Neu 1515 1y or 2.5d on 5s ? & ESC advice, pure basher.....

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by Mofomaxx

Opinion please guys, im rounding up the parts i need for a Truggy conversion, undecided which truggy yet, heavily leaning towards the Xray though, anyway in the meantime im rattling together all the elecs & i'd value a bit of input from you guys......

This truggy is NEVER gonna race, its gonna be setup as a multi-surface extreme bash truck, fair mix of grass & parking lot running with top speed runs, donughts & general marlarkying about is the order of the day.....

I know conventional wisdom dictates on 4s you run the 1515 1y & on 5s you run the 1515 2.5d, but iv seen a few vids & the 2.5d on 5s seems to have LOADS of torque, iv seen this setup on youtube pulling wheelies in an LSP, so im wondering if the 1y on 5s maybe the way to go for my needs ? my basic logic (which may be wrong !) suggests that this setup will obviousluy have more top end since it's a higher KV motor but shouldn't suffer much on the low end, is that a fair assumption or is their anything im missing ?

Quick word on ESC's aswell, im looking at using the MMM, but the "MGM Compro 160 amp, 18 cell brushless car controller" also caught my eye (i want a traditional hardcased esc).... on paper they look fairly similar as far as both run 6s, BEC, general features, usb programming, etc but the MGM is £50 more, so what if any are the benefits of the MGM over the MMM ?

Cheers all

Andy

I know nothing about the 1y, but the 2.5d is indescribable. The only thing i can say is you got to see one in person and drive it once, then this might be you :gasp : followed by

[jhautz]

1Y is to much on 5s for everyday driving. It will be great idf you want to run in short bursts, stop let things cool down and then drive again. You will wind up gearing it way down to get it to run constantly without creating a heat problem in either the motor itself, ESC or batteries. With the 2.5D (what i would recomend byt the way) you will have crazy power and speed. Gearing is the key for speed. If you want more top end to play with speed runs, just gear it up. The you can go back to normal gearing for everyday running.