Pit Crew

I have quite a few motors. The one I like the best in the Peak HF. It gets SUPER hot, but it still goes really fast. I gave up caring about the heat.

That has been the motor I use 7 out of 8 runs for the last 9 months, and it is still blazing fast.

racerb

iTrader: (2)

the new news on the reedy motor front is that the Cobalt and the ti will be available in febuary or march

just thought I'd mention this

ciao for now
Blain

NTC3NUT

I thought my P2K2 was fast, until I saw one of our club regulars with a worked over Monster stock. I picked one up and took his advice on the brushes & springs, MAN is this motor fast! My TC3 has never performed better.

popsracer

NTC3NUT;

What Brushes and Springs did he recommend? The Standard hop-up is the #4499 brushes and the Red/Green spring combination.

Thanks,

psycho

racerb

Haha! I just read that the Cobalt and the new TI will be released in Feb. I'll believe it when I see it, though! I've been waiting for it for nearly a year now, so I guess a few more months won't make a difference. Here's hoping!

schumacher

can someone actually explain what the benefit of adding Ti to a motor is?

cheers

sanj

Action-RC.com

They don't actually add titanium to the motor. Ti is just what Reedy calls their mod motors, Like Trinity calls thier's D5's.

NTC3NUT

popsracer,
You wouldn't think it would work, but try 767's, with purple Trinity springs on both sides. He was using another Reedy brush that he cut & modded on his own, he said this was an easier way to go. It worked killer on all 3 of the Monsters I have. The first race I ran it in the director was asked to check my TC3 for a 19 turn arm, no kidding. (After they saw the motor was legit the guy who protested me wanted to know my gearing/brush/spring combo, I told him to get bent.) Try it & let me know what you think.

Cube

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theRED5

With the monster, run the 767's and drop a tooth.

NTC3NUT

Hey guys, I just saw the new Fantom version of the Monster at the local hobby shop. Guess what springs where on it? Purples,on both sides! I don't know what brushes it had in it though.

I tried the e-brushes (4499), I just prefered the Reedys.

popsracer

NTC3NUT:

I just got my Robitronic Motor Dyno and I will try running some tests with different brushes and springs sometime next week. The Car works really good now as is so I don't want to make any last minute changes before tomorrows race.

bubbaicm

hey pops glad to see ya got your dyno racin has just changed for u now. now u will know i work on the road all week i take my dyno to the motel and work motors all week for the weekend races we've got a new track opening the first of the year indoor carpet oval&road course new new new ! noone has the set up noone dialed in new ! guess u can see i'm pumped local r/c carsput on a show at the mini winston cup arena race at the scpoe, norfolk Va. still local djs talking about r/c car half time show being more enertaining than the arena race what can i say , been racing the monster motor for last 4weeks used 4499/w red green springs on the more open flowing layouts inthe xxxs geared 31/118. changed to 767&769 with purple springs for the more techical & twisty layoutsgeared 29/118.have been qal. 1st or 2nd getten hacked to death in the mains just racn i guess

popsracer

Bubbaicm;

Tried some spring changes and the best was RED/RED. Am going to do some Brush comparisons later this week. So far the only motor that comes close to my Monster is an old Reedy Rage. I haven't done any tuning on the Reedy and the output looks really good. My Monsters are Maxing about 34,000 RPM and the Reedy 27,000 with about the same power and torque figures.

I'll post if I find anything interesting during my tests.

BTW, I live about 10 minutes from the California Speedway Track in Fontana, CA. (and have never been there)