Originally Posted by
rpeceniak
i bought a novak gtb speed controller and their 10.5 brushless motor -since i'm old and most electronics scares me-- i don't know if this set-up is slow or is there a way to tweeck motor and/or speed controller-most of the guys i run against are using 19t motors but they are fast- i changed gears about ten times till i got the best i could on a stop watch-motor isn't getting hot so i think i'm not over working the motor-i am able to gain on most guys through the corners but they are much stronger down the straights-i read there are 5or 6 settings on speed controller but i can't figure out how to activate the lights they talk about and does this make the motor faster????
if you can shed any light on this i sure would appreciate it--rich
Dude i've got the same set up as you batteries aren't the problem all you need to do is gear up!
To give you an idea i raced at the weekend at carpet wars and did the usual asked around what people were geared at that had the same motor as me and got answers between 5.5 + 5.7 i tried and like you i had no problem going through the tight in field but down the straightaway i was getting murdered so i geared up a 2 teeth on the pinion 4.95 and solved the problem. It seems to me the gtb/ss combo's have bundles of torque so gear up as long as you keep an eye on the temp after 5mins you should be fine. Also check out the instruction manual some of the settings can come in handy and are quite easy to change.
HTH