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11.29.2008, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by lincpimp View Post
Enroute Berg....

The sidewinders are great for crawling. I run one with an 833kv outrunner on 3s in my 2.2 rig. It is geared 16/54 (32p) and still has great startup despite the tallish gearing and lower motor speed. The sidewinder is very smooth. I will suggest to run a ccbec and remove the red wires from the sidewinder. The bec is a bit weal for a crawler servo, plus you want at least 6v going to the servo.
Do you think a 1000kV would be too fast? I suppose I could go down a tooth on the pinion... I have a CCBEC that I can use, but I was thinking that the combined force (lol) of both of the SW BECs would handle the servo(?).

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Originally Posted by johnrobholmes View Post
A brushed motor would be better suited, since the motors are easily hit by rocks on that kit. A 55t motor on 3s works very well with stock gearing.
I reeeaaallly want to run brushless! I was going to make up some SS skid plates to cover the motor up. I'd probably do that even with brushed motors. I might get a couple of cheap brushed motors just to test with first.

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