Blazing_angel_

ok guys im gettin tired of my good ol s-600 brushed motor, and want to know what would be a good brushless system for the stampede. im the type of person who just loves to drive it...not a lot of tuning (ie my shocks make noises like bubblyness) . im thinking vxl ir sidewinder 4600...cheapest with quality?

EDIT: are sidewinders good quality.? ebay has 4600s cheap from atomic hobbies; but im not sure if it comes with warrenty?

EDIT#2; also, ima be using a 8 cell nimh

Redvanmafia

sidewinders are nice, there better then the old vxl esc, the new vxl is waterproof but it used to melt off wire leads fairly easy. my stampede runs a mamba max esc and vxl motor, and gone are the days of using full throttle i'll burn anything that comes around with 1/4 throttle at the most. if i get a long enough run to get half throttle (40-45mph) tapping the throttle to 5/8th will cause the tires to balloon and the truck will spin out. Its useless on a race track, and useless if you cant handle the power. i have a mean throttle curve and it still is a hand full it's geared 32/76 on a 3s i bet i can get 75-80mph out of it

rclugnut10

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the SW is a much higher quality than the VXL for an esc idk about the motors caslte makes great stuff but people say they vxl is the better motor,

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fourwheels0

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well i'm not sold on the vxl system. much slower than my c/c 4600.
i have 2 castle creation 4600 sport system and they are great.
tower has the castle 5700 system for $129.
the 4600 system is $144

Blazing_angel_

ok im now leaning towards the cc sidewinder 4600-

ive got a high quality 8 cell (guess what make)


would 23/86 gearing with Talons be overkill?

i like speed

rclugnut10

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you should be fine i run 20/86 with badlands and those are a bit bigger so you should be set, tho on an 8 cell you may have go go down a toot or two on your pinion....

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Blazing_angel_

ok so i assume an 8 cell pro match with a sidewinder 4600 will be good at about 18/86 or 19/86?


oh, i ve hard some bas things about castle escs and traxas am radios. will this cause a lot of problems? or will aluminum wrap fix it?


ill be doing some research after thsi post..im not tht lazy

Blazing_angel_

i kust relized my xl-5 has been glistching recently..and my xl-5 esc has a cut cable....here comes some gorilla tape...

rclugnut10

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i run am systems and i've had some issues with an older RX but with a newer one i've had no issues with the SW the old rx works fine with brushed esc's

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z33guru

It's hard not to go for the Traxxas Velineon just because its waterproof. Pretty good piece of mind if you ask me.

carlsbad0331

I have a new Rustler and upgraded to the Sidewinder system and even after wrapping in foil, moving as far apart, and talking for nearly 30 minutes with Castle tech support. The end result after trying some troubleshooting was that the Traxxas am system would not work with the castel system.
I went and bought the Spektrum system and everything was fine.
I have read about some people who had no problems at all... So just understand that there is a chance that it wont work and you will need to upgrade the radio system.

Brainanator

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I had no problems dumping a mamba max into my slash.
if you go castle get the cms-4600 motor, not the 5700

Blazing_angel_

ok thanks for the help guys, im going to take the small risk and go for the sidewinder 4600. another question (sorry im just wondering)

if I use a 8 cell promatch, would 23/86 be rpone to overheating?

rclugnut10

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it may but not by much.... i'd git it a shot and see how it goes but for starters maybe 21/86

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