Originally Posted by
wingman2
I need you to understand that some of these guys have been racing for over 30 years, so don't think its because of something stupid mate! First off, some of the speedo's decide to tuen off, half way through a run. They are not even warm let alone hot. One of the guys keeps snapping the shaft that the pinion goes on. Not once, but a couple of times and it was n't like he whacked a wall or track marker real hard either! Lastly, because of the differant way a brushless puts the power down compared to a brushed motor, the setup of the cars is differant now as well. One of the guys was saying that he was trying things to do with setup that he would never do normally, just to get it right whilst using the brushless setup. I know that brushless systems are less maintenance, etc, etc, but I don't mind having to true a motor once in a while to not have any of the other hassles (that's what I do work you see!). Cheers mate, Chris.
I have had my 1/12th car hiccup with BR and BL motors. I run mostly stock and 19T and I run no RX pack. I am pretty sure its because the voltage supply to my RX is dipping too low. I run spectrum and it cuts out at 3.6v where most other FM RX's run down to 2.2v before cutting out.
Also, just because someone has done somthing for 30 years dosen't mean they know anything. They could be idiots that have stumbled along in the hobby for 30 years....I know plenty of these guys...some of them have very high post counts on this very message board
As far as BL...yes you need to make changes but its worth it. Change is part of the hobby. Changing from 45* Stock motor to 24* Stock, 6 cell 1/12th to 4 cell a few years ago, NiCd to NiMh. Everytime there is a change I hear the same BS...the old stuff was better, blah, blah...guess what...BR motors are goting the way of cassette tapes and 8-tracks...get used to it.