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J57ltr · 10.04.2009, 01:42 AM

I don't know how my description is wrong other than not specifing any gear other than 1st.

Well going from say a 14:1 to a 1:14,is a big difference, because you are spinning the motor with the wheels instead of spinning the wheels with the motor, so the motor spins faster with a smaller pinion with all other things being equal. This produces higher voltages that could possibly damage the ESC. The motor is acting as a generator at this time, and it's voltage is proprotional to it's RPM.

The question was:Higher pinions = safer MMM's? Or no? Someone's lying....

Jeff

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J57ltr RC-Monster Aluminum Offline Posts: 610 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tomball/ Houston Tx.	10.04.2009, 01:42 AM I don't know how my description is wrong other than not specifing any gear other than 1st. Well going from say a 14:1 to a 1:14,is a big difference, because you are spinning the motor with the wheels instead of spinning the wheels with the motor, so the motor spins faster with a smaller pinion with all other things being equal. This produces higher voltages that could possibly damage the ESC. The motor is acting as a generator at this time, and it's voltage is proprotional to it's RPM. The question was:Higher pinions = safer MMM's? Or no? Someone's lying.... Jeff The Warnings & Cautions discussed in this manual cant cover all possible conditions/situations. It must be understood that common sense and caution are factors which cant be built into this product.