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Who uses a Turnigy Trackstar SCT 550 can motor?

Old 12-16-2012, 07:27 AM
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Swapping to one of these today from my Sc411 5200.

The 5200 is a great motor, but is just too power hungry in my heavy truck(MBX6 Eco SCT Conversion). It's fine for 6 min heats, but anything over that and I have to run a HUGE pack, 8000-10600 mah...

I'll try to shoot some video and get it online this evening. I think I can gear it to be just as fast as the 5200, but be a little more conservative on power... at least that is what I am hoping.
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Old 12-16-2012, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by BillyT.
Swapping to one of these today from my Sc411 5200.

The 5200 is a great motor, but is just too power hungry in my heavy truck(MBX6 Eco SCT Conversion). It's fine for 6 min heats, but anything over that and I have to run a HUGE pack, 8000-10600 mah...

I'll try to shoot some video and get it online this evening. I think I can gear it to be just as fast as the 5200, but be a little more conservative on power... at least that is what I am hoping.
I know exactly what you're talking about. My tenshock sc401 4600 is a power hungry beast that makes it impossible to run for more than 8-9 mins. Since the turnigy is a vented can, i can see myself having problems with it on a dusty track. Sure you can blow it off after each race, but bearings will still go out faster, and more binding throughout the whole motor. I'm sticking with my decision of going with the hobbywing 4700 sct motor. If turnigy offers a 4 pole sealed can 550, then i might give it a shot.
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Old 12-17-2012, 05:33 AM
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well, this thing just wasn't the answer to my problems...

run time was a little better, but at the expense of low down grunt. It would move down the big straight pretty well, but just didn't have the power to get this truck over the triple consistently.

It would be a great motor for an indoor short course track, but not what i need to the 1/8 scale tracks I like to run. back to the drawing board.

So if anyone is looking for one to try it out, I have one for sale, one day of use

I'm thinking the sc411 4600 will be a better solution for me. That or I will just resign myself to 10K mah pack... ha ha. I actually got the truck handling pretty well with 600g of battery.
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Old 12-17-2012, 05:35 AM
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That's odd because mine has enough power to clear anything I throw at it. I'm using a 15T pinion with the stock scte spur along with 5900mah 60C packs.
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Originally Posted by Rockthecatbox21
I'm sticking with my decision of going with the hobbywing 4700 sct motor.
Be interested in your results. But I mean... really, what may work where you run might not work where I run... I just can't keep buying 80 dollar motors till I get it right lol... As of now, I', sitting on an SC401 5200, SC411 5200 and the 4.5T Track Star... All less than a month old.

My buddy run an RX8 with a 4800 Rev Tech, and with the current limiter in the RX8, he can run for 10 min easy on a 6K pack. But I will punish that truck for 6 minutes with the 5200 he he. If only the Xerun had a current limiter...
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Originally Posted by MattP
That's odd because mine has enough power to clear anything I throw at it. I'm using a 15T pinion with the stock scte spur along with 5900mah 60C packs.
I ran a 15T, too, and like I said, it looked like it was moving really well, but the same line I would take into the big trip that would put me on the flats with the 12t 5200, would just barely down side the thing for the first few minutes, then towards the end of the pack I was Captain Casey. I could take a wider line to get more run up, and it helped, but it's just not the fastest line.

On the big end, the 15t 4550 actually has more to give, but it just lacks the grunt that the 12t 5200 has.

My truck prolly weighs a half pound more than an SCTE, so that hurts me all the way around. Maybe I need to spends some money on making the thing a little lighter...

Great motor, no complaints on the whole, just didn't work for me.
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Originally Posted by BillyT.
Be interested in your results. But I mean... really, what may work where you run might not work where I run... I just can't keep buying 80 dollar motors till I get it right lol... As of now, I', sitting on an SC401 5200, SC411 5200 and the 4.5T Track Star... All less than a month old.

My buddy run an RX8 with a 4800 Rev Tech, and with the current limiter in the RX8, he can run for 10 min easy on a 6K pack. But I will punish that truck for 6 minutes with the 5200 he he. If only the Xerun had a current limiter...
My friend switched from the sc411 4600 to a hobbywing 4700 i was talking about. Neither of us could make more than an 8 min race with tenshock motors, but his new hobbywing 4700 runs way cooler, is faster, and has longer runtimes. That's the only "inexpensive" motor you haven't tried, i'd give it a shot.
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I tried one this weekend. It's just way to power hungry for me, and lacks low end punch. On a good 5000mah pack I was getting under seven minutes of run time.
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Originally Posted by Rockthecatbox21
That's the only "inexpensive" motor you haven't tried, i'd give it a shot.
Ya know, at this point i could have gotten a high dollar motor, but I guess the risk/reward is just a little too high for me. Would sure suck to have bought a 140 motor that didn't work, then have to buy another... the another still!

I guess I got what I should have expected from a 2 pole motor in regards to the 4.5. It was just a snap decision after a day of racing and the motor was in the case, so...

Will take a look at the 4700. Sounds promising. For now, though, I'm just gonna stick the 5200 in there and run big packs.
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Originally Posted by BillyT.
Ya know, at this point i could have gotten a high dollar motor, but I guess the rik/reward is just a little too high for me. Would sure suck to have bought a 140 motor that didn't work, then have to buy another... the another still!

I guess I got what I should have expected from a 2 pole motor in regards to the 4.5. It was just a snap decision after a day of racing and the motor was in the case, so...

Will take a look at the 4700. Sounds promising. For now, though, I'm just gonna stick the 5200 in there and run big packs.
What kind of run time are you looking for?
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Old 12-17-2012, 11:28 AM
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10 min main... on a big 1/8 scale track. That is my min. And I ran the 15 min B main with the nitro guys and was pretty competitive with the exception of the run time issue.

With my truck, it's gonna take two packs parallel no matter what, so I might as well run the big motor.
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Old 12-17-2012, 11:34 AM
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Yeah I would agree. You can't have stump pulling torque, blazing straightaway speed, and battery conservation all in one package. We've run 10 minute mains before but had to reduce the lvc to 3.0v/cell to make that. That was running an RX8 on 80%, Revtech 4XS 3800, and 6600 65c packs.

Of course, those nitro guys didn't make 15 minutes without a stop did they? They probably had to top off?
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Yeah, they have to make one stop. But it takes 10 seconds. If I can get the run time sorted out, I'll make a stop and go just to keep things even. I pitted for a battery swap and it took a minute, easy. Felt like forever though...

The one thing that makes me wish I had just sprung for the RX8 is the current limiter. Not sure why everybody doesn't implement one. My buddy's SCTE, granted it is lighter, but he is set on something like 65% and it still runs hard with a Rev Tech 4800 and he gets plenty of run time. Well, he's upside down more than me, so maybe that is the biggest difference
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With a little practice those battery swaps would be under 30 secs.
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Originally Posted by MX304
I tried one this weekend. It's just way to power hungry for me, and lacks low end punch. On a good 5000mah pack I was getting under seven minutes of run time.
Which motor?
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