Originally Posted by
Poor_Boy
My comment was towards your comment "WHY in the world would you want to make your vehicle slower" not on the legality of a slower motor. 2wd open is the only class that might benefit from the 2500kv motor and any motor is allowed so the legality would not be an issue.
No worries...all is good. The not-so-wonderful thing about forums is that, when someone replies, it can be difficult (sometimes, impossible) for others to determine if the person was serious, joking, or somewhere in-between. That happens to me a lot when I respond with sardonic humor...lol
Originally Posted by
AlvBo
Thanks Panther6834, Traveler2 and Poor_Boy for the clarification. I had the impression the stated pinion and motors in the rules were "limits", and thought of downsizing the motor as I feel 3500KV was too fast for M96 tracks. Looks like apart from Open 2WD/4WD, I'll have to continue limiting the motor power at transmitter/ ESC.
That works...or, you could learn better throttle control (something I am, admittedly, still working on where Mini-Z is concerned). An "idea" that combines both of these is to limit the speed via ESC, or Tx, to a max speed you can control...and, then, as throttle control gets better, gradually increase it, until you have removed all 'limiting'. If you start at, say, 60%, you could increase it to 65% after a few weeks...then 70% after a few more weeks, then 75% after a couple more weeks, and so forth. Before you know it, the ESC/Tx will be at 100%, and you will have the throttle control to use that motor on any size track. That's what I'm doing...and, so far, it's helping (I'm now 'crashing' far less than I'm 'driving'...lol).