RC-Monster Forums - Looking to buy a small car that's super-quick

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Originally Posted by ReV:-O (Post 387976)

A few people have told me to go for either a Rustler or a Bandit, but I have a few questions regarding them. They also told me that since the battery tray is so small, I would not be able to run 4s. Also, they said the Traxxas esc wouldn't be able to handle it unless i got an external BEC, and even then it would likely end up in flames.

If I got a Rustler/Bandit, I wouldn't want the 3500kv motor, I'd wanna get something with a higher kv, maybe around 4800kv if I'm only gonna be running 3s.

Traxxas claim it to be waterproof, but how can this be when the motor and lipo are exposed? Are brushless motors waterproof? I know lipo's arn't!

well traxxas says the vxl rustler is waterproof because the esc, motor, and servos are waterproof and with a NiMH battery its 100 waterproof but with a lipo u have to worry about the balance connector, but i think if u put a balloon on it u should be fine. I think its fairly simple to mod the battery tray to fit bigger batteries and brushless motors are waterproof as long as it doesnt have any holes for air cooling on the end-bells.