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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

Yep... so many that it just fried tonight. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/biggrin.gif

There went $230 down the toilet. lol

I'm back to the stock setup...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

25 minutes !!!!!!!!!

Holy smokes !!!!

I 'gotta take my 3.5 turn motor out of my car... lol
I'm lucky if I get 5-6 minutes out of my 7.4v /5000mah Li-po's. lol
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

Actually, I was only running the 2s Lipo when it happened... and it was still geared down a tooth (to 18t) on the pinion . lol


I've only had the car week...and the weather here has been pretty...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

My rears are adjusted all the way to the end of the threads (stiff)
My fronts are only about 1/4" down from the top of the threads. (soft)

Mine seems to be pretty well balanced like that...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

Yeah... I was thinking about that too, but came to the same conclusion... I actually tightened it up about 1 turn, just so it wouldn't slip too much or melt.
Extending the wheelbase did help a...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

Well... I guess this is a byproduct of too much motor... lol

I just had a blowout in the driveway. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/biggrin.gif

I was doing...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

The only problem I have with this Novak unit is the junk fragile fan they put on the ESC.

I've just smoked a 2nd one.

All it takes is an eyelash sized piece of grass to jam it up and fry it.
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

sorry, slow connection = double post
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

Yep, I agree... and not to mention, I geared it slower too... by dropping to the 18t pinion gear.

I'll fool around with it this week and get some more "baseline" numbers... I'd like to see what...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

I loved the GPSidea so much... I did it. lol
I made about 4-5 runs up and down the street each time... I didn't want to overheat anything running WOT too many times.

I also swapped the stock 19t...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

That's brilliant !

I've got an extra GPS unit... maybe I'll give it a try.

I'm not so sure about accuracy though.... one of my GPS units showed a max speed of 178mph... in my '03 Chevy pickup...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

I've run it in/over just about everything... grass, dirt, street, parking lot, etc... and it's been cart-wheeled numerous times due to wheelies.

As far as speed goes ? it's anyones guess... is...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

I suppose I could maybe swap this brushless setup into my Parkzone P51 Mustang and run it 'till the wings fold-up... heck, I'll bet it would fit in my Supercub too....
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

I just finished running the heck out of it tonight with the 7.4 / 5000mah Venom Li-po battery...

Motor temp never went over 125 degrees... the heat sink on the esc was up around 200 degrees...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

Well... I took it to the local hobby shop for a little help programming the ESC... we got it running good now.

I only ran it a few laps around the huge parking lot... maybe 5mins worth of run...
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Posted By DragracerArt

RE: Official E-FIRESTORM thread

I have a stoooopid question for you guys...


I just bought the E-Firestorm yesterday morning... I had a bunch of 3s/11.1 Lipo batteries from my airplanes and figured I'd try one of those instead...
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