Brandnew sidewinder

[gravity]

bought from robotpower.com a few months ago, borrowed it to a fellow roboteer, worked perfectly, but he shortcircuited the thing somehow. Now at James for repair, will be as good as new when done.

230 gbp anyone ?

(Message edited by gravity on November 06, 2007)

[jamesb]

Brandnew sidewinder

Let me know if it sell WJ, itll save shipping if I send direct to them.
Whoever buys, please drop me an e-mail for an update on delivery date.
cheers
James

[gravity]

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Will do James.

btw, offers welcome.

[gravity]

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price too high ?

[tom_kane]

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Giva ya £20!

[ady]

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good speedo i here, but is aftersales good when it goes bang,ive heard it takes ages to get it repaired. is reliability any good on these?

[ady]

Brandnew sidewinder

good speedo i here, but is aftersales good when it goes bang,ive heard it takes ages to get it repaired. is reliability ok on these?

[ady]

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theirs an echo in here this evening

[jamesb]

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You hear right, it is a very good controller, I personally run 3 heavyweights and 2 featherweights with them. I have never had a failure of any kind on my machines, and one of them is in Wheely Big Cheese in place of its pair of 4Qd pro300s, so they are run very hard.

Aftersales is excellent in my own opinion, both in the USA and in the UK, as demostrated during the product recall last year when all replacement costs were met by Robot Power, and all postage costs met by myself.

Reliability proved to be better than many of its rivals, as the UK championships proved, with many robots replacing their other makes of speed controllers, with the sidewinder when the blew up. All sidewinders continued to work reliably for the rest of the event and into the next one immidiatly after, and to my knowledge are still working fine. Any unusual failures not of the roboteers doing have been replaced under warrenty as soon as possible, with no cost to the customer. Robot Power have an excellent reputation in America, see their delphi forum RLF thread to see how popular and well loved they are.

It has been taking a while to get things repaired, as anyone on the Delphiforum will know, and as sending anything to America and back will do anyway, but most recently a postal error delayed things unexpectedly (see comercial ads section for more info). However, it is still comparable or quicker than many other controllers, just ask certain roboteers about their vantec, roboteq or IBC repair times. Obviously it will never be as quick as UK based controllers, but then its whatever people choose as a priority.

Are you planning to buy a sidewinder Adrian? If so, WJs will be back fairly soon, and is well worth £230 as its as close to new as you can get in a second hand unit.

If anyone does have any concerns or questions about any Robot Power product, you are always welcome to contact myself or Robot Power direct via e-mail.

[leorcc]

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I absolutely love the Sidewinder ESC. Since the swap I have never had any problems with speed controllers in any of my heavies or feathers that ran them.

Ive lend my spare Sidewinders to several teams and they were able to run their event without problem.

[Mouldy]

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Thanks for that again Leo

[leorcc]

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Any time Dave. You werent the only team that has used our Sidewinders. TAN has also driven on one our Sidewinders, Perolito is driving on one of my Sidewinders as we speak.

So far they have all held out great, apart from the odd person getting black and red wires crossed.

[Guest]

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hey would u take something in the region of £150 for it?
thanks
marc

[craig_colliass]

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I use the sidewinder in The Saint, the robot is rubbish, but the speed controller is very good! Running Bosch motors at 24 volts with hawkers. Because I€™m new to this I don€™t know how good or bad the other speed controllers are. At the moment I can€™t see why I should change for a heavier and more expensive unit. I have had in combat, a situation when the wheel jammed and the motor got too hot to touch but the sidewinder was un-affected.

[gravity]

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Marc, If by in the region of £150 you mean £210, then yes.