Upgraded Stampede VXL

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First setup in the roller is a novak 13.5. It is the ribbed can version with the sintered rotor. Kv is 3300, according to novak's website. That must be unloaded, from my seat-of-the-pants meter.

First off it cogged badly with the stock sidewinder settings. I played around and almost cured it. Ended up with the punch control disabled, timing all the way up, and high start power. I have a feeling that with the 58/13 gearing I ran it was overgeared, as it lacked power and torque. The motor would most likely be better suited with 4s lipo, or in a lighter vehicle on 3s. Performace was not as good as the baseline, however temps and runtime was incredible. After about 20mins it pulled about 1700mah from the neu lipo. The motor was warm, and the sidewinder's temps had not changed.

Top speed was lower than the baseline. My main impression was that the motor did not like the gearing. I did directly solder the motor to the esc and that helped a bit with startup cogging. Just not enough power from the novak for me.

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Next up was an Aveox 36/15/1.5. This motor is similar in size to a s can feigao, but most likely compares to a neu 1506 in power output. Kv is 3700 according to the sticker. It has a 5mm shaft, so I had to switch to mod 1 gearing, as I do not have the correct 32p pinions in 5mm bore. Gearing is 46/11, slightly higher than the previos gearing with the novak.

Plenty of power, in fact too much. I did not change the settings in the Sidewinder, and can say that they can be dropped down a bit. It does need some punch control, as any fast throttle causes massive wheelies and back flips. The truck easily gets up to speed, which must be near 45mph.

What suprised me was the startup. This motor is constructed like a neu motor. The little Sidewinder had no issues smoothly starting this motor from standstill, even with my foot in the way. It is actually smoother than some of my feigao/mm combos!

Temps were a bit warmer on the esc, but the power output is more so that was expected. I will tone down the timing and add some punch control and run a full pack thru it to see how the temps do.

I am very happy with this setup. It easily outperforms the baseline. Almost too powerful!

Heres a few pics: