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Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
02-11-2009, 08:43 AM
Replies: 11,114
Views: 756,522
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: Official Rustler Thread

Alright I absolutely love my Bead-loc rims. *But* these rims (I have 3 sets with 3 different tires... Off-Road/Sand-Snow/On-Road) do not have enough inner clearance for the front caster...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
02-11-2009, 08:25 AM
Replies: 11,114
Views: 756,522
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: Official Rustler Thread

I ordered from RC planet when I first got my XL-5 back in december. The order came no problem and in a timely manner.

I have since been using tower for everything but RC Planet was fine when...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
02-03-2009, 07:51 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,157
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: Not a very pleased person HELP!!!

When stuff breaks, it just gives you a valid excuse to upgrade to better stuff... Enjoy it! :D
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-30-2009, 02:07 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

By no means am I saying that you should be careless with NiMHs ... You are talking apples and oranges. I do not run my laptop (Li-Ion) into walls, trees, and bushes at 15-30mph... The volatility of...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-30-2009, 11:42 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

I very much appreciate everyones advice.. I did do a lot of searching and just settled on the VXL combo for a few reasons. It's a good price, comes with Traxxas connectors, (I have never soldered...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-29-2009, 01:51 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,557
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: cheap battery packs elite batterys

Yea, you just crash behind the tree line and start forest fires :eek: lol.

I was more talking about the storage and charging aspects of LiPo. I mean, I enjoy a sweet fireball as much as the...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-29-2009, 01:16 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,557
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: cheap battery packs elite batterys

I beg to differ, I am the first to embrace any and all cutting edge technology... but LiPo's scare the crap out of me. I dont want a battery that I have to watch like a child incase I mishandle it,...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-28-2009, 08:00 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Lipo is just a can of worms I am not sure i want to open right now. Between the headache of picking up an entirely new charger, balancer, and getting a good brand lipo (That in and of it self is 300...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-27-2009, 09:31 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 700
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: A little advice on gearing

That calculator is awesome.. thank you for posting that.

I have a quick question.

Motor/ESC: a Mamba Max with the 4600 motor in the combo

Using 90T 48P stock rustler spur
18T pinion...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-27-2009, 08:21 AM
Replies: 11,114
Views: 756,522
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: Official Rustler Thread

Jjay (or anyone else),

With this Servo is it neccessary (or at least a good idea?) to pickup the Aluminum Bell Crank from traxxas?

Id rather not pay shipping twice if this servo is going...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-27-2009, 06:34 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 19,565
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: Getting Brushless Motors Wet

actually confirmed this with Castle Directly. I will definitely be grabbing one of their combos. It seems that they are doing the right thing but not selling as water resistant (so that somebody...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 06:27 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Nothing super fast... Im happy with 15-20 tops... More then anything I am looking for durability and run time... Right now I get about 15 minutes on the grass that I run on (the 4200mah 6 cell venoms...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 12:09 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Thanks for all the info :D

I will put up some pics with whatever I grab (still gonna let is simmer for one more day).. for now I just picked up the titan again to get it back up and give it some...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 12:01 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Yea, as i mentioned I am far from a speed junky. power would be great to have to give it some more punch in grass but I really only truely enjoy it when I can play with it and have my dog chase...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 11:39 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Yea, Its a tough decision... I would love to get a max for the programing ability but having to worry when its damp out is not all that much fun [:@]. But it does seem like the max would be good for...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 11:29 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Still lingering over the purchase button because i really wanted to hear from mamba as to whether their ESC can deal with some water/snow.. but no one is picking up their phone at the moment.
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 11:17 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Here are all of the exact specs... According to them, there is no limit.

SPECS: VXL-3s
Input voltage: 4.8-11.1V (4-9 cells NiMH or 2S-3S LiPo)
Supported motors:...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 11:11 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Velineon VXL3s ESC;
Auto-detects and compatible with brushed, brushless and sensored
brushless motors

.. though you did have me worried for a second or two [8D]
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 11:06 AM
Replies: 11,114
Views: 756,522
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: Official Rustler Thread

JJay,
I picked up a few of those assorted E-clips from tower... And I also purchased the titanium hing pins from lunsford (and also was miffed they didnt come with the clips..), I figure perfect, i...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 10:54 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Alright So here is what I ended up doing

Purchased the VXL Brushless Combo

Used the 50 I saved from not going with a max to pickup a better Steering Servo

The water tight Slash...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 09:31 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Lower the KV the better for grass?

I liked the mamba max for their castle link feature but of course the VXL3 is water resistant already which is also good.. but lacks the programming features...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 09:08 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

So you picked up the ESC but didnt go with their motor combo?

Any reason? Or did you already have the vxl motor and just wanted to get a good ESC ?

I mean I guess I could pick up a mamba...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-26-2009, 07:38 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,125
Posted By rustlerdog

What Motor/ESC combo do I buy?

Alright, So my stock motor has had enough (titan 12t). Does not work anymore and I have been itching to go brushless anyway.

So with that said, Here is what I want from it and some background...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-25-2009, 07:05 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 468
Posted By rustlerdog

RE: Red Light?

Yes, this is the stock brushed titan 12t motor. The options seem to be replace the titan 12t for like 22$ and blow it again in about 15-20 runs or upgrade to brushless for another 140 on top of the...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
01-25-2009, 06:31 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 468
Posted By rustlerdog

Red Light?

Ok,
Car turned off mid run and the ESC was red when i took the lid off. I let it cool down for about an hour. Turned everything back on and the esc is green and seems to register my...
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