NLRCMD April 4th, 2009

[NLRCMD]

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[Maxx man]

I should be there with my slash again!:D

[NLRCMD]

I should be there with my slash again!:D

So, did you have a good time? Need a review...

[Maxx man]

I had a great time!!!!! everybody that I talked to was nice and everything was well origized... the only complaint I have is that I couldnt hear my name being called when people were racing and there wernt enough turn marshels (I was guilty of not being a turn marshall also)... otherwise it was perfect!

are the people running electric gunna need failsafes? I know you said we need em' but I wasnt sure if that was just nitro or nitro and electric

[NLRCMD]

If your esc has a failsafe built in you won't need it.

[Maxx man]

oh I dont think the vxl has a failsafe... guess I need to go buy one...

[Maxx man]

I just looked at tower and they dont carry a failsafe for electric cars... the failsafes are desined for cars that use reciever packs which are between 4-5 cells and I run 7cells... do you know of any electric car failsafes?

[NLRCMD]

I like this one. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHLV3&P=ML

The thing is that your ESC drops the volts to your Rx to 6v so any Failsafe will work.

Try this... Turn on your truck and Tx. With the wheels off the ground run the truck at full throttle and turn off the Tx. If the truck doesn't stop you will need a failsafe or need to re-program your esc.

[Maxx man]

just emaild traxxas and they said the vxl ecs has a built in failsafe so Im good! cant wait for next time!

[Lyric]

i should be there this time:rolleyes:

[Maxx man]

dont forget everybody needs failsafes now;)

[Lyric]

what the heck is a fail safe

[1 bad bug]

If I remember correctly, a fail safe is something that turns off your vehicle to keep it from going berserk if you lose radio contact with the reciever. I could be wrong though.

[Lyric]

I found out anyone who runs a nitro truck is aware of the danger of a runaway. If the batteries are low, you run into radio interference, or run out of radio range, the servo will continue to do the last thing you told it. More often than not, it's full speed ahead. This can cause many problems, such as a full speed crash or a blown motor. A failsafe takes over when these conditions occur and returns the throttle servo to a preset position. So instead of running away, the truck's throttle will return to neutral or apply the brakes.

[Maxx man]

yep... we had a runnaway last time and it was a nice big losi lst2 right into a kids ankle at full speed... it sat him flat on his butt:eek: looked like it hurt a little bit

[Lyric]

ooooooo a little hurt i say a whole lot my maxx hit my mom at 10 mph when she was driving and it hurt bad:p:p i was laughing so hard

[1 bad bug]

yep... we had a runnaway last time and it was a nice big losi lst2 right into a kids ankle at full speed... it sat him flat on his butt:eek: looked like it hurt a little bit

Im suprised it didn't make the kid do a backflip. LST's are huge!

[Maxx man]

if he had a higher center of gravity he may have...

[NLRCMD]

I talked with his parents today to check up on him and he is doing fine btw.

[Maxx man]

thats good... it looked pretty painfull...

sorry about thread jacking...

can't wait for the next race!!!!!

[Lyric]

me too ima ack a donkey on freestyle

[Maxx man]

bad news... wont make it... Ive got a soccer game that day so I wont make it in time:(

[NLRCMD]

If you show up before your class you can be put at the bottom of the bracket for late entry. There is always May and the rest of the year. We might have a Cash Race on the 3rd or 4th week of April. Nothing planned yet tho.

[Maxx man]

no I wont make it... it starts late afternoon:(

[NLRCMD]

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