Sounds awesome! Did you get to race it yet? if so, how did you do?

Bye:018:

No, no racing yet (except against my son's Stampede :)). I am seriously thinking of picking up a slower motor because I think it's TOO fast, especially for the small local track.

I did notice that some dirt gets in the balancer plugs, so I took a pair of extra male 4s plugs I had laying around, removed the wires, and hotglued the ends. Now, I can just plug them in to keep the dirt out, and remove them when I need to hook up my balancer...

Brian,

Good idea with the male plugs. I'll have to keep that in mind.

So what slower motor are you considering? What's the next model down in the Neu motor lineup?

I was thinking the 2.5d, or maybe something around the 1700-1900kv range (but Mike only has the 2.5d in stock). 2600kv is just too fast for the limited gearing choices in a buggy for a small track IMO. I'm sure it will be more gentle on the batts too. And I'm already running a 14T pinion. Don't get me wrong, the 2d is an awesome motor - definitely not lacking in torque and still stays cool!

Yeah, the balancer plug idea was just a spur of the moment thing, but now I think I'll do that to all my Li batteries as well. Or, I can just swap the two I have to whatever vehicle I happen to be running at the moment.

Don't feel bad BG... everyone eventually will come around to the motors I'm running 1700-1900kv, instead of the "faster" ones.... :D muah ha ha ha ha ha

:p

So I take it you like the car.... :027:

Actually, several posts back, I did mention that Mike sent the wrong motor. I ordered the 2.5d, but got the 2d instead. The 2.5d motor was in a 2d box. I only realized it after I ran it.

I actually like running lower kv motors as they seem to be more forgiving with to-tall gearing.

Anyway, yes I LOVE it. :)

Yeah I remeber that hee hee I was just messing with yall. :D

Hey maybe we can meet up sometime and I'll bring a video camera....

Sure, just need a place to play really. The HH track was a tad muddy when I was there Friday. And we're supposed to get rain the next few days. Grr.

OK, I have a couple VERY short videos. I had my blonde 12 year old step-daughter film it using my digital camera. There IS a reason for those blonde jokes - seriously. Anyway, they were trimmed to keep the fat driver (me) out of the movie. The first one has no sound because I didn't think you wanted to hear me to continually remind her to follow the buggy with the camera, not her head. :rolleyes: The other DOES have a bit of sound. Neither one really shows the top speed, but oh well...

Vid 1

Vid 2

Those were cool. :) Need more!

Happy Birthday btw!

I'll replace those (or add to them) when I can get someone with a slightly higher IQ to operate the camera. :005:

lol higher iq... thats not mean ;D

LOL that thing loks VERY fast! and happy b day! lol ur present can be a better filmer =P hehe

Yeah, maybe it IS a bit mean, but not untrue! :)

Actually, no presents. My son did make me some type of drawing but that's it. I guess my CRT is my b-day present to myself. :027:

Looks good... you can tell it's fast! They usually don't look as fast in a vid clip as it does in person.

Nice drift :0

I couldn't really get on the throttle in the street on takeoff because the tires would just break loose. Once I get to about 10-15mph, then I can gun it and it goes good. Unfortunately, I didn't get any shot of that because the camera-woman was shooting me, not the car. And that close, my body covers half the street. :) The drift actually ended better, but again, I got in the way. Poo. These tires are NOT meant for street use!

I also flipped over once (the end of my d-way has a lump) and slid along the street enough to wear the shock ends so they pop out kinda easily. Now I need to go to HH again and hope they have something in stock.

BTW: At the end of the run (about 15-20 min) the batts were still hardly warm to the touch, as well as the motor/ESC. SO, that's promising since it was warm out today.