Castle Mamba Monster + Zippy Lipo's = SMOKED
#136
Tech Fanatic
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Should I cry now. My mamba moster esc just caught fire after only two minutes of running. I just finished converting my Losi Muggy from nitro
And yes i used Zippy (two 3s). But I have been using the same zippy packs with my savage flux for about 20 runs and they have been perfect. I also have use the same packs with my mamba max with 5700kv about 10 runs. So how does CC explain that? I will give them a call soon and hope to get it fix/replace. I think cc must stand by their products. It a good business practice to replace esc instead of losing customers.
And yes i used Zippy (two 3s). But I have been using the same zippy packs with my savage flux for about 20 runs and they have been perfect. I also have use the same packs with my mamba max with 5700kv about 10 runs. So how does CC explain that? I will give them a call soon and hope to get it fix/replace. I think cc must stand by their products. It a good business practice to replace esc instead of losing customers.
#137
Tech Rookie
my gearing is 13 pinion and 44 spure. The motor is 2200kv, that I bought as a combo. There should not be smoke coming out of the esc. I said cc needs to come clean on this matter.
#138
Tech Elite
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Should I cry now. My mamba moster esc just caught fire after only two minutes of running. I just finished converting my Losi Muggy from nitro
And yes i used Zippy (two 3s). But I have been using the same zippy packs with my savage flux for about 20 runs and they have been perfect. I also have use the same packs with my mamba max with 5700kv about 10 runs. So how does CC explain that? I will give them a call soon and hope to get it fix/replace. I think cc must stand by their products. It a good business practice to replace esc instead of losing customers.
And yes i used Zippy (two 3s). But I have been using the same zippy packs with my savage flux for about 20 runs and they have been perfect. I also have use the same packs with my mamba max with 5700kv about 10 runs. So how does CC explain that? I will give them a call soon and hope to get it fix/replace. I think cc must stand by their products. It a good business practice to replace esc instead of losing customers.
Thank you for my laugh today! If you dont know why you smoked your esc then maybe you should try doing some research before you put your components into service. Amazing that guys like you want to blame castle for your ignorance. Sorry to be so blunt.
#142
Tech Champion
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wrxrocks, what vehicle is this in? I'm running a 12/48 in my Jammin truggy, problem free. 13/44 isn't much taller, for an 8th scale buggy/truggy. The stock 8ight E comes with a 2100 Kv motor geared 15/45. So before you guys belittle him, lets figure out where he went wrong, or even if he did. I was beginning to think you guys blamed the failure on his Zippy pack.
#144
Tech Elite
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It says in his post his vehicle is a converted Losi Muggy which weighs almost 12lbs. He is running a 2200KV motor on 6 cells. Now to me that is not a safe, reliable combo. At some point we as consumers have got to start taking some responsibility for our actions. When we decide to push the limits then we need to be prepared to suffer the consiquences for such actions and not cry about how CC has not built a good product.
Im really not picking on this one guy here, Im only using him as an example for some of the stupid stuff I've read about, including this episode.
Then again I'm usually an ass that says stuff when I shouldn't so feel free to pass me off as bad gas!
Im really not picking on this one guy here, Im only using him as an example for some of the stupid stuff I've read about, including this episode.
Then again I'm usually an ass that says stuff when I shouldn't so feel free to pass me off as bad gas!
#145
Tech Champion
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It says in his post his vehicle is a converted Losi Muggy which weighs almost 12lbs. He is running a 2200KV motor on 6 cells. Now to me that is not a safe, reliable combo. At some point we as consumers have got to start taking some responsibility for our actions. When we decide to push the limits then we need to be prepared to suffer the consiquences for such actions and not cry about how CC has not built a good product.
Im really not picking on this one guy here, Im only using him as an example for some of the stupid stuff I've read about, including this episode.
Then again I'm usually an ass that says stuff when I shouldn't so feel free to pass me off as bad gas!
Im really not picking on this one guy here, Im only using him as an example for some of the stupid stuff I've read about, including this episode.
Then again I'm usually an ass that says stuff when I shouldn't so feel free to pass me off as bad gas!
