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I have two brushless vehicles to power; one SC10 I received as a gift with a defective ESC and a Hyper Mini roller I've had just sitting. The SC10 will probably be powered by 2S and the Hyper mini 3S.

I purchased a new sidewinder SC system with the intent of putting the ESC in the SC10 and using the 1410 motor in the Hyper Mini. This left me wondering what ESC to use in the truggy.

I was thinking of buying another Sidewinder SC, but worry about running it on 3S in the 4wd truggy. While it is 1/12 scale these trucks weigh right around the 6.5 lb limit castle has for the SC system. I know Patrick says that it is more of a CYA restriction, but I wonder if an EZRUN 60A or 80A would be the safer choice.

No racing, just bashing. Stock tires and gears, with the option for larger tires/wheels on the mini truggy in the future.


As an aside I got the SC10 ESC working by swapping motor wires and disabling reverse. It would run in reverse, but as soon as you tried to go forward the car would stop and reverse no longer worked. Swapping wires got me going forward, but braking would engage reverse and then forward would no longer work, so reverse was disabled. Not sure how long that kludge will work, but I suppose as a backup ESC its fine.