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suicideneil · 12.30.2008, 10:48 PM

Stop picking on me, its not my fault girls dont like me as anything more than just a friend.

BrianG · 12.30.2008, 10:50 PM

Take a few dead presidents with you next time.

killajb · 12.30.2008, 11:51 PM

Save your dead prez' for RC stuff. Being a girls "friend" means you're always around when she needs someone to talk to, inevitably you're bound to score. Better still, with your wallet still intact.

lincpimp · 12.30.2008, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by suicideneil

Stop picking on me, its not my fault girls dont like me as anything more than just a friend.

Nah, they are all mingers... you are better off wating for the right one...

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Originally Posted by BrianG

Take a few dead presidents with you next time.

Hmm, hookers in the UK may not want american money, the euro is strong right now, so exchange rates might screw you over (no pun intended). At least we have a better idea what Brian G spends his non-rc money on. "5 dollar make you holla big boy!"

hemiblas · 12.31.2008, 12:43 AM

Hmmmmm and we wonder why they dont let him on the traxxas forums anymore.

lincpimp · 12.31.2008, 12:58 AM

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Hmmmmm and we wonder why they dont let him on the traxxas forums anymore.

HAHA, thier moderator are power hungry gits...

Luckily we have moderators who are not afraid to throw in a few good jokes! (and damn lucky to have me posting here frequently)

hemiblas · 12.31.2008, 01:08 AM

I miss those days. I remember just about every response he gave cause all the questions went like this.

Question - Hey Neil, I want to build a dual motor velineon emaxx.

Answer - What the !@#$#$%$^&* planet have you been living on. Everyone and their mother owns on of those and they dont work worth @#$%@^@$%. Did you steal my blowup doll, you !@#$#@$%$&.

Yep the good old days.

BrianG · 12.31.2008, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by killajb

Save your dead prez' for RC stuff. Being a girls "friend" means you're always around when she needs someone to talk to, inevitably you're bound to score. Better still, with your wallet still intact.

Yeah, but being just a friend puts you in the "friend zone" and she'll never see anything more than a male version of her girlfriends.

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Originally Posted by lincpimp

...At least we have a better idea what Brian G spends his non-rc money on. "5 dollar make you holla big boy!"

Nah, I don't have problems in that arena. And anyway, 5 dollars?!? I'd be afraid to get near someone who is that cheap!

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...(and damn lucky to have me posting here frequently)

Delusional are we?

ReV:-O · 12.31.2008, 08:21 AM

wow thanks for all these replies guys, its great! i also posted this on the traxxas forum and got 1 reply!

the outside temp when i was running was about 5 degrees C maybe? not sure...

about the batteries, i thought 8000mah was meant to last you 45 minutes, and 5000mah about 20-30 minutes. that was the downside of running 6s in the e-revo. i cant understand how my runtimes are that good. im gonna take it out today to see if it was a fluke!

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Originally Posted by BrianG

The other guys answered your questions pretty well, but I want to interject my $0.02 about #6. There should always be a spark when hooking up the your last connection because the caps are always discharged when you remove the battery.

Depending on which ESC you got: a "true" V3 with wires directly soldered to the PCB, or an V2 upgraded to V3 with connectors on the PCB instead.
What might be happening is that the first couple/few times you plugged the packs in, you ablated the heatsink on the MMM. The heatsink is VERY close to the power plugs, sometimes even touching. When you plug the batteries in, the heatsink shorts out the pack for an instant and basically vaporizes the itty bitty contact area between the heatsink and connectors. After a while, all the aluminum is ablated away and you no longer see a large spark.

Or, your battery connectors could have gotten pitted from the sparking during the first few connections.

Or, you just got better at smoothly hooking up your battery connections, which helps reduce the spark.

I got the MMM combo, but the MMM has bullets all round, including the battery side. both bullets are touching the heatsink, and i am afraid of breaking them if i try to pry them away. does this mean they are shorting out my lipos? i remember hearing that CC insisted it wasnt a problem

killajb · 12.31.2008, 08:52 AM

I beg to differ Brian G. In S. Florida, the "friends zone" is where it's at. No strings attached and better "service" than Castle Creations!

JERRY2KONE · **Warrenty -** 12.31.2008, 10:07 AM

I got the MMM combo, but the MMM has bullets all round, including the battery side. both bullets are touching the heatsink, and i am afraid of breaking them if i try to pry them away. does this mean they are shorting out my lipos? i remember hearing that CC insisted it wasnt a problem

This sounds to me like a problem for sure. Do a continuity test and see if you have a short on the heatsink. If so then drop Castle a few lines and send it to them for repair/replacement. Seems easy enough to me.

_paralyzed_ · 12.31.2008, 10:15 AM

that is no problem, if it does cause an arc then it will immediately burn away the connecting material and leave you good to go

ReV:-O · 12.31.2008, 10:29 AM

huh? sorry that last post was beyond me lol. are you saying i should just keep running it as it is? will it damage my lipos?

cheers

suicideneil · 12.31.2008, 10:33 AM

Wont damage the lipos- read BrianG's explanation further back and it should become a little clearer.. or not...

BrianG · 12.31.2008, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by killajb

I beg to differ Brian G. In S. Florida, the "friends zone" is where it's at. No strings attached and better "service" than Castle Creations!

Well that's a different "friend zone" than I am talking about. I am referring to the zone where she thinks of you as one of her g/f's, not as a romantic (or carnal) partner.

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...and i am afraid of breaking them if i try to pry them away. does this mean they are shorting out my lipos? i remember hearing that CC insisted it wasnt a problem..

DO NOT attempt to pry them away. The only thing you will succeed in doing is breaking the PCB and that's bad (and probably not covered under warranty).

Castle has indeed said that's it's "no big deal", but I still disagree. But I am just a hobbyist with only 4 years of electronics school, and about 15 years of experience. The Castle guys are real engineers with much more experience.

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Originally Posted by suicideneil

Wont damage the lipos- read BrianG's explanation further back and it should become a little clearer.. or not...

Sorry. I do try, but tend to get wordy.