Very Hot Wires on the 1717? or is that normal

[nuz69]

You can gear it for 45 mhp easily with 6S Lipo. The problem here is that it was 5S for more than 50mph with a heavy truck. The motor has no problem to handle that, but it was too much for the ESC and wires.
At the end of the day, you need power for accelerate your truck from 0 to 50mph, and if it is heavy and if you voltage is low, you need high current. The smaller motor cant handle this without heating, but in this case its the ESC which cant handle it ^^
Power = Volt * amp To reduce amp you need more volt and gear down for same top speed.