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  • obrien008
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 132
    #1

    Leopard motor issues

    Has anyone had any issues with Leopard motors glitching a bit when getting water in them?

    It seems that when I have excessive water sloshing around in the hull (a cup or so) one or both of my leopard motors will act up sputtering back and forth, its almost like if you tried to run in with only 2 of the 3 motor leads connected.

    Im almost positive it does this because of a bit of water entering the motor as it only acts up when there is excessive water in the boat.

    Has anyone else experienced this or know what I am talking about?

    If so, any solutions?

    (I am running dual Leopard 700KV on 12s with dual CC Hyrda Ice 2 HV 200s)

    Thanks.
    Tags: 4092, hydra ice, leopard, water proofing
    • Gary
      Fast Electric Addict!
      • Jan 2009
      • 1105
      #2
      The best solution is to eliminate the water in the hull. Electronics and water never did mix to well so that is your best bet. No water ...no problem.
      PT-45, 109mph, finally gave up after last bad crash
      H&M 1/8 Miss Bud 73 mph
      Chris Craft 16 mph

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        • kevinpratt823
          Fast Electric Addict!
          • Aug 2012
          • 1361
          #3
          It is more likely from the plug/connection to the rx getting wet I would think, or getting into the esc itself.
          My private off road rc track
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC3H...yaNZNA&index=8

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            • Zackthrills
              Senior Member
              • Apr 2013
              • 305
              #4
              Agreed but I will tell you this. I flipped boat today and never had any problems and mouthwash water never gets allot in my hull. But it took Maher a good min to get my boat out. So it ended up with a good cup or two of water in it. My motor started to glitch but I pulled the boat out and did everything off and plugged everything back up and ended up having to recalibrate my esc throttle position and it created it up. Just a thought might not be your problem but very similar to mine and my boat Is great now.

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                • Heaving Earth
                  Banned
                  • Jun 2012
                  • 1877
                  #5
                  More likely one of your other electronics, esc or rx as kevin mentioned

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                    • obrien008
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2009
                      • 132
                      #6
                      I feel like if it was the ESC getting wet it would not ever recover after drying out. When I have this problem (maybe one out of every ten runs) I have to let the boat sit atleast overnight for the problem to stop, no recalibration is ever required which leads me to believe that it is the motor getting water in it.

                      But then again I never thought of the issue being the servo lead getting wet.

                      Either way though dryer is better I guess....

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                        • Heaving Earth
                          Banned
                          • Jun 2012
                          • 1877
                          #7
                          Well you asked.
                          Just keep it dry, if you can

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