MGM 22418 & 6S LiPo is No GOOD

I take an electronic laboratories scale (0 to 6kg). I put a stand on the scale, make a Zero, and put my truck on the stand.

Me e-revo, with Panthers Komodo tire weigh 9.4lbs and with Proline badlands tires, it's 10.5lbs.

Originally Posted by ssspconcepts

Hey Wildman,
My settings are the default settings, except I switched to 5 Lipo for the battery setting. I will tell you this...unbeknownst to me...when I plugged into the USB interface, the software automatically returned my controller to default settings...to include setting it back to 2-pole motor mode. This took me about an hour to figure out why the controller wouldn't work after I checked my settings. I went thru the initial setup about four or five times and the controller would just sit there and beep. Well, I went back to the USB and noticed that it was in 2-pole motor mode-bingo. I set it back to 4-pole mode (for Neu motors are 4-pole motors) and went back thru the setup procedure and everything works fine now--whew!!!!!! Quite a scare I had there. You can see the video of my maiden run if you goto my picasa link http://picasaweb.google.com/ssspconc...36201234213570

Wow!!!! this CRT is a BOMB And very clean looking job bude But seem to have pretty bad cogging on start??
Can you tell me the weight of your truck in RTR mode please?

Thank you!!!!!!!

[ssspconcepts]

Originally Posted by david lamontagn

Wow!!!! this CRT is a BOMB And very clean looking job bude But seem to have pretty bad cogging on start??
Can you tell me the weight of your truck in RTR mode please?

Thank you!!!!!!!

Thanks dude. Yeah it does cog some at launch...mainly when I mash on the trigger...the problem is probably due to the gearing: 18/46. I am going to put in another order with Mike and get some more smaller pinions. I do have some smaller ones but they all are on my other trucks. As far as weight goes...I don't have a scale so I am not sure. I will say this...it is heavier than I thought it would be. When I compare it to my all aluminum emaxx trucks, I don't see a significant difference. BTW...What kiind of scales do you guys use?

Originally Posted by ssspconcepts

Hey Wildman,
My settings are the default settings, except I switched to 5 Lipo for the battery setting. I will tell you this...unbeknownst to me...when I plugged into the USB interface, the software automatically returned my controller to default settings...to include setting it back to 2-pole motor mode. This took me about an hour to figure out why the controller wouldn't work after I checked my settings. I went thru the initial setup about four or five times and the controller would just sit there and beep. Well, I went back to the USB and noticed that it was in 2-pole motor mode-bingo. I set it back to 4-pole mode (for Neu motors are 4-pole motors) and went back thru the setup procedure and everything works fine now--whew!!!!!! Quite a scare I had there. You can see the video of my maiden run if you goto my picasa link http://picasaweb.google.com/ssspconc...36201234213570

Very nice setup you have there ... When I first saw the vid, I was thinking why its not that fast .. hehehe .. then when I saw the wheelie .. I was YES .. that’s the way it should go.

ssspconcepts, hehehe I like your sig .... I had the car back then too ... loooooooooool and I had a green radio with it .. but i can't remember the brand ..

[ssspconcepts]

Originally Posted by aalzuhair

ssspconcepts, hehehe I like your sig .... I had the car back then too ... loooooooooool and I had a green radio with it .. but i can't remember the brand ..

Was it a stick radio? If so...the green was sort of like olive green right? Sounds like a Futaba Attack...same one I had.

Originally Posted by ssspconcepts

Was it a stick radio? If so...the green was sort of like olive green right? Sounds like a Futaba Attack...same one I had.

Yes it was a stick nothing else was available, I mean the wheel radio was not out back then and yes it was olive green with a silver handle bar on top .... man you had the same radio ... dude don't tell that you were born in 73 ... hehehe

The worst thing about that car was the resistor, you remember the white stone like block with a sliver heat sink that did not even touch the resistor .. hehehe .. and the gears used to break like every day and it was a pain in the behind to fix .. hehehe … but still I had so much fun with that R/C …. Ohh a friend of mine still has his grasshopper from back then.

hehehe ... its funny, because I do the exact same thing ... I always play around with the mesh, to see which would yield the least amount of resistance without creating to much slack .....

The gearing was 14/46, but at any rate the buggy was on a stand, I was just testing and making sure everything was ok, since I'm planning to build a few of them for myself and some friends :)

[ssspconcepts]

Originally Posted by aalzuhair

hehehe ... its funny, because I do the exact same thing ... I always play around with the mesh, to see which would yield the least amount of resistance without creating to much slack .....

