SS5800 E-Maxx

Originally posted by dabid
Take the SS out of the Maxx, it shouldn't have been there in the first place.

Originally posted by Dafni
This motor has no business in a Maxx, IMO.

Originally posted by MetalMan
I am suprised that the SS5800 even ran!

Originally posted by Serum
i would strongly suggest to take the novak out of the maxx and put it back into your pede!

Thanks for the feedback but wow, :eek: I didn’t think the performance was that bad! In fact, if I hadn’t of teased myself with the zipp of the 7-cell set-up (then made custom 3+4 saddle packs to accommodate it :L: ), I wouldn’t be too unhappy with it as a slow-basher/crawler unit – it never thermal’d on 6-cells and second gear was tolerable. In first, at 16/66 with either the 6 or 7-cell set-ups, it can toss itself on its roof with no effort – something my 2.5 never did reliably because of the spool-up in the tranny and clutch.. and tuning! ;)

Originally posted by Dafni
Go 12 or more cells, and get yourself a Sensorless combo from Mike. (for example the MGM 16o amp ESC or Warrior 9920, and a Feigao 9L or 7XL motor)

Originally posted by MetalMan
The minimum number of cells for a Maxx is usually 12 cells. You can't go wrong with 12 cells (1200 watt peaks, 7 cells=700watt peaks).

There are a few reasons why I’d like to stay with 7-cells for the time being:
a) The disadvantage of charging two packs every time I want to run
b) My charger set-up (two chargers built for 7-cells gives me more run-time than charge-time by cycling my GP’s – gotta scoop up some IB38’s)
c) I've made my own 3+4 saddle packs for weight distribution and organised my chassis layout accordingly
d) The added weight

Certainly, at some point (to my wife’s dismay!), I’ll be going higher voltage, and when I do I plan on going LiPo to maintain the single pack/light truck ‘model’. But for now, as long as I’m on the NiMh’s, my preference would be to gear down if necessary to stick with 7-cells and take the hit on the top-end. As I mentioned earlier, I’m not disappointed with the performance of the SS5800 on 7-cells (for the time-being), I do however realize that I’m out of room and would like to have a system that could run on 7-cells now (at least as well as the SS) and can take higher voltage LiPo in the future.

If there’s nothing out there that I can scale by changing the motor/esc now and upgrading to LiPo in the future.. then I’ll just gear down a little more, throw a fan on the esc and change my driving habits; until I can make the jump to LiPo and new motor/esc at the same time.

Originally posted by Dafni
btw, Welcome to the Forum! This is The place for BL Maxx info

Originally posted by Serum
Welcome to the forum!

Thanks! :D

JimmyT
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