1717 in a Desert Boy Chassis, It can be done !

[Bondonutz]

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I plan on checking my settings befor I change gearing (I think PC is set at 80% ?)

After second run the motor was 137*, only let it rest after first run long enough to change packs.

The ESC was barely 90*

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I plan on checking my settings befor I change gearing (I think PC is set at 80% ?)

After second run the motor was 137*, only let it rest after first run long enough to change packs.

The ESC was barely 90*

The motor can handle much higher gearing than that.

If you were to do an Eagle tree graph on this setup, I imagine it's spiking really HUGE on take off. I would definately play around with the ESC setting to tame those spikes as best I could. Without taking away performance, of course.

I remember a setup in my E Revo. A 36-60mm Medusa Can that was 1500kv.

Gearing was 22/40 using Mod 1 gears.

The motor handled this just fine with a heat sink/fan setup.

BUT.............on 4S it would literally carry the front end around.

I also remember running 2-4S 4000mah 20C packs in parallel with this setup, for some really good runtimes. Well..........one day I charged em up and hooked up a "SERIES" connector by mistake. This shoved 8S power through the ESC.

It armed, so I took off running. Not realizing what I had done. Until I seen the truck do a 30mph backflip when I stabbed the throttle.

I immediately realized my mistake and changed back to paralled. Everything survived.

We do need a 8S Castle Controller.