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03-03-2014 | 12:52 PM
03-03-2014 | 02:54 PM
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 5,071
Qual'ed 4th and took a 2nd place A main finish with my Caster S10SC 4wd sct at Amain Hobbies big indoor race in Chico CA. It was there biggest race ever at 282 entries.. The power of the truck was amazing all weekend long with zero issues. I'm running a Viper VTX8 ESC. I am also running a stage 1 race kit on my truck.
03-03-2014 | 03:41 PM
Lol ... I still perfer the first, much darker "industrial feel"
especially starting at :37 secs in| + YouTube Video | |
Congrats Bring It On!
03-03-2014 | 04:33 PM
Got the vtx10be all wired up and loaded with the A64, no problems there. but when I went to re-calibrate the radio after loading the A64 the esc did something wierd. When I pulled full brake and hit the vlink button once all the lights on the right side started blinking with a chime and would not stop, I had to disconnect the batt to shut it down. I have brakes and forward power, but brakes seem a little soft. brake pwn is 2000 with power @ 100% and I still have to turn the brake trim to 100% to get semi-brake power. Have I done something wrong when I calibrated the radio with the esc? throttle and brake are @ 100 on travel ( I have a dx3r ), and throttle trim was centered. where does the brake trim need to be? I first did it with brake trim @100 and brakes did not work, so I set trim to zero and that's when I started getting the issue with the esc.
03-03-2014 | 05:21 PM
Ok.... I reloaded A64 and then re-calibrated the radio. pretty sure I got it, esc chimed and went to on mode when it was done. didn't do that before, Thanks Wildcat. Got a cash race Saturday and don't want the Viper system to look bad first time out.
03-03-2014 | 07:01 PM
Tech Regular
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 464
From: Central California
Motor Selection
I have decided to give Viper products a shot and am looking to buy a motor. I am building a TLR 22T and will just be using it for running around with some friends, no serious racing right now. I usually use around a 6.5t in my stadium trucks, ranging from 6400kv to around 6700kv depending on the motor. I know the Viper motors are torque based, and may need to be geared up. Should I go with a VXT 6.5t and gear up, or would I be better off gearing up with the 5.5t? This is just for fun, but I would like to try to keep the same speed (or be a little faster) than the other motors mentioned above. Thanks!
03-03-2014 | 07:22 PM
Tech Elite
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,264
From: N.W. Ohio
Paul Sinclair has been a Viper driver for several years now. If you've seen the thread at the top of the page you'll know he recently had all his R/C stuff stolen. What we didn't say was that we have a seminar & race this coming weekend followed directly by Cactus.
All of Paul's sponsors have stepped up in various ways to get replacement equipment out to Paul. All new Viper motors, ESCs, and lots of spares got here today -- first.
Our thanks to Nick and the entire Viper crew for all their help and fantastic support. A great organization to be associated with.
All of Paul's sponsors have stepped up in various ways to get replacement equipment out to Paul. All new Viper motors, ESCs, and lots of spares got here today -- first.
Our thanks to Nick and the entire Viper crew for all their help and fantastic support. A great organization to be associated with.
03-04-2014 | 05:03 AM
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 8,616
From: New Jersey
I have been running a64 on my DX4Pro in high speed mode and haven't had any issues. I didn't see an official statement that the issue was resolved, but I haven't been able to replicate the issue since using a64.
So if any of you guys had this issue before, please try using your high speed mode again. I suggest that instead of altering your model in the radio that you know works, copy that model to a new one and change it. Use that as a test model.
For example, if you know that model 1 on your radio works for your 2wd buggy, don't change it yet. Copy model 1 to model 5 (or what ever number) and then make the changes to model 5. If everything works ok, then make the changes to model 1. This way if you have any problems at the track, you won't have to try to figure it out. You can just swap back and keep racing.
Very interested in hearing what you guys think of the new software
03-04-2014 | 05:11 AM
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 3,595
From: Covington, La.
I forgot to mention this!!!!
I have been running a64 on my DX4Pro in high speed mode and haven't had any issues. I didn't see an official statement that the issue was resolved, but I haven't been able to replicate the issue since using a64.
So if any of you guys had this issue before, please try using your high speed mode again. I suggest that instead of altering your model in the radio that you know works, copy that model to a new one and change it. Use that as a test model.
For example, if you know that model 1 on your radio works for your 2wd buggy, don't change it yet. Copy model 1 to model 5 (or what ever number) and then make the changes to model 5. If everything works ok, then make the changes to model 1. This way if you have any problems at the track, you won't have to try to figure it out. You can just swap back and keep racing.
Very interested in hearing what you guys think of the new software
I have been running a64 on my DX4Pro in high speed mode and haven't had any issues. I didn't see an official statement that the issue was resolved, but I haven't been able to replicate the issue since using a64.
So if any of you guys had this issue before, please try using your high speed mode again. I suggest that instead of altering your model in the radio that you know works, copy that model to a new one and change it. Use that as a test model.
For example, if you know that model 1 on your radio works for your 2wd buggy, don't change it yet. Copy model 1 to model 5 (or what ever number) and then make the changes to model 5. If everything works ok, then make the changes to model 1. This way if you have any problems at the track, you won't have to try to figure it out. You can just swap back and keep racing.
Very interested in hearing what you guys think of the new software