Mamba Monster's Issues/Not Working
05-18-2008, 12:18 PM
#46
Tech Rookie
Just to add to the tally, NO ISSUES whatsover after 1-2 packs per day over the past week in my 3905 Emaxx. I am running the Monster Max with a pair of 6s tanic A123 packs in parallel and a 1515 1YF Neu. Stock Spur. 24T pinion. Lots of fun. Also, no fitment issues with the finned motor and current gear setup.
05-18-2008, 04:18 PM
#48
Not a replacement.
My set-up is an MBX5, Nue 1512 3df, 6S-A123(2300mAh), 14/46 gears. At race pace on a bigish loose track it will only run about 7 minutes max but the packs charge to 95% in less than 10 minutes.
As I said yesterday I put 70 minutes on it but today I put about 15 miuntes more on it & it died. Just dead. Both days were very hot (in the 90's) but nothing in my set-up got hot. The bat & ESC never measured over 120 deg F & the motor never got over 135 f.
I filled out the form & will ship it out tomorrow.
My set-up is an MBX5, Nue 1512 3df, 6S-A123(2300mAh), 14/46 gears. At race pace on a bigish loose track it will only run about 7 minutes max but the packs charge to 95% in less than 10 minutes.
As I said yesterday I put 70 minutes on it but today I put about 15 miuntes more on it & it died. Just dead. Both days were very hot (in the 90's) but nothing in my set-up got hot. The bat & ESC never measured over 120 deg F & the motor never got over 135 f.
I filled out the form & will ship it out tomorrow.
05-18-2008, 05:53 PM
#49
Not a replacement.
My set-up is an MBX5, Nue 1512 3df, 6S-A123(2300mAh), 14/46 gears. At race pace on a bigish loose track it will only run about 7 minutes max but the packs charge to 95% in less than 10 minutes.
As I said yesterday I put 70 minutes on it but today I put about 15 miuntes more on it & it died. Just dead. Both days were very hot (in the 90's) but nothing in my set-up got hot. The bat & ESC never measured over 120 deg F & the motor never got over 135 f.
I filled out the form & will ship it out tomorrow.
My set-up is an MBX5, Nue 1512 3df, 6S-A123(2300mAh), 14/46 gears. At race pace on a bigish loose track it will only run about 7 minutes max but the packs charge to 95% in less than 10 minutes.
As I said yesterday I put 70 minutes on it but today I put about 15 miuntes more on it & it died. Just dead. Both days were very hot (in the 90's) but nothing in my set-up got hot. The bat & ESC never measured over 120 deg F & the motor never got over 135 f.
I filled out the form & will ship it out tomorrow.
, that suck sorry to hear that !
05-18-2008, 10:51 PM
#50
Well guys I got 35 minutes out of the first one and about 15 out of the second one I bought 2 one for me and one for my son well didnt work out that way any way. On # 2 I got about 15 min.but didnt totaly dye its turns on and off cut out then the buggy rolles free for a few seconds then turns back on If I land hard it turns off 2or3 seconds then back on.
So I will now ship them bolth out to cc tomorrow I will let you know what the turn around is for guys in canada.
The thing that bumbs me out the most is looking like a fool to the nitro guys and now they realy think that E 1/8 is a joke
So I will now ship them bolth out to cc tomorrow I will let you know what the turn around is for guys in canada.
The thing that bumbs me out the most is looking like a fool to the nitro guys and now they realy think that E 1/8 is a joke
05-18-2008, 10:56 PM
#51
One more thing why is it loose in the case? you can move the board around in the case by the wires what the @#$% is that about
05-19-2008, 04:35 AM
#53
Tech Adept
iTrader: (6)
Well guys I got 35 minutes out of the first one and about 15 out of the second one I bought 2 one for me and one for my son well didnt work out that way any way. On # 2 I got about 15 min.but didnt totaly dye its turns on and off cut out then the buggy rolles free for a few seconds then turns back on If I land hard it turns off 2or3 seconds then back on.
So I will now ship them bolth out to cc tomorrow I will let you know what the turn around is for guys in canada.
The thing that bumbs me out the most is looking like a fool to the nitro guys and now they realy think that E 1/8 is a joke
So I will now ship them bolth out to cc tomorrow I will let you know what the turn around is for guys in canada.
The thing that bumbs me out the most is looking like a fool to the nitro guys and now they realy think that E 1/8 is a joke
05-19-2008, 05:01 AM
#54
Tech Legend
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Castle Mamba Max Pro. Feel its power!!!!!!!!!!
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Well guys I got 35 minutes out of the first one and about 15 out of the second one I bought 2 one for me and one for my son well didnt work out that way any way. On # 2 I got about 15 min.but didnt totaly dye its turns on and off cut out then the buggy rolles free for a few seconds then turns back on If I land hard it turns off 2or3 seconds then back on.
So I will now ship them bolth out to cc tomorrow I will let you know what the turn around is for guys in canada.
The thing that bumbs me out the most is looking like a fool to the nitro guys and now they realy think that E 1/8 is a joke
So I will now ship them bolth out to cc tomorrow I will let you know what the turn around is for guys in canada.
