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Old 05-13-2015 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Max-U52
I got scale speed in my ZTZ-99a with a pair of 360 motors I got on evilbay for $7, including shipping. I covered that in my time trial video.
never used the 360s and they will probably do well with mostly plastic or a light tank on flat ground. My experience with my Bulldog (metal tracks, metal sprockets, steel 4:1 gearboxes) has been that the Speed400s didn't get me to scale speeds and they lacked the torque for climbing or running through a lawn that needs mowing. Also, all that metal in the backend caused the front end to stick up. I had to fix that with about 1/2 lbs of fishing weights. All said and done, the 480s with a 14-tooth pinion gave scale speed and excellent torque. Put a fan on your RX-18 if you don't already have one.