[jhautz]

Update:

Swapped out the MM for a Quark from another model. Now it runs smooth as butter.

I also tried the Outrunner with the quark.

First off it runs very smooth on the quark. No cogging like with the MM. But the weird thing is, it runs better in the standard Inrunner mode. In outrunner mode it will only spin very slow and the amp draw spikes like crazy. So... I guess I run it in Inrunner mode (very good crazyjr, you called it on that one):dft009:

I gotta say it a little different feeling than the typical motors I'm used to. It has a little slower spool up than the inrunners. It just feels like the motor is a little flat on the very bottom and very top ends. But the mid range is exceptionally powerful for the size of the motor. At first I thought there was something wrong cuz I'm used to having the serious bottom end punch, but then once I started to get the feel for it I realized what was happening. This little motor has some serious torque. Especially in the mid range rpm. I can be cruzin at 20-25 mph and punch it just break all 4 tires loose and start sliding.

I'm not sure I'm doing a good job of explaining this, but it almost feels like a nitro when you drive it. a little slow on the bottom end as it spools up, it hits it optimal power band in the mid range and then slowly tails off at the top end. Only more powerful feeling than nitro and the spool up and top end tail off aren't as much as nitro. It kinda cool actually. I really couldn't do a ton of driving with this thing tonight, it raining, but there is a parking garage that is just down the street from me and this time of night the top 2 levels are totally empty so I use it as an indoor testing facility.:dft012:

Its supposed to rain the next couple days (thats better than snow:018: ) and then Xmas so it will probably be next week before I get to do any more testing.

At this point, I can say Its different, but intriguing. I want to play with the gearing on this a little. I may have had it slightly over geared and that exaggerated the feeling.

EDIT: Oh yea... And the motor brakes absolutly suck with the outrunner motor. I think its cuz the motor itself has so much rotating mass that between that and the weigh of the buggy, it really takes more to stop it all. I normally run my quark with the brakes set to soft, but I think I may have to raise that up a little with this motor.