RE: hunter306's Brushless Pede' - Build Chronicles
Any updates, hunter? I'm curious to see what else is going into the pede :)
Posted on: 8/1/2007 5:40 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Lipo battery recommendation for Mamba 5700
Don't be turned off by the voltage different. These packs hold their voltage under load as good if not better than any other battery. My buddy with his E-sav has three different sets of batteries. (2) Venom 4600, (2) GP3300's and (2) A123 6.6v's. The A123's outperform both other sets by a long shot. He's runnin S600's and 22t pinions and can wheely all day with the 123's but can even get the front wheels off the ground with the nimh's. A123's can simply provide more power despite their lower voltage. After using my 3s and my friends 2s packs, I simply can't imagine getting any other kind of batteries.
Posted on: 7/2/2007 10:49 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Lipo battery recommendation for Mamba 5700
http://www.a123racing.com/html/starterkits.html Much safer than Li-Po, useable for 1000+ cycles. Cheaper than a Li-Po + Charger + Balancer. 15 minute re-charge. Perfect batteries if you ask me, unless your chassis can't accommodate the form factor.
Posted on: 7/2/2007 10:08 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: OFFICAL PEDE THREAD
[quote]ORIGINAL: toyoguru Looks like dirt and grim helped to eat the idler up. Taking the trans apart every so often, cleaning and relubing would help wonders in keeping everything smooth and lasting longer. [/quote] I took it apart and cleaned it out last week and have only ran it on pavement since. That "dirt and grime" you see is metal shavings from the idler.
Posted on: 6/22/2007 9:00 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: OFFICAL PEDE THREAD
This is what 6 months of a MM5700 on 3s A123's does to an aluminum idler: [image]http://www.jaofos.com/images/2007_06_22/04_idler1.JPG[/image] [image]http://www.jaofos.com/images/2007_06_22/05_idler2.JPG[/image]
Posted on: 6/22/2007 7:46 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: life span (lipo)
<3 my A123's... Looking forward to my 1000+ cycle lifetime :)
Posted on: 6/17/2007 12:44 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: e-savage
Yeah, S-600's are the popular "drop in" replacement motors for the e-sav. My buddy ran some in his for a while and they were awesome up until one accidentally came unplugged and he ran the truck for 15 minutes on one motor. It got close to 300F and was pretty much dead after that.
Posted on: 5/5/2007 10:25 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: What Off-road car/truck ?
I would recommend an E-savage, you really can't beat it. Strong, plenty fast and VERY durable, comes with good batteries AND a dual charger! Handles well enough on a track if you feel like tossing it in a race or two. A great deal overall, tons of fun.
Posted on: 4/24/2007 10:39 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: strong stampede drive shafts
[quote]ORIGINAL: Takedown Well me and my bro have stripped 3-4 axles already. The part that you put the wheel on. Ah I cant think of the name. [/quote] Stub axle? I don't know, I've abused my pede about as much as you can and I'm still running the stock shafts / stub axles, etc. Take a look at the abuse my pede takes in my vids: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=jaofos
Posted on: 4/24/2007 10:33 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: E-maxx battery suggestions
Another option would be the 2s1p starter kit from A123racing.com. My friend bought that kit to run in his E-savage and loves them! The kit may be slightly more expensive than two ib4200 packs and a low-end charger, but you can recharge both a123 packs faster than you can charge one ib4200 pack, run them and charge them back to back as many times as you want per day without having to worry about damaging the life of your cells or waiting for them to "cool down". Don't scoff at the 6.6v rating either, the weight saving and ability to gear up to achieve even more speed will more than make up for the .6v per pack loss. Anyways, just my opinion, go with what you feel comfortable with, just want you to know there are options out there. I personally chose the A123's over Nimh's simply because of all the fuss about "treating your cell's right" to make them last, limiting your runs per day on them, letting them cool off, etc etc. I really could care less about all that fuss, I want plug, play, recharge, repeat as much as I want without worrying about destroying my investment, that's why I went with and will continue to choose A123 cells.
