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08-08-2012, 10:55 AM
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I have a slash 2 and 4x4 and want to upgrade from the VXL system. Looking around i see thatboth tekin and novak have SC systems but i dont know anyone who has run them. Any one out there have any advice on which company is best bang for your buck or which systems will be an improvemnet over the VXL. thanks
08-08-2012, 01:38 PM
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RE: brushless system help
The Sidewinder is good. Alot of people run those. I'm running the VXL 3S Waterproof 200A ESC and Brushless Motor. (I know, it's VXL, but it is a gigantic improvement) It's great. They run about $180.
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RE: brushless system help
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I have a slash 2 and 4x4 and want to upgrade from the VXL system. Looking around i see that both tekin and novak have SC systems but i dont know anyone who has run them. Any one out there have any advice on which company is best bang for your buck or which systems will be an improvemnet over the VXL. thanks
I have a slash 2 and 4x4 and want to upgrade from the VXL system. Looking around i see that both tekin and novak have SC systems but i dont know anyone who has run them. Any one out there have any advice on which company is best bang for your buck or which systems will be an improvemnet over the VXL. thanks
08-08-2012, 02:16 PM
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just wanting something different been running what came in the trucks for a while and thinking about buying a losi SCT roller. Want to put in diffenent electronics just to see the difference and keep things interesting with the guys i go to the track with
08-09-2012, 12:54 AM
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You didn't notice much difference with teh castle because you didn't change the gearing. The advantage the sct set offers over the vxl is about 40% more torque. You could have gone up quite a few teeth on the pinion, making the truck a lot faster.
Reedy stuff is excellent, but is often not basher oriented, they are a areal race brand, for example, their motors are vented, which means they run cooler of course, but you need to clean them after every run.
Reedy stuff is excellent, but is often not basher oriented, they are a areal race brand, for example, their motors are vented, which means they run cooler of course, but you need to clean them after every run.
08-09-2012, 12:43 PM
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also i dont know much about the motors...does higher Kv mean faster?
also i dont know much about the motors...does higher Kv mean faster?
The lower the KV= more torque less speed
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i'm still debating of which of these to do but i think the best options are as follows. do either a sidewinder Sv2 with a neu 1406 5700kv or 4600kv combo, or if you want roar legal, sidewinder SCT 3800kv combo or just the sidewinder SCT ESC with a 5700kv or 4600kv neu 1406 motor
edit; i just made up my mind, im going with a sidewinder SCT and a tekin redline 448 4800kv, did script asylum top speed calculator and got 40 on 2s and 60 on 3s while getting about 60k RPM on 3s just the motors' limit
edit; i just made up my mind, im going with a sidewinder SCT and a tekin redline 448 4800kv, did script asylum top speed calculator and got 40 on 2s and 60 on 3s while getting about 60k RPM on 3s just the motors' limit
08-09-2012, 02:23 PM
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I HAD a Castle Sv2 system with a 5700kv motor in my Evader. Till it gave out for some reason. I would think those higher kv motors wouldn't have the torque for a big Slash unless you went with a 3800kv or lower. But that's just what I've read here. I got soured on Castle due to their lack of communication or any kind of what I'D call "customer service".
08-09-2012, 02:27 PM
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so it may be better to look a motor with lower kv and just gear it higher? I think im leaning twards a novak system...any suggestions there?
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i think novak's run too hot (from what i heard =_= and what my buddy told me) so my advice is to get this:
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so it may be better to look a motor with lower kv and just gear it higher? I think im leaning twards a novak system...any suggestions there?
so it may be better to look a motor with lower kv and just gear it higher? I think im leaning twards a novak system...any suggestions there?
