Spartan ESC

[Steven Vaccaro]

With all the "cool" features the Spartan ESC has, I'm wondering why people are changing the esc and the motor at the same time? Has anyone pushed the esc harder with an aftermarket motor yet?

[GeoVW72]

I don't really see the Spartan ESC having many features, at least compared to other ESCs. You have three program modes and that's it.
I would also be interested to see how far they can be pushed, definitely keeping mine to try with different motors.

[Brushless55]

With all the "cool" features the Spartan ESC has, I'm wondering why people are changing the esc and the motor at the same time? Has anyone pushed the esc harder with an aftermarket motor yet?

Not sure Steven?
I think the stock esc will take some bigger and better motors with lower KVs just fine

[sonic77]

2 days ago my esc caught on fire and almost burned my basement up scared the crap out of me only thing i had done was plug in my 3 s packs to it to test it on the bench I did not run it hard at all I pulled the throttle on the transmitter and then released it the motor still was running I squeezed the transmitter neat the throttle position adjustment and it would start and stop then all of a sudden I heard a loud pop and then a huge Grey cloud rose from the boat then a fire shot out of the esc I quickly disconnected the new packs and blew out the fire luckily it did not damage the hull . I removed the speed controller receiver and motor from the boat and packaged it up I sent it all back to Traxxas they had better come up with a good answer and some new parts. when I spoke with traxxas they seemed very short with me and had no answers but told me that they would test everything and replace what was bad I'm still pretty upset about the whole issue being that I still haven't been able to put the boat in the lake since all of the lakes are still frozen around here


Justin

[JPriami]

Huh. I had an issue with mine that it would keep running after I let the throttle go as well. But not at the same speed it would drop down a little and keep going.
I reset my transmitter then made sure the mode selection on the esc was set to lipo and sport mode. Its been ok ever since. It's in race mode now since I've had the boat in the water.

I have had the esc jump into LVC mode once when I knew then packs were not discharged. I unplugged everything and plugged it back up then it was ok too. Esc seems a bit hoaky to me.

[Steven Vaccaro]

Sorry to hear about the other problems.

I don't really see the Spartan ESC having many features, at least compared to other ESCs. You have three program modes and that's it.
I would also be interested to see how far they can be pushed, definitely keeping mine to try with different motors.

The main feature I like is having the motor temp sensor wired to the esc. I dont know of other esc's with this feature.

I also like the training mode, it makes handing the control to a ten year old(even while standing next to him) a whole lot more enjoyable.

[GeoVW72]

Sorry to hear about the other problems.



The main feature I like is having the motor temp sensor wired to the esc. I dont know of other esc's with this feature.

I also like the training mode, it makes handing the control to a ten year old(even while standing next to him) a whole lot more enjoyable.

I will agree that training mode is a nice feature, but the same result could be achieved with throttle end points.

unfortunately the motor temp sensor is wired into the receiver, hence the new receiver part number 2218X.

[Steven Vaccaro]

I will agree that training mode is a nice feature, but the same result could be achieved with throttle end points

I hope they achieved training mode in another way. Otherwise its going to be the cause of more problems. I cant imagine the heat buildup of a 6500mah pack running for 20 minutes with the fets running at 1/2 throttle.

unfortunately the motor temp sensor is wired into the receiver, hence the new receiver part number 2218X.

Oh, I didnt know that! That stinks.

[Shooter]

I was also looking forward to this ESC. Hopefully they will get these bugs worked out.

[GeoVW72]

Training mode works without issue as far as I've heard, not a big fan of the trigger setup settings though, but that's more personal preference.

Traxxas's QC has really fallen by the way side as of recent, with all their speedos, but the support is good.

[LarrysDrifter]

Maybe we can see if Andy and Darin can look into seeing if Spektrum will make a marine RX with telemetry-mainly the temp sensor since that all the FE boater can use anyway.I know that not everyone uses Spektrum,but many do.I know the MR3000 rocks.By far the best RX Ive ever used.

[Brushless55]

I may sell mine?

[LarrysDrifter]

Sell what?

[Brushless55]

Sell what?

Spartan esc

[JPriami]

i dont know if i will sell mine yet. going to see how the boat does. if i still dont like it. im going back to all stock stuff and selling the whole boat. Then Hello Genesis cat