Aw dammit. Took it out on the dirt and put a lipo in it and I guess that's too much battery. I burnt out the motor. Literally melted the brushes (I took it apart to check).

It's a cheap little motor so I didn't have high expectations with it but the lipo isn't 'more' voltage. It just has a higher draw tolerance so ESC can push more amps through the motor.

On the other front - my SC10 which is a 1/10th scale Team associated 'Short Course' truck with a brushless motor. Powered by a lipo at 5amp, 7.4V that can support up to ~250amps in draw melted the transmission gear. I just got this battery, the one before it was the same 5amps and 7.4v but the draw was a little lower - ~200amps. I would be very surprised if I was actually drawing that much while driving under load but when you hit the higher draw rates the voltage is supposed to drop off. Maybe on the older battery I was hitting that which was keeping things just cool enough...

I don't know. It's awesome though. :)

Fair enough on both counts sid, but some might like the payment plan. .... the xo1 is insane. I got the chance to play w ith one.... just insane. ... they break a lot though from what I've heard

Mike... Sounds like you had a gearing issue if you burned that motor out... ;)

Check this forum out, seems to be the pelican for RC...

Man, this thread needs more pictures. That is a cool little truck the great thing about the 16th scale stuff is you can use it inside.

Here's a quick shot of my 10th scale buggy.
http://i.imgur.com/o7cOZFn.jpg

Lol speaking of the xo1 I took the front splitter and rear diffuser and rigged it up on my buggy with a set of street tires for a little bit. Called it the Axial Atom lol.

Just realized I forgot the link...


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On the non wheel subject...
A gator tail slapped my float plane and ripped the rudder off...