DOMOisCOOL

I just bought the Trinity Monster Stock PRO online. I was wondering if I have to break in the motor?

rc_bam226

Not really, the comm is diamond trued, and you have the proper brush/spring setup. The only thing that I would recommend is to properly seat the brushes by running the motor at 3.3 V for about 30 - 60. And you're ready to race.

StephenSobottka

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I always retrue the comm, put new brushes in, align the hoods, polish the bushings, and reshim before i run ne motor i buy.

DOMOisCOOL

Sorry I forgot to mention that I bought it New In Package.

How do I run it constantly at 3.3v?

StephenSobottka

iTrader: (8)

my post, even if its new i still redo everything.

run on a turbo 35, or something that has a constant voltage source

Randy Caster

iTrader: (47)

Check out the Team Paradigm link in my signature. Their motors are already tuned, and faster than any Trinity I've gone against.

DOMOisCOOL

Hmm. Maybe Ill get one of those Team Paradigm Motors for my next motor.

I dont have access to a Turbo 35. But my friend has a LRP Pulsar Pro with the motor break-in feature. Will that work? I only have a few bucks left so I cant really get anything new .

fatdoggy

The pulsars break-in mode should work fine.

WC

iTrader: (28)

If you don't have a suitable powersupply or charger, just hook it
up to 2 or 3 cells (your choice) and let the motor whirr unloaded.



When I got my Monster Pro, I did open it up and checked
everything... put it on the lathe but it seems that Trinity had
already beat me to it. The comm was spot on, it was totally clean
and level after the slightest of shaves. The arm was correctly
centered in the can and the PRO brush/spring seems to work ok.

Definitely less work than all the earlier P2Ks.

Hooked it up to my lathe pack (4C) for about 15 mins then just
bunged it into the car. Haven't thought any more about it, but
it performs pretty good - Its a decent revver certainly.

rc_bam226

Yeah, you could use your friends Pulsar Pro. There are different methods to break it in obviously, the main points to remember are to make sure that the brush hoods are in aligment, since you have the pro version, you already have the best brush/spring setup(in my opinion), make sure everything is in good order, if you have access to a lathe, take a small cut to "freshen" up the comm, and seat the brushes properly for the best electrical conductivity. Good luck to you at RC Tech.

grimlock3000

anyone have a good gear ratio for a monster pro in a sedan that will be used for bashing? thanks.

racerdx6

grimlock - would you care to tell us what sedan you're running? It's kinda helpful to figure stuff out if we know, but in my tc3 im running 8.57 final drive. But that's for a tight track, so you could probably gear it at a 8.00.

StephenSobottka

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I agree 8.5 is good for tight carpet track racing.

rtypec

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Ahem...hehe my bottom feeding stock monster (non-pro) had a little somethin somethin for ya

Take a non pro monster, shim the arm in the magnetic center, allign the brush hoods the best you can...ditch the brushes it came with, solder on some straight serrated 4499's (not that diagonal crap)...cut the comm...and gear it accordingly. Atleast that's what I do and it seems to work well enough to get people to think its a cheater motor

But then again, I've never tried a "tuned" monster so I don't if what I'm doing is the "way" to do it. I haven't gotten motored yet though.

Randy Caster

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That was before I figured out how to gear this thing I was running a 6.8 in the first qualifier and practice, went to a 7.1, and the motor woke up. I got asked by quite a few people if I was running a cheater arm in my motor at Hitec.