new brushless?

[SixVi6-Camaro]

I would not get that motor.. yeah its a silly high KV rating but it will be to high and well out of where the motor needs to be to run effeciently. It will have more top end than a lower Kv motor but it will also generate a TON more heat and have a TON less runtime. You would be much better off going with a lower KV rated motor and putting more voltage into it.

I had an 8000kv motor in my mamba for a week and Hated it after running the 5400K for months. running on 6 cell NIMh the 8K was was faster on the top end with the same gearing as a 5400 but it got half the runtime and ran much hotter than the 5400 ever did. In fact it would hover around 200deg constantly so I put a smaller pinion on there which kept the temps down but also really killed any speed increase and the runtime was still much less than the 20-30 min runs I got with the 5400K.

Currently.. hehe.. I pulled the trigger and picked up a duratrax Ice and a 3s (11.1v) LiPo on my 5400K Mamba. Its way too fast.. soo fast with no aceleration limiting set on the controller it just instantly shreads he ring and pinion gears with one full throttle pull while running 1/10 foams on the pavement.


1/10 foams work great on RC18t's. I have adapters on mine from Driven Productions..

http://www.drivenpro.net/index.php?s=store&pn=103


here is a link to my Ft Rc18t buildup wiht pics of the adapters ane all the mods I did to mine.
http://www.chitownrc.com/showthread.php?t=1894