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Originally Posted by cannon (Post 9029465)

THe motors used by Hobbywing are actually made by another company.

The 13T is a 3000kv motor. The other company that makes the motors also makes a 2100 kv version of the motor :D

I've heard about this motor a few times, but never been able to find it for sale.

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Originally Posted by Stregone (Post 9029472)

I've heard about this motor a few times, but never been able to find it for sale.

I have one (brought in for testing) . I dont think I have seen them for sale either

We had the brushless come to our club late last year, when people visited from another club, and we still have people running the sport tuned.

I had one of the quicker sport tuned, a change to the hobby wing and with a car thats still not as quick as it should be and I can lap around 2 seconds quicker. There is still another second to make up to get to the front of the pack.

But the change has made the racing much closer at the same time.

Just building up my m05 pro. I've gotten the m-chassis alloy shocks and wondering should I use the 2 hole or 3 hole pistons? If it helps with the answer I'm going to run on a large track, medium traction asphalt (outdoor).

Thanks
John

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Originally Posted by J-PaP (Post 9031265)

This is how I have mine set up. I also race on asphalt. I use the two hole piston in the front since the front of the car is heavier (with motor) and the three hole in the rear since the rear is lighter. Now with springs I have medium in the front and hard in the rear but I do change now and then just to see how the car handles with different spring set up. :tire: :sneaky:

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Originally Posted by bodymot (Post 9027096)

Hobbywing 35A 13T EZRUN running with Brushed motors 20T Limit
In UK Tamiya minis at my local clubs (Kent) is taking off.
At the moment we run any sealed brushed motor no less than 20T.
Some of our clubs are looking at allowing Hobbywing 35A, 13T motor system to run with above brush motors.
Most of our clubs run on carpet.
What are your views on Hobbywing 35a 13T system, I know some of you run Tamiya black can sport-tuned motors with Hobbywing in same race meets.
Do you find Tamiya black can motors slower??
We find the Tamiya black can motor is slower compared to Ansmann 21T, HPI Saturn 20T motors we use now.
Really hoping that Hobbywing system will not be any faster.
After talking to a lot of UK racers thinking of racing Minis, the main thing that’s putting some off is going back to brush motors.
If brushless was allowed, I think it would make minis even more popular in UK.
Ben :)

It will be interesting to see what you come up with.

Round here we are using the 20T Saturn motor with great success. We allow open gearing and tyres.

But there will be people that want a brushless alternative. Personally I am a little wary of the 13T EZRun route due to it's sensorless design, I would prefer to see the class go in the direction of a zero-timed sensored 17.5, either blinky spec or one of the all-in-one motor/esc packages from Novak, Speed Passion or Hobbywing.

Unfortunately you are never going to get true equivalency of performance, but if we can find a motor rule that is the appropriate speed for the mini, and not a dead end in terms of transfer to another RC class, that can only be a good thing.

Sosidge, we've been testing 17.5 systems at my club as replacements for silver cans and they're spot on. Torque is a bit higher, but top speed is perfect. If you're running a 20t currently, you may want to consider a 13t system.

We'd go that way, but found 13t far too fast for our shorter, higher grip track surface.

Jim

We run 18T or equal at our track. I use the Tamiya TBLM-01 18T motor in my mini and its a great motor a little expensive it has good top end speed.

With thanks to the good people at Tamiyablog who as usual are first with Tamiya stuff.

Here's the first pics of the new M05S.

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Originally Posted by tony gray (Post 9053793)

With thanks to the good people at Tamiyablog who as usual are first with Tamiya stuff.

Here's the first pics of the new M05S.

New parts?

Graphite front shock tower
Motor heatsink
Chrome chassis .... yuck

Anything else?

Not sure that its chrome Greg. It might be a satin silver? Hard to tell from that pic.

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Originally Posted by cannon (Post 9053818)

New parts?

Graphite front shock tower
Motor heatsink
Chrome chassis .... yuck

Anything else?

Looks like very cheapo shocks too. Looks like all plastic even the piston rod..
But that's for the drawing. Pic seems to show real shocks.

Very nice narrow tires here. But are these self made?

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Originally Posted by The Big Wig (Post 9054098)

Very nice narrow tires here. But are these self made?

Interesting ... they could be the Tamtech front tires. Tamtech rims are near enough the same diameter as mini rims.

What size internal shock spacers are people running on their M05?