mamba 25 on 4s?
 

will it work?

i dont think so,i had a mini t with a mamba 25 and with a 3cell it would get hot,just my opinion but im going to guess no

not going to use that motor, just the esc.

Sure it will work, until you get a motor that is too hot. What motor, what setup?

hacker 3700kv motor. gearing undecided. want about 30-35mph, be going in a kyosho half eight.

what mini?

kyosho mini inferno, its 1/16 4wd buggy

oh... I can't believe I didn't see it the first time. :tongue:

anyways, even 30-35 is no problem with the 3700kv. you can do that on 3s with mild gearing. On 4s, you're going to be in the 40 mph range with normal gearing.

I run the same motor on 2s & 3s in a M18T. I'm geared at 14/54 right now, and I'm guessing low 20's on 2s and low 30's on 3s. These are perfect numbers for mini racing... unless you're on a 1/10th scale track.

I would keep with 3s honestly. In anything but a tiny 1/18th you will be pushing it really hard on 4s. If you want 4s you should step up to a larger ESC, the m25 just gets hot on that high of a voltage.

4s may be too much for the internal bec, so 3s may be a better choice. Unless you want to run a ccbec, but that seems overkill in a 1/16 buggy. Unless you have the batteries laying around. That hacker motor is nice, I had one in a minit for a while and ran on 3s!

well any esc suggestions then? quark 65 perhaps?

decided on the quark 33a.

Good choice, it is an excellent esc. I have run way more than 33 amps thru mine and it did not skip a beat!

My quark stutters on 2s in a mini t. I can't figure it out. I thought it was just a bad quality battery. I now have a better lipo in it and it still stutters.

Do you have dirty or loose motor to esc connectors? Try hard wiring and see if that helps. Or maybe your deans connector is dirty?

possibly a loose solder joint?

It's possible one of the connectors is bad. It has done it from day one so I doubt it's dirt but it could be a bad solder joint. The motor connectors look good though as I checked those the other day and the deans is new too.

hey guys, check out this pic of the new Mamba pro 1/18th system.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ro_pro_esc.jpg

Any specs on that ESC? Voltage, current, USB programmability, etc?

It looks inticing. Comparable to the Quark 33a perhaps would be my guess.

so far the only info I've found is from rcuniverse:
- 35a continous, no info on surge.
- castle link programable (you need the small receiver lead connector)
- no info on voltage. I'm assuming similar specs to the mamba 25.

ok, here's the kicker. A dude from rcu spoke to a castle rep today. Supposedly the new line of mamba 1/18th motors will be based off a Neu Motors design. This is not directly from me.

I actually just called castle and got snubbed by their rep. :lol:
So far all he can say is, "It is not an official product yet, and we'll keep you updated". He did hint that it was in the works, and a we'll know more after they release the MMM.

Ok, off topic, but kinda sad. The MMM release date has been pushed back to early/mid April. The rep told me they were having trouble getting components from one of their suppliers and this has caused a 6 week delay. :whip:

I guess they will make the Sidewinder micro a replacement for the Mamba.

Crap, if my memory serves me right, last year during the winter, they said the same damn thing. "Early April", so many of us waited. Then it was, "late August" I think....and we waited. Well, last summer came and went, still no MMM.