But when will the MMM's REALLY ship out??

I have a feeling thier shipping FIFO

[jayjay283]

Originally Posted by azjc

I have a feeling thier shipping FIFO

Id agree except DicyT was probably the 1st reported Monster failure (May 9th) and hes sans Monster right now AFAIK. Dont know if he held on to it for a week or 2 before shipping ? I had fried and shipped mine shortly after (May 16th) and they had it Monday May 19th. I am rolling phat as of Aug 4th (77 days)

[mk351e]

too many people here are missing my point. I had a defective MMM. Mine died during calibration, so I got ZERO use out of it. It was sent in early, as it died with NO use. I'm not talking about retail shipments or anything other than repairs, because, quite frankly, if I didn't already buy mine, there's NO way in hell I would consider one of these products. I do not care about anyone waiting for one that did not receive a V1. If you didn't get a broken V1, and your're waiting for a V2, do yourself a favor, go buy an MGM; I hear they actually work, and you will receive your order! Yes, they cost much more, but you WILL ACTUALLY GET A PRODUCT!!! If you're gonna wait for a working V1, please email me; I have a bridge for sale you may be interested in at a great price!

I would guess first in first out too. Seems logical, though I doubt that they operate on that level of organization. But my point is: some people here claim they have theirs, or they have an email with a tracking number. Patrick claimed last week that they would start shipping early this week. But Christy and the receptionist both told me yesterday that only like 6 or 7 have shipped to beta testers, and they hope to start shipping next week! Somebody here is full of shit, and it's REALLY starting to get to me!!! I spent A LOT of money, and A LOT of time on this crap, and all I have is a complete high priced conversion with no controller. I also have no idea when the one I bought in APRIL is coming, and all I hear are conflicting guesstimates.

So, who's full of it? Christy and the receptionist? Has Patrick figured out a great way to piss people off even further? Or are there people on this board blowing smoke up our asses? And why?? Why bother?

WHERE IS MY CONTROLLER?????????????

What a joke this whole thing is, but I'm the real idiot here. Waiting four months to receive a working product.

[TexasSP]

That's it, I don't actually have my replacement controller. I did it all just to screw with you.

Anyway, I will sure get a kick out of running my imaginary MMM and knowing how much it bothers you.

[hoovhartid]

I understand the frustration. I too had a MMM V1 that I got little use out of (3 minutes).
However, I think Patrick has done a good job communicating with us as much as he has. What he last said was true. They DID start shipping by this week, in fact some shipped out last Friday. While he said that a batch 1000 ran through, he also mentioned that they were set up for soldering...The switches and such still need to be soldered on by hand. I am POSITIVE that they are working as fast as they can. What reason do they have to jerk anyone around? That kind of thinking just doesn't make sense to me. Makes about as much sense as posting in a thread instead of contacting the company direct Sorry man. I dont mean to make light of this because I understand your frustration, but I dont agree with airing dirty laundry like this/in this manner

Originally Posted by TexasSP

That's it, I don't actually have my replacement controller. I did it all just to screw with you.

Anyway, I will sure get a kick out of running my imaginary MMM and knowing how much it bothers you.

you could have had some real fun and told us you did a McGyver and were able to double tha voltage capacity by using a roll of duct tape and a spool of bailing wire

[TexasSP]

Originally Posted by hoovhartid

I understand the frustration. I too had a MMM V1 that I got little use out of (3 minutes).
However, I think Patrick has done a good job communicating with us as much as he has. What he last said was true. They DID start shipping by this week, in fact some shipped out last Friday. While he said that a batch 1000 ran through, he also mentioned that they were set up for soldering...The switches and such still need to be soldered on by hand. I am POSITIVE that they are working as fast as they can. What reason do they have to jerk anyone around? That kind of thinking just doesn't make sense to me. Makes about as much sense as posting in a thread instead of contacting the company direct Sorry man. I dont mean to make light of this because I understand your frustration, but I dont agree with airing dirty laundry like this/in this manner

Nice use of the forum smilies and very good points indeed.

azjc, it wasn't ducktape and bailing wire, it was a gum wrapper and two shoestrings!

[bl-is-future]

Originally Posted by hoovhartid

I understand the frustration. I too had a MMM V1 that I got little use out of (3 minutes).
However, I think Patrick has done a good job communicating with us as much as he has. What he last said was true. They DID start shipping by this week, in fact some shipped out last Friday. While he said that a batch 1000 ran through, he also mentioned that they were set up for soldering...The switches and such still need to be soldered on by hand. I am POSITIVE that they are working as fast as they can. What reason do they have to jerk anyone around? That kind of thinking just doesn't make sense to me. Makes about as much sense as posting in a thread instead of contacting the company direct Sorry man. I dont mean to make light of this because I understand your frustration, but I dont agree with airing dirty laundry like this/in this manner

Very well said.

