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Sounds like an epic event - love the severed limb description especially - cool link to that dutch robot page- great work that makes us look so slack down here in oz⚙ _________________ Miles Blow - Julie Pitts
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Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:48 pm
maddox
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
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Location: Belgium
Here the pictures of the damage done to 3.2mm Hardox 450 and 5mm Armox 600.
Vulgaris is repaired, packaged and ready to be send.
Kashei is repaired too. I hope the change to other gears helps.
Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:28 pm
maddox
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Location: Belgium
Not a lot happening. But we ordered a new batteryscharger.
This monster
Lucky me, I have one of Grants Humongous Powersupplies , 24V 100A, to feed this amp hungery beast.
Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:57 am
Glen Experienced Roboteer
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Nice, the reaktors are much better than the ichargers they cloned, Still on the original 4x reaktors here at work vs 10 dead ichargers. _________________ www.demon50s.com - Minimoto parts
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Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:01 pm
maddox
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
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Location: Belgium
Good news then.
Last we bought 3 120A HV Dlux ESC's from HK, and they fried on the first testrun with a lightly loaded Turnigy G160.
Pure warranty issue. Once the fried ESC's were at the UK center, it took exactly 1 day to get a refund.
Unfortunatly, it was in store credits. Hence the Quad Kore Reactor.
Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:15 pm
Nick Experienced Roboteer
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The charger is definitely worth having but its surprising you couldn't get the cash back. Over here, consumer protection laws basically force sellers to give a full refund for major faults and I would have guessed that the EU has just as tough rules. It might be worth Googling consumer rights next time. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
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Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:04 am
maddox
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Location: Belgium
Not worth the hassle in this case. We were planning to buy the Quad one of these days.
Main thing now is to find an ESC that can do the job of powering a G160 @10S
Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:17 am
Nick Experienced Roboteer
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Do you know what happened to the Dlux controllers - was it straight-out overheating or couldn't they handle 10S properly? I like the Jeti ESCs but haven't tried them on high voltage. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
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Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:30 am
maddox
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One just burst in flames.
There is a YouTube review on those with the same result.
The other one just died. We didn't try the third one.
Fri Jan 06, 2017 5:39 pm
Nick Experienced Roboteer
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Wow, the factory definitely got something wrong when they cloned that design! Maybe its time to try a name-brand ESC? _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
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Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:43 pm
maddox
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Contemplating coughing up for 3 MGM compro's. But blowing €1000+ is a lot of dough, even for Team RCC.
Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:06 pm
Nick Experienced Roboteer
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You get what you pay for; those MGM compro ESCs are excellent. Have you looked at the Kontronik Kosmik 160 and 200 controllers? They may be cheaper and have similar features to the MGM controllers. They also have very strong cases, which the MGMs lack. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
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Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:19 pm
maddox
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Location: Belgium
That Kontronik can be cheaper, but by no means it can be called cheap.
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