rich_morris
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Hi, great that I came across this dedicated ECX forum.
I bought my son a Ruckus, 2wd, perhaps 3 years ago. It got used a bit, and then forgotten about for many reasons.
My youngest son is now interested in RC, and I thought I'd resurrect the Ruckus.
I had one problem previously with the truck motor overheating, and melting wires. I replaced with a like for like brushed motor.
More recently, the 7.2v and 8.4v batteries, which have sat for some time, and probably past their best now fail to give much in the way of power or run time. I'm trying a few charge cycles through them to see if I can resurrect them.
So, I have a couple of questions.
What can I do to prevent the motor overheating - is a heat sink needed? Or a fan?
What do I need to do to get the best out of some 3 year old, sat unused NiMh batteries - can they be rescued, or best to replace them?
I'm trying to avoid my youngest son splashing out on a new, but inferior (banggood) RC car, by getting this one going again. It's in good nick generally, and apart from the motor has been very robust!
Thanks
Rich
I bought my son a Ruckus, 2wd, perhaps 3 years ago. It got used a bit, and then forgotten about for many reasons.
My youngest son is now interested in RC, and I thought I'd resurrect the Ruckus.
I had one problem previously with the truck motor overheating, and melting wires. I replaced with a like for like brushed motor.
More recently, the 7.2v and 8.4v batteries, which have sat for some time, and probably past their best now fail to give much in the way of power or run time. I'm trying a few charge cycles through them to see if I can resurrect them.
So, I have a couple of questions.
What can I do to prevent the motor overheating - is a heat sink needed? Or a fan?
What do I need to do to get the best out of some 3 year old, sat unused NiMh batteries - can they be rescued, or best to replace them?
I'm trying to avoid my youngest son splashing out on a new, but inferior (banggood) RC car, by getting this one going again. It's in good nick generally, and apart from the motor has been very robust!
Thanks
Rich