[Larrydino]

well, they have been shipped.. i got mine a few days ago

hey mk351e, i'm just wondering why you don't just buy a mgm and ask for a refund from castle. It seems as if that route would be more suitable for you at this point of time.

[hootie7159]

i sent in one of my broken v1 and am still waiting to get it back but everything is ok since my other v1 is still working but not without a couple mods....i did the following to it:
-liquid nailed my 2 other mamba max's to the bottom and wired the 2MM and MMM in series
-managed to double the voltage via attaching the mother board from my laptop with bungie cords
-added a water cooling system for the 20 fans I have surrounding the whole system
-replaced all the 14 gauge wires with 1 gauge wires and no longer have any resistance...ANYWHERE..

I now run my 8ight on 20s 10,000mah lipos and it now skids across the water on stock wheels and also achieves 2 hour flight times

if anyone is interested in how i did all this send me a PM

currently working on inserting a flux capacitor so that it can travel back in time and save CC all the headaches that v1 is causing them and allow Mk351e
to have a working MMM so that he can enjoy his summer

sorry for this rather lax and totally off topic post but everyone feels better after laughing!!!!

the MMM are on their way....you gotta believe!!!!!

[bl-is-future]

Originally Posted by hootie7159

To much to quote

2 hour flight times is really good. but i may need 3. can you mod mine for this? Also i would like mine to be cooled with liquid nitrogen. Then i can only use 10 fans instead of 20.

[ogrfre01]

I am guessing that there is some kind of problem over at CC. If everything was working as planned i think that they would have shipped out allot more controllers. I dont think Patric would say that they would start shipping early this week and only a few have got their mail..... as i understod it there would be 2000 pcs produced..... and how many has got their mail that the controller is on its way? 10 maybe?

It would be really nice to hear some kind of new update from castle so we can end all of this speculations......

[Steve Krug]

I don't think there is a problem at CC, do you know how much work it is to get thousands of high quality controllers built in this amount of time? I'm sure castle doesn't have 500 employees building these things either. This is skilled work that takes time, it just makes me mad that the original design was flawed, which is what the real problem is.

I have to go back to school in only a couple of weeks...I have been waiting all summer, in fact, since May, to purchase one of these. I worked 2 jobs so far this summer to come up with some money to reserve for this controller. I wanted to pre-order one from mike, but I didn't have the cash.
Now that I do have the cash, I am soooo ready, far past ready to stick one of these controllers into my MBX5T. Now as it looks i'm going to be going back to school with empty hands without running my truck, by all means, it sucks..., but theres nothing you can do.

What i'm trying to say is that there are alot of other people who are getting the worse end of this than the people who have been waiting and already paid for their controller.
That being said, I think we all need to chill out.

[mk351e]

thanks for all the responses, though patrick is the only one I want to hear from. to touch a few questions though; I would very much like to get a refund and just buy an mgm; I went to do that last night, except they're on vacation until 8/15!! So CC has until 8/15 to at least get me a shipping email.

someone mentioned contacting CC instead of airing dirty laundry; well, that's what prompted this whole thread! I DID contact them, and THAT'S why I'm so pissed - unlike the rest of us here who seem to have an infinite amount of patience, I for one am tired of delivery dates that come and go ALL THE TIME! Why is everyone else ok with this? What's wrong with you people??

Also, to those of you who think CC makes thousands of controllers and is SUCH a large company, guess again friends. They may be big in RC, and for what they do, but let's face it, RC ain't exactly "the thing to do", nor are brushless conversions of nitro RC vehicles. Anybody who thinks this is a popular hobby, and that any rc company is really big needs to get out a little more. And as for the "in this amount of time" comment; this product has been rumored about for 3 years now! THAT'S not enough time?

And if that other guy can build a flux capacitor to stop this fiasco from happening, THANK YOU! Then my 3 year old son and I really WILL enjoy this summer!

So, I guess at this point, no more responses are necessary. There's nothing left to say. If Patrick comes by and pours out tons of info that seems concrete, we all just may as well ignore it, as it's apparently meaningless. And as for everyone else, I guess I'll be more like everyone else here, and just quietly sit around waiting for some little company in Kansas to send me my part for my toy car that I paid for 4 months ago, and hope that it works this time around.

I'm also tired of apologizing for being pissed off about this and at CC. What did CC do that was so wonderful anyway? Why is that they can do no wrong? I used to think this forum was so great, but now all I can wonder is what in the world you guys are smokin??