New Robots- Continued

[earthwormjim]

Just ordered 3x 350mah cells from hobbyking for Raoul.
Cost me £1.99 inc shipping thanks to reward points thingy!!

[shakesc]

You have to love Hobbyking, as long as you can wait

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

This thread is now ruined, as no-one is going to want to put their new robot up after Raoul

[Craig_Anto3]

I will once my 3d printer finally finishes

[alasdair]

Great looking robot jim! I love how you build your bots- Always a treat to see!

[earthwormjim]

Thanks! Cant wait to see how it performs!!

[earthwormjim]

I just plugged in Raoul,for a quick test run,and he was very slow,and there wasn't enough juice to turn the drum.
I plugged the battery into my charger,and started to charge it,but 30 seconds later,the charger said that it had completed.But the charge was no better. I noticed that the charger was reporting fluctuating voltages,from9v,up to 17v,back to 9v again,during the charge?!?
So I plugged in an old 180mah 7.4v lipo,and he ran great for a minute or so,then the brushless esc started to melt with LOTS of smoke. I yanked off the lipo,which was also VERY VERY hot.
I have a second esc,so I will plug that in,and see what happens!! Looks like I am one esc,and one 11.1v lipo down though!

[Jonny]

probably happened because it couldn't conain its AWESOMENESS

[earthwormjim]

probably happened because it couldn't conain its AWESOMENESS

LOL! Cheers. I think that I might have had a problem with the esc from the start,as now I have put in the second "spare" esc,even on a 7.4v lipo,the drum seems MUCH faster!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QDDLUVJ1rY

[Remote-Controlled Dave]

Can I just check, cos its been bugging me...it's not named after Mr Moat is it? lol