You're correct though; I, having researched the HELL outta brushless 8th scale, would've geared much more conservative. But this is relatively new territory we're covering here, so there's bound to be a few hard lessons learned.
Let's just see if we can help him get his investment going again.
#148
Tech Rookie
OK guys I take it all back. I just went and recounted my spur gear. It has 46 teeth. I doublchecked. So 13/46 is not tall at all.
if I run 10/46 I don't think it is drivable because 13/46 does wheelie on demand. The stock nitro had never done any wheelie. BTW the nitro stock also run 13/46 and later Losi sells the Muggy with 12/46. I think 13/46 is reasonable. I checked my temp right before the esc smoked/fired up. The motor show about 120 and esc about 100, then two laps later all I see was smoke then fire.
The HPI flux has 44 teeth spur, I was confused.
My point is Zippy is good enough for HPI savage flux with twin 3s. The flux has the same esc as v3. May be I am just lucky with the flux but not with the v3. The two trucks weigh about the same.
I just run a Flux again with twin 3s about 4 hours ago without any problems. The muggy is down but the Savage flux is still going around 60mph. I'll run it again tomorrow with twin 3s and we'll see.
One more thing, the final Front/Rear Differential Gear Ratio is 4.1 to 1 and it has direct drive with center diff.
if I run 10/46 I don't think it is drivable because 13/46 does wheelie on demand. The stock nitro had never done any wheelie. BTW the nitro stock also run 13/46 and later Losi sells the Muggy with 12/46. I think 13/46 is reasonable. I checked my temp right before the esc smoked/fired up. The motor show about 120 and esc about 100, then two laps later all I see was smoke then fire.
The HPI flux has 44 teeth spur, I was confused.
My point is Zippy is good enough for HPI savage flux with twin 3s. The flux has the same esc as v3. May be I am just lucky with the flux but not with the v3. The two trucks weigh about the same.
I just run a Flux again with twin 3s about 4 hours ago without any problems. The muggy is down but the Savage flux is still going around 60mph. I'll run it again tomorrow with twin 3s and we'll see.
One more thing, the final Front/Rear Differential Gear Ratio is 4.1 to 1 and it has direct drive with center diff.
Last edited by wrxrocks; 05-25-2009 at 10:58 PM.
#149
Tech Master
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OK guys I take it all back. I just went and recounted my spur gear. It has 46 teeth. I doublchecked. So 13/46 is not tall at all.
if I run 10/46 I don't think it is drivable because 13/46 does wheelie on demand. The stock nitro had never done any wheelie. BTW the nitro stock also run 13/46 and later Losi sells the Muggy with 12/46. I think 13/46 is reasonable. I checked my temp right before the esc smoked/fired up. The motor show about 120 and esc about 100, then two laps later all I see was smoke then fire.
The HPI flux has 44 teeth spur, I was confused.
My point is Zippy is good enough for HPI savage flux with twin 3s. The flux has the same esc as v3. May be I am just lucky with the flux but not with the v3. The two trucks weigh about the same.
I just run a Flux again with twin 3s about 4 hours ago without any problems. The muggy is down but the Savage flux is still going around 60mph. I'll run it again tomorrow with twin 3s and we'll see.
One more thing, the final Front/Rear Differential Gear Ratio is 4.1 to 1 and it has direct drive with center diff.
if I run 10/46 I don't think it is drivable because 13/46 does wheelie on demand. The stock nitro had never done any wheelie. BTW the nitro stock also run 13/46 and later Losi sells the Muggy with 12/46. I think 13/46 is reasonable. I checked my temp right before the esc smoked/fired up. The motor show about 120 and esc about 100, then two laps later all I see was smoke then fire.
The HPI flux has 44 teeth spur, I was confused.
My point is Zippy is good enough for HPI savage flux with twin 3s. The flux has the same esc as v3. May be I am just lucky with the flux but not with the v3. The two trucks weigh about the same.
I just run a Flux again with twin 3s about 4 hours ago without any problems. The muggy is down but the Savage flux is still going around 60mph. I'll run it again tomorrow with twin 3s and we'll see.
One more thing, the final Front/Rear Differential Gear Ratio is 4.1 to 1 and it has direct drive with center diff.