RX8 or MMM combo?

damnit. Got logged off while typing. Anyways, here's what happened:



Well, the truggy tried to take off like a bat out of hell. At least, that's what the throttle trigger was telling me. It cogged a little bit, and then hesitated for just a little bit more. Hmm...seems the same as the MMM in that regard.

Took it out on the street (mind you this was around 2am), no body, and let her rip. Was pleasantly suprised by the power wheelie I observed. Truggy was geared with stock center spur, 11T pinion. Don't have a data logger, but from what I saw on the speed and power, it appeared that the RX8 might be a tad down on the power department compared to the MMM, but I remembered that I didn't have a chance to goof around with the settings on the RX8. I don't know if messing with the throttle curves will make up for that much, but we'll hafta see. From what it looks like, the MMM may have an edge in that department. Throttle delivery appeared to be the same...a linear profile.

So, after running on the street for a good 10mins at full tilt, I brought her in for my tried-and-true temperture check by hand.

Motor was only starting to get warm (I'd venture around 100deg), the RX8 only had 2 LEDS lighting up (I didn't install the fan, either), and the battery was cooler than the motor. Not too bad, RX8...not too bad.


I'm going to try to get the Hotwire to detect it again (do I need an update for it?) and see if I can play with the settings. Sunday will be the big day...we'll see how the RX8 performs in a race setting.


Just thought I'd share a little preview with y'all.