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Old 05-01-2011, 05:52 PM
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Default 6900kv gearing....esc hot! help please

currently am running a hpi sprint 2 flux, motor swapped to a castle creations 6900kv with a 2s lipo. Running the Sidewinder Sv2 ESC

gearing is 23p /87 spur and temps are as follows:

lipo battery: 104*F
cc motor: 140*F
ESC: 170*F


so I'm wondering, how do I get the esc temps lower? gear down on the pinion? and to what size should I change it to? I still want good top speed, but I want to be able to do donuts/drifting, etc without the motor overheating, or the esc.

I blew a tire off on my first run too, lol....this thing is retarded fast on top end.
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