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Offline cml001

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Re: Clay's E7SE Build
« Reply #45 on: September 21, 2015, 06:46:44 PM »
No... Was my first thought too.. Getting too hot... Just got done soldering.. Finish this cig & gonna put the connector on & boot up the log to see how hot she got. I have the ESC set to insensitive.. But if it got that much amperage to melt something I would think my soft cut would have kicked in.. Likely a cold joint.
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Offline Jason Cummings

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Re: Clay's E7SE Build
« Reply #46 on: September 21, 2015, 07:03:39 PM »
I had a similar experience and there was solder all over the place.
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Re: Clay's E7SE Build
« Reply #47 on: September 21, 2015, 07:46:12 PM »
Jury is in.. Cold joint... Had to have been.. Amps never top'd 143.... ESC temp never top'd 156... These #s came straight off the log. Must have been a cold joint... Hopefully I won't see another!
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Re: Clay's E7SE Build
« Reply #48 on: September 21, 2015, 09:33:54 PM »
Think this is another check mark in the RX category vs a BEC...
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Re: Clay's E7SE Build
« Reply #49 on: September 22, 2015, 04:10:53 PM »
Hello All
Not sure if you have read this thread on the Freak..
http://helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=706196
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Re: Clay's E7SE Build
« Reply #50 on: September 22, 2015, 04:28:04 PM »
Haven't read it before.. But I believe it... Takes a good bit to melt the factory solder.. Thanks for heads up! She's back in the air now!
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Re: Clay's E7SE Build
« Reply #51 on: September 23, 2015, 06:01:17 AM »
Quote from: cml001 on September 21, 2015, 09:33:54 PM
Think this is another check mark in the RX category vs a BEC...

For sure, running a separate rx-battery is safer than running only a bec. But if you run a bec, you should have a small back-up battery system like Optipower Ultra-Mega Guard, then you get the best from both worlds and saves weight and the hassle with a rx-batteries.
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Re: Clay's E7SE Build
« Reply #52 on: October 26, 2015, 04:56:53 PM »
Quote from: cml001 on September 21, 2015, 03:31:16 PM
Well.... Either I botched the solder job, or .... I don't know.. This is a first for me... But I had a wire come out of the connector bullet. I was about 45 degrees inverted while doin tictocs about 7-8ft off the ground she shut down.. I rolled & auto'd her to safety.. Thankfully... But this is what I found. Gonna Check the esc log when I get home.. Maybe it'll shed some light on why.

It was the mind numbing tick-tock that caused this malfunction for sure.   :o :o 
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Re: Clay's E7SE Build
« Reply #53 on: October 26, 2015, 05:03:20 PM »
Lol... Thanks for the boost in my confidence... My tic tocs are not mind numbing... Yet!
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Re: Clay's E7SE Build
« Reply #54 on: October 26, 2015, 05:05:07 PM »
ALL tick tocks are mind numbing.  Doesn't matter who is doing them!!!! :o :o :o

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