Adjusting the LVC on the RTR Revolt 30

[Doby]

Grim, i hear ya man. My escs have all worked flawlessly

Agreed, I guess the 6 AQ controllers I've been racing for the past 3 years must be the only good ones..aside from Dana's..

Electronics are UNDER-RATED...Period.

[Tom899]

Agreed, I guess the 6 AQ controllers I've been racing for the past 3 years must be the only good ones..aside from Dana's..

Electronics are UNDER-RATED...Period.

I think mine might be working perfectly also. Infact I'm sure there is nothing wrong with it and I never said there was, just was wondering if there is anything better on the market that might help my situation. In my case it could be me not fully understanding everything. Sorry if I opened up a can of worms, didn't mean to.
Thanks,
Tom

[Tom899]

Without seeing it run it's hard to tell man. You can buy a seaking esc for cheap money that are adjustable. 5 minutes is a good run.

Good feedback Dana, I didn't know 5 minutes was a good run, so maybe I'll just stick with 5 minutes and be done with it.
Also, I had a great run last night by stacking my batteries in the middle instead of side by side, completely got rid of any chain walking and 42.4mph. So with this in mind my next battery will be a single 4s and i'll try another company. You know, maybe the characteristics of my nano batteries are not allowing the studder bump, maybe all of a sudden they drop fast? A different company battery should prove this out.
Thanks,
Tom

[Doby]

No Problem Tom...

[dana]

When it studder bumps, don't just hold full throttle. Let off the trigger, then give it just enough juice to get it in...

[Doug Smock]

Sorry if I opened up a can of worms, didn't mean to.
Thanks,
Tom

You didn't open a can of worms Tom.
These guys have been a little cranky lately, not sure what's up with that.
Doug

[rjs62]

what about lvc alarms ? I bought 2 of these to run my lipo's in our cars which have no lvc for lipo's

so far they work excelent ! seem to start chirping around 3.6 volts per cell !

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[Tom899]

When it studder bumps, don't just hold full throttle. Let off the trigger, then give it just enough juice to get it in...

Ok, I'll try that out if I see studder bump.
Thanks,
Tom

[Mike Caruso]

Ok, I'll try that out if I see studder bump.
Thanks,
Tom

Morning Tom,
My boat I only hit studder bump once and batteries were way low.
I was up at 4.20 AM us old guys don't sleep good, just often. I am running this morning and I have one more thing to try to find the lost mph. I will update when I get back home.
Mike

[Mike Caruso]

Hey Tom,
I got sick from the Sun yesterday and still weak. I will post later when feeling better. I did run 42 and 43 mph on mirror glass water with my Re Volt. I have found that I have a lot of wear in the strut. Looks like it was spinning the brass sleeve and the end large section dug into the strut. Thought I had more than needed air-gap drive dog to brass sleeve. I did polish the brass sleeve with 1500 in direction of rotation when it was new 30 runs now. On another note when I was at the Hobart race I bought raffle tickets and won a Aquacraft Top Speed 3 tunnel outboard boat very nice. Need to talk with outboard electric guys now or swap it for ?
Mike

[Tom899]

Hi Mike,
Hope you get feeling better soon!
Thanks for the updates. I'll have to keep an eye on my strut and sleeve. I upgraded my flex shaft and brass sleve in the beginning and the sleeve did not fit, too small. I ended up sanding it quite a bit untill it fit. I called Steven at OSE and he didn't know there were different size shafts, he tried one out and found the same thing. He promptly refunded and is working on a solution. The stock one is .214” and the new one is .218”. Nice deal winning the boat!
Tom

[Napalm]

I have the same issue where mine will studder then just shut down as soon as i notice the studder i immediately stop driving and i loose all power to the moto after i let out of the throttle but i still have full steering capabilities. i thought it was a bad esc so i bought another one of the same model but still same problem so im going to buy a new esc and properly program it so then hopefully i wont have these problems. just not sure on what esc to order

[Mike Caruso]

I have the same issue where mine will studder then just shut down as soon as i notice the studder i immediately stop driving and i loose all power to the moto after i let out of the throttle but i still have full steering capabilities. i thought it was a bad esc so i bought another one of the same model but still same problem so im going to buy a new esc and properly program it so then hopefully i wont have these problems. just not sure on what esc to order

You don't have to buy anything just pay attention to your running time, you are just running a little to long.
Mike

[Napalm]

thanks mike i will have to keep better track of time from now on i guess.

[Tom899]

I have the same issue where mine will studder then just shut down as soon as i notice the studder i immediately stop driving and i loose all power to the moto after i let out of the throttle but i still have full steering capabilities. i thought it was a bad esc so i bought another one of the same model but still same problem so im going to buy a new esc and properly program it so then hopefully i wont have these problems. just not sure on what esc to order

Yes, it seems timing is important. I'm going to finish the season with the stock ESC and keep it to around 5 minutes. Next spring I'll probably get the bug to upgrade some parts and an adjustable ESC is on my short list. Two friends in our club have ProBoat Mystics. This is how there ESC's work. If they happen to run too long and the boat stops they let it sit for approximately one minute and then it will run again very slow, but enough to get to shore. I'm guessing it's because the LVC is set higher and the batteries can recover slightly, but this is a guess on my part. I could be all wrong, but would like to experiment, it’s a hobby, right.