What is this BS Castle is feeding this customer?

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Is there a way of overdoing the discharge of the battery?
They recommend minimum 78A cont. and 150A burst, was just looking at the Thunder Power and their 125A cont. 250A burst

[Toyman]

I just got my MMM from Mike today, got her all soldered up, hooked up, armed and away we go, i run a 7XL on 14 GP 3300 just bashing around, geared tall at 24/56 in my mostly stock 3905 maxx, it is awesome, nice job CC. Steve

Originally Posted by Toyman

I just got my MMM from Mike today, got her all soldered up, hooked up, armed and away we go, i run a 7XL on 14 GP 3300 just bashing around, geared tall at 24/56 in my mostly stock 3905 maxx, it is awesome, nice job CC. Steve

That is super tall gearing. I run a 9xl with 14 gp3300 and run 22/58-62. whats the temps on the motor with that setup.

[Toyman]

Originally Posted by dubkatz

That is super tall gearing. I run a 9xl with 14 gp3300 and run 22/58-62. whats the temps on the motor with that setup.

Temps were fine 98 ESC, 105 batteries, 137 on the 8xl and i ran it without a heatsink clamp. Steve

[hobbimaster]

Nope, doesnt appear they are holding off shipments. A friend, and myself ordered one each from Tower and they will both be here on Monday. I would think if Castle wanted to put a hold on anything they would have contacted the distributers and put a stop on further shipments. I guess the best thing to do is run the crap out of it over a few days period. Honestly from what I've read the first batch was 2500 units, and so far I've read maybe 6-8 failures on tech boards. It would seem most are having great success.

[johnrobholmes]

Overdoing battery discharge? Never, until the weight of the pack negates your increased power. I just got some 30C/50C Polyquest to stack against some 18C and 25C packs. It will be interesting to play with.

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Message from Joe Ford

Gents...we are seeing few of these come back versus the number that were sent out. If you're going to have an issue it'll probably be in the first minutes of operation. If ANYONE has this issue, please send the ESC to us and we will put you on RUSH repair service. Fill out the copy of the service request form at the link below and include it with the ESC. This is a very easy issue to fix on the controller. We are sorry for any inconvenience to those of you who experience this issue.

Shipping address is as follows:

Castle Creations
ATTN: Repair Dept/Monster MAx
235 S. Kansas Ave.
Olathe, KS 66061
USA

http://www.castlecreations.com/suppo...quest_Form.pdf

[q8-maxx]

To answer the question of why don’t NiMh batteries damage the ESC is the fact that these cells voltage drop quickly under load then climb back. The drop in voltage protects the system from the motor pulling too much amperage and creating too much ripple current.

Is this means this bec problem in MMM just with lipo?
I don't have lipo I will run 16 nimh cells until i buy A123 that recommended by cc.. so I will be in safe side with nimh?

[TexasSP]

I just sent mine back two day air so it will be there tues. Hopefully I can get it back rapidly. Joe sent a nice email back to me and they are obviously taking this all very seriously. Customer service is still top notch.

Originally Posted by q8-maxx

please can you answer me.. is this bec problem in MMM just with lipo ??
I don't have lipo I will run 16 nimh cells until i buy A123 that recommended bu cc

No, mine did it with nimh.

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

So are they still sending out new units to people how have had problems? Or is it all on hold now?

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Also, for guys that buy it off ebay (not a store on ebay) are they still covered under warranty? Just looked at the Service Request form and they want a reciept as well as when and where bought?

[jnev]

And if they are having success, it is more likely they are running there trucks with it, rather than posting on the forums. Usually if the ESC doesn't work, people would post the problem on the forums...

Originally Posted by jnev

And if they are having success, it is more likely they are running there trucks with it, rather than posting on the forums. Usually if the ESC doesn't work, people would post the problem on the forums...

I agree with that...there have been other hobbies that I have been involved with that only the negative is posted since the involved is so hot under the collar they have to get it out. If I want some positive feedback I will start a post, I have done that on this forum

[bl-is-future]

I have recieved my MMM form tower hobbies and have ran my 4s 5000mah pack all the way to the cut off 3 times now with out a problem with the MMM. I think it was just a few bad ones out there because mine has not given a problem. Even if it does i know castle will make it right.

[RBMike]

Mine died this weekend after a total of over 90 minutes of run time. No smoke just shut off & won't turn back on.