RE: The Evader Coalition ~ T.E.C. Part 2.
Does anyone have the duratrax sprint esc that come out of there ext? I know a lot of people went brushless and i already used mine and need another for a project of mine. If you would like to sell it shoot me a email. unitedtop@aim.com thanks, matt
Posted on: 1/16/2012 10:41 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Duratrax Brushless Evader
+1 on the thunder ac6 charger and gens ace lipo's from hobbypartz.com
Posted on: 12/28/2011 9:47 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
I bought a set of hot racing center cups for my xs. After only a couple of battery packs the rear cup split in half when i landed a small jump. Anyone else have any problems with there cups? matt
Posted on: 12/28/2011 12:54 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: The Evader Coalition ~ T.E.C. Part 2.
i've seen that tower has a "complete brushless evader transmission" for i believe 17.99. is this all that is needed to upgrade so that my evader will handle my brushless system. i've been down a couple months because i striped a gear in the trans.
Posted on: 12/16/2011 8:34 AM by Author "dms888" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
yea me to i was suprised. im just glad i have another esc and motor that keeps me going while hpi is fixing this. im going to see if they want me to send the motor this time maybe they can figure it out. [quote]ORIGINAL: nitro-rob Thats the first I've heard of a return blowing up. Sorry about your luck. [/quote]
Posted on: 12/15/2011 9:17 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
got my new esc from hpi today. so i took out my vxl esc and tacon motor to put the hpi esc and motor back in. hooked everything up and programed the esc. run it for a few mins on the stand and everything was fine. got everything ready to go run it and hooked the battery up and poof another cloud of smoke. 2nd time it has happened and never made it out to the yard. maybe my motor is messed up and causing the esc to smoke. ill call hpi tomorrow and see what they say. matt
Posted on: 12/15/2011 7:42 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
my esc blew out a puff of smoke right after the battery was hooked up. truck was on a stand and never ran the truck. brand new so nothing was hot or had been ran any. steering still worked but motor/esc was dead. matt [quote]ORIGINAL: srt10 [size=2][b]I have a question for those who have burnt the escs how hot was the esc, and did everything quit when it went out?? thanks[/b][/size] [/quote]
Posted on: 12/14/2011 12:03 AM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
i was out running my xs today when i busted a rear hub. i believe that's what it is. im attaching pictures to show what im talking about. no jumps or anything just racing around the yard. the truck went cart wheeling across the yard and when it stopped the back tire was at an angle. i was wondering if anyone makes an aftermarket one or if i should just replace with stock ones? thanks, matt
Posted on: 12/12/2011 10:19 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
: dms888 from my experience with this truck i have to recommend you not use a 20c lipo
Posted on: 12/8/2011 9:05 AM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
from my experience with this truck i have to recommend you not use a 20c lipo in it. these trucks pull alot of current and i dont think 20c will hold up. also you can expect the esc to go up in smoke if you connect a 3s battery. i ended up replacing the esc, motor and steering servo. great truck not so great electronics. matt [quote]ORIGINAL: rc theman I'm thinking about getting one of these machines, what breaks first usually?? And what mods should I get off the bat? Also will my lipos fit, I got 2 sky lipo 2s 4000mah 20c hardcase, and a 3s 4000mah 20c sky lipo hardcase [/quote]
Posted on: 12/7/2011 9:07 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
[quote]ORIGINAL: t9dragon [quote]ORIGINAL: dms888 after my share of problems i have been running my xs a lot lately. i have replaced the esc with a vxl and the motor with a 2 pole tacon 4000kv. also upgraded the steering servo. it runs great and i love the little truck. i run in my yard mostly which is all grass. im having trouble keeping the motor temp down. i have went from the 28t pinion all
Posted on: 12/6/2011 10:27 AM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
any idea of what a safe temp is i can run this motor at without frying it? matt
Posted on: 12/5/2011 8:37 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
first time out i hit 180 real quick. before i even knew it, that was with the 28t. i dropped a couple teeth and it took longer to get hot and i stopped when it hit 170. i dropped down to 23t and run it today and got the longest run time before i hit 160 then stopped. i normally run my motors around 150.
Posted on: 12/5/2011 2:49 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
after my share of problems i have been running my xs a lot lately. i have replaced the esc with a vxl and the motor with a 2 pole tacon 4000kv. also upgraded the steering servo. it runs great and i love the little truck. i run in my yard mostly which is all grass. im having trouble keeping the motor temp down. i have went from the 28t pinion all the way to a 23t. i run it on a 3s 5000mah 30c/60c lipo but im not a full throttle driver and don't drive it real hard. any one else having this problem? is my gearing still off for just bashing and running in the yard? is there something else i can do to keep the temp down? thanks, matt
Posted on: 12/5/2011 1:44 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Going BRUSHLESS in a traxxas Stampede
that link didn't work for me. but i run the hobbywing system with 60 amp esc and 8.5t motor. i have been running it probaly 6 months with no problems at all. it is very strong and bolts right in. i run a 3s lipo battery so i had to make my own mount for the esc but it was easy. great system and it all works great together. good luck! matt
Posted on: 11/29/2011 11:18 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
if your talking about the profiles i checked that and its on the right one.
Posted on: 11/25/2011 7:36 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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vxl-3s esc help
i installed a vxl-3s in my truck with a castle 4000kv 4 pole sensorless motor. the truck when at full throttle sputters and acts like its hitting a rev limiter. is this what it is? if so what can i do about it? thanks, matt
Posted on: 11/25/2011 7:27 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
is there any fix to this besides replacing the motor or esc?
Posted on: 11/25/2011 4:58 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
i put a traxxas vxl-3s esc in my xs since the stock esc smoked right out the box. when im at full throttle the truck sounds like its hitting a rev limiter. it kicks in and out kind of sputtering. anyone have an idea whats going on? thanks, matt
Posted on: 11/25/2011 3:49 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
thanks, got the wires out but not before i broke one of the wires. i had read that there was problems with the esc in these trucks but figure i would get more then 2 min out of it. i set the esc up and was setting my fail safe and poof esc smoked. are these esc's that bad? should i just buy a better esc or wait and see if the one they send me is any better?
Posted on: 11/23/2011 5:45 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official HPI Savage Flux XS thread...
need some help from you guys. i received my savage xs today and hooked my 3s lipo up to it and was setting the fail safe that wasn't set from the factory when the esc smoked. i never even got to drive it. anyway's hpi told me to send the esc in for them to inspect. how do you get the wires through the rubber groumet thats in the receiver box? that thing is tight and i cant get any wires to pull through. any help is appreciated. thanks, matt
Posted on: 11/23/2011 4:15 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: stampede brushless system.
i have the 4000kv 60a esc ezrun system in my pede. it works great and is extremely powerful, especially since i run 3s.[:D] ive had no problems and would recommend it to anyone.
Posted on: 9/18/2011 2:47 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: Help a noob out? Soft Sand?!?!?!
i have a brushed traxxas stampede and a brushed duratrax evader ext2. both of them are great trucks and are under $200. they both come rtr with everything. i have not had any problems out of mine but im not sure about the sand part. good luck
Posted on: 9/8/2011 9:34 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Traxxas Stampede help
my first choice would be contacting traxxas. im sure they would replace the motor for you if you just got it and that happened. if not then you haven't lost anything.
Posted on: 9/6/2011 6:44 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: best affodable brushless system for pede.
you can always go with hobbypartz.com there great and have some of the best prices. i just ordered the ezrun system cant wait to try it out.
Posted on: 9/6/2011 6:40 PM by Author "dms888" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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