First watercooled rtr vehicle! Concrats Finedesign!

[Finnster]

Take the $140, and get a Neu instead. Or what, doesn't want to JB Weld the clutchbell on a nice motor? hahaha Lipos are too small IMO, and the weight balance is bunky.

How does he get his stuff in mags, and who buys this stuff? Clearly we are in the wrong business.

[gixxer]

Originally Posted by Finnster

Take the $140, and get a Neu instead. Or what, doesn't want to JB Weld the clutchbell on a nice motor? hahaha Lipos are too small IMO, and the weight balance is bunky.

How does he get his stuff in mags, and who buys this stuff? Clearly we are in the wrong business.

totally agree. I actually have one of those packs (got it for like $60 on ebay) and well it gets warm with my neu 1512 3d (1700kv) let alone a really hot motor.

also I have dealt with cf before, and well after finding this place I will never deal with them again.

[squeeforever]

I like how he uses motor cooling coils as a radiator of sorts with a fan blowing toward it...[note sarcasm.]

[t-maxxracer32]

i like how he miss spells brushless

taken directly from the website.

"The burshless motor is water cooled and is setup to use the stock 2-speed Kyosho clutch."

[Serum]

it probably means burstless, which directly affects the lipo pack that's used.

[BrianG]

Then it should read "burst-prone"...

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by Dafni

I saw that one too

Toolboxes

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

Don't say that and get him ideas, He may be looking

[Getter Robo]

I'd rather buy me an inferno, some cheap elecs from unitedhobbies and do it myself...

BTW: I always wondered where to get these motor clamps to but electric motors on nitro mounts?

[VintageMA]

I've had my experiences with my initial purcahses from FDM when I was first learning about brushless.

All I can say is that I bought 4 of the 2S 3700mAh lipos from him and I almost s**t myself when I discovered that when they were a year old 1 of them puffed just sitting in storage. About 2 months later the other 3 packs all puffed the same way. Needless to say that was about $500+ down the drain.

I've never had any other lipo puff up on me like that (and we're talking owning TP, Kokam, Orion, TrackPower, and MaxAmps packs).

Just as a side note - I read this about a puffed or vented pack somewhere - it said put the pack in salt water and put a knife through it. They didn't happen to mention how volatile the chemistry in the lipos really are. When I put the knife through the pack it literally melted the last 1/2" of the knife to the point where it looked like it came out of a blast furnace.

After learning my lesson, all I can say re: FDM is - "JUST SAY NO!!!"

[Serum]

BTW: I always wondered where to get these motor clamps to but electric motors on nitro mounts?

The are available through BK, they use them to mount motors in boats..

[squeeforever]

Yup, I believe Mike can get/has them.

[Dagger Thrasher]

I was wondering when someone would post about this on here...and I couldn't agree more with you all. It's just such a stupid and poor setup on so many levels!
It wouldn't be quite so bad if he used a lower-kv, cooler running Feigao, and didn't glue the clutchbell to the pinion. Oh, and not use a gimmicky watercooling setup that could wreak havoc if a pipe split/came off. And if he actually used a car controller instead of a Hydra. And used decent LiPos. And the list goes on! I think I'll stop myself here before I really go on a rant, lol.