Originally Posted by
shizcol
im running the sidewinder sv2 4600 on a smc 7.4 50c 5000mah in my sc10 and its geared at 18/87 can anyone tell me what i should run for gearing.. i ran for about 10 minutes doing high speed runs and the motor and speed control are about the same temp.. i havent checked it with a temo gun but it isnt extremely hott.. i held it for over 15 secs and it wasnt too hott to touch it.. im new to brushless so i dunno what the temps should be at.. can anyone help? i seen something on here about the gearing and i cant find it.. someone posted something about what u need to do if the motor or esc gets too hott i would like to find that
Not familiar w/ that motor, but the closest thing I found is the CMS 36-4600? According to this, you should be geared between 87/13 or 87/14
http://www.rcgearhead.com/Gearing/Browse
Ideally your temp after 8 mins should be around 150 on the motor. Go with a smaller pinion if you're temping too high (or larger spur, but you have a pretty large spur as it is).