bonecrusher- the first bw from Suvv Industries Robotics devision

[Ellis]

What ESCs are they? Don't recognise them. My natural immediate suspicion is the speedos as they're an unknown quantity.

[suvv]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2611984509...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
these are the ones i got and they were working fine but i suspect you might be right ....i wonder when rangle box are getting 30amp botbitz esc...if only they could hear my plight

[RogueTwoRobots]

i wonder when rangle box are getting 30amp botbitz esc...if only they could hear my plight

I can't tell if this is genuine or sarcasm :P

[Ellis]

I have the last two in stock sitting behind me, will send a PM lol!

[suvv]

I can't tell if this is genuine or sarcasm :P

to be honest a little of both

[suvv]

ok so i installed the new speed controlers and its unbelevable i can drive in a straight line and they are a tad lighter than the old ones so i now have 140 grams left to make a top and rear plate i can see me doing some serious attempts at weight saving to get it inside the weight limit

[suvv]

ok folks just to point out im not dead just been bit bizy been doing some experimenting and have made 2 discoveries firstly i really really cant drill a straight hole and secondly the reason for my wonky control issues after i replaced the esc is that some wheels are magically levitating and not touching the ground and i fear that i have far to much weight to recover as im sitting at 1.7 kg and without making a top and rear panel out of card i dont think im going to get under weight but ther is a plan im looking at carbon fiber sheeting...namely this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2615050086...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
in the hope that i can get the whole thing under weight thankfully no new events have been announced yet that i can deffinetly get to so i got time

[suvv]

successfully cooked my first esc dunno if this is a rite of passage or something i think the connections touched and shorted out as im using spade connectors as a go between the motors and the esc's to make removal and replacement easier although it was acting funny at first as once side would occasionally shit down for no reason though i think that was the same issue either way lesson learned gonna just solder them straight to the motors and ditch the spade connectors also made a comedy 2wd wedge thing that is currently operating under the name wonky built it mostly to kill time till parts arrived and ended up frying a spedo in it...i can see this getting expensive

[daveimi]

You should put some pictures up

[Eventorizon]

There should have been no exposed contacts to touch and burn out. You need to use the female part on the ends of any parts that will be live. If you always use female then no matter how many things you plug in one after the other the ends will always be covered. (I am not sure if I have done a good job explaining that). The male ends go onto the part you are going to plug in, so starting at the battery you plug in the ESC, then the motor, so your motors (or whatever the last thing in the line is) should all have male connectors.
Note: there are exceptions and if you end up using XT60's or EC5's etc then the problems is almost totally eliminated as both sides are covered once you have assembled the connector.