Grimsnot

Yo ! After a bit of advice..... would like a Landy Crawler, quite tempted with the Traxxas TRX-4 Land Rover but not quite sure yet. Would like to spend some time decking it out with other crap like lights, mud flaps etc.... I want to use it, but also make it something awesome to look at as a model. Is the Traxxas the one, or should I look at other stuff? My boy and I have an Arrma Nero and an upgraded Maverick Strada XT Evo which we have beat the crap out of, loads of fun..... defo tempted with the Kraton EXB, with perhaps a Hobbywing Combo MAX6 with the 1650KV Motor. What do you think? Cheers ! Peter

Possibly, but it wouldn't have been for long. Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

As far as I'm aware yes. They weren't that old, all in ballance. Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

Yeah I'm a big pee'd off about it. Not very old, within a year. Overlander didn't appear to be that bothered about it when I contacted them.

On the other battery with the same issue on cell 3, it has puffed slightly. I'm guess that this is perhaps an internal fault on these batteries, which I'm not going to be able to sort out?

Here are a few photos. Only when plugged into the 2nd cell does it give the connection break message, the other two cells are fine. Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

I did that yes, when I plugged it in it said 'Connection Error'. Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

wouldn't they have puffed up, or caught fire by now if so ?

On this lead, I disconnected the wire next to the black one. So No.2 on the diagram. I have two batteries with the same issue, the other one it's the 3rd cell. I'm sure it's something simple, but it's not obvious.... tempted to give up and chuck them out, but that's over £120 :-( Popping out now, will have another look later

I've opened up the battery again to see if there are any corroded joints, can't see anything obvious. Unplugged the lead going to the balance plug to the cell that's not reading thinking that the lead might be broke, and it now reads 0.00 - 3.11 - 3.92 When I connect it again it goes back to 3.90 - 0.00 - 3.92

Comes up as 'Connection Error' :-( Must be a break in one of the connections in the battery

Right ok I will try this. Thanks Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

I have no idea why my one died, £60 odd quid brick Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

I've been in touch with overlander, who weren't much help. These batteries are over a year old now, so wasn't expecting much from them though I have another one which is only 6/7 months old and puffed for no apparent reason which they weren't interested in either. Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

Yeah the charger is fine, have run other batteries through it. Also it's a different cell on the other battery. Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

Have an odd issue with a couple 3s Overlander batteries where one on the cells isn't showing up on the charger. I've cleaned the connectors and opened it up to see if a wire had come loose. Can't see anything wrong. Happened to both batteries at the same time. Any ideas? Pete Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

mmmmm the dogbones I have in the Strada are 100mm long.

What does the 'cap' do then? Quite a large capacitor. Should I solder the two wires together, or just tape up the ends to stop them touching? In the previous post we were talking about dogbones.

Had a nice little fire on the Turnigy 80A Sensorless Brushless ESC this morning. Looks like the capacitor overheated and the board on it caught alight. Whats the chance of getting a new part and the ESC still working? Capri-boy.... what where the spares you mentioned?

Interesting ! I was wandering if there was either a better quality dogbone available or some way of strengthening them. Apart from that the car is going really nicely now :-) The only other issue is the radio gear isn't great, can't go too far without it loosing signal. Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

Truggy yes Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

Doesn't bottom out no, you can just about see in the photo. Usually the dog bones bend on impact or a tumble.

Had a great bash with the Strada today, glad it's all working well now after the upgrades. Any advice on an upgrade for the dogbone? We've gone through a lot of them. A few can be seen in the photo......

Had to send it back in the end, a new servo was fitted. All working fine now. Sent from my SM-G928F using Tapatalk

Bodge appears to have worked, though these batteries are no good any more :-( only gives about 5 seconds of power, then drops down to a crawl. Works fine on lypo 2s