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Hey guys, just curious to see/hear what you guys are powering your Sentons with. I started off with a Reedy brushless combo, I wasn't too happy with the performance of the system at all, especially the fact that I couldn't even program the ESC. I'm a bit of a self-admitted Castle fanboy, so I recently just swapped in Axial Vanguard 3150kv combo (Rebranded Castle ESC & motor). Much to my surprise, this combo doesn't have the grunt and raw power that I was expecting from Castle. I started off with an 18 tooth pinion in the Castle setup, this is even lower than the stock 20t. It thermaled several times, and in the grass it didn't even have enough starting power to barely move. Yesterday I dropped it down to an 16t pinion. I haven't fully tested it outside yet, but it seems slightly better. However, even just putting around on my carpet I noticed the motor wires going to the ESC were getting a little warm. I double checked my gear mesh to make sure it's not too tight, and I even went in checked all the ESC settings via Castle Link. Here's something else I find odd, In my K6 also running Castle setup, the second I squeeze the trigger it takes off like an angry ape with gobs of immediate torque. But in this setup, when I squeeze the trigger it's like there's a half-second lag for the full power and torque to kick in and really get it moving. I've read some reviews on the Axial forums and quite a few of them state that this setup does seem to run pretty hot on 3S for some reason. Ultimately, I'm looking for full instantaneous power & cooler running temps. At this point I'm not sure if I should try a different ESC, or if the motor is the culprit. I'm more-so leaning to replacing the ESC.