BIGBOI
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Any good ideas for an upgrade to a brushless motor and esc?
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Here's what I've got in mine. Really the only things you'll absolutely have to replace when you power up is the spur gear, and the rear diff input shatf. The rest is not 100% necessary but I do suggest getting the center drive shift support as that things starts dancing at high speeds. The rest is just gravy but this is how mine is set up a d he's running like butter on a hot summer day in TexasAny good ideas for an upgrade to a brushless motor and esc?
That will be too much power for the Mega. It'd self destruct with a 1900kv motor that is designed for larger scale vehicles. I'd stick with the 550 sized motors unless you plan on replacing literally everything on the mega. You'd have to go mod1 gearing, all steel and I'm pretty sure the center drive shaft would rip itself apart eventually under the stress of that...the mega is just not designed for that kind of torque.can I fit this combo on it? https://www.horizonhobby.com/produc...1900kv-sensorless-motor-combo/SPMXSEMC04.html
Haha it just happened to me just now on my senton that the deans connector kinda melted on the inside and now the adapter and battery deans plug can't be separated. Guess I need to change to xt90. Is it xt90 or xt60?I forgot to mention, you'll want to change the connectors as well to xt90's if your going to run 3s or higher. Anything less than xt60 will bottleneck your power no matter how good your esc or battery. Had issues when i was running deans (T) connectors. It can cause your whole system to over heat super fast...did for me before the conversion.
Here's what I use whenever I get a new vehicle or battery that doesn't already have xt90:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06ZY34369?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
It will fit both right? I will go with xt90 too if both fit.I went 90, better to play it safe
What do you mean? The link above includes the male and female sides, you have to replace both sides...should work on any vehicle...adapters do not work since they don't get rid of the bottleneck so you have to switch the plug on the battery and the esc...should look something like the attached image. If you don't have a good soldering iron I suggest the one linked below, I've been super happy with it, for $50 it is amazing and gets hot enough to make short qork of soldering larger wiringIt will fit both right? I will go with xt90 too if both fit.
I do have a soldering iron but I am kinda new to soldering. I did solder a few stuffs already and it works just not pretty. Xt90 is better than ec5? I have ordered the plug tho.What do you mean? The link above includes the male and female sides, you have to replace both sides...should work on any vehicle...adapters do not work since they don't get rid of the bottleneck so you have to switch the plug on the battery and the esc...should look something like the attached image. If you don't have a good soldering iron I suggest the one linked below, I've been super happy with it, for $50 it is amazing and gets hot enough to make short qork of soldering larger wiring
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07XG1PD6D/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_track_package_o1_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
sry but i cant solderHere's what I've got in mine. Really the only things you'll absolutely have to replace when you power up is the spur gear, and the rear diff input shatf. The rest is not 100% necessary but I do suggest getting the center drive shift support as that things starts dancing at high speeds. The rest is just gravy but this is how mine is set up a d he's running like butter on a hot summer day in Texas
https://www.amazon.com/Arrma-Center-Driveshaft-Speed-Support/dp/B07GR67FMZ
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0785HPCRX?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07WHCLTYQ/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_track_package_o0_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07BGWRFGX?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07LGF3G3Y?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0758JSF2D?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00LP1LYAI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07GJ6ZCVY?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Yes you can, it is easy. Heat up a soldering iron, don't touch the hot end with your skin, apply some solder to the tip of the iron, put iron tip on surface you want to solder and feed some solder in between surface and iron, keep applying until full coverage is achieved...never say you can't do it when it's a matter of not knowing how...that can be fixedsry but i cant solder
I learned back in 1989 because I often had to fix the garbage they sold us back then and I still make sloppy solder joints sometimes. Like you said, it doesn't have to be pretty as long as it worksI also just learned soldering because of this hobby. Still sloppy but hey it works.
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