Madtorque 8 electronics: what a piece of junk!

[Alonjp]

Hi,

I recently purchased a Madtorque 8 and all in all I like it, but...
The electronics on it is a piece of junk.
After only 1.5hr ride the servo died, as aspected, but it also managed to take the esc with him!
The servo was replaced with T-Pro servo and the esc was replaced in a warranty.
Today (after 6hr ride in total) the rx end his life...

I didn't expect the highest quality of this rig but even though I am surprise to see how lousy the electronic is..

FYI

P.S, already ordered a new radio (Radiolink RC3S) and am planning on getting a new ESC and motors too.

[Olle P]

Originally Posted by Alonjp

After only 1.5hr ride the servo died, as aspected, but it also managed to take the esc with him!

It might have been the other way around...

A crawler puts a heavy load on the servo, causing i to drawl lots of current.
If the current is drawn from the ESC's BEC the ESC will often get into trouble.
A broken BEC in the ESC will cause trouble all over.

Originally Posted by Alonjp

Today (after 6hr ride in total) the rx end his life...

Unusual, but the Rx might have gotten out of spec voltages from the broken BEC as described above.

Do get a separate BEC for the servo if you want to avoid future problems.
It doesn't have to be expensive. I use this one.

[Alonjp]

Thanks,
Already got this one:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=400752870406