So I have a slot machine stock motor in one of my cars, with a Traxxas xl5 speedo, would a 50c shorty lipo kill the motor??
I dealt with a lot of brushless and lipo stuff, but haven't combined any brushed motors with newer, higher c-rating...
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I have run tons of brushed motors (silver can, black can, 27-turn stock, low-turn modified, etc...) and old-school ESC's (Tamiya, Dynamite, Novak, Tekin, LRP, Traxxas, etc...) on a bunch of different LiPo batteries with various 'C' ratings.
i remember years ago, readding a rcca car article and someone made or sold or had a dyno, that would measure rear wheel power off a car. it basically hooked up the same way a regular car does, onto 2 metal cylinders and the power was measured at the...
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i would like to hear more on this also
1 more oldie to bring back into the light
marty
Are Savox servos really worth the 2-3X price difference over a comparable Hitec?
Reason for asking is I was looking at a metal gear Hitec, and a MG Savox. The Hitec's specs outperformed the Savox by a sizable margin in all areas, like torque, and...
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Application dictates requirements and in some cases warrants the extra expense. For running in the yard, I went with an old HITEC HS-425BB. These have been around forever, are cost effective, low draw, and have plenty of speed and torque for my...
I traded some stuff and ended up with a couple of those Losi Micro trucks. One is brushless and uses this LOSB0863 battery, 2s 7.4v 180mah and I haven't got a charger for lipo at all. Will this do and maybe be useful when I get other lipo batteries...
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The harness I posted says a blank pair of wires that you can connect your own plug to if necessary. So I guess I can solder this connector on. I ordered the charger and harness while they were offering the charger to me at 27.91 . Will this charger...
right now I am running 2 FM radios I brought with me from Germany. I was thinking to get into the 2.4 GHz world. Now I would like to stay with low priced available receivers, so I stumled upon the:
Turnigy 3XS Radio $45
and (apparently...
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I'm in the same boat Marc. Unfortunately nothing exists currently besides oem. I found out the hard way that even their own earlier receivers (sr-201) are not compatible. I thought I would save some dough and didn't mind the size but I thought they...
I have had this RC8 in the closet for a few years and thinking about pulling it out and converting to elec to drive around at the track. The conversion part is easy I guess with the kit AE makes. I don't know anything about lipo and brushless...
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I mainly want to go at practice times, but if I decide to race......I'm not expecting to win anything, just fun.
Just picked up a Speed Passion Reventon S, but the motor wires are too short. Does anyone know if I can remove the old ones at the ESC? This model has the wires pre-soldered from the factory on the board, unlike the Pro which has terminals. I really...
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I don't use anything less than 60w. It's a good compromise, and hot enough to do all your RC stuff. A 40W iron likely wouldn't cut it.
Good morning, I recently had a sidewinder 3 installed on my RC truck. It is configured correctly and has been running great for about 5 batteries(8.4v Nimh)
Now, the throttle is next to nothing, barely spins motor and under load just coggs. The ESC...
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I've had good luck with Gens Ace and Turnigy batteries, but I only have a half-dozen cars...some other guys here have a lot more experience with various brands.
I agree, don't put 3S through that vintage car...2S LiPo and a 11 - 13.5T motor will...
I need a brushed ESC and am interested in FX-R ESC because it is compact.
wonder if it is suitable for a 1/10 EP buggy or not.
Anybody has experience with it?
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By the way, I noticed that you're from Alberta. 10 years ago, I stayed in Edmonton for four months.
That is a great city, I felt safe and comfortable staying there. :D
Thanks, yeah...Edmonton is not too stabby. :lol: You're pretty much building a...
Hey guys, I'm getting ready for the VONATs and wanted to know if the following transponder is appropriate for most tracks including Wolcott Hobbies track. I believe its the most common one used and is the standard one most racers are running but...
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Not sure about that one, but I took my MyLaps one out of it's holder and sticky taped it directly to the chassis.
I'm getting ready to build a rail dragster from brass tubing and sheet. It will have an old school 16t brushed motor with a resistor set up. I could go modern but, I like the old resistors and this is more of an art project type car. While it will...
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I'll be keeping a eye on this one!