Posted on: 4/24/2007 10:30 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: strong stampede drive shafts
What makes you think you'll need new drive shafts? I'm running nearly 10 volts through the mm5700 system on a variety of tires (Talon's, Masher's, Anaconda's) and have had zero problems with any of the driveshafts the entire time I've had the truck, and I don't "go easy on it" by any means. Save your money and time, replace them with stockers if / when they break. If it becomes a consistent problem, there is something seriously wrong with your drivetrain and you should take a real close look at the entire rear end for binding or other problems that would snap your shafts.
Posted on: 4/24/2007 10:20 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Found this power supply on ebay, is this any good??
If you are up to the task, this PS seems to be perfect for converting. Dual 12v rails, 10A and 8A, power two chargers for $15, what else could you want? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817193012
Posted on: 4/17/2007 4:59 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: E-maxx motor question (not about brushless)
It's worth it to get the S-600's. The E-savage motors probably aren't going to be much, if any better than the E-maxx motors. My buddy recently swapped his stock e-sav motors for a couple of S-600's and wow what a difference. Awesome motors for the cost and it's worth learning to solder if you plan on staying in this hobby :) We put three 0.1uf caps on each motor, + -> GND || + -> - || - -> GND
Posted on: 3/30/2007 2:37 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Pede 5700 gearing questions for bashing???
Geared 15/90 with Mashers and 3s A123's my motor hits about 180 according to my Temp Gun. Geared 17/86 on Anaconda's with 3s A123's its about 190-200 after a full pack and lots of high speed WOT runs.
Posted on: 3/30/2007 1:19 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: E-maxx motor question (not about brushless)
[quote]ORIGINAL: JUCD VPR Oh hell yes there is a difference then stock, in an e-maxx probably a good 4-5 mph for SURE. (just a guess) MAYBE more? THEN go buy yourself a good set of 7 cell batteries and you'll pick up ALOT of speed with that combination! [/quote] You can't run two 7-cell packs on the stock E-Maxx ESC can you?
Posted on: 3/30/2007 9:54 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Pede 5700 gearing questions for bashing???
Probably wanna stick with 12/90 or 12/86. You'll go plenty fast geared that way, trust me!
Posted on: 3/29/2007 2:55 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Pede 5700 gearing questions for bashing???
For general bashing I stay with a 12/90 on a 3s a123 setup (9.9v). If your running 6 or 7 nimh's you can probably get away with 15/90 or 15/86 and when you just wanna go as fast as you can, gear up to 19/86, but don't run more than one pack through it that way and watch your temps carefully.
Posted on: 3/29/2007 2:51 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Tamiya Dark Impact Vs Duratrax Evader BX
For backyard bashing you would probably be better off with an out of the box RTR XL-5 Stampede. In completely stock form it's absolutely perfect for backyard bashing.
Posted on: 3/29/2007 2:13 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: How to eliminate Mamba Max cogging
There appears to be two different sets of cogging issues with the MM set. Some people see cogging when starting from a dead stop while the truck is closer to them, and see improvement by adjusting start power , throttle curve, etc. I'm thinking these people might be suffering from the "crappy battery" cogging syndrome, where the motor isn't getting the power it wants to get goin. Good batteries and connectors are more likely to help in situations like these. Others, such as myself, saw cogging when starting from a dead stop while the truck is quite a distance away, this is more than likely due to interference between the TX/RX. Re-arranging electronics and good wire routing is a good solution to these issues, as well as switching to a good FM / 2.4ghz radio setup. I dunno, just my thoughts, someone write up a good FAQ on MM cogging! :P
Posted on: 3/29/2007 11:32 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: How to eliminate Mamba Max cogging
[quote]ORIGINAL: Getrdone Sorry it took me so long to respond. Here's a top view picture of my Pede... [IMG]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e72/tandkwelch/topviewpede.jpg[/IMG] I'm still planning on changing the punch control this evening to a higher setting to see if that helps. [/quote] OK I notice a couple of things that could help: 1) Flip your battery around - There is LOTS of power coming through those wires at the end of the battery, and they are less than an inch away from your RX! That = interference. Flip the battery around so the wires are as close to the ESC as possible. 2) Move the wires going from the ESC to the RX and from the servo to the RX to the right side of the chassis (with the truck facing you). Don't leave excess wire dangling, tie it all down along one side of the chassis, preferrably the opposide side from where the antenna wire is coming out of your RX. 3) Braid the wires between the ESC and motor. I braided each set and zip tied them seperately so even when I disconnect the motor from the ESC all the wires stay braided. From what I've experienced with my Mamba system, you don't have to program the ESC to get rid of cogging. It's all about proper wire management and reducing the interference reaching your RX.
