rcboy1

To all-I am absolutely positive that you will love your hobbywing. Their speed controls period are durable as all get out, which is why they are the only thing I use. I have destroyed a ton of crap in this hobby, but never a HW speed control. However I did see a friend fry his (no smoke or anything) by plugging in the bullets to his battery wrong (keep in mind this is the really old 35 amp edition...and my friend is just stupid). I have ran the 1/8th scale speed controls a long time at DB, and have never seen even the 80 amp version get above 130 degrees. The hobbywings can reportedly take up to 230 before they crap out. I am not sure about this because I have not been able to get one that hot.

John, if the Orions are indeed related to the Hobbywings, they should be able to run with out a sweat...or fire.

I will always stand behind hobbywing even though I am not supported by them. If anybody has anything weird going on with their speed control, I have the "Professional LCD Box" for uploading firmware. It will solve most problems.

midwestcajun

I think I just might. That will help offset the cost of the Orion. Any recommendations on which motor would be a good choice John?
Team Orion Vortex MR8 4 Pole 1/8 Scale Sensored Brushless Motor (1950kV) ??

IROC-AR15

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They will only know when they crossover! I totally agree with you though!
I'm really loving my HW paired with the Tekin motor.
Just be sure to grab the LCD programming box and upload this firmware. You shouldn't have any problems then.
http://www.hobbywing.com/product_show.asp?id=218

FlatBusted

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Club meeting

Tuesday march 6th
7pm room 200 at the Kirkwood community center
111 s geyer road

rcboy1

is that the only time i can buy the membership?

bigBoyBigToy

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Go with the 1950 for some reason it smoother feeling than the 1700 version... I might actually buy one of those as a back up but I wanna drive Someones to feel if there at least in the ballpark with the smoothness because I'm so loving the Orion r8 feels so fn smooth and the brakes are so consistent. Just a great feeling speedo and motor combo..

FlatBusted

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No you can pick up memberships at the track (during races)

rcboy1

Awesome, thanks.

S Witman

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Is that were the ice rink is or used to be by the park its been a while

Mark Erce

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do you know anything about the Silver Arrow V2.0 1/8 Brushless ESC. i have this in my 8th scale and i was told it is the same as the hobbywing. i even got the hobbywing Professional LCD Program Box(http://www.hobbywing.com/product_show.asp?id=215) and it works with my sp esc. my question is where do i go to update the esc? hobbywing or speed passion website? can you send me a link?

thanks Mark E.

rcboy1

I am assuming you have not updated anything so far. Plug the included usb cable in the computer. Plug the other end in the box. The box should have come with a small cd. Use it, and the hobbywing interface should show up. Select "2 in 1 Program box" from the devices list. This is to update the software of the box itself. Next, change that to esc. Remove your esc's receiver lead and put it in the slot on the box with a +, -, and another symbol. You must plug a battery into the esc and turn it on. Unplug the usb cable then plug it back in to reset it. Some adjustable settings should come up in a list of drop down menus.....I can't really remember much farther than that. If you can't figure it out (took me awhile), I can show you if you want this Saturday at Smac. Just bring a laptop.

I'm sure the silver arrow esc and the HW's are not the same. However, they do use the same software.

IROC-AR15

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Just go to that same website and itll bring up the hw interface way quicker will work either way though.
You would want the Ezrun/Xerun software (.rar)

Trevor Williams

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does anyone have a Werks 2057 pipeset by chance? I have a Werks 2013 coming that is in great shape I will trade or I'll buy.

Mark Erce

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cool, thx for the info Mr.Flotron and Iroc. I must say i'm pretty impressed by this $97 SP esc. I only ran it a handful of times but it seems to be pretty powerful and smooth. well see how it does outdoors. but since they are so cheap I think I'm gonna buy me another one just to have as a backup. and i'm loving this program card. sure beats counting flashing leds and pushing little buttons. ok enough of this electric crap, back to NITRO!!!!

so what nitro vehicle you gonna be running Carter?

too bad these are out of stock.....http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ine-Turbo-Plug not to bad for under $250 bux. I use to have the older version (about 3yrs ago). from what i remember it was very good! maybe these are even better than their older predecessor,(P5/Rex)? i'm sure colton, trevor or nate can answer that question. but you definitely can't go wrong with a nova or os engine...jmo

this doesn't look like a bad deal for someone just getting into nitro.engine and pipe combo for under $300 bux.....http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...Set-Turbo-Plug

Mark Erce

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