Break in on stand?
02-26-2006, 10:27 PM
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RE: Break in on stand?
honestly, i'll do it in the water, more fun,,,but for technical advice try to post it under electric boat forum u might get some info...enjoy the break-in..
03-02-2006, 01:31 PM
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RE: Break in on stand?
try taking the motor out and run it in a glass of water connected to a single cell battery aa will do trust me it works i did this with my plane motors the water does not harm the motor just let it run the cell flat and its done .
03-02-2006, 04:53 PM
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RE: Break in on stand?
your dont need to break in the motor un less you are racing cuz there is such a small diffrence in the speed,
but if i rember rite the bistrol bay has a stock motor and it is WAY over powerd ,and it exceeds the hull speed by like a million mph (play on word) so i woundnt bother with it
but if i rember rite the bistrol bay has a stock motor and it is WAY over powerd ,and it exceeds the hull speed by like a million mph (play on word) so i woundnt bother with it
03-03-2006, 04:13 AM
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RE: Break in on stand?
you wont notice a diff in speed but you will notice a diff in the life of the motor trust me it removes a lot of crap from the brushes on the motor check out the glass after .the motor will run smooth as silk after youve run it in and last twice as long too!!!!
03-15-2006, 09:06 PM
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RE: Break in on stand?
This is true...it was an old car racers trick. In fact Reedy used to advertise their motors as "Water Dipped". What it does is something akin to wet sanding the commutator. Note that if you do this with a bearing motor you'll need to get some water displacer and oil into the bearings immediatley afterward or they'll rust and become really lousey bushings! To be honest though you'll probably want to replace the motor before it wears out anyway with a geared one. That boat is very overpowered and to run at scale speed you'll be generating all kinds of heat from the ESC. And converting Mah into heat ain't what we want to do. I'd look at a MACK Products 1885-G for around 40 clams.
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This is true...it was an old car racers trick. In fact Reedy used to advertise their motors as "Water Dipped". What it does is something akin to wet sanding the commutator. Note that if you do this with a bearing motor you'll need to get some water displacer and oil into the bearings immediatley afterward or they'll rust and become really lousey bushings! To be honest though you'll probably want to replace the motor before it wears out anyway with a geared one. That boat is very overpowered and to run at scale speed you'll be generating all kinds of heat from the ESC. And converting Mah into heat ain't what we want to do. I'd look at a MACK Products 1885-G for around 40 clams.
