Seaking Boat ESC recalled by factory

[sailr]

interesting!

[bustitup]

I dont think you are supposed to use any internal bec above 3s

in my opinion internal bec's suck any way.....real FE users allways use external receiver bat packs

[cacofonix]

hummm

many friends use it on 6S with internal BEC without problem (by now ......)
most on LIZARD hull

herve

[drwayne]

External Rx battery ( disconnect the red wire) also disables the esc onboard signal loss failsafe.
Real FE ppl ?.. dont be so bloody omnipotent. Real FE ppl make their own considerations and do whatever makes their setup the best. :)
SK180 ESC BEC is great until power is fedback via the Rx lead, Have seen only one toasted.. power was off and owner started to rotate rudder left to right to left to right.. fed power back to esc and POP.
Purely organic related failure.

Wayne.

[raptor347]

I killed a SK180, but I know exactly when, how and why. Rotor seized and took the ESC with it. Before that, it was flawless on 6S using the BEC and driving a very serious servo for steering.

I liked it enough to buy another one. It's going in the same outrigger with a Neu 1527/1Y and a setup that draws ~110 amps. It should be an interesting test.

[bustitup]

I killed a SK180, but I know exactly when, how and why. Rotor seized and took the ESC with it. Before that, it was flawless on 6S using the BEC and driving a very serious servo for steering.

I liked it enough to buy another one. It's going in the same outrigger with a Neu 1527/1Y and a setup that draws ~110 amps. It should be an interesting test.

were you using the LVC?

[raptor347]

No LVC. I like to tune the race setups by capacity used and temp. Start conservative and work your way up.

I did use the programming box on the new one I set up today. Worked like a charm. Forward only, 6 cell lipo, 3.2V cut off,7.5 degrees. It has VERY smooh throttle response and a nice start up even with the big old nasty 1527 Neu.

Testing this weekend. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

[KUKIE39]

Greetings from Spanish FEboater:

I use two of this XXX180A for a while since the first ones appears at hobbycity and no any problem.

Used in a Matrix rigger powering a FEIGAO 540-9XL and drawing around 100Amps continuosly during 5 minutes on 5S, OF COURSE WITHOUT BEC, and I can tell you guys that no any problem found any time. Even in a race, the rigger crash against another boat and make a big hole in the hull, so the boat was under water several minutes till race finished, I got out the controller from the rigger, keep it almost an hour under sun shines while repairing the hull, mounted again and makes two runs more. I must tell you that before mount the ESC for the first time, i had filled out all joints and any posible hole with Silicone to prevent water inside.

Also used in a Hopf´s "El Diabolo" cat moving a BK Wanderer 540 size, 2212Kv with a graupner carbon/plastic 42mm prop, ALSO WITHOUT BEC, and still working perfectly.

No any problems found on any ways on the Turnigy180A ESC (Cross my fingers).

[sailr]

Can you imagine....the new reworked one should be even better? Wow!

[KUKIE39]

You are right Sailr, any upgrade work on this ESC is always wellcome in my opinion they are so good as Jetti or ETTI, Schulzer, etc for a quoter of the price.

[bustitup]

No LVC. I like to tune the race setups by capacity used and temp. Start conservative and work your way up.

I did use the programming box on the new one I set up today. Worked like a charm. Forward only, 6 cell lipo, 3.2V cut off,7.5 degrees. It has VERY smooh throttle response and a nice start up even with the big old nasty 1527 Neu.

Testing this weekend. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

I am a little confused here....you said NO LVC but you did set the new one with 3.2 cut off?

[raptor347]

I want to try it and see how/if it works.

[bustitup]

I want to try it and see how/if it works.

ok thats kind of what I thought but wanted to verify

good luck with it ....I set up my first turnigy 180 amp like that (3.2 cut off) and when I put the boat in the water it ran about half speed

hope you have better luck

[ray schrauwen]

No LVC. I like to tune the race setups by capacity used and temp. Start conservative and work your way up.

Testing this weekend. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

Exactly Brian, Thats what i do...



My Ebay seller has sent me this note after I asked about the recall:

Hi Ray,

Thank you for your enquires. We would like to declare that the re-call is done by Hobbywing, and we were just been notified. To express our sinceress, this item can be refunded by request in brand new condition. Thank you for your kind attention.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards,
plus2

Thats nice to hear. How much does it cost to send it back to Hong Kong???

Maybe just Keep it.

[Tony]

$20 -$25 usps to HK.