Medusa Afterburner V2 BL motors

[jacko]

I'm running a e-revo using fan cooled MM w/ cc bec & two 2s2p 8k SPC Lipos & a single KD 700HO motor on Maximizer beadlocks and Badlands tires. I'm thinking of adding the Medusa 60mm 2000Kv motor and plan to achieve 40-45mph. Is this a good idea or should i use the lower 60mm 1600kv motor instead? Gearing recommendations are welcome if anyone has done this on their e-revo. MMM is not an option right now btw.

[suicideneil]

The 2000kv option would be best suited for 4s lipo, though I would wait for the 70mm motors to arrive (end of the month), might be pushing it a little bit trying to achieve anything over about 40mph consistantly in an MT with a 60mm long motor.

[MetalMan]

So this Medusa 36-60 1600 isn't too bad. Put it through its paces last night at the local 1/10 indoor track in my Jammin' X1-CRT geared at 14/46 with 4s Lipo and Holeshot MTRs, through a MM with external caps and CCBEC. Temps after maybe 10mins were under 145 deg. F on both the MM (no fan) and motor, and the battery was maybe 100 deg. I could have ran it longer, but the track was going to close soon and I wanted some track time with my 1/8 buggy.

[JaySki]

Originally Posted by jacko

I'm running a e-revo using fan cooled MM w/ cc bec & two 2s2p 8k SPC Lipos & a single KD 700HO motor on Maximizer beadlocks and Badlands tires. I'm thinking of adding the Medusa 60mm 2000Kv motor and plan to achieve 40-45mph. Is this a good idea or should i use the lower 60mm 1600kv motor instead? Gearing recommendations are welcome if anyone has done this on their e-revo. MMM is not an option right now btw.

I am running 20/56 ( I think) and don't have any issues with temps, but, speed is about 37mph.

[SilveradoHD]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

The 2000kv option would be best suited for 4s lipo, though I would wait for the 70mm motors to arrive (end of the month), might be pushing it a little bit trying to achieve anything over about 40mph consistantly in an MT with a 60mm long motor.

Would the 2000kv 60mm Medusa run fine on a 5s in an 8th scale buggy conversion. I just ordered one along with a 5s with 16t and 13t pinions. This should be well under the 60,000 rpm limit. Should I have gone with a 1600kv or a 4s isntead?

[spaz163]

I am running a 36-60-2000 in my Ofna MBX conversion on 4s and it runs nice and cool, never got above 150. I think you should be fine on 5s, just gear down some.

[portyansky]

im happy everyone is happy with the Medusa 60-2000, i should have mine next Friday, along with my tekno revo conv, 4s 5ah, mmm, hyperion.
Any recommendation on gearing for my conv?

[jacko]

JaySki, you running the 60-2000 on the setup below with the same chassis?

Originally Posted by JaySki

I am running 20/56 ( I think) and don't have any issues with temps, but, speed is about 37mph.

[JaySki]

Originally Posted by jacko

JaySki, you running the 60-2000 on the setup below with the same chassis?

Yes.. and it was actually geared at 20/58. thought it was 56.
I just swapped in the NEU 1515 1Y and toasted another V2.. So I am done until the V3s come out.

[jacko]

Sorry to hear that JaySki. I'll wait for the new medusa 70mm cans when they come out. Gotta sell 2 of my relatively new chargers to finance the new motor :)

[JaySki]

The 60-2000 ran great. I just wanted to try the Eagletree with the NEU1515 1Y, so I swapped them out.

Well I just checked Medusa's website and they are starting pre-orders of the 36 x 70mm and 80mm motors. I was going to get the 70mm for an e-revo but do you think the 80mm would fit? I know the 70mm would push the e-revo just fine but if I bought an 80mm and got a little lower kv would it run cooler and still have about the same acceleration? I'm not looking for blistering speeds, 45 mph would be plenty but I don't want to have to be worried about anything getting too hot. I plan on running Zippy-R 3s 4800mah 25c batteries with the MMM if v3 fixes the problems.

[jacko]

nice... I'm placing a pre-order this very moment for the 2000Kv 70mm motor.

Neil: any recommendations on gearing for the e-revo w/ MM & BEC on 4S lipos?

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by Caseit

Well I just checked Medusa's website and they are starting pre-orders of the 36 x 70mm and 80mm motors.

Thanks for posting that! Had no idea they were going to make any 80mm motors... I just preordered a 36-80-1100 V2 for my 9s1p A123 Savage . Came out to $151, let's hope it's worth it!

[jnev]

Am I correct in assuming that the Medusa 36-80 motors are approximately equivalent in power to a Neu 1521, and the 36-70 to a 1515 motor?