capacitor getting hot

[REVO-DADDY]

Originally Posted by kvrc

what buggy are you running? if it is anything but an associated then you are way overgeared. you should be at 10/46 or if you had an associated maybee 12 / 46. i am amazed that your motor and esc arent smoking hot with that gearing.

I am running a hyper 8.5, it seems to stay cool, but the motor and esc both have 40 mm fans on them

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by REVO-DADDY

I am running a hyper 8.5, it seems to stay cool, but the motor and esc both have 40 mm fans on them

Damn, you are geared for over 50mph. Drop down to an 11t pinion and you will do 40, and you should be able to ditch the fans. They are the only thing keeping that esc from cooking right now. If they fail and you do not notice that esc will be toast...

Plus you do not need to be doing 50 to win a race. A 10t pinion may be even better, as it should put you around 38mph. Your runtime may even double dropping the gearing, as you must be pulling some amps now...