Smoked Quark, Works perfect

[mmdooley]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Well, the motor HAS to be hooked up or the beeps won't sound. And, IIRC, the manual says to hook up the motor, but disconnect the pinion.

I don't think it was voltage that burnt the BEC; it was probably shorted or something and the overcurrent is what blew it.

Makes sense that it works when you use a UBEC (as long as you don't remove the red wire) since you're basically powering the brains via the UBEC. As a matter of fact, I've thought about disabling the BEC circuit altogether so it would run cooler.

Not sure why you don't have reverse though, unless the Tx wasn't calibrated right and/or the settings weren't programmed right.

Make sure your radio throttle EPA is set to 100% (or even higher) in both directions and the throttle trim is set to 0.

When I read " The motor should not be connected to the drive train during programming" I mis understood I guess I need a wake up call . But I have the red wire unhooked because it says "OPTO modification must be applied when using batteries above 10 cells Ni-MH or 4 cell Li-Poly. and it shows the plug and says to disconnect the red wire." Am I mis understanding this??

I read here on this forum a thread titled "Quark 125B" by ALL BRUSHED UP. For more info. But I think I am just getting more confused

BTW I have set my EPA on my MX3

[GorillaMaxx360]

Originally Posted by mmdooley

When I read " The motor should not be connected to the drive train during programming" I mis understood I guess I need a wake up call . But I have the red wire unhooked because it says "OPTO modification must be applied when using batteries above 10 cells Ni-MH or 4 cell Li-Poly. and it shows the plug and says to disconnect the red wire." Am I mis understanding this??

I read here on this forum a thread titled "Quark 125B" by ALL BRUSHED UP. For more info. But I think I am just getting more confused

BTW I have set my EPA on my MX3

hey man dont feel stupid i did the same thing when i read that i read it fast in a hurry and thought it ment dont have the motor pluged in. so tryed to start it with the battery and it smoked. but when i disasemboled it it did not seem to have any damage. i am getting the motor wires soldered this weekend and hoping my esc still works.

[mmdooley]

Originally Posted by GorillaMaxx360

hey man don't feel stupid i did the same thing when i read that i read it fast in a hurry and thought it ment dont have the motor pluged in. so tryed to start it with the battery and it smoked. but when i disasemboled it it did not seem to have any damage. i am getting the motor wires soldered this weekend and hoping my esc still works.

WOW, Did it smoke where mine did (see pic's) If it did you may be OK. I think that is the internal BEC. One thing I have not figured out is, Does the middle wire (red) get disconnected or not. The wire that goes from the esc to the throttle slot on the receiver. Right now I have mine disconnected and it seems to be OK. Thanks for making not feel so stupid Good luck !