Lunchboxer

New soldering station and a new baby, can't beat it...

redfisher1974

The new station is awsome, Pluged it in and set it for 650 degrees, was at full temp in 30 seconds[X(] Wet the tip with some solder and put it away. Just need something to solder

looks good on the MAN shelf

ElectricGuy007

Very nice!

redfisher1974

Yeah for $59 CAD with free shipping, good deal.

Casper06

Wow that looks nice ElectricGuy! I'm excited about the 201x as well it should be sweet.

Nice soldering station Red!

The Collector1

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If anyone wants a Blizzard this company has them http://www.rpphobby.com/product_p/kyo30983b.htm

mechanizeddeath

I love the Blizzard, but man... $250 and a mechanical speed controller? [sm=angry.gif]

And yeah, I've run dozens of hump packs through the Levant without overheating.

Lunchboxer

It actually comes w/ a MSC? Ha, I totally forgot...

Blizzard is cool.. I highly recommend one!!

mechanizeddeath

ha! didn't you put brushless in yours? yeah the MSC was what put me off of buying one in the first place.

The Collector1

My Feedback: (2)

Did it come with a msc? Oh yeah I did remember ripping it out for a that Futaba esc

The Collector1

My Feedback: (2)

Those Kyosho msc were crap, I would burn those up all the time

Lunchboxer

No BL in my Blizzard.. just silvercan w/ some cheap waterproof LRP ESC! I don't want it to go too fast in the snow.. ha!! Silvercan is perfect!!

lee172

if we had more snow in the UK i'd build mine for sure! [8D]

Eman77

Wow, you guys like to push the limit, don't you? Nothing like purposefully running out of spec. Hehehe

Well, at least you know you're over the limit, so if you fry your ESC on a hot summer day, you won't get too upset.

Lunchboxer

I bet any 2S LiPo would put out more current than the hump back, though... !!

Eman77

I'm sure my understanding of current is poor. So, I run 2s in my Levant - that's 7.4V. A 7 cell NiMh would be 8.4V. But the LiPo (mine is 5000 mAh, 25C) puts out more amps than the hump pack (or so I'm guessing). I get that (esp. since I purposefully got a high enough C rating and capacity to support the E-Sav BL project).

I thought the volts would matter too though...?

secretsg

It came with a Msc for a good reason. No need to worry about putting in and warranty a wateproof esc.

secretsg

It's the voltage under load eman. A 7cell nimh will only be at same voltage or higher as a 2 cell lipo in the first couple mins.

Lunchboxer

Just do it already, Lee!!! [:'(]

Lunchboxer

Yeah, a lot of time you are just full throttle on the Blizzard and steer.. hee hee.. !!

Lunchboxer

Eman, see SecretSG's post.. and to clarify, what he was saying is that while the hump back might read 8.4V when there's no load, when you are accelerating hard, the voltage is gonna drop.. or the current demand is simply higher than what the cells are capable of.. while the LiPo can maintain that voltage and can provide up to 25C (in your case) which is a lot of current..

Power = I^2 * R. So if your LiPo can provide more current, your setup is gonna put out more power..

Of course, this is only if your power setup requires such current.. so a LiPo would act the same as NiMH if you are just using silvercan (well, kind of) but would separate the boyz from the men when you are running, say, 7700kv BL.. since a silvercan does not put enough demand on the battery to make the difference..

lee172

hey, when you finish the Leo... i'll build the....

Eman77

Secretsg/LB - ok, that makes perfect sense to me.

So maybe Mech's ESC won't melt after all. [8D]

Lunchboxer

Ouch.......

lee172

one day you'll give in to the Leo!