Here is about a 5 minute video of the XLB in action. This is literally the maiden voyage other than a 1 minute run around the living room at home.:003: I was expecting to have some setup problems, but surprisingly didn't. The thing ran great. Ran almost an entire pack then the pinion slipped loose and messed up the spur gear :019: so I just quit with it for the day and ran the revo the rest of the afternoon.
All in all a pretty successfull test for a first run. About 25-30 minutes of run in the grass that you see in the video. The grass was definitely not short so it sucked some juice. No heat issues to speak of. The controller got barely warm to the touch, and the motor got slightly hotter but not hot enough that I couldn't hold my hand on it for as long as I wanted to. Could probably use to be geared up a touch to get to motor temps down even lower.
It actually handles really nice also. Felt really solid and planted. This video was also made with only a single speed. When I finish the clutch bell adapter I will try and get some video with the 2 speed working.
The smaller file is 10mb and the larger one is around 24mb. Pretty large files just to warn you if you have a slow connection.
Medium Res File:
Click here to watch Brushless-XTM-XLB
High Res File:
Click here to watch Brushless-Conversion-XTM-XLB-Monster-Buggy