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Old 05-11-2010 | 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Palmquist_44
Thanks for all your replies guys.

To the person who was discussing my stock ESC, I didn't know it could handle only a minimum of 26T. Well that's too bad. HOWEVER, I happen to have here in my possession an Duratrax ESC which I used in one of my other RC projects like 6 years ago. It's a Duratrax Intellispeed ESC and on the box, it states that this ESC's motor turn limit is a motor with no fewer than 20 turns. I actually paid around $50 back in the day for this ESC.

The only downside about this Intellispeed ESC is that it doesn't have reverse (does have brake however). Not a big deal.

In light of all this, do you guys still recommend I find a some cheap, quality ESC on ebay, and find a supercharged lowturn brushless motor on ebay as well?

Let me know soon cuz I wanna get my buggy upgraded ASAP! Thanks again guys!
Its up to you, I think there are some great deals to be had on some older stuff, the examples I gave are a little on the extreme side, and may cause you to stip gears, or melt your battery connectors. there is probably a happy medium on the motor, but you cant go wrong with one of the nice older speed controllers.


new lipo/brushless systems are super cool, and that is why most people are switching, but it aint cheap.

I saw a couple of Novaks...cyclone, 410 M1c...a tekin 411G for very reasonable prices.
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