gacjr0

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I keep telling people to slow down to go faster, but very few people listen.
That's part of the reason for using Mabuchi/Duratrax motors.
Most of the time it's easy to pass out-of-shape-corner-overshooting cars; but sometimes they hit you, .

Tim W.

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Thats what happens at the club gacjr0 and myself race at there is about 4-5 of us faster racers in the class and then a buch of other racers with overpowered cars mixed in the class. Gary is right about the out-of-shape-corner-overshooting cars; that sometimes they hit you. This is good for clubs everywhere makes racing more fun and even for everone not just the guy with the best stuff money can buy

Tim W.

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gacjr0 you could shave a little weight if you hard wire the esc to motor

Drewdc90

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You should ask for a run of one of the mod cars (or if you have one post your times) and compare times with your 540 car.

gacjr0

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Yeah, I thought about putting a stock motor in for the main but decided to leave it alone. This week I might try running a stock, 19, mod and see what happens.

Headshot

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I believe the silver cans are 32T...that is what was told to me, plus my motors all have 32T printed on them. I use this motor in Porsche Cup racing in a F103GT chassis.

Have any of you guys played with the black can? I heard that it is just as durable....just a lot faster...

Drewdc90

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I have pulled apart a silver can before and I counted 27 turns when I unwound each pole.

Headshot

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I am not arguing that point, I guess the LHS owner is wrong, but what does the 32T printed on my silver can mean?

Also, I am thinking of throwing a black can in my car.....would I be able to use it to build the same type of project? How many turns is the black can?

party_wagon

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Your going to get a kick out of this, a kyosho mini inferno weighs around 950 grams w/ the alum goodies that most people like to run. Now, I'm pretty sure that a mamba 25 w/ a 8kv motor will put out enough power to push a mini inferno around at 30 m.p.h. w/ a 2s lipo. Now, I'm pretty sure that if you dropped a mamba 25 esc & a mamba 8000kv motor in the car you would lose 100+ grams of weight. which would put you right around 1000 grams. It might take a little work to mount the motor, but it would shave a ton of weight.

Drewdc90

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I'm not arguing, I'm just posting what i found.

gacjr0

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I've given that some thought. I have read about that done with 1/12 scale before and that it ran well. I thought about doing it for the 1/12th I have or the Xray too. Maybe later in the season.

I will be racing tomorrow with the same stuff I've posted on; and be testing the differences between Duratrax/stock/19/mod motors on the same car.
Gary

gacjr0

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Headshot, I think you'll find your answers about silver/black can motors in the Silver can thread. That's where I learned the most about mabuchi and mabuchi-style motors.

gacjr0

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Update: ran a Trinity handout stock motor instead of the duratrax.
Result: no gain.
Conclusion: I am not a really good driver. It takes a bit more setup time than I took to adjust for more power. The little 2100 mah 18c might be at its limit with this powerplant in a tc, the power went really soft and the pack was at 140+ degrees while the motor was ok at the end of a run.

joe of loath

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you may have to invest in a higher capacity pack. what weight is your current one? i found a 50c heli 4900mah pack thats 244g, and thats still less than a 4200 stick pack. the only problem would be it's size, but it was the power to deliver loads more power to your motor, since you could upgrade to a mod or something. you'd still have a light car, and it would be half as fast again.

http://www.e-rc.co.uk/shop/evo-4900mah-2s1p-p-68.html

Drewdc90

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That first line made me laugh.
Yeah a lot of people don't how much harder it is to setup a faster car, makes you respect the mod drivers a tad more.
Drew.