Are Zippy Lipos safe with a Castle MMM Speedy?

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Finnster --

Unfortunately, there are literally hundreds of thousands of combinations of pinions, spurs, batteries, tires, etc... that we can't "rubber stamp" every possible combination -- or even a subset of 'em.

Use common sense. Don't gear for 120mph on a 16lb truck. Don't start with the largest pinion you can find because "it'll be really fast dude!" Check you temps after runs, and make sure you aren't exceeding safe temperatures.

You could potentially damage ANY ESC and motor WITH ANY BATTERY if you are not careful with the setup.

So testing and approving a list of cells would be useless - - - I can hear the tech support call now...

Caller: "I was using an approved battery and the MMM failed"
Tech support: "What was the gear ratio you were using?"
Caller: "Oh, I was using a 35 tooth pinion and a 35 tooth spur, so 1:1"
<Sound of the Tech Support guy beating his head against the keyboard>


And it's not that "Brand A" 30C batteries always work, and "Brand C" 30C batteries never work -- that's the point I've been trying to make. Pretty much any batteries will work if you use them within their limits. It's just that the limits change from battery type to battery type.

Our return rates on the MMM are EXTREMELY LOW, so very very few people are having issues of any kind. It may seem high, but we have shipped almost 12,000 Mamba Monsters to date -- and have seen VERY VERY few problems.

If you are careful with your setups, measure temperatures, run conservative gearing, you won't have problems.

If you constantly push the system, don't measure temps, and abuse everything, you will have problems.

It's that simple.