Talk 1520 - your experiences

[itbvolks]

Hahahaha!!!! Basher....??? Clearly your misunderstood.....

Anyhoo, my mbx6t is 9.3lbs ready to run in full race trim as it sits right now. With my tekin 1700kv it's geared to do your exact race spec 40mph (15-16/46).

I want to run 20min mains on my 4200mah setup. I'd run a 5000mah but it's 101grams more mass. 5500's are another 171gr over the 5000's (272gr total over the 4200's). Not worth the weight increase for the capacity gain. I could go down in capacity and deal with a batt change but the mass difference between 4200 and 3300 is only 40grams and less to the 3000's, so again, not worth the sacrifice. Doesn't make sense to drop more capacity to save that little weight.

Now if we look at the weight difference between the 2 power systems we get more interesting info (for those of us bashing and all )...

MMM/1520 combo - 603gr

RX8/TT2322 combo - 480.5gr

Difference of another 122gr or a 27% It's my belief that a lighter setups with well sorted driveline is worth more efficiency (wasted diff or wheel bearing will kill your efficiency). Takes less current to get it to speed, etc. Matter of fact, the slipperential I installed is on my short list already. It may provide driveline protection and some tuning options but it's much heavier. I'm planning on trying the delrin plastic gear to reduce the mass but a plastic geared stock mugen diff wouldn't weight beans by comparision. I'll be weighing the benefits closely once I get my setup on the track...

Like I said, I'm not saying it's not a good, viable option. It might be a great setup out there. Goodness knows I love power to spare (heck, I ran a Rody C5R in a truggy before). I'm just not sure this buys me anything. I could just as easily run a 1300-1500kv tekin on 6s for efficiency sake... All that being said, if you come back with great efficiency gains and cool running animal, I'm all in...


< --- Clearly a well developed bashers setup