I didn’t but I will. Thanks for the idea.
I wanna say the exb has a bigger radio box.
Be careful that you wire up everything correctly A B C have to be the same on the motor and ESC for sensored operation. Otherwise you'll damage the ESC. You can set the motor direction in the Castle Link if needed.
Pinion seems small for a motor that bog... What size is it?
Seems about an 18T if my eyes aren’t failing me. That’s what I’m running mine on atm. I had a 20T at first but ruined that gear due to a stripped motor mount screw. And I’m only running 6S. If running 8S I’m sure 18T would be pretty fast.
How were your temps with the 20T? I heard it some say it was running a little hot.
Well I had a stripped lock screw in my PPS motor mount (my fault) and decided to run it anyways (bad idea). The pinion lasted all of 5 mins so I can’t tell you honestly. I now have an 18T in it. Still no heat issues. I haven’t pulled the data yet but I have the cutoff set for 180F. I will be going back up to a 20T or a 22T at some point. The 18T on 6S is fun, but not enough for me. I would rather gear up instead of 8S to save weight if possible. Depends on temps.
All vehicles that came out of the factory with mamba monsters, and along with that, actual 1515 motors, (E Revo brushless, HPI Vorza, HPI savage, and the E-maxx) are still some of the most powerful 8th scale vehicles to ever come out. The issue is castle stopped making the sensorless 1515 a very long time ago (it’s been years). If you’ve ever been on eBay, you can see “genuine castle 1515 motors” everywhere. Every single one of those is fake. (It should be obvious at the price point but people still don’t think so?) I mean it should be obvious because they all cost less than $90, castle motors were always over $150 for a 15 series. So then people buy these counterfeit motors and then say how bad castle’s motors are.
Kinda makes me wish I'd kept some of my old Castle motors! What's the new E-revo shipping with then? A lower-quality Castle motor?
Nah it’s not a castle motor at all. But when compared to a castle motor, yes it’s basically a lower quality version of it. They essentially shortened the magnet length and put in a bronze spacer. Makes it seem the same size, but in reality it’s less powerful and heats up quicker (it’s significant too, they took off a good half inch of magnets). I actually blew apart the rotor on my stock motor in my revo 2.0. Seized completely.
What type of links are you using for the steering and rear upper turn buckles?
They look like GPM! If so, turnbuckles are great, but the plastic ends break very easily! Took me a month to get replacements from GPM! (Hong Kong)
You got a hunk or knockoff. My 1515 did double standing backflips and fast AF. It does get hot if you try to bash with speed gearing. I’ve bought many castle motors of all sizes and they are the coolest running motors compared to all the other leading brands including Poseidon, tppower, leopard etc. Castle motors are the only one I’ve been able to gear pretty high with no added fans or heatsinks
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