Why am I slow?

[whitrzac]

Originally Posted by kazuaki

I'll also try 0 timing today. Like I said, the ESC came defaulted to 15 degrees and I read on the Neu site that my motor should be 0-10 degrees. So, I will run 0 degrees this morning, on a much longer wider road. As for tires, I thought I was doing the right thing by getting belted slicks. They definitely don't seem to balloon. As for pushing the limits of what the car is capable of, based on other peoples efforts that is not true. I'm not even close to where I should be. I seriously expected 20MPH more than I'm getting.

I'm seriously wondering about the ESC now. IF I am able to hold it wide open today and it doesn't go a bunch faster, then I wonder if I'm hitting some current limit on the ESC or something.

it might be a RPM limit like on the traxxas escs...

ever think about wind drag??... and terminal vlocity

[kazuaki]

Originally Posted by whitrzac

ever think about wind drag??... and terminal vlocity

Not when others are doing 80 mph. Let's not forget, these little trucks will do an honest 50 mph stock, with 2 nimh packs.

[jayjay283]

50mph to 80mph is a whole different game. read some threads about speed here. It took me (lame example) months and $75 of pinions to get to 50 with an emaxx. jze , mr speed king didnt do 80 overnight. every mph is lipo push and a good esc that will transfer that energy

seems fio already said it..im the lame duck shoot me and cook me for dinner

[kazuaki]

Lots of good advice guys. I'm fairly certain that a full body that covers the wheels would go faster, but I am going to save that as a last option. I will try my other batteries to see if by chance they will be faster. I'll be less than thrilled if my cheapie Flightmax's are faster than the G3's I'm also considering moving up to the MM to eliminate that as a possible issue. I can always use the extra ESC in other vehicles.

As for my idea of trying 5S...what risks are there in getting a 3S 1600mah battery to run with one of my 2S 1800mah batteries? They would be the same make and C rating and within 10 cycles of each other as far as age.

[DwightSchrute]

Originally Posted by kazuaki

Lots of good advice guys. I'm fairly certain that a full body that covers the wheels would go faster, but I am going to save that as a last option. I will try my other batteries to see if by chance they will be faster. I'll be less than thrilled if my cheapie Flightmax's are faster than the G3's I'm also considering moving up to the MM to eliminate that as a possible issue. I can always use the extra ESC in other vehicles.

As for my idea of trying 5S...what risks are there in getting a 3S 1600mah battery to run with one of my 2S 1800mah batteries? They would be the same make and C rating and within 10 cycles of each other as far as age.

for you to run a 5S, almost all the variables have to be equal not to damage the other pack. same mah, same C rating, same company, similiar cycles...alll the chemestry has to be identical in all things but cell count and exact cycles. (i'd say within 10 or so)

[florianz]

the 1600mah might already be too empty when the 1800 is still ok, that's one problem.

if you install a singleIndiv. lipo cell check on the 1600 pack, it could be working. but not ideal for permanent use.

you better check all other possibilities.

[kazuaki]

I understand why the capacity should be matched now. Makes sense...

[kazuaki]

Just ordered an MM from Mike. Why do I keep spending money on this? This is a horrible disease...