Problems with 3.8 motors?
 

I bought 2 3.8 motors here, and during the last two days, I've managed to burn out both of them.

The first, I had just installed the new 150mah battery and wanted to test the run time. I flipped my car on its back and placed something heavy on the controller. After it ran out of juice, I put the car up for a few hours. When I came back, I couldn't get the engine to go. I could push it, and it would just barely eek forward.

Today, I put my spare 3.8 in. I challenged a friend to a race. I got a few charges out of it and the same thing happened. Within 20 minutes, a 2.2 could have beaten me. This was not constant motion as the day before. It was more like off an on, stopping, chatting, racing a few laps on a giant boardroom table, etc.

Is this just the type of performance I should expect out of the 3.8s? Are they not much better than for drag racing (short quick races)?

MicroFury

MicroFury, there are a few bad ones in every few hundred produced - email us and we'll replace them. I'm surprised that you got two bad ones, sorry about that! But don't worry, we will take care of you! :) Btw, please use the Customer Support sub-forum in future for faster handling of issues like this:

http://tinyrc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=36

:)

blown 3.8
 

Tinyrc i odered one of your r spec engines for my bit char G. i only had it for a few days and it blew already. i tried giving it a good charge but it still wont run. Do you think you could replace it or something.

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NOiSeMAKeR96@aol.com

Tinyrc when i recieved my body and engine, my body was in the package like it should be... at first i couldnt find my engine. So i looked all through the paper in the box. at the bottom of the box there was a blue bird mail sticker wrapped around a small plastic bag. when i opened the bag i found my engine i odered. there was no shipping paper or odering information with them. do you know how this happened


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NOiSeMAKeR96@aol.com[/email]

did u not hear the guy he said 'please use the Customer Support sub-forum' and stop moaning :D

I swear, I don't know how you guys trash your motors. I use 3cell in series and run for 8 min. per charge. I do this for hours. My motors don't even get warm.

It's not a voltage problem, cause I use alot of it. You guy's must just be jinx'd, eh?

I could take this opportunity to talk about the quality and performance of the ToyEast Perfection 3.8, which is available here, but I won't.

I will not mention the fact that this motor, which is only $4.95, is the best performing 3.8 you'll ever find.

Just to be clear, I will NOT take this opportunity to talk about the Perfection 3.8.

:D

In that case, I won't talk about how much that motor will cost with the S/H if you only buy that motor.(lots of people can only afford one motor)

And I won't mention that if you want to pay the S/H you'll wait 2 weeks for the package..

I like ToyEast, but unless you have a big enough order to compensate for the plane ticket to get it here, it's just not worth it..

They could mark the price as free and you'll still pay more than $10 for it in S/H charges...lol


silla

I agree on the Perfection 3.8 motors and the price. It's a GREAT deal if you plan on picking up a few little other things such as batts, heat sync's and more... I just received 3 of them with some other little things to make it worth my while. And it only took 1 week to get everything from them.

In that case, I won't mention the fact that even with shipping I can buy a Perfection 3.8 for less than a TinyRC R-Spec.

$10.80 for ToyEast versus $15.99 (!) for TinyRC.

Hey, I'm just saying!

Let's say you have a problem with your new motor from ToyEast.
How do you plan to ship it back to them in HK and then wait another 2 weeks for it again, and still be under the price tag of TRC?

I'm not disagreeing with you totally.. Just on the point of it's not cost effective to order just one motor from them..

Figure out the answer to this equation..

One motor from TE for $10.80, and upon arrival it doesn't work.

You've already got $10.80 invested in it, and it's up to you to send it back to get it replaced.. Now how much have you payed for it??? and how long till you can actually play with it?
Just my 2 cents..


silla

Hey, I was just saying!

TinyRC's customer service record is top notch, no doubt about it.

I hear ya... Just a difference in opinions I guess.. It's all good in the hood..

silla

yikes... I am getting two 3.8s (perfection) in a couple of days. I hope they don't burn out on my like that. Anything I should do to help prevent that??

Speaking of which..... Has anyone ever had a problem with their Perfection 3.8 ?????

No? Me either!
Then I guess there's no need for customer service on this issue..........

Just My Opinion Too!

Just drive the He!! out of it...

Never lost a Perfection 3.8 yet... And I am on set number 6 and still growing!!:D

I've burnt out a lot of motors
 

but never burnt out a Perfection. So I am not sure why I would ever need to contact toyeast about a problem. I have 10 cars all running Perfection 3.8s. Even the LXX clones can run them, although they are not as fast as real bits. Other motors require more juice than the LXX can provide. This is just my experience.

Every Perfection 3.8 I own is top-notch.

No problems whatsoever.

I gotta chime in on the perfection, I haven't had one burn out yet and 6 cars are running 3.8s. I did burn out a bit char-g motors 3.8 in about a weeks worth of usage time. I don't have a rspec or any other 3.8s and I really don't need them.;)

my .02
 

On the one hand you get a motor for $11+shipping from TinyRC or some other stateside vendor. You have problems with it (like I have had) and email them. They are very undertstandable (like Tiny) and replace it. Heck this even happens 2X's (like it has to me) and it still gets replaced (thanks Tiny):D . You can even offset the cost by buying more stuff at once and justify the shipping cost. Like I did when I got my 1st Perfection bundled with a Gloria and a couple of 160Nimh batteries. It just depends on how you look at it. I have bought several things from both Toyeast and Tiny, it's very easy to deal wit stateside vendors; thye understand and repalce defective products. On the other hand, buying from Toyeast hasn't resulted in any bad motors. I've got3 right now and two more on the way. When purchasing from Toyeast or any other Eastern vendor, put in a big enough order and make the shiping cost worth your while:D . When you get a set bundled with a Perfection motor, the motor ends up only costing @ $3 w/o shipping being factored in. I am sure all who have bought from Toyeast already thought of this:) . Anyway, off my soap box I go. Have fun racing:D

That's what I am doing!! I just got one of them today and put it in my Shen WRX. It's frickin' faaaast. I mopped the hardwood floors and wow... It's doing 0-10' in under 3 secs. Amazing!
It's a fast little devil...