Should I just wait??

gixxer,

I started running the 5S to take advantage of the Compro's being able to do it. I don't know if you read about it, but I've had nothing but trouble with my Compro and it's going back to Mike so that he can make sure that it isn't me doing something wrong. Since I have so many MMs laying around, I put one of those back into my Muggy and am running that on 5S.

My Muggy weighs 13lbs and is a chore for the MM to get moving. I've had to watch the gearing to make sure that the motor doesn't try to draw too many amps. When you over gear a MM with that much of a load, it starts to cog. With one MM, it cogged and I didn't catch it. Toasted the ESC. I just put a lighter set of tires on it and reduced the pinion by 1 tooth. Now, I'm not having any problems. I'll just keep running this until my new Compro comes in and I can get the truck geared right. I think I'm running under geared for the motor, but it's all the esc will take.

Running the MM in a heavy 1/8 scale truck is definitely on the the ragged edge of what the MM is capable of.

[jhautz]

AAngel,

What gearing are you running? Tires? Motor? I'm thinking about doing a SAvage with a MM on 5s w/ a 9xl. Understanding your gearing ratio on a 13lb truck should help me with my 13lber.