Originally Posted by
Bubba.j
Does anyone know of other speed controls that will run the velineon 3500 motor other than the vxl-3s
The earlier Velineon motors were 2-pole and could be run with virtually any brushless ESC. But the later Velineon VXL3S system uses a 4-pole motor. I would think that the inexpensive Castle Sidewinder would work fine. I would call their tech service line to make sure. Also, eBay RC chop shops may have a VXL3S ESC much cheaper than one packaged by Traxxas