Questions on the speed servo and the motor cover

[synic]

I have 2 questions:

I'm running a Castle motor and ESC. Is there a way to use the motor cover without having concern about the heat from the motor ruining the motor wires? If anyone has pictures of this that would be awesome.

I'm debating on installing a servo for the hi-speed/low-speed gearing. Do I have to use the Spektrum one (the kind the dig uses), or are there other options that will work/fit?

[tonered]

Originally Posted by synic

I have 2 questions:

I'm running a Castle motor and ESC. Is there a way to use the motor cover without having concern about the heat from the motor ruining the motor wires? If anyone has pictures of this that would be awesome.

I'm debating on installing a servo for the hi-speed/low-speed gearing. Do I have to use the Spektrum one (the kind the dig uses), or are there other options that will work/fit?

If you are concerned about heat, remove the scale covers. The RTR motor was getting hot in mine from a combo of them being there and leaving it in the high range while doing some hard crawling.


There are a few other speed servo options, but I have done a good job of roasting them, even with the end points set.

Traxxas, Reefs, AMain EcoPower, and others have servos that work. Servo horn / savers need to be kludged depending.