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Serum · 10:26 AM

One way to camouflage the shortcomings of a hot running motor.. Instead of choosing a better motor, just add a pound of cooling system..

http://209.196.57.91/ME2/dirmod.asp?...592E6271EBCEEF

I am hearing that song of the steve miller band..

Go on.. Take the money and run.. Whoo hooow...

snellemin · 10:37 AM

That looks cool. I always oogle that car at my LHS. What motor would you use Serum?

BrianG · 10.12.2007, 10:36 AM

Ugg. I'm not even gonna say it...

lincpimp · 10.12.2007, 10:45 AM

I like the use of a cooling coil and a fan! I am sure that it makes the feigao run cool, I never have any issues with my boats that have those motors in them. Not sure how well that coil will work, but it will do something. I wonder why the esc would need watercooling, it is only doing forward control so i would have thought that it would not heat up so much, maybe the higher kv motor he is using is causing the heat problems!?!?

Serum · 10.12.2007, 10:47 AM

Something less hot than a 4XL..

lincpimp · 10.12.2007, 10:50 AM

Funny, he has a controller capable of 6s, which would allow for a much lower kv motor and negate the need for water cooling, boost runtimes and probably weight the same. 2s lipo = cooling system weight?!. Plus it would be simpler, and run cooler too. Oh well, to each his own!

gixxer · 10.12.2007, 10:53 AM

as always just consider the source :)

Dafni · 10.12.2007, 11:14 AM

I saw that one too

Toolboxes

Why not use even cheaper lipos and wrap the cooling hose around it too

10.12.2007, 11:55 AM

I know that Mike doesn't advocate knocking other guys, but I just don't possess the restraint or tact that Mike does. CF is a POS and this is just a shameless exhibition of how far he is willing to go to make a buck.

I know that guys are running Feigaos in boats with the water cooling and are NOT having heat issues. The water cooling does do the trick of masking the shortcomings of those inexpensive motors. On the other hand, I also know guys running Neus in their boats with no cooling at all and they aren't having heat issues either.

It seems to me that this is just another way for CF to be able to put more of your $ in his pocket. Instead of all of that crap, he could just put a Neu motor on the model and sell a better product, although it will have a higher production cost.

nl12 · 10.12.2007, 12:38 PM

he could have at least used a good heat exchanger

lincpimp · 10.12.2007, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by nl12

he could have at least used a good heat exchanger

Yeah, strap an neu motor to the fd one. Neus never get hot, so they must be great heat exchangers!

HAHA

nl12 · 10.12.2007, 01:30 PM

At least it isn't nitro.... or brushed.... or finedesign... oh wait scratch that last one.

BrianG · 10.12.2007, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by nl12

At least it isn't nitro.... or brushed.... or finedesign... oh wait scratch that last one.

Two out of three ain't bad...

Serum · 10.12.2007, 01:47 PM

You can't hate Nitro that bad Brian!?

10.12.2007, 02:13 PM

Necessity has been called been called the mother of invention but I think in this case it was the ugly cousin of southern engineering(funny considering he's a Yankie). He(CF) sent me one of those(boat) controllers as a warranty unit for a car controller that one of his XLT4 motors fried usumably because he received a big batch of them and none for cars. I cut my losses and e-bayed it. I do everything possible to avoid ever having water anywhere near my electrics; so in addition to having to supply power to a pump, I think its a bad idea whether it is "sealed"(yeah right) or not. And like someone else has already stated, it really just isn't necessary.

Just another ploy to get more money out of folks who don't know any better.