yeh sabretooths are good i recommend them, just dont be disheartened by the images im about to post of mine
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I would recomend xxl over sabertooth 2x25 if u can affoed it
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp8hvyjZWHs

Hmm XXL appears to be back wasn't on website or RMP last time I checked.

Sabertooths are available from Robotgear.com.au or Robotparts.com.au locally

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http://www.botbitz.com

I highly recommend robotparts he was great to deal with when my sabretooth 5A had a broken side. Sent me a replacement before i sent the broken one back...
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Originally posted by dyrodium:
I highly recommend robotparts he was great to deal with when my sabretooth 5A had a broken side. Sent me a replacement before i sent the broken one back...

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Do it for a larf
send him a pic saying. "ummmm need warranty replacement". He may fall for it.
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yea robotparts very helpful and quick postage and responses to emails.

have delt with robotgear not bad but service did not quite up to robotparts standards. took 3 days to post.

Re xxl i noticed on the RFL forum that robotparts posted saying they where having trouble finding the power chips. guess the found a new temp source or some hidden in the back room. doubt it will last much longer with xxl.

There so called firecracker does not seam to be living up to expectations and is well more then a year late.
looks like sabertotoh could start taking the market with small controllers once the XXL dies out

Anyone know if jake sold all his?
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yeah he did iirc

Hey Shreddy, how did your sabertooth get fried?

I'm not exactly sure but I think it was the result of a chain-reaction that started when one of the battery cells was punctured. I don't think it was a result of the sabretooth failing.
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The danger with the sabretooth is the huge heatsink isn't isolated, so if your heatsink is touching a bare metal frame, and you short a battery to the frame, you might fry the circuit. There isn't a suitably sized box available that i've found, however the thin plastic sabretooth 5A box is a perfect fit (it shatters eventualy).
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Hi guys
Would this work with a drill motor. I'm thinking that two of these would work for steering. Im just being a cheapskate here (not wanting to commit to, fork out on a sabertooth.)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190428287799&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1687wt_913

probably could, but 8.4v maximum is really really low, and 80 amps grossly overrated. The tamiya plugs would melt apart at 80 amps.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Marine-50A-Waterproof-Speed-Controller-ESC-RC-Boat-/270598566463?pt=AU_Toys_Hobbies_Radio_Controlled_Vehicles&hash=item3f00ee723f

These ones work pretty good for what they're worth. I ran mine at 22v for a little while but the control is no where near as good as a proper controlller. You probably figured that though

Gary had a robot with a pair in it at some stage i think? no idea what became of it.

Cool Glen
Thanks for the suggestion! Would you have to compensate for the forward on the second controller that would be running backwards as it only has 20a in reverse. Or isn't that really noticeable?

Also does everyone who uses spektrum bother with the BR(robot) version, they seem hard to track down?


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yeah thats one problem, but its probably just safer to assume both directions can do 20 amps at best they dont state it but id say that orange controller is the same.

No idea on the br reciever myself haha