Redvanmafia

no dumas.s, what happend, happend DUMB First of all if its worth anything you dont get within 50ft of water,



MF2MM5700 - Were on the same page



.... carry on

DriftingDragon

sorry bout that i had to blow all my cash on stuff i didnt want to get

SavageX78

Well I can tell ya 1 thing. If that was my emaxx with that much money in it I would not have been anywhere near water. But to each his own.

SavageX78

Well if you didnt want it why did you have to get it.lol

DriftingDragon

school project

SavageX78

ohh.

Be cool. Stay in school! lol sorry im tired.

fisheydude

That sounds like a nightmare come true. I hope I never have a dream like that, I may die in my sleep!

Do any of you use nimh batts? All mine seem to swell and the end cell melts off the shrink wrap and the logo on the cell. I use maxamps 4700 batts and ib4600 batts. Both types seem to build up way too much heat... even with easy runs. May-be I should try different packs... any suggestions? Can't afford lipos and charger/balancer right now.[&o]

SavageX78

Well I had problems with my Duratrax 4200 cells getting way to hot but they were junk either way.
But yeah the motors seem to pull alot of amps which heats up the batts quick.
You could try letting it cool half way through a run. thats what i did id just let it sit for 5 minutes or more and the finish the packs off.


How hot are your motors getting?

DriftingDragon

would i be able to run 2 silvercans rather then the twin titans

SavageX78

I doubt it would last. But if you geared it rite and watched your temps it may work.

Why do you want to run the silver cans? Are your titans dead.

Edit: I dont think it would work because the motors wont be able to handle 14 volts or 16.8 what ever your running.
From what i understand each motor gets the 14-16.8 volts. Its not half to 1 and half to the other.

DriftingDragon

no i just dont like the 550s much
when it gets bout 1/2 charge it gets a severe drop in power like it will suddenly just slow down and you will hear the motors do their little low voltage song on half charge

do you think the stock pinions work (im only on 14.4v)

fisheydude

mf2mm5700: The motors do get hot, too hot to keep a finger on them, but they seem to be holding up fine. The batts I am using charge up to 10.2 volts or so... Could that be the cause of the problems? I really trust these maxamps batts are good, may-be too good? [sm=confused.gif]

DriftingDragon

im goin 4 it the worst that could happen is thee motors wont work rite not the esc

DriftingDragon

ok guys im back
yes it cogged but it found "the groove"
it worked yes they got a bit toasty but it works fine
once the motors sync up it "FLIES" on 14.4v i was getting about 25-30mph
if your going to do it get heatsinks or heatsinks w/ fans

when i get the money i might try it with black cans or rz's but i think eventually ill find out from traxxas what gearing in need to put the titan 12t in

mycarisaser

hey man I live on a small island. There is water everywhere. Im not a kid I not rich either (30years old and make about $40,000 a year and I support a wife and 3 kids) It was accident I didnt know I was that close to the water. I was over 50 yards out from the truck(it got there quicker than I did). I had never ran in that area before and at a distance it looked just like a beach that slopped down to the water(no big deal) but it wasnt it was bulkheaded(no more sand) and I jumped the little sand hill twice before hitting it the wrong way. I didnt even know it had fell into the water. I tried to revese it b/c it was out of my sight and then I seen water flining up. So I tried to go straight and seen the same. I thought it was just stuck or something until I got up to it and seen that it was 3 1/3 feet down in to the water(salt water to boot[])

Man crap happens. I have these things to have fun with. I jump my E-lst2 over my house and off a 100ft dune with no worries b/c they are for fun and thats why I got them. Sometimes sh*t goes wrong! Its part of it.

SavageX78

I dont think that batts are bad. The motors just want more than they can handle.

You could try getting smaller pinions 17 or 18 tooth.
When I fried my first set of titans traxxas sent me 18 tooth and it helped my temps on everything.
And that was just dropping 1 tooth.

fisheydude

That's really good to know dude. I ordered 2 17t pinions several days ago that should be here tomorrow. I was worried the heat would be worse, I'm glad you told me that.
I got the 17t pinions and a wheelie bar. I hope the two less teeth will help it wheel stand. I don't need a lot of speed. I like jumping dirt hills and climbing, that's all about torque. I just hope these batts hold together today!

JustForKicks

Sorry to bring back an old thread, but how can I tell if my motors or my ESC are messed up? I've had this problem a few weeks after I bought the Maxx. I would run it for a while and it ran perfectly fine. After a few minutes, it starts to twitch, turn, and accelerate by itself. The batteries and motors are pretty hot after run as well.

Also, can someone recommend some good batteries? I'm running on Venom 4200's and the shrink wrap on one of them is already coming off. I want some good run times and good power.

fisheydude

Any motor I have lost has ended up having little pieces of metal rattling around inside of it. I guess a bad esc can have several symptoms. It sounds like more of a glitch or interferance problem. I guess the esc can still make that stuff happen, I'm not a pro or anything though. May-be the esc is getting too hot.?.
You should check out the traxxas on-line community too. You can find more info on batts and issues there. Go to Traxxas.com and go to the community thing.

fritz175

Hey!
I have a quick question about Batteries.
I'm looking to get an E-Maxx soon but don't know what type/brand of batteries to get!
I'm looking for 7 cell Nihm batteries.

Thanks,
Andy

mycarisaser

http://www.promatchracing.com/products.php?cat=4
When I was racing promatch battes were some of the best. I got well over 300+ cycles out of them and tons of power

spc also makes great batteries
http://www.spcracing.com/index.php?categoryID=4

Just stay away from the venom and ebay batteries (the e-maxx pull way to much power for them and will cause them to blow up)

The top two links are some of the best and for a good price

fritz175

what kind of run times can you get out of these?

mycarisaser

Runtime depends on how you run but best estamate would be 20 to 25 mins(of course depending on how you drive).

BigBrett

check out these as well these guys make some of the best !! SMC Batteries
http://www.smc-racing.com/energ.html