FED's are sweet
I plan on building a sort of faux engine for it. It will be partly working for the resistor wiper. I've got some 1/8 big block Chevy valve covers being printed up by Shape Ways. It's going to be...
Hi, I've been away for almost 30 years and plan to race at my nearest club next month.
Question, how many lipo packs do I need? I only have one at the moment, prudence says at least one more.
Any advice from 21st century racers?
Thank you.
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They have 5mm to 4mm adapters.
I would say 2 lipos are a good for one class.
I ordered some to give them a try, put not sure if having another connection could cause problems in the long run.
As far as Lipo goes, wikipedia says that they are...
I was thinking of getting a Super Vortex Zero soon but then I noticed there are now several different models of this ESC. There's the SV-Gen2, SV-Stock, SV-Type D and SV-Sport. What's the real difference between them?
I want to make sure I get a...
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I run one in my b44.3. I'm happy with it. I'm running a little boost with my Reedy 7.5 and easily keep up with 6.5 cars. Runs nice and cool, even without using the fan. No complaints here. 8)
I asked about a brushless combo on this site recently and wanted to give back with a quick review and a thanks for all the advice.
I bought the hobbywing 60a EZRUN ESC with program card and brushless 9t/4300kv motor.
I currently have the setup in...
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Yeh, me and my friend have had good luck with the Hobbywing 60A stuff, so good that I bought a spare esc that I'm hoping to use in something. My ezrun esc replaced a Castle unit (because the castle was too big), but the Hobbywing also seems to run...
I recently got my all stock #6016 kit rc10 working. I am using a tenergy smart charger and two different 1500 6 cell batteries.
It is much slower than I remember, so I had to do something. I didn't want to go overboard, but I thought it would be...
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Going to avoid overpowering this car but keep it running, so I swapped in some older equipment.
Not sure if I'm posting in the right spot........what is the best battery to use with a castle combo speed control and brushless 5700 and 4600 k motors......3cell max........I got some cheap battery when I bought it and it already kicked the bucket...
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Detailed description, but likely way to nerdy for a newb.
C is how fast it accelerates (or how fast it dumps power).
The losi 22t 2.0 is so advanced that it doesnt have any type of servo saver and i have gone through all my old plastic gear spares. Can you guys recommend a tough metal gear servo? I dont necessarily need a powerful servo,just a tough one. I had a...
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I also recommend the Hitec 645MG series. The 5645MG is good too, I think the 5 denotes digital. The 645 is affordable too at around $35.
The Savos 1257TG is good too, and has titanium gears. These are about twice the price of the Hitec.
Hi guys I'm looking for some input on a good brushless setup I'm new to the racing scene and I'm not to sure if I'll like or have to much time to race but I'm looking to upgrade my stock t4.2 for those occasions when I am able to race so I don't...
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thanks bud ill grab a few spurs and annother pinion and ill get it out this weekend and see how much better it runs and if itll keep up :~) if not then it would have to be a modded motor?
At the track yesterday for some testing/tuning and was having trouble clearing the triple. Had a couple times when I thought my frontend would be dangling, but this car can take a hit!!
B5M
Vulcan 17.5
Novak GTB3
31/69
Went out front to speak with...
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I still have a few Novak speedos in use. It isnt the speedo, its batteries, motor, gearing, traction, run-up/line you take, etc...as you found. I still run old 17.5 motors with no timing adjustments :)
Looking for a 30x30x10(or 8) fan for a motor cooler on a Shapeways part. Any ideas?
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Prices range all over the place. You can buy pretty cheap ones on eBay, 6000 RPM with sleeve bearings that will probably work just fine, for a couple dollars. Or you can go crazy and get a 14000 RPM fan with dual ball bearings, tach lead and a...
So it seems most of you/us have more than one car. I have been out of the RC world for a while, at the moment I have, say three running cars. Thing is I only have one set of electrics and they are pretty old and beat up. So how do you run...
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For personal use, one Transmitter and multiple receivers. Swapping electronics is a hassle especially since I don't use the same setups in every vehicle.
For stuff that other people may drive, I have piles of Traxxas TQ radios. Most are older FM...
