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Sounds awesome! Did you get to race it yet? if so, how did you do?

Bye:018:

[BrianG]

No, no racing yet (except against my son's Stampede :)). I am seriously thinking of picking up a slower motor because I think it's TOO fast, especially for the small local track.

I did notice that some dirt gets in the balancer plugs, so I took a pair of extra male 4s plugs I had laying around, removed the wires, and hotglued the ends. Now, I can just plug them in to keep the dirt out, and remove them when I need to hook up my balancer...

[skeeler]

Brian,

Good idea with the male plugs. I'll have to keep that in mind.

So what slower motor are you considering? What's the next model down in the Neu motor lineup?

[BrianG]

I was thinking the 2.5d, or maybe something around the 1700-1900kv range (but Mike only has the 2.5d in stock). 2600kv is just too fast for the limited gearing choices in a buggy for a small track IMO. I'm sure it will be more gentle on the batts too. And I'm already running a 14T pinion. Don't get me wrong, the 2d is an awesome motor - definitely not lacking in torque and still stays cool!

Yeah, the balancer plug idea was just a spur of the moment thing, but now I think I'll do that to all my Li batteries as well. Or, I can just swap the two I have to whatever vehicle I happen to be running at the moment.

[glassdoctor]

Don't feel bad BG... everyone eventually will come around to the motors I'm running 1700-1900kv, instead of the "faster" ones.... :D muah ha ha ha ha ha

:p

So I take it you like the car.... :027:

[BrianG]

Actually, several posts back, I did mention that Mike sent the wrong motor. I ordered the 2.5d, but got the 2d instead. The 2.5d motor was in a 2d box. I only realized it after I ran it.

I actually like running lower kv motors as they seem to be more forgiving with to-tall gearing.

Anyway, yes I LOVE it. :)

[glassdoctor]

Yeah I remeber that hee hee I was just messing with yall. :D

Hey maybe we can meet up sometime and I'll bring a video camera....

[BrianG]

Sure, just need a place to play really. The HH track was a tad muddy when I was there Friday. And we're supposed to get rain the next few days. Grr.

[BrianG]

OK, I have a couple VERY short videos. I had my blonde 12 year old step-daughter film it using my digital camera. There IS a reason for those blonde jokes - seriously. Anyway, they were trimmed to keep the fat driver (me) out of the movie. The first one has no sound because I didn't think you wanted to hear me to continually remind her to follow the buggy with the camera, not her head. :rolleyes: The other DOES have a bit of sound. Neither one really shows the top speed, but oh well...

Vid 1

Vid 2

Those were cool. :) Need more!

Happy Birthday btw!

[BrianG]

I'll replace those (or add to them) when I can get someone with a slightly higher IQ to operate the camera. :005:

lol higher iq... thats not mean ;D

LOL that thing loks VERY fast! and happy b day! lol ur present can be a better filmer =P hehe

[BrianG]

Yeah, maybe it IS a bit mean, but not untrue! :)

Actually, no presents. My son did make me some type of drawing but that's it. I guess my CRT is my b-day present to myself. :027:

[glassdoctor]

Looks good... you can tell it's fast! They usually don't look as fast in a vid clip as it does in person.

Nice drift :0

[BrianG]

I couldn't really get on the throttle in the street on takeoff because the tires would just break loose. Once I get to about 10-15mph, then I can gun it and it goes good. Unfortunately, I didn't get any shot of that because the camera-woman was shooting me, not the car. And that close, my body covers half the street. :) The drift actually ended better, but again, I got in the way. Poo. These tires are NOT meant for street use!

I also flipped over once (the end of my d-way has a lump) and slid along the street enough to wear the shock ends so they pop out kinda easily. Now I need to go to HH again and hope they have something in stock.

BTW: At the end of the run (about 15-20 min) the batts were still hardly warm to the touch, as well as the motor/ESC. SO, that's promising since it was warm out today.