Ever have an RC with "Gremlins"?
My "Gremlin RC" is this Joysway Wildcat RC boat.
It's been one issue after the other with this boat, I just can't seem to be able to catch a break.
Today it all went horribly wrong - again.
For once, there were actually cameras present to document it...
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Ever have an RC with “Gremlins”?
My “Gremlin RC” is this Joysway Wildcat RC boat.
It’s been one issue after the other with this boat, I just can’t seem to be able to catch a break.
Today it all went horribly wrong – again.
For once, there were actually cameras present to document it…
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Faulty capacitor leaked and then exploded. That sucks. lol
Holy crap man, that is a serious explosion, to crack the hull like that!
WOW!
When I first got my boat I plugged the wrong size battery into it and it
did this in my kitchen at home…. STINKS!!!!
Your whole problem was, your using a car or truck electronic speed
controller(ESC). Did your ESC have water running through it?… look at my
boat videos and go that route. I know your pissed, but it happens to us
all… very good camera work… thumbs up!!!
I like how it was like a time bomb with it beeping also I recommend a
century yaht there good you can get them on Amazon I have a one I think
it’s the 3000 it goes 30mph on full battery and last 15-20 min
Det skjedde med meg å en gang.. xD
Weird!
2:41… was a slap in the face… I WOULD’ve BEEN PISSED!!!
WOW!!! You do have some gremlins there. I was ripping up flexshafts on my
Miss GEICO 29. I had to redo my entire drive line with new components. This
only happened when I went to a 12S setup. It was toooo much. I have since
then scaled my power down to 8S max. The best rock solid ESC I have is the
Castle ICE2 for marine. It was built to take 50volts. The bad thing is that
they are hard find and expensive. 300 to 400 dollars. I am a little Leary
of the 180a escs. I had that same one and it popped before I could get it
in the water. The foreign made ESC tend to heat up fast even with good
cooling. The esc with large capacitors seem to take more power.Take a look
at the items on the “Off Shore” rc boat website. I think you will be
impressed.
I’m sorry for your boat, but that is actually a very cool video!
Are those GP’s you use as camera’s?
what setup that you using ? 6s or 4s….what size tppower motor ? kv? ..
As soon as I saw the smoke and explosion, I knew it was your ESC. Happened
to me a couple of times. The other thing I saw was no antenna high up from
your hull. When the antenna is low in the boat you will lose radio contact
very fast when moving away from shore. I also suspect that your LIPO volts
may be to much for the ESC. My rule is use no more than 80% of ESC amp
rating. Basically you need to balance the motor,ESC and LIPO power all
together for the best operation. Lastly it sounded like your flex shaft
needed grease. I have enjoyed learning the hard way myself. I have built
and modified four rc boats so far. My fastest runs about 60mph. It wasn’t
cheap and I also blew the top off of two of my boats. Great video!!! Don’t
give up. The real joy comes in seeing your boat zoom through the water.
Good luck…
wow ! that really sucks ! still a cool vid ! threw ya a sub
ok tq…i am in survey in this v3 esc issue,,,for tppower motor 40mm
1900kv…what is the model TPPower 4040 or 4050 that you using?….in this
all my survey TPPOWER motor is among many problem went use with Esc
hobbywing Seaking V3 180a…not like Leopard motor not many problem..