bjohanson1234
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Hey everyone, haven't been on in quite a while. Life gets in the way sometimes.
Anyways, long story short, my boy is getting old enough to actually run a true RC. However, I would like the convenience of electric over nitro, also not sure if the nitro motor would still work since it has been sitting for over 4 years. So I am working on a conversion to electric.
My first attempt worked out OK, just hacked together a couple 18 volt motors from some power drills laying around, built some motor mounts from some aluminum flat stock I had laying around, and used a cheap ESC I also had laying around. (pics later, I promise)
Anyways, the truck ran decent, not much speed, but the boy enjoyed it, however the ESC was only rated for 12 volts and I was pushing 18 through it. Needless to say, it smoked after a few runs and we packed the truck away.
Fast forward through the winter months, and now I want to dig out the truck again.
My question I have is what motor/esc combo I should get.
I could go with the brushed motors I have in there and get an ESC, but not sure if I will ever get the performance out of it that I want.
Or, and this is what I am leaning towards
I could go with a brushless combo such as Castle Creations.
If I do the latter, I will probably need to remake, or purchase a proper motor mount and also wade through the new jargon with the Kv and such. ALso determine if the Sidewinder or the Mamba Monster would be better suited.
So now that the introduction is done, I would like to ask for everyone's opinion on the matter at hand.
What combo would you choose, and why.
Thanks!
Anyways, long story short, my boy is getting old enough to actually run a true RC. However, I would like the convenience of electric over nitro, also not sure if the nitro motor would still work since it has been sitting for over 4 years. So I am working on a conversion to electric.
My first attempt worked out OK, just hacked together a couple 18 volt motors from some power drills laying around, built some motor mounts from some aluminum flat stock I had laying around, and used a cheap ESC I also had laying around. (pics later, I promise)
Anyways, the truck ran decent, not much speed, but the boy enjoyed it, however the ESC was only rated for 12 volts and I was pushing 18 through it. Needless to say, it smoked after a few runs and we packed the truck away.
Fast forward through the winter months, and now I want to dig out the truck again.
My question I have is what motor/esc combo I should get.
I could go with the brushed motors I have in there and get an ESC, but not sure if I will ever get the performance out of it that I want.
Or, and this is what I am leaning towards
I could go with a brushless combo such as Castle Creations.
If I do the latter, I will probably need to remake, or purchase a proper motor mount and also wade through the new jargon with the Kv and such. ALso determine if the Sidewinder or the Mamba Monster would be better suited.
So now that the introduction is done, I would like to ask for everyone's opinion on the matter at hand.
What combo would you choose, and why.
Thanks!