Picked up what looked to be a real nice pcm 1024. Looks to have had little use but I can't get it to power on. There was no battery or battery holder. I've tried a battery holder from my AM FP-T2PD and still won't power up. Noticed that inside the...
Hey guys, I'm in the market for a Transponder to use for some vintage racing at the VONATs this coming September. I've been using their house transponders the last two years which are bulky and not always the most reliable. I've been keeping an eye...
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Wow, great information, thanks guys. I immediately found an MRT transponder on Ebay for a small fraction of a new Mylaps RC4 so I'll head over to the VONATs thread to see if it's compatible with the track's decoder box(?).
I'm thinking to upgrade and replace my +20 year old Futaba 1024 radio, and get me a Futaba 4GRS 2.4Ghz. With a new radio you need (at least I do :mrgreen:) a handful of extra receivers to your runners. Futaba receivers cost around $70-80, which...
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I found a 2 channel Futaba receiver FPR202GF that cost under $40. The thing is I have only found the receiver at the Swedish importer MiniCars and nothing at Futabarc.com. Well, I don't think the Swedish importer MiniCars is unique, there must be...
Hey guys,
Working on getting my old Team car upgraded with 2,4GHz radio, brushless motor and lipos, but what servo to use? It's a darn jungle. Seems like 7,4V is a killer on servos these days.
I'm a old Futaba fan so any tips on a good Futaba servo...
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Thanks for the help gys!
Been digging through internet as a maniac. Some web shops state that this and that servo are for nicd batteries only. so that's why i'm asking you guys
On my Castle Sidewinder SCT and 3800kv motor sensorless setup, I had shortened the wires for a cleaner install.
It wasn't until *after* (of course) that I learned Castle tells you NOT to shorten the wires.
So my problem is this: I have a Castle...
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I think I can shed some light based on some of the motors I have seen. Some of the motors use the direct motor windings out of the end of the can, and so would be solid wire that is varnished. They often wind them together, heat up to burn off the...
I'm in the market to buy a new sensored/brushless system. I don't live near a race track to ask locals unfortunately!
I drive 2wd buggy and stadium trucks on high bight surfaces for the most part. I only practice and rarely race.
Some...
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I have several sensorless combos, none of them gave me cogging issues; this includes ESCs by EZRun, Bullistorm, Leopard Toro and Turnigy, and motors by EZRun, Leopard Toro, Speedpassion, Tacon.
The only system that gave me cogging issues is when I...
Wondering if anybody else has this happen with some radio gear. Basically,Im getting steering servo interpherence from the throttle. So, when I accelerate forward, the steering servo twitches one way, and on the brakes, it twitches the other. Cant...
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BUT, I will say, that I've had what I think is cross-talk while driving indoors at the SRS facility. I would *swear* that the car is getting steering/throttle imputs that I am not doing. It happens every once in a while, but it genuinely feels like...
I am putting together a B4.1 worlds to race 17.5T stock buggy class at my local track..
The buggy was raced, and needs a going through to be to my standards for race ready - I feel I scored with buying a Novak club ESC/17.5T combo for $104 shipped...
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I'll probably go with the new Tekin Redline 17.5T RPM/ RS Gen2 ESC combo and sell or use the Novak setup in a crawler I have..
My nephew got this Blitz and against my advice got a 5.5 turn which I told him would cause a lot of breakage issues of all different kinds. Of course, he's had all kinds of issues. Most of it he's learned from, but is now having real issues with...
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If this was my car, I'd replace the motor. Take what you will from that.
By the time the soldering joints are botched, it's time for as new motor.
1. Steering: I need all the space I can get on a GT pan build. But I need higher torque (over 100 would be nice).
2. Voltage: Most servos I'm looking at say ideal for 7.4v lipo. Will I kill the servo on 11.1 3s?
3. Throttle: Can I...
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Welp, as I learned in the thread just next to this one, Savox servos have a habit of glitching due to their high current draw. Hitec makes a shorty, HS77BB. It's in one of my RC10 buggies, and has been working just fine for some time now.
I have 2 new pistons and sleeves that I thought were for .12 CV-Rs based on their porting. I tore down a .12 cv-r yesterday and the piston is .551. So then what do these belong to? Is it possible a Picco 12 speed has this piston size?
