Quark fried, blown capacitor... - Page 27 - RC-Monster Forums

BrianG · 06.05.2007, 03:11 PM

lol, I think he'd remember a family member. ;)

And I know I'd remember if I was missing a Neu motor! I don't know about you, but my stable and/or spare parts bins aren't that extensive!

06.05.2007, 03:24 PM

Why do you think that my wife doesn't like to let me go to Vegas alone? If I got lost for a couple of weeks, that would be the last she heard from me. LOL.

Nah, the point I was trying to make is that I got the controller, and had to send it back. Now I have (had) the motor and had to send it in. My new controller, either the Quark or Compro, should be back this week. I'm going to be itching to run what I've been trying to get to, and the prospect of having to wait another two weeks will be unbearable. So...I'll likely get another motor, because I can have that in two or three days. I've already missed two weekends of racing because of equipment failure. If I have to miss another, I might lose my mind and get me a nitro engine just so that I can run a full race.

zeropointbug · 06.05.2007, 03:35 PM

All the electric stuff in supposed to be maintainence free, and reliable huh... :005:

Well, AAngel, you and I have the worst luck with this R/C stuff then.

I sure hope your next Quark will treat you right.

Serum · 06.05.2007, 03:48 PM

I must admit; I remember everything..

This has a reason;

When i was a young boy ( about 7 years old) there was this company who promised you a tool to uncrown the green part from strawberries. Criteria was to sent in 3 labels of their strawberry marmalade. I managed to eat 3 big fat containers of their strawberry marmalade in less than a month. slammed the stamps on the envelope, picked my bike, drove about 15 km to the nearest post office and delivered the most important letter I had ever sent in my entire life.. the trip back was done sooner than Lance Armstrong could have done it.. Driven by pure adrenaline.. I was on top of the world!

I loved that strawberry decrown tool, wanted to know how it worked, what it looked like, and was obsessed by the fact that you could get your own FREE tools with eating stuff.. How great; lived in an euphoric state of mind for a few weeks (don't know if it was the marmalade or the fact that my life soon was enriched by a new and yet to be discovered tool)

Naive as i was i hoped for the mailman to show up with a smile on his face, delivering me my precious tool.. it took me 12 weeks to realize that i would never get the tool..

after these 12 weeks, my life wasn't the same.

i will never ever forget anything i sent to a company.. I am reliving the marmalade nightmare all over.. i can still be bothered that they let this 7 year old down..

zeropointbug · 06.05.2007, 04:49 PM

I feel for you Rene, I really do!

I still love getting stuff in the mail, and when someone mentions the word 'parcel' or 'pick-up', I instantly think of christmas morning.... I am always waiting for parts, orders and shipments in the mail.

I have to say the marmalade gimmick was a nasty one, they make an extra buck, and you get burned as a kid... that's wrong. :005:

BrianG · 06.05.2007, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Serum

I must admit; I remember everything..

This has a reason;

When i was a young boy ( about 7 years old) there was this company who promised you a tool to uncrown the green part from strawberries. Criteria was to sent in 3 labels of their strawberry marmalade. I managed to eat 3 big fat containers of their strawberry marmalade in less than a month. slammed the stamps on the envelope, picked my bike, drove about 15 km to the nearest post office and delivered the most important letter I had ever sent in my entire life.. the trip back was done sooner than Lance Armstrong could have done it.. Driven by pure adrenaline.. I was on top of the world!

I loved that strawberry decrown tool, wanted to know how it worked, what it looked like, and was obsessed by the fact that you could get your own FREE tools with eating stuff.. How great; lived in an euphoric state of mind for a few weeks (don't know if it was the marmalade or the fact that my life soon was enriched by a new and yet to be discovered tool)

Naive as i was i hoped for the mailman to show up with a smile on his face, delivering me my precious tool.. it took me 12 weeks to realize that i would never get the tool..

after these 12 weeks, my life wasn't the same.

i will never ever forget anything i sent to a company.. I am reliving the marmalade nightmare all over.. i can still be bothered that they let this 7 year old down..

So sad. Another case of childhood innocence lost. :)

jhautz · 05:06 PM

So do you still like srawberry marmilade???:024:

BTW Rene: I think you are the official inventor of another new tool. The Thread Derailer!! Nice execution on this thread derailment!

EDIT: I give it 9.5

06.05.2007, 04:53 PM

Serum, you sound like you need a pat on the head.

Yeah, I likely won't forget about a Neu motor, but by the time I get it back; I probably won't need it anymore. Perhaps I should take this opportunity to try on a 1515 this time.

I just checked the mail and no controller. I tracked the Quark on the USPS website and it says that the controller was delivered last Friday. If I don't hear from them by tomorrow, I'll start believing that they are going to warranty it. I have my fingers crossed.

jhautz · 06.05.2007, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AAngel

I just checked the mail and no controller. I tracked the Quark on the USPS website and it says that the controller was delivered last Friday. If I don't hear from them by tomorrow, I'll start believing that they are going to warranty it. I have my fingers crossed.

They will waranty it. I havent heard of them refusing anyone yet.

06.05.2007, 05:24 PM

I hope they do. Once I get these two controllers back (the Quark and the Compro), I'm going to have to decide which one to use, provided that both work. When running correctly, neither esc cogs. The Quark is smoother, but the Compro runs much cooler.

zeropointbug · 06.05.2007, 05:36 PM

Well, I think with the cap bank on the Quark, it should be the controller to have, IMO.

I have heard too much stuff about the Compro's to want one. The caps alone will cool the Quark down a good amount, and only make it more reliable, both the caps and the esc.

Boy, I wish I had a local HS that had all this stuff, closest one is 2 hours away.

suicideneil · 06.05.2007, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeropointbug

I have heard too much stuff about the Compro's to want one.

Could you elaborate a little on that?:eek:

zeropointbug · 06.05.2007, 08:15 PM

Kind of a bad thread to say something about another controller huh... :005:

I thought it was the Compro's that were having issues with not running properly? Correct me if I'm wrong. I have heard they run cool though, which I like. The four caps might have something to do with that, and those heatsinks on it as well, and I suppose firmware on the brains.

bdebde · 06.05.2007, 05:40 PM

AAngel, PM me if not keeping the compro.

suicideneil · 06.05.2007, 08:31 PM

Hmm, I havent heard anything much about the compros really, not many people on here seem to have one, or Im not looking hard enough. They look great & have a good spec, as do the Quarks. Its just the silly case design on the quark that keeps in the heat, and the dodgy heat spreaders that dont work properly, but as demonstrated those issues can be fixed without too much trouble. Its all food for thought...