Mamba Max on 5S Lipo?

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by ptt81

I know this question has been asked many times but im still unsure of which MM or all of them are capable of running 5s lipo. My MM has a mod1 done with big caps, fan and everything but my question is which version of MM can run 5s lipo? there is one with 3 casing screws and newer one with 2 screws. I got the older one with 3 screws. What happend with I just plug it in? does it just smoke (dont want that) or have some kind of overvoltage protection that won't let you use it? The motors I have are Feigao 8XL, Neu 1515 1Y and 1.5D, and if 5s is possible on my MM, which motors would be best to use with what gearing as far as overheating to esc/lipo/motor is concern? This is for the Traxxas E-Revo by the way.

I would say those Neus are def out w/ 5S on a MM (way too many amps), and the 8XL can be done if you are careful. Really for what you've got I would just get a MMM. The 1515 2.5D is the largest I'd safely go on a MM on 5S

[ilpufxit]

I run a 1512 on 5s with a modded MM all the time. The main issue you will run into is getting the gearing low enough to avoid heat issues. The motor will want to spin much faster than the gearing will allow. I put truggy diffs in my buggy and it helped a lot.