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07-30-2011, 01:48 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Rainier
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|  esc's and lipo batteries
I have a Rooster crawler ESC and run 2's lipos all the time I was told I could run a 3's with a low voltage alarm so I did . I ran a 1350 3s lipo in my truck after about15 minute my brand new tekin 45t started smoking  I let it cool off and then put my 2400 2s lipo and it was just fine how do i fix this so i can run a 3s PLEASE HELP
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07-30-2011, 01:50 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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I've never tried running a rooster on 3s. But i've heard you have to get a BEC.
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07-30-2011, 01:51 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: I'm a michigan boy can you feel that!
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WTF is a BEC gona help out in this situation? really? The rooster is already running a 6V BEC, Your best bet is to play it safe and stick with 2s or get a ESC that handles 3S from the begining! ALSO what type of gearing are you running? you may be over geared..... because your adding more voltage to the motor its going to get hotter quicker, you would have to gear way down if running a 3s Last edited by Twiztid Metal; 07-30-2011 at 01:56 AM. | |
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07-30-2011, 02:49 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2011 Location: Spring
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your motor was smoking? or do you mean your ESC was. An external BEC wont have a dramatic fix for this. I burned up a super rooster. I ran 2s for years on it. Soon as I popped in a 3s it didnt take long for the ESC to smoke and fizzle out on me. Almost bought the M2 but so many people have issues that I bought a Holmes Hobbies BR-XL instead. So either stick with 2s or get a better ESC. |
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07-30-2011, 05:57 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Rainier
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the ESC was fine the motor was smoking probably wrong gearing the rooster has a built in BEC so adding one wouldn't be any better I guess I'll play with the gearing  |
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07-31-2011, 09:12 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: 07456 N. NJ USofA
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If it was bad, you may have burned winding insulation off which is really bad. You may have also cooked the magnets so they may be weak now. If the motor runs now, be aware it may not last a lot longer. | |
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08-13-2011, 09:50 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Rainier
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Update I figured it out i change the pinion and it's all better now and the motor is still good too |
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08-13-2011, 10:15 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: earth
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Ive got a rooster running a 35T JP on 3s, been like that for 2+ years. It doesnt like 2s anymore, it just cogs bad. A BEC will help the ESC to run cooler. |
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08-16-2011, 10:36 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Rainier
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thanks for all the help on this issue |
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