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08-28-2015, 12:00 AM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Seattle
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| Newb with Sand Scorcher finally running, slight meltdown
Hey guys. So I put about 1,000 man hours building this Tamiya Sand Scorcher kit. After about the 5th run I noticed a melting plastic or maybe a hot electronics smell and see that the clear plastic case over the motor has melted some. When I said the 5th run I mean I run through a 2000mah Lipo battery counting as one run. I only have 2 batteries, exactly the same, onyx 2000. So this would have been my 5th and 6th run on the 3rd day. I do have the black can motor upgrade. I am pretty much running balls out the whole time until she shuts down. It just seems like I should be and it should be able to take it? I do have a cutoff esc. Any thoughts?
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08-29-2015, 12:12 AM | #2 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Hawaii
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| Re: Newb with Sand Scorcher finally running, slight meltdown
I burnt up a tamiya sport tuned motor in my lunchbox after running it through only 2 packs. I was running a 4200 mah and it would run for over 30 minutes on 1 pack. It would just get hot from running for so long. I upgraded to an HPI 15 turn that has an internal fan and I added an external heat sink and haven't had any problems since.
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08-29-2015, 12:41 PM | #3 | |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: home
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09-25-2015, 05:20 AM | #4 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Florida
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| Re: Newb with Sand Scorcher finally running, slight meltdown
On the Sand Scorcher the motor is sealed so the heat has no where to go. I've only run mine for a few minutes at a time, but haven't experienced any heat issues.
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09-25-2015, 01:53 PM | #5 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Orygun
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| Re: Newb with Sand Scorcher finally running, slight meltdown
Run it with the cover off. Back in the 80's, they ran mechanical speed controls. The had a ceramic heat resistor/heat sink that was outside of that cover. You have zero air flow over the esc, that's my guess as to where the heat is being generated.
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