Originally Posted by cherry2blost (Post 9400685)

Hiya all.

I have been playing again............

Proof positive that you really have to want to blow up an xtreme stock ESC.

Well to cut a long story short, was cleaning out my ESC with can of air, oops dropped it into a pint glass of beer !!!!!

Took it out and decided it would be dead so took it to pieces, removed both parts of outer case, desoldered the mounting pins for the wires, desoldered the switch lead and the RX lead, took out the latex heat transfer mat and sat looking at the forlorn sight of two parts of the board and all the ancillary bits.

Was intending to try a clean wiring install on my new TA06 Pro so thought I would experiment on this supposed dead ESC (remember it's still dripping beer at this moment).

Dropped all the parts boards and all into a jug of brake cleaner (word for the wise don't put the bottom plastic case in or it goes light smokey blue); juggled it around a bit, blew all the bits off with can of air (beer glass well clear this time) shortened all the wires and put it back together again. Now it is really difficult (nigh impossible) to get the solder posts back through the holes without really heating up the ESC (so it got bloody hot so couldn't hold heatsink anymore).

Resoldered the Battery + and - and directly soldered the ABC to the board, resoldered the switch leads (short) and the RX lead (Very Short) clipped it all back together and plugged it in. Had forgotten to connect the Power Cap so decided to solder direct to the battery terminal 'corally's. Bright spark connected the Cap wrong way round and had big sparks and very burnt smell.

Resoldered (correctly this time) a new power Cap turned it on, reset up the radio and bugger me the thing is still working perfectly.

This was my first Xtreme Stock so has had a hard hard life but the lil blighter just keeps coming back for more !!!!!


See if anyone can beat THAT level of abuse with a Tekin :lol:

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...-28-14_340.jpg

Originally Posted by M7H (Post 9401436)

Tekin users don't drink beer, that's where they win this little contest....
:D

Originally Posted by defcone (Post 9402972)

They don't have the time since they're spending all the time figuring out how to keep up XD

Originally Posted by M7H (Post 9403494)

:nod: :lol:

@cherry2blost,

1 more question, which I noticed in your picture.
Exactly how much beer did you consume?
Did you really have to take off your pants!

Most people I know use a pit towel.....

Originally Posted by cherry2blost (Post 9401214)

Indoors on Carpet 518 is hard to beat for 13.5T.

Settings as follows

Boost Max
Turbo Max
Delay 0.3
Start RPM 3000
Supercharger Punch -5 or -6
FDR 7.0 to 8.0
(Hobbywing 13.5)

Similar performance on 211
Boost 40
Turbo 24
Slope 24
Delay 0.0
SC Punch 400
Start RPM 2000 to 4000
FDR 7.0 to 8.0

211 is easier on the motor if you are heavy handed.

Gearing is the key here, as with both firmwares you have to let the motor rev higher to get all the boost in this means moving away from the established 'norms' and thinking revs revs revs as I keep labouring on here the HW 13.5's LIKE TO REV they are NOT a torquey motor they are a screamer !!!

Originally Posted by cherry2blost (Post 9404137)

Originally Posted by cherry2blost (Post 9405480)

We are chuffed to bits over here here's a quote from RaceChat.....

BRCA NATIONAL HALIFAX 16-17th JULY 2011.
Congratulations to Brian Eldridge on Qualifying 9th in the Modified A Final with his T.O.P. Photon and finishing 2nd in the A Final overall with 2 second places behind a very on form Andy Moore. Well done Brian .

http://www.rcracinguk.com/images/new...s/IMG_2350.JPG

Running a Hobbywing XERUN v2.1 120AMP ESC.

Originally Posted by COBRARACING (Post 9406911)

Stuart what esc was Andy using ?:sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:

Originally Posted by cherry2blost (Post 9407088)

Am guessing the Orion/Hobbywing ?

Originally Posted by COBRARACING (Post 9407811)

Im pretty sure it was the New Prototype of the HPI /hobbywing 2.1v 120amp:nod::nod::nod: