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mydudrevo 06-24-2013 02:35 PM


Originally Posted by Randy_Pike (Post 12285829)
Are you in their version of sensored only mode?

What car? Gearing? Battery?

Smart sense. Caster rapture and I tried 16-13t pinion on 46t spur. Smc race formula 6500 70c. Motor is running great no heat problems at all. I have the punch on 20% and I'm running an external bec.

Jstall7543 06-24-2013 02:58 PM

I like 2 layers of the parma servo tape, it's the thick clear stuff. It helps prolong the magic.

Randy_Pike 06-24-2013 03:33 PM


Originally Posted by mydudrevo (Post 12286044)
Smart sense. Caster rapture and I tried 16-13t pinion on 46t spur. Smc race formula 6500 70c. Motor is running great no heat problems at all. I have the punch on 20% and I'm running an external bec.

Esc may be the issue. Do you have a friend that has a spare?

mydudrevo 06-24-2013 03:39 PM

Ya a friend is loaning me a HW150 to see if that helps and if it does I might get a rx8g2. How is the bec in the rx8?

Randy_Pike 06-24-2013 03:40 PM

It's awesome. 6v or 8v and 7 amps.

mydudrevo 06-24-2013 03:45 PM

Great I hate having an external bec and all the extra wiring just looks messy

TASMANIAC 06-24-2013 04:31 PM


Originally Posted by kcasner (Post 12286008)
Mine blew up too. Going to give them a call today, hopefully this isn't a wide spread problem.

Worked great for 5min's on 11.1v, but then I changed over to my series adapter for 22.2v... Before I could unplug it, huge white/yellow cloud of smoke, and the side of the case melted. Not sure if this has anything to do with it, but it was updated to the latest 238 firmware.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-f...621_160544.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-r...621_160723.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7...621_160555.jpg


Dude!

As a a serious safety precaution, i would suggest putting heat sinks over the soldered ends of all your Deans Plugs.

Just a safety measure.

Randy_Pike 06-24-2013 04:42 PM


Originally Posted by kcasner (Post 12286008)
Mine blew up too. Going to give them a call today, hopefully this isn't a wide spread problem.

Worked great for 5min's on 11.1v, but then I changed over to my series adapter for 22.2v... Before I could unplug it, huge white/yellow cloud of smoke, and the side of the case melted. Not sure if this has anything to do with it, but it was updated to the latest 238 firmware.

you ran it around for how long on 3s with that motor? What kv is that?

Waflet 06-24-2013 04:54 PM


Originally Posted by HBRC-LBD (Post 12286009)
Hey guys,

Can someone tell me if the current limiter effects the top speed?

Cheers Kev

Hideeho
No it does not, only acceleration. That's the beauty of it!

mydudrevo 06-24-2013 05:06 PM

I must say that the gen2 has to be the sexiest esc on the market so I think I'm gonna have to have one

mavdriver 06-24-2013 05:19 PM


Originally Posted by mydudrevo (Post 12286044)
Smart sense. Caster rapture and I tried 16-13t pinion on 46t spur. Smc race formula 6500 70c. Motor is running great no heat problems at all. I have the punch on 20% and I'm running an external bec.

Im running the same set as you mmp , pro4hd 4300 , gen ace 40c 2s 5000 mah and a 14 pinion , on my scte 2.0 except im running on sensored mode and runs perfect with no issues no over heating at all the hottest the esc has been is at 120 , motor at 160 , batteries at 100 , and that was an ouside track 90 degrees that day , you might want to try that first , do you have the castle link ? if you do thats the best way to program the esc .

mydudrevo 06-24-2013 05:31 PM

Ya I have castle link ill give that a shot.

mavdriver 06-24-2013 05:33 PM

Hi Randy a couple of questions for you , i just received the RX8 gen2 esc , im going to run it on my Associated 1/8 truggy this is my set up , motor thats in it right now T8 1550 kv , 15 pinion , 5s 40 c 5000 mah lipo , my question is do i need to program the esc at all or can i run it with the factory settings as is ?

mavdriver 06-24-2013 05:44 PM


Originally Posted by mydudrevo (Post 12286561)
Ya I have castle link ill give that a shot.

Cool hope it works out , if not it like Randy said might be the esc , also a call to Castle can probably help you diagnose the problem , good luck to you let us know whats the out come is .

BiggieFries 06-24-2013 06:43 PM


Originally Posted by mavdriver (Post 12286567)
Hi Randy a couple of questions for you , i just received the RX8 gen2 esc , im going to run it on my Associated 1/8 truggy this is my set up , motor thats in it right now T8 1550 kv , 15 pinion , 5s 40 c 5000 mah lipo , my question is do i need to program the esc at all or can i run it with the factory settings as is ?

i believe all you will have to do is change the voltage cut off from 2s to 5s (5th LED under VC)


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