Originally Posted by
Jube
It says in his post his vehicle is a converted Losi Muggy which weighs almost 12lbs. He is running a 2200KV motor on 6 cells. Now to me that is not a safe, reliable combo. At some point we as consumers have got to start taking some responsibility for our actions. When we decide to push the limits then we need to be prepared to suffer the consiquences for such actions and not cry about how CC has not built a good product.
Im really not picking on this one guy here, Im only using him as an example for some of the stupid stuff I've read about, including this episode.
Then again I'm usually an ass that says stuff when I shouldn't so feel free to pass me off as bad gas!
LOL, I missed that part. I thought we were talking about some other car. The Castle system DOES advertise being for Monster Trucks, so I don't think he was all that ignorant for putting together what he did. And unless the internal gearing for the Muggy is dramatically different than other 8th scales, his gearing wasn't that far off either. True, he should've asked advice before completing it with that gear. But the system is advertised as being able to handle Monster Trucks... AFAIK, most MTs are in that weight range.
You're correct though; I, having researched the HELL outta brushless 8th scale, would've geared much more conservative. But this is relatively new territory we're covering here, so there's bound to be a few hard lessons learned.
Let's just see if we can help him get his investment going again.