Thinking of upgrading to Brushless - Page 2

Dieselpower · 02-22-2009, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by gweed

my buddy runs it in the exotek rc18b. it fit fine in his. honestly its really not that much bigger but it is a little bigger

He's not putting it in an AE.

iPearl · 02-22-2009, 09:13 PM

I might even wanan stuff it into the R3
But the only one that woudl fit is the RS

IIGQ4U · 02-22-2009, 10:03 PM

I have the Exotek chassis and have run it with both the Mongoose esc (Installed sideways) as well as the Tekin RS.

I think that this would be a tight squeeze on a narrowed M18 chassis.

iPearl · 02-22-2009, 10:44 PM

Ahhh thanks yeah that RS looks big in the second pic.
How you moutn the mongoose side ways it has no flat surface side way
This is my R3 with a FX-Pro

IIGQ4U · 02-23-2009, 07:23 PM

I used double-sided tape and it worked fine.

Here is a better pic of the RS

You are right, it is big but it is easier to fit than the Mongoose esc due to wiring.

iPearl · 02-23-2009, 08:07 PM

Is that the motor of the Mongoose with the huge Shaft ?

I like ur set up on that RC18R

PierreV · 02-24-2009, 06:06 AM

I was able to fit the Tekin RS with all electronics flat on the R3 chassis(Spektrum Micro receiver, Airtronics 9?6?1...can't remember the number, Goose 10.5, Thunder Power 1320). It was a tight fit, almost too close for comfort - but it works. So far the Tekin has held up great - the Goose ESC is definitly not as robust. I've currently gone back to the Mamba for the M18s. ...BUt I always go back and forth...

iPearl · 02-24-2009, 07:10 AM

hummm flat on it reg foot print ??
What motor is that brushless ???
Got any pics ???

PierreV · 02-24-2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by iPearl

hummm flat on it reg foot print ??
What motor is that brushless ???
Got any pics ???

All flat, regular footprint. Brushless motor is the Novak Three-80 10.5 (shortened it by saying goose...). Sorry for the confusion. The car is currently electronic'less as I moved everything to the offroad cars for this weekend's Offroad Nats at RCMadness.

The only way it was going to fit was because of the airtronics servo which has a tiny footprint. Otherwise forget it.

I might put it back together for the last MRL race - however I'll be running SR3's there most likely. After the race this weekend I can pick them apart and reline them up for a quick pic.

iPearl · 02-24-2009, 02:10 PM

Cool that be great, you not gonna run at the one in texas houston in the coming 3 months or so are you ?

PierreV · 02-24-2009, 04:44 PM

Oooooo...That would be far. Starting point being Ottawa, Canada...Making it down to Enfield is about 6.5hr, then Maryland for the MRL is 9hr. While I'd love to go (love micros...), I doubt I can justify a long haul like that. I'd have to fly that and that's a little out of the budget at the moment. What race is that out of curiosity? (one never knows!)

iPearl · 02-24-2009, 05:19 PM

IFMAR World Championships 1/10 IC Track
ROAR Bloc - Location: Houston, Texas; USA

And the local shops and Factory driver are going to be trying to introduce 1/18th to the scene so there will be some Local events running with 18th scale there too.