I just checked; those Apex motors are too long.
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#ismoketheflipsky.
I hate flipsky, but i did just buy one of their zbms clones.
I tried for 8 months to get a real zbms.
Also i can get products shipped faster from China than i can from Joey.
Still waiting on torquepack nickle from an order i placed a month ago.
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Letās be real (and were on the same page):
Very few folks in this hobby actually give a single shit about the individuals involved creating the open source technologies that make it a reality.
Something outright stolen can show up on the market for $20 cheaper and the masses will gobble it up without hesitation.
There is no honor left in this hobby but for a few passionate folks, the rest are here for a quick buck. If anyone cared even slightly, people like JayPo or Flipsky would have been run out long ago.
Our track record simply doesnāt support the desired outcome here.
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You guys wanna buy some conflict free unities?
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Easiest way to quiet your Flipsky motors down is to take all the magnets out. Saves a bit of weight on your board too.
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No need, just ride fast and far enough and they yeet themselves
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Gotta ask the question, its driving me a little nutsā¦
With things like >THIS< happening as a known thingā¦
Just why is it people continue to use the VX4? I would consider many that have reported issues (like the one linked) among the more experienced here and yet seemigly happy to continue ti use a known dangerous part.
I find this part the most confusing, if itbwas a truck with a known axle issue that caused it to snap, you wouldnt use it right?
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For me personally I wanted something with telemetry (until I got my Davega installed). I had not heard of any interference issues the way I had (the opposite actually) so I didnāt expect it at all. Iām going to update the firmware on it when I can from v1.1 to v1.2. Iām planning on changing over to a Puck soon as I have a backup one here and have my Davega installed. Had never experienced an interference/full throttle event before like that and canāt say I ever want to have one again!
Tempted to say Flipsky are a bunch of cunts but they lack the depth and warmth
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Thatās why they invented the term āshitcuntā
One big caveat with this one, there was an aftermarket throttle installed. Definitely makes it murky whats at fault here
I believe that is the first vx4 full throttle event here on the forum.
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I havenāt seen many people complain about issues with the VX4, besides the interference with other remotesā¦ I wonder if itās just a firmware thing.
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Yep, agreed. Hard to say if it was the VX4 or perhaps the 3DS thumbwheel.
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I remember seeing cutout issues right from the releaseā¦ that may well have been during the dark facebook days tho and not so much hereā¦ not %100 on that.
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On release the VX4 was a shit show, there was a thread on it here. Once they updated fw it made it way better. I donāt recall seeing any full throttle events but I guess someone gets to be first. Yay? As mentioned though, mine has a 3DS wheel on it. I donāt think that would affect anything but worth noting. Iām still on v1.1 cause Iām PC-less and canāt update to v1.2. 3DS has videos of his vx4ās losing signals prior to update, and work fine after. Esk8 roulette
Interesting.
After selling a lot of these. We have not had one person contact us with problems.
I was going to use flipsky in my build, glad I didnt. Heard a lot of horror stories about the motors.
Thats fucked!
Iām late to this party butā¦
I would, absolutely. We all should IMO.
Lack of availability cannot be used as an excuse for ripping off someone by stealing certain design details and the appearance and name of the product.
Notice that I didnāt say circuit design/topology. The two main circuits in the ZBMS have indeed been around for years. The appearance, connector types and locations, presence of LEDs, overall color and packaging, and the ZBMS name are all unique to Joeās product.
I havenāt reverse engineered the ZBMSā schematic but there could also be mods made by Joe to the publicly available designs that are used by ZBMS.
This is all what was stolen and which is completely unacceptable, especially stealing the ZBMS name.
The most frustrating thing is that FS could have easily modified the circuit to match their preferences/priorities (ease of manufacture, parts costs, etc) and created their own product, along with creating their own BMS name. Instead, disgustingly, they cloned all they could (skipping stuff that added cost like the temp monitoring Joe does) and stole the ZBMS name just to make a few $$ at someone elseās expense.
Just my personal thoughts on it all. I realize and respect that others feel differently.
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Just to be clear, not at all singling your incident out at all 
Itās more of an overall bewilderment that this community, (above all others I know of) seemingly accepts the shit show that is Flipskyā¦ in SO many ways they do not deserve the support of this community yet seem to just āget away with itā
For my irrelevant 2c, they wont change until the bottom line does and thatās unlikely to happen quickly, but that doesnāt mean it shouldnāt start here. Education about not only products but the companies themselves is one of the great things about this forum and with all the legitimate developers that spend their time hereā¦ wellā¦ I feel it devalues their significant efforts to let slide the ethos of this company.
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