I go e through two hobby wing max 8ezrun they both caught fire

The G2 wasn’t (according to hobbywing) supposed to need an external cap pack. The G2 max 8 doesn’t come with one. All my og max 8 escs did. And they have had zero issues.

@@JasonPerrinRCVlogs With or with out the cap packs ?

Did they ever replace it for you? I'm going through the same thing ezrun max 6 went dead on me in less than two weeks I thought this stuff was TOP OF THE LINE

@@boomerak4774 nothing yet...I haven't been dealing with Hobbywing directly, the shop I get my parts from is supposedly dealing with it. Been over two weeks and heard nothing. I was informed it could take a very long time, so I decided to order another max6. Really disappointing as my traxxas ESC got the lights of death for no reason. So, I listened to my hardcore RC friends and insisted I get a hobbywing, only for the max6 to last one session. Im also extremely disappointed on how the warranty is being handled. For how often people bag on traxxas electronics, at least their customer service and warranty is pretty damn easy.

@@rianj476 RIGHT! Tell me about it, hobbywing direct customer service sucks. I'm disappointed too my friend. Two spektrum escs went out on me back to back so I ordered ezrun max 6 thinking it would be better and then it goes out on me also. Everything is stock on my kraton 6s smh. They haven't gotten back to me yet

Did you solder you ends or it came soldered? I have a max 6 esc that finally blew but sadly it blew cause the heat from speed runs and heat under the body being trapped causing the negative wire to come loose slightly and that lost contact on and off for a second and blew instantly.

Yes you can. Good eyes. The smoke stopped when I turned it off. So the connector coming unplugged probably helped.

Agreed.

I was bashing through heavy puddles and muddy fields though

Nothing yet....

Same here. They have always been my go-to ESC.

yea the mmx8s is great running it in my limittless with a race starmotor just bout a hobbywing 1650 to go with it

@@ikonic189 that’s the motor that’s overheating in my rustler

@@alankowalski8781 damn how u get that big of motor to fit in the rustler

@@alankowalski8781 no way that's overheating in a rustler if it even fits

@@Nathan-qt2zi yes way

Update?

Update ???

Quality doesn't get any better than Hobbywing, but like with anything electrical you can get unlucky even in the case of real cars

@@Luke-en2tk They seem to have a lot of unlucky customers.

@@Blueknight1960 Hobbywing are manufacturing most the ESC's out there from Arrma's to Corally's and Associated's etc... They are more likely to have more faulty ones than someone like Castle who only sell a fraction, although I see lots of Castle's go up as well. As a shop I can't remember the last Hobbywing ESC I have had go faulty. The new ESC's may need power caps as has been mentioned.

Damn that sucks, sorry to hear that. I got the Max 8 in mine too. I'm still on stock gearing but I noticed it feels pretty hot after session, so now I'm looking around at other ppl experience.

was it the max8 g2?

@@Sqwidwood no, max 8 v3

@@jrollj oh ok

Have you seen other people having problems with the G2 line? I picked one up recently, but I still have the g1 installed right now. Unfortunately I already soldered a new battery connector so I wouldn't be able to return it anyway...

The weight doesn't help. My Kronos XTR will run for days on a max 8. But it's more tuned than the Sledge.

@@JasonPerrinRCVlogs Yeah the Sledge is pretty heavy for its size. Max 6 or MMX8S would solve that problem 😁👍

@@joseCalderon1976 I had a MMX8s in it before I tried the G2.

Max 6 esc is the right solution for the Sledge 👍

G1 or G2 or G2s?

I am pretty sure they will. But I’m still bummed. I love Hobbywing products. And this just sucked.

I submitted a ticket with HW yesterday. Now I wait.

Weird eh. The OG max 8 came with a cap pack to install.

@@JasonPerrinRCVlogs it's a must to install on 6s, have popped max 8 on 4s without them

@@MrBumbles2 You know what. I didn't even think about it. My Max 8 escs always came with them. Just had to solder them on. The G2 is supposed to have improved internal caps. So no external cap pack was needed. :/

Apparently not, but I won't run without them , got several on the bench with popped caps, r Just got to fix them, but haven't got around too it. Lots of ripple what size caps are on the g2 ezrun??

@@JasonPerrinRCVlogs maybe impact did something,

Maybe it had something to do with him doing 20 foot jumps with it.that is not use that’s abuse. Not fair to blame hobbywing if you are gonna do stuff like that with electronics.

I had only been out for a few minutes. I had already been out that day for a lot longer. I had no temp issues then.

I was just thinking the same thing. I don’t understand how anyone can complain about a precision piece of electronics breaking when you are flinging through the air and landing that hard. Maybe someone needs to invent a padded mount for this type of driving .

@@neontetra1000 I don't think it's the jumping. I had a max 5 in my dbxl-e 2.0, I don't jump it and it just quit. Had steering but no forward or reverse. Hobbywing's warranty is only 3 months and mine was past that point by a couple months. Had a few other say the same thing about the hobbywing esc's.

Previous generation HW ESCs are well known for taking lots of abuse for years with no damage.

Had zero in racing since Hobbywing have been on the scene but then they don't get the same shock damage when raced

@@Luke-en2tk ya I feel like hard bashing or a bad crash has some affect on the sensored set ups? I'm not 100% sure I've just noticed bashers have bad luck with sensored set ups vs none sensor

@@lilherb3864 especially if the ESC is mounted directly to the chassis, needs to float above the chassis in my opinion

Yep. You pretty much nailed it. I hate to be “that guy” but my days of buying new Hobbywing products are over.

@Darkside seen so many castle systems go up in smoke

lmao have you read the comments????

@@dirtrider88 HW manufacture and sell a lot more, as a shop I have had a very little issues with them. There is a reason it's the dominant name in racing

Oh come on. Lol. 😝

🤣

Your post makes no sense. But thanks for coming out.

@@JasonPerrinRCVlogs haha yup traxxas should have made it better ig

Drugs are bad, now run along Lil boy..

What does this have to do with Traxxas??? It's a Hobby Wing ESC!!! 🤔🙄😜👍

@@ervinmedina9014 Exactly