Originally Posted by
JEFFRO503
Thanks for your input. On your suggestions above , I agree the Tenshock motor is definitely one I want to try. I am not going to waste my money on one of those cheap ESC's though. I've done a fair amount of reading just on this site alone of people having issues with them and I'd rather avoid it. At the track where I race , and out of 90+ entrants tonight......not one , I mean not ONE driver runs that ESC. That ESC may be fine for bashing , but I haven't seen one serious racer use one yet at any length of time. In fact....I haven't seen a racer around even use one ever.
But on the motor.....I think that Tenshock motor is a different story. I know it's extremely popular on here , but I haven't seen one run yet. Definitely going to try one.
I'm going off of what "I've seen" personally , in action , on a track. That Reedy I mentioned was my choice because "to me"....it looked like the smoothest and most powerful SCT power plant I have seen yet. There were two of them at the track tonight......and it was something you had to see with your own eyes to believe. I was also impressed by some of the Tekin's and Orion setups as well.
Please don't take any of that personal. I just would rather stick with a well known brand name that has been proven on a track.
Jeffro, I think you are confusing Hobbywing with other "Hobby----" crap chinese brands. Hobbywing is a top level ESC in any class, lots ot drivers use it anywhere and I can guarantee you it's a good company, although I admit I will use a Nosram ESC next year. I never had any problems with their Xerun v2.1. You say you never saw them used, what about world class drivers like Andy Moore, Yannic Prumper and Shin Adachi who use them on 1:10 TC World championships? Their V3 is regarded as the best ESC at the moment in onroad, their ESCs have by far the best boost adjustability and parameters (which is bad if you don't like programming your electronics- some time will need to be put to setup the ESC perfectly), their LCD programming box is the best there is plus it has a very good help thread on this site. I can only say feel free to go with Hobbywing, as one serious racer to another. If you don't believe me, believe Andy Moore who is the World vicechampion
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http://www.hobbywing.com/news_show.asp?id=189 )
P.S. 1:10 IFMAR World Champion Jilles Grosskamp was powered by a Orion ESC on his way to victory, which is a rebranded Hobbywing if I am not mistaken