02-22-2007, 01:40 AM
UE, check your pms...
As for packs, I've had good success running those intellect 1400's, and have had good power out of GP 1300's as well. Of the two types I prefer the GP's because they seem to take charging abuse a little better(racing electric can be hard on these small cells)
Now that i know you're using a 5400, you got a wide gear range to work with...this Kv rating can take a lot of abuse so you could start with a 60 or 58 spur and get a couple pinion sizes ranging from 15 upwards to 18. Remember that the 5400 is only going to give around 39000rpm so you'll need some gearing to make up for the deficit.
Servo wise, I've gone a couple of routes...a Hitec 56 worked pretty well but the important thing is to look for a DP draglink! The stock steering link is craptastic so you need to work around to a good mod to improve the steering. I've also tried doing a standup 1/10th servo mod...but the truck body is the only thing that fits over it...check out the photo.
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This is a result of being frustrated with stripping micro servos...Spectrum(JR) metal gear servo with an alloy drag link(now DP) and a servo arm(now a servo saver from a Monster GT)
Hope this helped.
As for packs, I've had good success running those intellect 1400's, and have had good power out of GP 1300's as well. Of the two types I prefer the GP's because they seem to take charging abuse a little better(racing electric can be hard on these small cells)
Now that i know you're using a 5400, you got a wide gear range to work with...this Kv rating can take a lot of abuse so you could start with a 60 or 58 spur and get a couple pinion sizes ranging from 15 upwards to 18. Remember that the 5400 is only going to give around 39000rpm so you'll need some gearing to make up for the deficit.
Servo wise, I've gone a couple of routes...a Hitec 56 worked pretty well but the important thing is to look for a DP draglink! The stock steering link is craptastic so you need to work around to a good mod to improve the steering. I've also tried doing a standup 1/10th servo mod...but the truck body is the only thing that fits over it...check out the photo.
This is a result of being frustrated with stripping micro servos...Spectrum(JR) metal gear servo with an alloy drag link(now DP) and a servo arm(now a servo saver from a Monster GT)
Hope this helped.
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