The gearing was 14/46, but at any rate the buggy was on a stand, I was just testing and making sure everything was ok, since I'm planning to build a few of them for myself and some friends :)

Man...it sounds like a bad batch. But that just doesn't seem possible...

I assume you ordered them from Mike. What did he say?

Originally Posted by ssspconcepts

Man...it sounds like a bad batch. But that just doesn't seem possible...

I assume you ordered them from Mike. What did he say?

Right now, I just want them to work, because nothing else on the market would suffice.

No I got them directly from MGM, but I thought that this forum would be the best place to post about it since, I like RC-Monster and Mike sells MGM I just want to share my experience

[ssspconcepts]

Originally Posted by aalzuhair

Right now, I just want them to work, because nothing else on the market would suffice.

No I got them directly from MGM, but I thought that this forum would be the best place to post about it since, I like RC-Monster and Mike sells MGM I just want to share my experience

You are right...nothing else on the market will suffice. Sad thing is that all the companies that make good HV ESCs are outside the U.S. It amazes me that a small company in the Czech Republic is our best source of HV electronics.

Now I am going to vent on all the non hack companies that can't seem to hang The AMERICAN companies are getting their just deserts. How in hell did we manage to put a man on the moon, win two world wars, and win the cold war? . As far as I am concerned this is simply laziness on their part...that the best they (and they know who 'they' are) can come up with is a 12 or 14 cell ESC. Better cowboy up and get with the program folks...its a complete disgrace. Please take a little pride in what you do...and at least catch up with the competition.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by ssspconcepts

You are right...nothing else on the market will suffice. Sad thing is that all the companies that make good HV ESCs are outside the U.S. It amazes me that a small company in the Czech Republic is our best source of HV electronics.

Now I am going to vent on all the non hack companies that can't seem to hang The AMERICAN companies are getting their just deserts. How in hell did we manage to put a man on the moon, win two world wars, and win the cold war? . As far as I am concerned this is simply laziness on their part...that the best they (and they know who 'they' are) can come up with is a 12 or 14 cell ESC. Better cowboy up and get with the program folks...its a complete disgrace. Please take a little pride in what you do...and at least catch up with the competition.

I have tried my best to make up their minds, but I think they see more money from the Birds and Fish. I can run, but I can't fly nor swim (RC wise) . I'm trying to get an HV controller made, but I have to rely on folks that told me they could do it, but now I feel like crap mainly because I have nothing to offer for now.

Originally Posted by ssspconcepts

You are right...nothing else on the market will suffice. Sad thing is that all the companies that make good HV ESCs are outside the U.S. It amazes me that a small company in the Czech Republic is our best source of HV electronics.

Now I am going to vent on all the non hack companies that can't seem to hang The AMERICAN companies are getting their just deserts. How in hell did we manage to put a man on the moon, win two world wars, and win the cold war? . As far as I am concerned this is simply laziness on their part...that the best they (and they know who 'they' are) can come up with is a 12 or 14 cell ESC. Better cowboy up and get with the program folks...its a complete disgrace. Please take a little pride in what you do...and at least catch up with the competition.

Truly amazing ... you are absolutely right .. The first thing one should learn in business is to have a niche and I guess a lot of those companies are just lagging behind …. And it goes beyond that, I mean one of the most important things to me that makes the US of A so great is “Choice” in all shapes and sizes … in this case we need options .. I want to go into a LHS and see a verity of ESC that can handle the intended use.

[nl12]

I burned 2 MGM 16024s I dont know if it was user error or what but I dont buy them anymore. I was running a big 2240 on 8s lipo maybe I was spinning the motor too fast and pulled too many amps. Mike got me taken care of.

[ncalenda]

I sent mine 16018 back and they emailed me as soon as they got it, which was great. The way I look at it, is that we have to keep sending them back. If there is a weakness in their product they need to know about it and fix it. One way is for them to see a common problems. Their controllers are great imo.

Plus, I have had a problem with every ESC I have owned, even my traxxas vxl esc. I just had to solder the plugs better onto the board. After months of that controller stopping for no reason, it turned out to be loose plugs!! I even sent it back, which they found nothing wrong, since it was hard to reproduce. I am calling them though, they need to know those plugs were loose. The solder job was bad, if others are like that, it would not take much to loosen them.