Originally Posted by dakjones

Alright so I know this has been talked to death but I cant seem to find the answer. Regarding motor and ESC Im seeing that a lot of people are running truggy motors. My concern is space. I've seen several pics of truggy sized motors with Tekin RX8 ESCs but with very little room to spare but I do know that works.

I already have a Hobbywing XR8 plus which is quite a bit larger than the Tekin ESC 38x55.8x35.5mm (Tekin) versus 58.7x48x36.9mm (Hobbywing) to be exact. The motor im looking at is the Tekin Gen 2 4038 2000kv truggy motor. The can is 77mm long. Detailed specs aside, is anyone running one of these large truggy motors with the HW XR8 plus ESC?

I'm not completely sold on the truggy sized motor. I'll be using Badlands 3.8s (not the MX huge ones). I know the truggy motor will run cooler but I'm not sure it'd be necessary. Anyone having thermal issues running HW or tekin buggy motors in the 1900-2000kv range? I race my EB48.3 with a tekin 1900kv buggy motor and the HW XR8 Plus geared 44/19 and see temps around 140-150f on a hot day after 10-15 minutes of hard driven track time. Just not sure if the larger tires will push me over the edge and of course I can always gear down a bit. Oh and btw, i'll only be running on 4s.

Please help me decide

Originally Posted by cmbscx10

The overall problem with measurements of the motors is that they never include what the sensor wire takes up. Figure 3mm for that.

I run the XR8+ and the G2 4274. I chose this combo specifically due to where the sensor wire comes out being on top of the can vs in the center. It gave me a little wiggle room and I have a C hair left for a little Chassis flex.

I doubt you will be able to run a Truggy motor at 77mm plus the sensor wire but could be totally wrong.

If geared correctly, running a low kV and not running heavy MT tires a buggy motor would be just fine IMO.

Originally Posted by Tampagoalie

Agree. I ran the XR8 Plus with the Tekin 2000 truggy motor in my ET48.3. It’ll fit with the sensor, but there’s virtually no room for chassis flex and I destroyed 2 sensor wires quickly before I gave up and switched to the XR8 SCT Plus for its smaller footprint. It runs my truggy perfectly on 4S and I used the same ESC in my MT410 with a Hobbystar 74mm 2000kv motor. Only problem with the SCT - can’t run 6S.

Originally Posted by cmbscx10

Good info for how much room there isn't even in a long Truggy chassis.

What are your plans with the MT410?. 4S with some turbo timing and punch control is pretty GD fast, agile etc. I plan to try 5S this winter but don't see a need to go 6S. You didn't hear it from me but 6S I think would over power this little 1/8 scale chassis. I can agree it would be fun to try and control it.

Originally Posted by chainsaw10

Just checked. The Promodeler will fit. You can see in the picture that all the holes in the aluminum mount line up with the servo. I didn’t pull out the entire servo because there’s not enough slack in the wire(I didn’t want to remove the esc and open up the receiver box to completely put the servo in place) ...but it’ll fit.

Originally Posted by MastaP

Hello,

next week my new Tekno MT410 arrive. I want to drive 4s and with the Proline Badlands.
Now I have to decide which engine I put in the car.

I still have a Xerun Combo XR8 plus with 2250 kV engine lying here. Is the engine recommended? Which pinion / main gear should I choose for a good setup then?

Otherwise, I would be glad about your feedback, which engines / kV you drive!
What is your pinion setup?

Thanks
MastaP

Originally Posted by chainsaw10

No problem
I just installed my Promodeler in my new Proline ProMT 4x4
....not quite sure why I have my most powerful servo in my smallest truck

Originally Posted by NevWeezy

Got my Tekin combo installed and ran a couple 6s packs threw it. Glad i took pictures before i took it bashing. The body took some damage. No cracks or breaks but scraped up to hell...

Originally Posted by MaX-D

Nice body. What is it?