The thing that bumbs me out the most is looking like a fool to the nitro guys and now they realy think that E 1/8 is a joke
05-20-2008, 07:21 PM
#55
05-22-2008, 07:48 PM
#56
Yes
09-07-2008, 08:44 PM
#57
im running a losi 8t MMM tekno neu 1515 motor 1360Kv on 6s 5000 25c lipo with stock spur and a 13th pinion
i got it all together it was late by the time i got to the track it was pretty dark so i threw it down and ran it for about five min it got to dark to see the motor and speedcontrol were well under 120 degrees ax i didn't get my temp gun out but it wasn't hot.. i could easily hold the back of my fingers on it prob. 100degrees.. i went down this morning to the track and plugged everything in,
every thing worked fine. i drove it (walking behind it) approx. 30ft to the track entrance got it on the track and down behind a pipe so no one would hit me worked great! it took me 30-40 seconds to get to the top of the drivers stand when i got there there was no power no throttle no steering nothing......... i got it back to my table there looking for something wrong and the light on my spectrum receiver is not on so i tried different receivers, batteries its not a broken receiver wire cuz the castle link still talks to the speed controller i dont know what to do im allready signed up and payed for our state championship race and its the 12-14th one week away
does this sound like the BEC problem you talked about earlier if so can i run an external BEC just to make the race
i got it all together it was late by the time i got to the track it was pretty dark so i threw it down and ran it for about five min it got to dark to see the motor and speedcontrol were well under 120 degrees ax i didn't get my temp gun out but it wasn't hot.. i could easily hold the back of my fingers on it prob. 100degrees.. i went down this morning to the track and plugged everything in,
every thing worked fine. i drove it (walking behind it) approx. 30ft to the track entrance got it on the track and down behind a pipe so no one would hit me worked great! it took me 30-40 seconds to get to the top of the drivers stand when i got there there was no power no throttle no steering nothing......... i got it back to my table there looking for something wrong and the light on my spectrum receiver is not on so i tried different receivers, batteries its not a broken receiver wire cuz the castle link still talks to the speed controller i dont know what to do im allready signed up and payed for our state championship race and its the 12-14th one week away
does this sound like the BEC problem you talked about earlier if so can i run an external BEC just to make the race
09-07-2008, 08:58 PM
#58
Tech Regular
Isn't this a 4 month old thread? 
09-07-2008, 10:30 PM
#59
Hi,
If there is no smoke or melted things, then it is likely a BEC problem. If u have a multimeter, hook up everything & measure the voltage ouput from the servo lead of the esc. U should see 5.5V. I had mine DOA only showing less than 1V first time I fired it up.
Just hooking up an external BEC will not work I think. U need to supply power to the esc as well. There is a mod that some people including myself have done to remove the offending components from the esc & hooking up an external BEC to make the monster work again. Having said that, some members also experienced mysterious failure using a modded esc. So, things are not entirely clear at this point.
The place to find our more is :
www.rc-monster.com
Standard disclaimer applies
Regards,
Joe Ling
im running a losi 8t MMM tekno neu 1515 motor 1360Kv on 6s 5000 25c lipo with stock spur and a 13th pinion
i got it all together it was late by the time i got to the track it was pretty dark so i threw it down and ran it for about five min it got to dark to see the motor and speedcontrol were well under 120 degrees ax i didn't get my temp gun out but it wasn't hot.. i could easily hold the back of my fingers on it prob. 100degrees.. i went down this morning to the track and plugged everything in,
every thing worked fine. i drove it (walking behind it) approx. 30ft to the track entrance got it on the track and down behind a pipe so no one would hit me worked great! it took me 30-40 seconds to get to the top of the drivers stand when i got there there was no power no throttle no steering nothing......... i got it back to my table there looking for something wrong and the light on my spectrum receiver is not on so i tried different receivers, batteries its not a broken receiver wire cuz the castle link still talks to the speed controller i dont know what to do im allready signed up and payed for our state championship race and its the 12-14th one week away
does this sound like the BEC problem you talked about earlier if so can i run an external BEC just to make the race
i got it all together it was late by the time i got to the track it was pretty dark so i threw it down and ran it for about five min it got to dark to see the motor and speedcontrol were well under 120 degrees ax i didn't get my temp gun out but it wasn't hot.. i could easily hold the back of my fingers on it prob. 100degrees.. i went down this morning to the track and plugged everything in,
every thing worked fine. i drove it (walking behind it) approx. 30ft to the track entrance got it on the track and down behind a pipe so no one would hit me worked great! it took me 30-40 seconds to get to the top of the drivers stand when i got there there was no power no throttle no steering nothing......... i got it back to my table there looking for something wrong and the light on my spectrum receiver is not on so i tried different receivers, batteries its not a broken receiver wire cuz the castle link still talks to the speed controller i dont know what to do im allready signed up and payed for our state championship race and its the 12-14th one week away
does this sound like the BEC problem you talked about earlier if so can i run an external BEC just to make the race
Just hooking up an external BEC will not work I think. U need to supply power to the esc as well. There is a mod that some people including myself have done to remove the offending components from the esc & hooking up an external BEC to make the monster work again. Having said that, some members also experienced mysterious failure using a modded esc. So, things are not entirely clear at this point.
The place to find our more is :
www.rc-monster.com
Standard disclaimer applies
Regards,
Joe Ling
09-08-2008, 05:18 PM
#60
Has anyone been running a custom LVC on their MMM V2 I have been using the auto default LVC because I have read in forums that the custom setting can cause problems.