RE: Troubling observations about brushless . . .
Sorry to confuse. I had cogging issues that prevented the truck from even running after half the battery was drained.
It felt like the motor was a little slow to get off the line. After it was going a few mph, it really poured on the speed and flew. This was geared at 16/86. I'm not sure what his settings were for the ESC. Maybe he had dialed in a lot of restriction. We'll see once I get it back in the truck.