Devilman said:Crusader said:Good support from Traxxas. I called te main office here in Plano and talked to some kid. He said that we burned out the motor and he's sending me a new one free. Sweet!!
He asked me if I broke the car in properly. I told him I didn't see anything in te instruction manual about breaking it in. It's an electric motor for cryin' out loud. I guess I've heard it all. Lol.
Told ya Traxxas warranty was good stuff. Good to hear they still coverin stuff like that. :smile16:
Dude, you say that about breakin in an electric motor, when I was tryin to find info about some of my old ones, I ran across a thread on a site where guys racing these things would take a new motor, hook it straight up to a battery, & drop it in a glass of water while it was running?! :smile26:
I don't know exactly what that was supposed to do to 'em, but generally water & electronics is not a good mix, lol... But there was several of 'em talkin about it....
Duanehydro said:yeah, but then he has to change ESC and battery..... crazy.gif
Last Mohican said:Sounds like you got a good deal James. You electric guys are funny. I am surprised there are no nitro guys in here bustin your balls.
On another note, I'll try to find where the NRCDA 10th scale drag guys are racing this summer (If they are still around). That is some crazy stuff right there. 0 to 80+ actual MPH in a scale 1/4 mile. In scale MPH that would be 800+ MPH. The electric guys kill on the 1/4 mile stuff. They can drain a battery in one pass.
I hear ya but there is just something cool about nitro. You will never get the sound and smell of nitro with that electric car and I love that smell. Don't take me wrong. I'd love to have an e-revo. The after run on a nitro truck is kind of a PITA.blazeracer said:Last Mohican said:Sounds like you got a good deal James. You electric guys are funny. I am surprised there are no nitro guys in here bustin your balls.
On another note, I'll try to find where the NRCDA 10th scale drag guys are racing this summer (If they are still around). That is some crazy stuff right there. 0 to 80+ actual MPH in a scale 1/4 mile. In scale MPH that would be 800+ MPH. The electric guys kill on the 1/4 mile stuff. They can drain a battery in one pass.
I've always thought nitro was the way to go. I had a couple of nitro cars and a nitro plane in my day, but these electric cars now are just sick. This car I got will run over 60 with the brushless motor and LiPo battery, and do it for over 30 minutes!!
Last Mohican said:James & Cliff,
You guys should also go check out Indy RC world in Garland. It's more of a grass roots old school hobby shop so it's not a polished as Mike's BUT they have an indoor nitro track. If they still run them there, the sprint cars are cool to go watch.