brushed speed control
 

looking for a good brushed esc that can handle lipo batteries,what do you think?

They can all pretty much handle 2S 7.4v LiPos... few have a LiPo voltage cutoff... and thats the only problem. Some of the newer RTR speed controls have a cutoff.. but none of the older top of the line brushed ESCs have them.. I run LiPos still with my Novak GTX brushed stock motor 2wd.. no problems.. I just never run the battery that far down. If I practice, I only run about the same time as a race...

Jerome :tire::tire:

I'm loving my Tekin FX

The Novak GTX is a excellent, small inexpensive brush controller:

GTX Programmable Racing Brush ESC

i have lipo cutoff on all mine, and i have yet to run it down to its limits. just know what your limit is, and dont go past it.

i have 5000 packs, and run on the track for a good 10-15 minutes with a 10.5 brushless-great speeds too.

and i never activated the cutoff. so know what your battery can do, and dont push it's limits.

after 10-15, i recharge and the voltage is at 7.3 volts give or take a few tenths of a volt.

so the 5000 packs are worth the money.

makes me remember ni-cd packs when i was a kid, and using the 15 minute quick charger.

15 mins to charge, and about 2 mins of solid fast speeds, and 3 minutes of dying speeds, then the battery was dead, and hot.

anyone remember the first style deans plug??
with the 4 pins. and you had to solder the wire on 2 of the pins and the other wire on the other 2 pins, what a pain that was.

does anyone know what the other fancy battery connect was called??? it was orange, with 2 pins on the back, and the connection was like a large prong with the metal on either side. this was back in the very early 90's

i loved my tekin fx pro best esc i ever had well other than my bl esc i had for like a week. lol but mine fx just went bad on me:(

Hell... I still use the 4-Pin Deans plugs! Actually.. I find them much easier to solder than the Ultra Plug.. then again, maybe it's because I've been using them for nearly 2 decades!

The orange plugs if I remember them right were the Race Prep connectors.

Jerome :tire::tire:

Yes they were Race Prep, and if I remember right you could plug them in backwards..ouch, so we all used the 4 pin Deans...use the ultras now