Tekin RX8: Has yours been reliable?
12-29-2012, 12:05 AM
#241
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Last edited by rallyredevo; 12-29-2012 at 08:48 AM.
12-29-2012, 12:07 AM
#242
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Last edited by rallyredevo; 12-29-2012 at 08:48 AM.
12-29-2012, 12:36 AM
#243
And these people are usually also the first to blame "faulty" equipment........go figure
Bent
12-29-2012, 12:43 AM
#244
You wouldn't believe some of the setups and solder jobs (cold joints anyone....) I help people with at the track........most of the time I'm just amazed the electronics haven't gone up in smoke already.
And these people are usually also the first to blame "faulty" equipment........go figure
Bent
And these people are usually also the first to blame "faulty" equipment........go figure
Bent
12-29-2012, 12:50 AM
#245
I believe you for sure. I've seen the same type of things here. People never want to accept it as their own fault so they immediately blame the mfg. That's how so many rumors and lies get started about anything and everything within this hobby. And then sometimes there are exceptions where it's true and it really is a POS part or vehicle but that's rare I think.
AND there are faulty electronics even from the biggest and most "trusted" brands......it's electronics......faults DO occur.And that's why I personally choose brands I know for a fact stand behind and support their own products
But 9 out of 10 times it's just down to user error and/or mismatched electronics.
Bent
12-29-2012, 12:56 AM
#246
There are exceptions AND there are faulty electronics even from the biggest and most "trusted" brands......it's electronics......faults DO occur.
And that's why I personally choose brands I know for a fact stand behind and support their own products
But 9 out of 10 times it's just down to user error and/or mismatched electronics.
Bent
AND there are faulty electronics even from the biggest and most "trusted" brands......it's electronics......faults DO occur.And that's why I personally choose brands I know for a fact stand behind and support their own products
But 9 out of 10 times it's just down to user error and/or mismatched electronics.
Bent
12-29-2012, 01:14 AM
#247
Spent hours picking out and matching individual Trinity cells, zapping, building packs and labeling.......the best ones were saved for finals and race days
Aaaahhh.....the pounding heart and nervous looks down on the timer when you were coming up on the 5 minute mark..........will I make it this time
"Traction control" and ABS on my TX and the GM V12 with ASP (or whatever it was called) that used a gyro to correct the steering.
If I remember correctly I had to connect my steering servo to the ESC
Didn't use it for long though......all the "fun" stuff got banned
Sorry for the OT.
Bent
12-29-2012, 01:55 AM
#248
Everyone assures me it's not the RX8, so there must be something else wrong. I don't want to blame the RX8 till I know for sure. They are going back to Tekin along w/ my motor for troubleshooting. Might be a short in the motor, it might be making too much power when free-spinning going back to the ESC, it might be because I mounted them directly to an aluminum chassis w/ just 1 layer of servo tape, or there may be some random short somewhere causing the problem.
Everyone said running a 7200 KV 4-pole motor was crazy, but I figured I could do it w/ the best electronics and proper gearing. But my gut feeling is, everyone was right and it's a bad idea.
Everyone said running a 7200 KV 4-pole motor was crazy, but I figured I could do it w/ the best electronics and proper gearing. But my gut feeling is, everyone was right and it's a bad idea.
May be the motor mismatch as well with the 7200kv?
12-29-2012, 02:06 AM
#249
my waterproof rx8
12-29-2012, 02:19 AM
#250
Ha ha ha.....remember those days all to well.
Spent hours picking out and matching individual Trinity cells, zapping, building packs and labeling.......the best ones were saved for finals and race days
Aaaahhh.....the pounding heart and nervous looks down on the timer when you were coming up on the 5 minute mark..........will I make it this time
"Traction control" and ABS on my TX and the GM V12 with ASP (or whatever it was called) that used a gyro to correct the steering.
If I remember correctly I had to connect my steering servo to the ESC
Didn't use it for long though......all the "fun" stuff got banned
Sorry for the OT.
Bent
Spent hours picking out and matching individual Trinity cells, zapping, building packs and labeling.......the best ones were saved for finals and race days
Aaaahhh.....the pounding heart and nervous looks down on the timer when you were coming up on the 5 minute mark..........will I make it this time
"Traction control" and ABS on my TX and the GM V12 with ASP (or whatever it was called) that used a gyro to correct the steering.
If I remember correctly I had to connect my steering servo to the ESC
Didn't use it for long though......all the "fun" stuff got banned
Sorry for the OT.
Bent
12-29-2012, 03:28 AM
#251
Tech Fanatic
Last edited by rallyredevo; 12-29-2012 at 08:14 AM.
12-29-2012, 09:01 AM
#252
You wouldn't believe some of the setups and solder jobs (cold joints anyone....) I help people with at the track........most of the time I'm just amazed the electronics haven't gone up in smoke already.
And these people are usually also the first to blame "faulty" equipment........go figure
Bent
And these people are usually also the first to blame "faulty" equipment........go figure
Bent
Couldn't have said it better myself.
interesting.
12-29-2012, 11:41 AM
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12-29-2012, 02:49 PM
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12-30-2012, 07:55 AM
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