Posted on: 3/29/2007 10:08 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Im building a 12S A123 from dewalt pack
That sounds more like your making a 6S2P pack instead of a 12S pack...
Posted on: 3/28/2007 3:58 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "Batteries & Chargers"
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RE: How to eliminate Mamba Max cogging
Could you by chance post a top-down picture of your pede without the body so we can see how all the wires are routed and electronics placement?
Posted on: 3/28/2007 3:52 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: How to eliminate Mamba Max cogging
The keys to MM glitching: 1) GOOD BATTERIES (a123's are da bomb) 2) Move the RX and antenna as far away from every other wire as possible. I'm running a Pede with the FLM Super Extended chassis and have the RX at the very front of the truck, the ESC and servo wires zip tied down the left side of the chassis and the antenna wire on the right side of the chassis and mounted inside the front body mount tower thingy. There is still slight glitching when I get too far away, but that's due to me still using the stock Traxxas TX/RX.
Posted on: 3/28/2007 2:26 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Im building a 12S A123 from dewalt pack
Could make two seperate 6S packs, charge and balance them seperately and make a series connection adapter to run them in series as a 12S pack for your application.
Posted on: 3/27/2007 2:57 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "Batteries & Chargers"
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RE: So I heard it is not the size........ 1/18th scale Robitronic Scalpel Pro - LB Style
You should buy a dev kit of the A123 cells and make you two 2s saddle packs. Run 6.6v Li-ion instead of 4.8 nimh's, or make two 2s2p packs if two A123's will fit on each side.
Posted on: 3/21/2007 9:48 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric On-Road vehicles, race cars and more"
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RE: Electric Revo
Looks like he probably just dremeled off the 2nd motor mount on an aluminum transmission? Also.. i see 10 A123 cell's in there.. that's about 33 volts? Don't know the ESC / Motor combo, but man, that's a lotta power!
Posted on: 3/20/2007 9:20 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Sleepy's Stampede....(maybe)
Been workin on your pede any sleepy? We still gotta arrange a weekend bash sometime, especially now that my buddy has an E-Savage, we will have three trucks bashin around. Would be perfect if we could find a dirt track in Nashville somewhere, drops the wives / kids off at Opry Mills Mall and meet up at the track!
Posted on: 3/13/2007 11:34 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: TT01D w/ mamba max OVERKILL?
My buddy and I got bored over the weekend so we put my MM5700 with the 3s A123 (9.9v) in his TT-01 geared 24/55. It was incredibly fast for about 3 seconds then it chewed through the entire spur gear.
Posted on: 3/12/2007 2:13 PM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Looking for a QUALITY Monster Truck....
The E-savage is a freaking TANK. My buddy has had his for two months now and hasn't broken anything yet and he drives it like he doesn't care, flipping, rolling, landing every which way you can imagine. Actually yesterday was the first time he broke anything on it, he was running and jumping it without a body and snapped off two of the rear shock caps after landing top-down a few times. In my opinion, e-savage is the only electric MT worth buying.
Posted on: 3/12/2007 11:41 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: anyone having troble with lrp esc reversing polerity?
Yep, me and my buddy both have the exact same problems with our LRP AI esc's.
Posted on: 2/27/2007 10:59 AM by Author "jaofos" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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