Enough said.

Originally Posted by Sammus

If that post isn't accurate, I wouldn't recomend buying a NeuMotor neu just for the colour anyway, the castleneus are much better suited for a car...

And also, you'll probably be able to buy it under traxxas bandname for a markup lol.

Yeah I agree. I also like the nice long motor wires, so I can have the motor wires go right to the ESC.

Thanks for the help guys. Much appreciated.

[brushlessboy16]

Guys, back on topic please...


Its personal preference on what color motor you want... the color has no relation to what type of person, car, etc or how its driven or lack there of.. End it.





Back on topic.. The motor wires are great but when your esc is close to your motor they become a pain and beleive me-they throw up interference if you dont have them twisted... My truck still is only getting 50ft range. =/

[hoovhartid]

Originally Posted by brushlessboy16

My truck still is only getting 50ft range. =/

50 feet?!? that sucks. what Transmitter and receiver are you using?

Originally Posted by brushlessboy16

Guys, back on topic please...


Its personal preference on what color motor you want... the color has no relation to what type of person, car, etc or how its driven or lack there of.. End it.





Back on topic.. The motor wires are great but when your esc is close to your motor they become a pain and beleive me-they throw up interference if you dont have them twisted... My truck still is only getting 50ft range. =/

Well I like the length, and then I can always shorten them if I need to

Are you using 2.4 ghtz? I have never had ANY range issues. With any of my BL stuff, especially in something like my Cyclone, everything is jam packed in the car, and the RX is in-between the servo, and esc

[mikey09120]

Originally Posted by brushlessboy16

Back on topic.. The motor wires are great but when your esc is close to your motor they become a pain and beleive me-they throw up interference if you dont have them twisted... My truck still is only getting 50ft range. =/

wait... twisting the motor wires limits interference?
did i misunderstand?

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

The motor should be red, red goes faster

Originally Posted by DRIFT_BUGGY

The motor should be red, red goes faster

Right on!

[brushlessboy16]

Originally Posted by hoovhartid

50 feet?!? that sucks. what Transmitter and receiver are you using?

Airtronics M8 with 75mhz module

Originally Posted by DRIFT_BUGGY

The motor should be red, red goes faster

No it should have horizontal flames- that makes things go faster.

[Raze ST Truggy]

I get crappy range with all my BL stuff also, so I'm subscribing to this thread to see is it's my raidio's that suck or if my setup's need some rearanging.

-brian

[E-fanatic]

I had a m8 and got crap range with my brushless set up. So I bought the spektrum system for it when they first came out (alittle better 200ft range max) So the m-11 came out and I bought it but the spectrum system from the m-8 didnt fit. So back to the really bad fm reception. Bought the spectrum system once they mad the board changes to it. With the new one I couldnt get over 100ft or so. Then futaba put out the 3pm 2.4 and now get about 1000ft of range wit no issues ever. My neighbor has a dx2 spectktrum and my brother has the dx3.0 and my futaba has twice the range of them.

[BrianG]

No, you read right. It's common knowledge (or maybe not?) that twisting wires so they intersect as close to 90* as possible helps reduce noise. If the wires are kept short, noise is minimized (and would be hard to twist anyway). Personally, using a 2.4GHz radio along with keeping the antenna away from high current wires is plenty.

[mikey09120]

Originally Posted by BrianG

No, you read right. It's common knowledge (or maybe not?) that twisting wires so they intersect as close to 90* as possible helps reduce noise. If the wires are kept short, noise is minimized (and would be hard to twist anyway). Personally, using a 2.4GHz radio along with keeping the antenna away from high current wires is plenty.

would braiding the three work?

[BrianG]

Depends. How long are the wires? If they are so long you can braid them, then they really should be shortened IMO. I've never braided/twisted the motor wires and I have as much range as I can effectively see.

[mikey09120]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Depends. How long are the wires? If they are so long you can braid them, then they really should be shortened IMO. I've never braided/twisted the motor wires and I have as much range as I can effectively see.

like as long as in the 4th picture of the very first post in this thread

[BrianG]

This one?



Eh, might help a little I guess. Most of the time, twisting wires is done for long runs to either reduce noise being emitted from the wires, or more commonly, to reduce noise being induced into low-voltage/high input impedance wires (think audio).

I think the problem with that pic isn't whether or not you twist the wires, it's the placement of the antenna. For one thing, it is running parallel to the motor wires (albiet a few inches away). It would be better to mount the rx in the rear instead to get more distance from those motor wires. Twisting is probably helping, but still not ideal. For another, that's either an AM or FM radio (judging by the length). AM is really susceptible to interference, and FM is a bit better, but not perfect. AM usually is affected by glitchy operation, whereas FM usually just gets washed out by the noise and has limited range.