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#6526
I wonder if sensor wires fall out of the RX8 - because I find it interesting we have received so many questions and comments about sensor wires.
No driver testing a VTX8 (including me in both 1/8 and 4wd SC) has ever reported a sensor wire coming out.
Even is you are were worried about it coming out, as long as you choose a wire with enough slack, it couldn't pull out unless it gets caught on something in a really crazy crash or something.
No driver testing a VTX8 (including me in both 1/8 and 4wd SC) has ever reported a sensor wire coming out.
Even is you are were worried about it coming out, as long as you choose a wire with enough slack, it couldn't pull out unless it gets caught on something in a really crazy crash or something.
I would guess with a properly sized and secured cable it wouldn't ever be an issue unless the cable got caught on something that yanked it out of either the ESC or more likely the motor.
#6528
The BEC circuit is also wired slightly different do it will give you slight superior protection when running very low turn mods or 550 motors. Also with the external capacitor it does take slight more planning for mounting on your chassis
#6529
#6531
#1 cause of sensor wire problems in my opinion is people don't secure them down. Especially on the motor side of things.
Given all the bumps, jumps and vibrations, the weight of the wire basically wiggles the wires and the plug, and one of two things happen. Either the plug itself wears out the socket in the sensor, and after awhile the plug keeps coming unplugged.
The other failure is that the wires will internally break right at the back of the plug. This is a hard one to find, because you can get what feels like cogging when the car jumps / lands.
I myself had some issues with this a couple of years ago, but once I isolated the weight of the wire from the plug, I can say I have not had one issue. And the sensor wire in my buggy is probably a year and a half old.
Given all the bumps, jumps and vibrations, the weight of the wire basically wiggles the wires and the plug, and one of two things happen. Either the plug itself wears out the socket in the sensor, and after awhile the plug keeps coming unplugged.
The other failure is that the wires will internally break right at the back of the plug. This is a hard one to find, because you can get what feels like cogging when the car jumps / lands.
I myself had some issues with this a couple of years ago, but once I isolated the weight of the wire from the plug, I can say I have not had one issue. And the sensor wire in my buggy is probably a year and a half old.
#6533

Nice job on the warranty length too. Suprises me still some companies claim there stuff is top notch, but don't feel its good enough to have a long warranty to boot.
#6535
#1 cause of sensor wire problems in my opinion is people don't secure them down. Especially on the motor side of things.
Given all the bumps, jumps and vibrations, the weight of the wire basically wiggles the wires and the plug, and one of two things happen. Either the plug itself wears out the socket in the sensor, and after awhile the plug keeps coming unplugged.
The other failure is that the wires will internally break right at the back of the plug. This is a hard one to find, because you can get what feels like cogging when the car jumps / lands.
I myself had some issues with this a couple of years ago, but once I isolated the weight of the wire from the plug, I can say I have not had one issue. And the sensor wire in my buggy is probably a year and a half old.
Given all the bumps, jumps and vibrations, the weight of the wire basically wiggles the wires and the plug, and one of two things happen. Either the plug itself wears out the socket in the sensor, and after awhile the plug keeps coming unplugged.
The other failure is that the wires will internally break right at the back of the plug. This is a hard one to find, because you can get what feels like cogging when the car jumps / lands.
I myself had some issues with this a couple of years ago, but once I isolated the weight of the wire from the plug, I can say I have not had one issue. And the sensor wire in my buggy is probably a year and a half old.
#6536
I think my Esc took a dump today. My vtx10 when turned on, goes through the normal boot sequence but when the F and R lights flash it doesn't go past that sequence and stays flashing. I've tried the radio calobration and it still does it. I also tried a new sensor wire and no fix
#6540



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