big terp 77

just bought a 17t mini mod motor and thought that i would get some needed juice from the a 2c lipo. after a minute or two the motor was smoked and now i have a $40 paper weight. i always thought that lipos could be used for anything as long as you took some caution it never got empty. i've heard other people burnt the same motor but unfortunately i read those after the purchase. can you use a lipo for brushed motors or was the motor as hit and miss as they said. tell you what, that thing was impressive for those m2 minutes.

-JOE-

what car do you have?!?!?

Frozen72

Yea you can use lipo with brushed motors. I guess that motor was a dud. Have you checked the brushes?

big terp 77

i was running it with a rc18mt. i havent checked the brushes yet, the thing still stinks. i figured that i would have been fine, that is until i saw the smoke. im thinking about going to the vendetta st, how do you like it? can you compare it the rc18 series.

Frozen72

I love my Vendetta ST I've jumped it over my head with nothing breaking. I broke 2 axles but that was 8 feet up landing on the front wheels. I can't compare it to the RC18 series but from what I've heard it's a lot more planted and not as twitchy.

Mz

rc18= good carpet racer
vendetta st= good dirt racer

Mdubz

Vendetta buggy = Also good carpet racer.

You should be able to run a 7.4v 2s Lipo fine, I run them with the VR3 motor all the time.

big terp 77

definetly a dud of a motor. i ran the lipo with a propulse stock motor and it was fine, i did ruin the spur but no biggie. im lookin for a setup where it is fast enough to go wow and where i dont have to keep rebuilding diffs and burning spur gears. the mamba 8000 is blazin but after a couple of minutes it seems that it always needs attention. i think ill take a step down in the mamba or try the permax, seems like everybody loves them.