a battery in, turned it on, gave it some throttle and once on the track it just shutdown with lots of smoke, melted the case - so basically it is stuffed.
Like I said I checked it all out and couldnt see anything obvious that would blow up a speedy, the chassis is not graphite either, so my question is can they just blow up from an internal fault. The speedy is about 4 years old and has ran faultlessly all its life
Cheers
Molky
Like I said I checked it all out and couldnt see anything obvious that would blow up a speedy, the chassis is not graphite either, so my question is can they just blow up from an internal fault. The speedy is about 4 years old and has ran faultlessly all its life
Cheers
Molky
06-20-2004, 07:24 PM
#3
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Originally posted by MrRolla
The same thing happend to my Mtroniks digisprint though, took it out to practice it was going great for 5 mins then POOF up in smoke it went..
The same thing happend to my Mtroniks digisprint though, took it out to practice it was going great for 5 mins then POOF up in smoke it went..
(btw Mtronics Sonic 4 sale..make an offer)
06-20-2004, 08:21 PM
#5
I know in the old tekin manuals ,they had a warning about dirt build up in the cases causing shorting on the circuit board, moisture and elements of metals in the soil.
I clean all my radio out at least once a month, receiver, speedy, and servo.
You would be amazed how much dirt gets in side.
It must work , I still have a Tekin 410k in my 4wd, and never had a problem.
Good luck.
I clean all my radio out at least once a month, receiver, speedy, and servo.
You would be amazed how much dirt gets in side.
It must work , I still have a Tekin 410k in my 4wd, and never had a problem.
Good luck.
06-20-2004, 09:15 PM
#6
Originally posted by OldSkool
I know in the old tekin manuals ,they had a warning about dirt build up in the cases causing shorting on the circuit board, moisture and elements of metals in the soil.
I clean all my radio out at least once a month, receiver, speedy, and servo.
You would be amazed how much dirt gets in side.
It must work , I still have a Tekin 410k in my 4wd, and never had a problem.
Good luck.
I know in the old tekin manuals ,they had a warning about dirt build up in the cases causing shorting on the circuit board, moisture and elements of metals in the soil.
I clean all my radio out at least once a month, receiver, speedy, and servo.
You would be amazed how much dirt gets in side.
It must work , I still have a Tekin 410k in my 4wd, and never had a problem.
Good luck.
ie. do you use chemicals/brush etc.
06-20-2004, 10:03 PM
#7
Originally posted by OldSkool
I know in the old tekin manuals ,they had a warning about dirt build up in the cases causing shorting on the circuit board, moisture and elements of metals in the soil.
I clean all my radio out at least once a month, receiver, speedy, and servo.
You would be amazed how much dirt gets in side.
It must work , I still have a Tekin 410k in my 4wd, and never had a problem.
Good luck.
I know in the old tekin manuals ,they had a warning about dirt build up in the cases causing shorting on the circuit board, moisture and elements of metals in the soil.
I clean all my radio out at least once a month, receiver, speedy, and servo.
You would be amazed how much dirt gets in side.
It must work , I still have a Tekin 410k in my 4wd, and never had a problem.
Good luck.
If so, then its just about certain to be dodgy electronics..
06-21-2004, 03:56 AM
#11
I'm not bashing LRP, I've been using them since I started racing, I had a V6 blow up when a friend wired it up wrong, but other than that they've been great so far, I just really want to know what caused this one to go bang. The speedy in my 4wd is going on 5 years old and still goes strong
06-21-2004, 04:45 AM
#12
Speedies are subject to the second law of thermodynamics and therefore will go out spectacularly, it happens to them all. Bloody entropy gets in to everything.
06-21-2004, 04:52 AM
#13
Do they blow?
Just the blue ones have problems 
06-21-2004, 05:54 AM
#14
its funny for me because i have had a novak for about 3yrs now and it was about 2yrs old when i bought it. i have never had to clean it out or re-wire it or anything like that.
and i have never experenced an esc blow up only one of my friends manual speedies.
so i would like to know what does make speedies just go 'poof' and blow up. if any one can give me and most likly others out their a simple explanation why?????
and i have never experenced an esc blow up only one of my friends manual speedies.
so i would like to know what does make speedies just go 'poof' and blow up. if any one can give me and most likly others out their a simple explanation why?????
06-21-2004, 05:56 AM
#15
I think the smaller they are the more chance of problems.