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Originally posted by RC-Monster Mike
The heat is due to the amps you are drawing. On six cells, in order to make the power, the system has to draw high amps. If you cut the gearing in half and used the cells in series, the truck would run cooler AND have more power. The cells were wired in parallel, so they shared the amp draw, which no doubt minimized the temps. For the brakes, when you lost them, were they gone for the rest of the run, or did they disappear and reappear? This may be a result of the heat as well, but it is somewhat baffling.
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Okay, so I'll get better temps with 8-cell packs? Good :)
Temps have to stay safe for at least 15 minutes of racing.
Speaking of heat, what's the "safe" upper-range for the 8L and the Warrior 9918?
As for the brakes, I didn't even try to use them for the first 5 minutes. The brakes did not work at all when I tried to use them. It wasn't that I lost them, they just didn't work when I tried. I would push the throttle to full reverse, the buggy would cruise to a stop, then reverse would kick in. No brakes. As long as the weather is good tomorrow, I'll try what I was thinking with setting the radio to 0% before turning the buggy on, then increasing brake exp on the radio and see if it works.