Medusa 2S or 3S for CRT.5?

[sweetride4me]

Got pics of both your crt.5's go-ride??? Looking for some ideas when I start my build.

[ren]

I tried a medusa 3300 on 2s in the .5 and if you gear it up is actually suprising how well it works (I regularly have a Neu 1509 in there). You can expect there to be some losses in acceleration though. I used some Zippy-H 4300's on there and they didn't seem to heat up too much more. They are much older now though so I would expect them to have a harder time. I tend to go for lower kv even if i don't increase the voltage (just increase gearing). Everything seems to run cooler that way. I am currently running the medusa 3300 in my lazer on 2s geared waaay up and it runs all day long on the 4300's and everything stays very cool.
GO-RIDE we need to get together sometime to run.

[GO-RIDE.com]

Hey Ren,

I'm in the works of overhauling the electronics of my crt.5. I recently bought: (2) Rhino 3S 4000mah lipos, a Mamba Max esc, and a Medusa 50mm 3300kv motor. I'm working on a new battery holder for the Rhinos and the rest will got together in about 1 hr. Hopefully, I won't regret the much greater power of the 3S Medusa over my 2S Novak 6.5 (1/10th). Somehow I doubt it.

My wife was actually asking me today when we could go drive. I found a used Spektrum DX2.0 for her car, so now we have two complete systems.

[BL_RV0]

Sounds like you have a very good wife.

[GO-RIDE.com]

Originally Posted by BL_RV0

Sounds like you have a very good wife.

Yeah she's petty cool. I pretty much make her do my hobbies so I don't feel guilty about having fun without her. The last couple of weekends we spent in the deserts of Utah riding MX.

[BL_RV0]

Lucky.

[wilber]

Can you give us an update on your Medusa 3300 performance on 2S and 3s (speeds, temps, gearing runtime)?

I'm not sure if I should get the 3300 and gear it up (for use on the loads of 2s packs I already have) or if I should step up to the 4800 (may limit my ability to go to 3s later)

Do you have the V2 version of the Medusa?