If I remember right a lot of people do 1/3 throttle increments. So start of at 1/3 throttle for 10 or 20 mins can't remember exact time then do the same for 2/3 and full. I just plug the motors in the receiver to do this. I do it a little different. I throttle up until the motors start to spin then leave it there for an hour. It is longer and I don't know how well this works compared to the way others do it. Looking from the back the motor with the pinion that is farther away from the motor is on the right side and the pinion closer the motor is on the left side. Hope this helps.