New Project, Revo Truggy style

[Lonewolf039]

Well, I ran it some more and blew up the motor. Everything was running really nice, motor temps around 130-140, esc 110-120 and batts around 80-90 degrees. I was doing backflips off my big jump, and with the center diff, it was taking a lot of rpm to complete the rotation. I think the motor was over revving, as the magnet split in half.


The magnet separated and scuffed up the windings. I can see that some of the enamel is rubbed off, but I don't think any of the windings are shorted out.

I JB welded the magnet back together and wrapped it with some kevlar thread. Hopefully it will hold together until I can get a Neu or some other better motor. After 6 hours, I reassembled the motor and test ran it at low RPM and it seems to be running normal. I am planning on running it tomorrow, so I will see if it does hold up.

While I had the truck apart, I decided to change the wires on the esc to 12g wire, don't know if it will make much difference, but it can't hurt. I also cleaned up the wire routing a bit.



I picked up a pair of the Checkpoint 5400's to try out. They seem to be pretty good for an 18c battery, about the same power as the Trakpower 4900's, but they seem to run 10-15 degrees warmer. I only have 1 run on them so far, so I can't say for sure, but I am happy so far.