reversing rotation on a Brushless motor

[xjman]

Can you reverse the rotation of a brushless motor?

I just got a mamba maxx ESC and a brushless motor, how would I go about reversing it?

[Kamikaze]

Just switch any two of the three wires running to the motor.

[xjman]

It doesn't matter what ones? Will I still get the punch I would normally?

[SVEN]

Doesn't matter which ones you switch. It won't affect the performance by switching them.

[Scattman]

Yep, just switch any two.

[xjman]

Well, these brushless motors lay down the law in a serious way, defentally puts the pep in the TLT

[Rok_Dok]

YOU Dumb A## you said you were putting that thing in the TC4 when I sold it to you!!!!! Why didnt you call me for the solution anywho? We gonna hang tonight?

[Scattman]

Originally Posted by xjman

Well, these brushless motors lay down the law in a serious way, defentally puts the pep in the TLT

Liking that brushless power are we? What ya' running in there?

[xjman]

Its a 5700 from castle creations, its actually going in my TC4, but with the weather outside there wasn't enough room to let 'er rip.

So, I have the Green Meanie sitting there, and threw it in. Ballooned up the electronics, and went and hydroplaned across the puddles.

If I found dry land it would instantly pop a wheely. Kinda wondered how the axles hung together.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally Posted by xjman

Its a 5700 from castle creations, its actually going in my TC4, but with the weather outside there wasn't enough room to let 'er rip.

So, I have the Green Meanie sitting there, and threw it in. Ballooned up the electronics, and went and hydroplaned across the puddles.

If I found dry land it would instantly pop a wheely. Kinda wondered how the axles hung together.

The water. Less grip on the tires = less strain on the drivetrain.

[xjman]

Yeah, but when you go from puddle, to hard rock, to airborne, back to the ground makes you cringe.

I just can't wait to actually get a crawling brushless.

[PROTOTYPE]

Wasn't there an article awhile back , that the author tried to run a BL set up in a motor and it turned out to be " Not Possible cause it was BL" ?

I believe the article was showing it in a bruiser .

SO my question, are you sure its all you have to do is reverse 2 of the wires ?

[SVEN]

Originally Posted by PROTOTYPE

SO my question, are you sure its all you have to do is reverse 2 of the wires ?

This is from the Mamba Max esc instructions: http://www.castlecreations.com/suppo...er%20Guide.pdf

page 4 bottom right

"After the calibration process below, it may be necessary to swap two of the three motor wires to provide the correct rotation when forward throttle is given. There is no polarity on the three ESC-to-motor wires, so no worries about which one from the ESC goes to which one on the motor."

[PROTOTYPE]

HMMMM very interesting!!

Thanks for the info.

I wonder why the author was not able to run the brushless motor ?

[Reflection]

Originally Posted by PROTOTYPE

Wasn't there an article awhile back , that the author tried to run a BL set up in a motor and it turned out to be " Not Possible cause it was BL" ?

He couldn't run brushless in a motor because it was brushless???????????

[PROTOTYPE]

Apparently cause the way the stock tranny is in the bruiser and the position of the motor a BL motor wouldn't work. I wish I could find the magazine

[slobin3d]

you can run a brushless in place of any like sizes motor, but the bruisers used much larger motors than a 540, so maybe he couldn't figure out how to transplant it

[Reflection]

Originally Posted by PROTOTYPE

Apparently cause the way the stock tranny is in the bruiser and the position of the motor a BL motor wouldn't work. I wish I could find the magazine

Originally Posted by slobin3d

you can run a brushless in place of any like sizes motor, but the bruisers used much larger motors than a 540, so maybe he couldn't figure out how to transplant it

Really makes no sence now

You can get MORE power out of a SMALLER outrunner compaired to your typical 540 can. Therefore it should be EASIER to fit in the same spot Switching the motors direction is as simple as unpluging the wires and swaping them.

[PROTOTYPE]

This is obviously a lost cause , till i find that damn article. :-(

[K_Willis]

Originally Posted by PROTOTYPE

This is obviously a lost cause , till i find that damn article. :-(

My guess is it might have been one of the novak brushless systems. They are sensored and the earlier systems were not reversible. Luckily the new novak crawler system is.