sn00p
02-05-2009, 12:22 PM
Guys just thought id update you and let you know my ESC seems to have crapped out running 5s :(
Managed to take it out whilst weve had all this snow and after maybe 5 or 6 runs wot i got the dreaded throttle cutout.... boat ended up driftinmg down river and getting stuck which was only the beginning of my nightmare. This was at 3:30 pm so still light. I ended up quickly driving home to get a rescue boat i have (doh forgot to take with) This also crapped out and ended up getting snagged up. DOwn to argos to try and buy a dingy seeing we where experiencing - 4 temps only to find NO one stocks dingys this time of year..... several hours of worrying knowing i have £450 worth of boats and batteries stuck in the river i managed to find a friend who had a dingy.
SAS mission at 8:30pm to get in the river in the dingy and rescue both my boats.
Looks like the nimhs on my rescue boat drained due to cold. The fastech lipos (1 x 3s and 1 x 2s) seemed to be holding a good charge and still had full rudder controll. Upon insopection at home i found the ESC no longer arming or beeping etc.... after leaving it for an hour or so i now get program beeping and arming beeps but it seems to rev and spin the prop and cut out alomst instantly..... thought it was the same problems i was having before but after re=programming and also trying the throttle hold trick i get a quick burst then the wires esc and motor heat up real quick and the motor no longer spins but i get a pulsing on the wires.... tried a plane esc on the motor and that seems to spin the motor fine so it looks like a fried esc at the moment.
whilst testing i also had a big arching and hissing sound from back of motor with a little puff of smoke... hope the motrs not fried too.
Im in the process of buying a 6s ready esc and see what happens from there. Now im wishing i stuck with the 4s right from the bat :( 5 and 6s was making the hull real unstable in chop anyways and the pond/river seems to run out real quick anyways...
Managed to take it out whilst weve had all this snow and after maybe 5 or 6 runs wot i got the dreaded throttle cutout.... boat ended up driftinmg down river and getting stuck which was only the beginning of my nightmare. This was at 3:30 pm so still light. I ended up quickly driving home to get a rescue boat i have (doh forgot to take with) This also crapped out and ended up getting snagged up. DOwn to argos to try and buy a dingy seeing we where experiencing - 4 temps only to find NO one stocks dingys this time of year..... several hours of worrying knowing i have £450 worth of boats and batteries stuck in the river i managed to find a friend who had a dingy.
SAS mission at 8:30pm to get in the river in the dingy and rescue both my boats.
Looks like the nimhs on my rescue boat drained due to cold. The fastech lipos (1 x 3s and 1 x 2s) seemed to be holding a good charge and still had full rudder controll. Upon insopection at home i found the ESC no longer arming or beeping etc.... after leaving it for an hour or so i now get program beeping and arming beeps but it seems to rev and spin the prop and cut out alomst instantly..... thought it was the same problems i was having before but after re=programming and also trying the throttle hold trick i get a quick burst then the wires esc and motor heat up real quick and the motor no longer spins but i get a pulsing on the wires.... tried a plane esc on the motor and that seems to spin the motor fine so it looks like a fried esc at the moment.
whilst testing i also had a big arching and hissing sound from back of motor with a little puff of smoke... hope the motrs not fried too.
Im in the process of buying a 6s ready esc and see what happens from there. Now im wishing i stuck with the 4s right from the bat :( 5 and 6s was making the hull real unstable in chop anyways and the pond/river seems to run out real quick anyways...