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Post by osidak on Mar 8, 2013 9:46:00 GMT -4
I believe you are quite abit more advanced in the flying department than myself (pushing harder) but my CC100 has been fine in my typical beginner sport flying. I have it hanging off the side of the frame and it gets tons of airflow. Highest logged temp was 160 degrees and that was during the summer when it was 90+ and humid as hell.
That being said if you can spend the few extra dollars and there is a chance you might go HV then spring for the 120HV. Gives you some overhead at 6s and if you do up the voltage then you have a ton of overhead.
At 12s I really do not need 120A but I wanted the big overhead. I could get away with 80A at 12s
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Post by chitty024 on Mar 8, 2013 21:28:56 GMT -4
The heat sink on the CC Ice 100 is much more substantial than the Phoenixtech so as long as it has air flow it should stay cooler. well now that I think about it I was flying indoors and just doing some hovering and orientation practice with a few pitch pumps for fun so that could have something to do with it.
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Post by chitty024 on Mar 9, 2013 15:11:41 GMT -4
Damn threads broke on the tail rod when testing today, luckily I was only 5 foot up but when I landed quickly with it spinning I snapped the bottom plate. I'm really thinking I should get that KDE aluminum plate. I'm tired of ordering the whole package to get this plate.
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Post by chitty024 on Mar 15, 2013 0:53:13 GMT -4
Guess not....was outside today and it shut down again....same voltage...I don't get it. Esc doesn't seem to be getting too hot. I don't understand why it would do that.
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Post by bobsp12 on Mar 15, 2013 6:13:53 GMT -4
chitty...do you only have the one battery?...I have had the same thing happen with a number of my batteries. I have about 40 or so various lipos and from time to time one goes u/s. They develop high internal resistance and the motor stutters and spits and loses power after only a short flight. The voltage still measures reasonably on the charger, but I suspect that under load it drops quite low, and they dont require much charging until normal charging cut-off. Some of these batteries show signs of puffing, some dont, some have had high useage and others are reasonbly new. I would try a different battery if you can....
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Post by chitty024 on Mar 15, 2013 8:04:53 GMT -4
Yeah just the one....its brand new
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Post by sgmason on Mar 15, 2013 8:17:31 GMT -4
Brand new doesn't always mean it is good, even the best company has a lemon slip through quality control once and a while . Still it wouldn't hurt to pick up either another battery or a new ESC. If you get another battery and it does the same thing then chances are you need a different ESC, and you have 2 good batteries. If you get a different ESC and the problem persists you need a new battery. I would start with a new battery because chances are its cheaper than the ESC, and everyone could always use more batteries
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Post by osidak on Mar 15, 2013 15:42:27 GMT -4
I tell you - it is your ESC - yours is doing the same exact thing my Phoenix did from the start.
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Post by Valkman on Mar 15, 2013 19:42:43 GMT -4
SG is right. I would buy another battery first. Batteries fail even when new, Lipo or lead acid , low to high end I've seen it all. Do check as I said for bad connections. Mine did the exact same thing as what yours did. I bought a new ESC because I knew it was not the battery as I have many. The new one worked fine for the first few flights and then gave the same problems to the point it would not spin the blades on spool up. The blades kept twitching trying to spin. It was like a too soft start up. I checked the gold connectors going onto the motor and one had a dry joint. You could pull at the wire and it would not come out of the connector and it registered zero ohms but it could not provide the amps when needed. After a good solder all is good now and I sent back the old ESC to HK for replacement. I'm only saying this to you as it is a quick and priceless check and others may learn something from this as I would say it is very rare and I was lucky to find it.
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Post by chitty024 on Mar 21, 2013 21:36:17 GMT -4
Went back to the 15t pinion and all is good now. So apparently it was pulling too many amps for the esc to handle maybe?
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Post by chitty024 on Apr 3, 2013 21:20:30 GMT -4
Came apart in the air after some shaking. I think I finally figured out what happen. While rebuilding I found a missing screw that goes from seesaw to head block. Looks like the screw cam loose and the broke off inside the head while widening the hole as well. So now the question is......Do I spend the $60 in parts or go flybarless??
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Post by sgmason on Apr 3, 2013 21:47:26 GMT -4
Going fbl will cost considerably more than $60 once you add in the price of a controller. I went fbl because I just wanted to eliminate the extra linkages and parts, so far I am into it for about $350 counting shipping. I did go with an Ikon fbl controller though.
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Post by Dr. Evil on Apr 4, 2013 13:01:50 GMT -4
Yeah like G said, depending on what FBL system you end up with will determine the entire cost of going FBL. FBL controllers can go for as much as $400+ depending on what you choose. A lot of ppl is pretty happy with the BW from RCA, so for around $100 and whatever FBL head you go with it may not be too bad. I personally like the whole FBL setup myself just b/c there are less to replace after a crash plus it just has a cleaner look....just my 2 cents....
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Post by chitty024 on Apr 4, 2013 15:49:45 GMT -4
Yeah I was trying to have it make sense with the extra parts a fb head has. My 450 is fbl and I use the ZYX-S and I have been very happy with it. However, I do not think I feel comfortable having it on the 600 and would have to get something much better. That would end up costing quite a bit. I ordered a new head block and sesaw from RCA last night. I always gotta learn the hard way. Can't emphasize enough how important pre-flight check list is.
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Post by Dr. Evil on Apr 5, 2013 7:53:22 GMT -4
Yeah I was trying to have it make sense with the extra parts a fb head has. My 450 is fbl and I use the ZYX-S and I have been very happy with it. However, I do not think I feel comfortable having it on the 600 and would have to get something much better. That would end up costing quite a bit. I ordered a new head block and sesaw from RCA last night. I always gotta learn the hard way. Can't emphasize enough how important pre-flight check list is. +1 on pre-flight but sometimes $hit still happens, thats the reason why my 550 is in a few pieces right now but all part of the hobby as they say.....
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