Just got a brushless edition Revo! - RC-Monster Forums

turbo4 · 01:44 AM

This is my first large brushless truck. I have a small 18th scale rc10 thats brushless and a Emaxx with stock titans. Anyhow, I ran the revo for the first time today on 4s.

WOW! this is totally cool. I was blown away at the power and speed. I can't imagine it on 6s....or beyond like some of you run. I can't stop grinning. I have been running a Emaxx on 4s with the stock titans, so you can imagine the difference. I plan to go 6s, I can get good deals on Thunder Power.

This thing came with a long travel suspension kit. For bashing I would think this would be good to add, no? I didn't care to much for the stock settings, tons of body roll and in general to soft for my taste. It also came with a different spur, which is the better choice for bashing?

Thanks, Joel

Arct1k · 03.20.2009, 10:54 PM

you will want 2 3s packs... p2's work great - stiffer oil, springs and the tekno roll bar kit will stop the roll

magman · 03.20.2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by turbo4

This is my first large brushless truck. I have a small 18th scale rc10. Anyhow, I ran the revo for the first time today on 4s.

WOW! this is totally cool. I was blown away at the power and speed. I can't imagine it on 6s....or beyond like some of you run. I can't stop grinning. I have been running a Emaxx on 4s with the stock titans, so you can imagine the difference. I plan to get a pair of 6s. I can get good deals on Thunder Power.

This thing came with a long travel suspension kit. For bashing I would think this would be good to add, no? I didn't care to much for the stock settings, tons of body roll and in general to soft for my taste. It also came with a different spur, which is the better choice for bashing?

Thanks, Joel

Joel...congrads on your first BL truck...it is truly amazing the difference in power / speed vs. non BL trucks

E-Revonut · 03.20.2009, 11:01 PM

I recomend sticking with 4s. Maybe gear up a bit if your batteries can handle the increased amp draw. 6s will be incrediblly insane and as far as I'm concerened undriveable.

BL_RV0 · 03.20.2009, 11:26 PM

Go with 5s, 2 packs in parallel. FWIW Mike has some great 5s 2500mah 25c packs for sale.

shizzon · 03.21.2009, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by BL_RV0

Go with 5s, 2 packs in parallel. FWIW Mike has some great 5s 2500mah 25c packs for sale.

I second these, they perform very well and i find 5s to be awsome for bashing on the Neu 1515/1y.

turbo4 · 03.21.2009, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BL_RV0

Go with 5s, 2 packs in parallel. FWIW Mike has some great 5s 2500mah 25c packs for sale.

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Originally Posted by shizzon

I second these, they perform very well and i find 5s to be awsome for bashing on the Neu 1515/1y.

I was under the impression that anything over 3s would not fit in the battery compartments? I'll do some measuring. In the mean time how would I wire the packs to make them in parallel and not 10s

Sorry, I used to know this stuff a little but I have forgot most of it.

lincpimp · 03.21.2009, 02:02 AM

For parallel wiring connect both pos leads to each other and the same with the neg leads. That will double your mah and keep the voltage the same. Series wiring is the oposite, where you connect the pos of one pack to the neg of another. That doubles the voltage, and the mah stays the same.

I will also suggest 5s for that truck, and the swaybar kit. Sounds like you could go up one color on the springs too, as they sound a bit soft.

turbo4 · 03.20.2009, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by E-Revonut

I recomend sticking with 4s. Maybe gear up a bit if your batteries can handle the increased amp draw. 6s will be incrediblly insane and as far as I'm concerened undriveable.

I can see what you mean. The 4s is pretty impressive and that is with MA packs

I thought they were decent, but the more I read it appears that compared to others they don't perform that great. I would love to see it on 6s, can this thing really handle that power?

On another note is there any other "general" recommendations that should be noted on the truck in stock form? That is, what should I change? I don't want to go crazy modding it, I just want to keep it solid and reliable......as long as it's being drove in a responsible manner

**6S vs 4S -** 03.25.2009, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by E-Revonut

I recomend sticking with 4s. Maybe gear up a bit if your batteries can handle the increased amp draw. 6s will be incrediblly insane and as far as I'm concerened undriveable.

At first i thought 6S was going to be undriveable but at least in the case of the MMM and 2200 combo use of punch control makes it very drivable. the major benefit are temps, run times and current. I find the temps are 30-40 lower, run times with 5000 batts are at least 10 mins longer (2S 5000 25C vs 3S 5000 25C batts) and of course current draw is 20-40% less.

speedemall · 03.26.2009, 01:35 PM

I have a friend who just bought one of these, I raced him on 2 2s 5000mah packs and it could not pass my vxl slash running a 2s 4500. Now he wants to gear it for top speed so he can beat me, any suggestions on gearing? He is running bone stock and agrees that it has all torque and little top speed.

E-Revonut · 03.21.2009, 01:07 PM

Shizzon is running mike's 2500mah 5s packs in parallel. He may have other batteries as well but I know he's using those.

JThiessen · 03.21.2009, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by E-Revonut

Shizzon is running mike's 2500mah 5s packs in parallel. He may have other batteries as well but I know he's using those.

Even so, arent those still too big for the compartments?

E-Revonut · 03.21.2009, 03:17 PM

Check the specs! 138mm x 43mm x 29mm, the E-Revo compartment will fit 160x51x30

XSKAPE · 03.21.2009, 08:22 PM

how do the drivetrain/diffs hold up on 6s with the brushlesss edition? Did traxxas make any changes to the burhsless edition? or did the drivetrain/diffs remain the same as the non-brushless edition?