Happy to report that the drive issue with the FOA Tiger was not a blown Talon. It blew the 30A fuse protecting that Talon.
ST On Friday, May 23, 2014 4:18:25 PM UTC-4, TyngTech wrote: > > I lost the left drive on the FOA Tiger on the last battle. I haven't > troubleshooted yet. I'll know this weekend if it was a failed ESC or not. > > Steve > > On Friday, May 23, 2014 11:46:45 AM UTC-4, RocketMan wrote: >> >> Has anybody else had bad experiences with Talons ? They seemed like a >> good, cost effective, alternative. >> I've been using the same two Victor 883's for six years without an issue. >> They are a little high priced but are very tough. >> >> - Doug >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Joe Sommer" <anvi...@comcast.net> >> *To: *"rctankcombat" <rctank...@googlegroups.com> >> *Sent: *Friday, May 23, 2014 10:53:26 AM >> *Subject: *[TANKS] update on Talons >> >> >> Hetzer T010 used the following drive system during >> recent battles on May 18. >> >> two Makita drill motors >> two 12V 18Ah batteries wired in series (24V) >> two Talons - Coast (not Brake) setting, no cooling fans >> IMX-1 mixer >> >> Bad news - The Hetzer fried two original Talons (not SR) during the >> second sortie of the first battle (Defend the Town). The IMX-1 was >> not damaged. >> >> Air temperature was not hot and the failure occurred early in the >> second sortie with about 20 minute break between sorties. >> Consequently, I do not believe that it was a thermal failure. >> >> The failure did occur while performing rapid reversal steering >> maneuvers in very tall grass. The failure was probably due >> to impedance reversal spikes. >> >> Good news - It only required about 20 minutes to replace the dead >> Talons with two new Talon SRs. >> >> The new Talons SRs did not fry during the second battle (Fox and >> Hounds). >> >> Joe >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. >> To post a message, send email to rctank...@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat...@googlegroups.com >> Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "R/C Tank Combat" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rctankcombat...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