I just joined up here at RC10talk.com and have been out of the RC game for almost 10 years. I currently have a RC 10 T-4, B4.1, and HPI Racing Race 2 Sport (wanted a TC4 but this was for a good price so...). Anyway my T4 is my first RC and...
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You won't be sad with that Castle setup, it's good, I have it and use it at the track. Everyone is surprised that it's not a sensored setup.
So I have looked on the forums and I have seen lots of input on setups, keeping it cheap doing lipo, brushless etc. I am wondering if anyone on the forum has created a flowchart or wiki on a list of setups based on how much your willing to spend?...
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yellowdatsun,
And while that radio is cheap in my opinion it works perfectly fine. Of course the last serious radio I used was an Antronics XL2P
I thought my cheap Futaba 3PRKA was fine too, until I tried an Airtronics MT-4. My god what a...
I want to thank everyone for the help that I've received here however I've got a question about the Sidewinder 3. From their website it states that only LiPos 2 and 3 can be used however I'm trying to find out if there is any kind of Ni-Mh...
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Most of the blowing up part is due to people mis-using them. It's also a very rare occurance, it's unlikely you'll ever see one in person.
That said, go lipo, you won't regret it. I;'m an old-school RC guy who just got back into the game 2 years...
Hi I'm updating my 80's vintage RC10 and I want to install a new ESC but I'm on a budget. Looking at a couple on eBay. One's a duratrax slash the other is a dynamite tazer. Does anybody have any input on these. I'm staying sorta old school and using...
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That is a priceless 2 cents! :wink: Sadly, sometimes people do not take good advice!
I'm planning on getting a Sanwa MT-4S transmitter from a LHS but I'll need a battery for it and found this LiFePo transmitter battery from Hobbyking:
Turnigy Nanotech 2000mAh
I just can't find if the 90x42x16mm dimensions will fit inside the...
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4aa give you 6 volts. a 2s lipo is 7.2 (or 8.4 charged) after 9 race days, and a 2 day race. with some practice battery pack runs. after 1 9 months it went from 8.3v after charge and finally dropped down to a 8.0v on my 2s lipo. but rumor was more...
I have been looking at buyin my first transmitter. I am going to race stock buggy, and want a good radio but one that wont break the bank.
Looking at the Futuba 3pl, the airtronics mx-v, and the flysky gt3 b or c
The futuba and the airtronics are...
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If you're looking into cheap-er radios, don't get the Futaba 3PRKA. I had one, the access panel to the trims is a huge pain, and for just a few bucks more you can get a way better radio. For reference, I have about 5 cars on the shelf that could use...
I am getting back into the fun and resurrecting an old Gold Pan! It's nearly brand new and never run. I have been out of the game for so long that I have simple questions but I cannot find the answers on the forum.
1. Are you just using servo tape...
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Thanks for the replies. It's going together now. I decided to change the rear bulkhead and drill the front battery tray holes....I know, I know! I plan to just run it around the yard a bit and it will really just sit on the shelf.
im open to ebay or hobbyking. just looking for a cheap set to make a car usable.
id prefer to stay brushless, also minimal soldering work if possible. I can do it but its pretty crappy.
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Jim, what kV's are the motors you have been running?
I run the 3500kv motor. In my dad's Ruckus, I kept the stock brushed 20t gearing, and dropped it in. The result is that the truck is faster than my stock Stampede 4x4, and it runs substantially...
So i got a friend who decided to buy into the rc hobby. He just got himself an rtr buggy kit. Well he knows he still needs a few things and I can help with most but the one thing im not sure is a good charger. at moment all he has is one of those...
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Recently,I got a GTpower. TD610 charger,it works well and have a nice price~
Maybe you can try GT chargers,many choices~ :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Any suggestions on what kind of ESC Motor combo I should be running for my RC10 DS?
As of now, I am looking for brushless and non-censored. I will not be competing, will be running on asphalt and plan on using a LiPo battery.
Here is what I am...
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I put the RR idler gear, Dhawk Diff gear, and b4 topshaft with VTS slipper in my stealth. It handles the power from the 3800kv motor just fine. Even when I ran it on 3S and 47/69 gearing. That ended up with the stealth running at 30,000 rpm; it's a...
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