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04-05-2010, 12:50 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Lancaster
Posts: 94
|  Novak Brushless Crawler ESC w/18.5 motor..how good will it work in a venom creeper.
please let me know what you think about this motor and esc..like to find a good brushless motor for my venom creeper..any ideas..thanks guys
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04-05-2010, 01:21 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Barboursville, WV
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|  I can let you know in a couple of weeks...my 2s goat 18.5 just showed up today but I'm still waiting on my creeper; should be here tomorrow. Although, mine's going to be a trail truck, not a crawler... |
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04-05-2010, 03:16 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: santa cruz
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i have a goat 3s 18.5 in my creeper and love it. insane power be careful will snap your drivetrain like a trig
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04-07-2010, 09:37 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: joliet
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yea dont think the drive train will hold the power, that combo has insane torque and wheel speed  would work in a rock force though
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04-20-2010, 08:45 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Clifton Park
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I run one in my Axial, and it's great
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04-20-2010, 09:02 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Santa Cruz
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I run that setup Goat 3 18.5 and it rips .Acouple of my friends run it as well. It has unreal torque and the wheel speed is just retarded. It can and will strip gears, so be careful. If a tire binds super bad and you try and just power out of it it will wipe the gear clean. I think that will probably ring true with any plastic gears. It doesnt happen all the time and if you get it dialed in it shouldnt be a problem. But for the setup and until you get used to it order an extra set of gears they are only like $8. When you put the system in be sure to program all of the settings like the throttle profile ,engine braking ,etc... that ESC has lots of settings to play with.. Buy it you will not be dissapointed. Guaranteed
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04-20-2010, 07:26 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ
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You might think about the 21.5 brushless if your going to be doing more crawling.
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04-20-2010, 07:40 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Korea
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I'm waiting on my ballistic 18.5 to show up from tower. I'll be using it on a goat 2s in my creeper. My other option is an lrp 21.5 with a mamba max pro on 3s/4s but I think that will stay in my scx10. I'm just hoping the voltage doesn't kill the motor.
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04-21-2010, 11:39 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Santa Cruz
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The 18.5 is perfect. I have not tried the 21.5 though. The 18.5 has so much torque that I cant see giving up any of the available wheelspeed. The 18.5 is plenty on the torque
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04-21-2010, 11:48 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wrightstown
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I put the 18.5 2s in the kids (9yrs old) creeper. put Traxxas drive shafts in it and haven't had a prob with breakage, and you know how kids are. Good wheel speed too. He's been running that for almost a year.
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11-21-2010, 03:24 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Lawrence MA
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I just put in the goat 18.5 set up in my creeper with 18t pinion and my esc ran pretty hot. whats a good pinion to put in a creeper with this set up, I don't care about going too fast I just want to crawl with this.
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11-21-2010, 06:45 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, CANADA
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All this talk about Mambas and Goats makes me think $$$... Seriously, HobbyKing has an ESC http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...idProduct=7186 which draws 20Amps MAX for CHEAP and if you find the right KV outrunner http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...idProduct=7705 you won't be disappointed with the performance for the pennies you spend on your power system... To make my Creeper move with decent wheelspeed and enough torque to break tranny gears I spent about $40 CDN... With the doller the way it is now (about Par) you could easily afford to go brushles in your crawler for CHEAP!!! Just my 2 cents... |
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11-22-2010, 02:14 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Lawrence MA
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I have that esc for my hpi sprint 2 drift But I was told if you wanted to go brushless in a crawler you need a sensor-ed set up Thats why i got the novak 2s 18.5. should i just get another 9t pinion for it like the stock one so my esc doesn't get so hot?
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11-22-2010, 05:16 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Lawrence MA
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I think out I figured out why my esc ran so hot, I had the drag brake set at 7 now its at 3 and it doesn't get as hot. but now it creeps slowly down the rocks.
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11-22-2010, 09:33 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Colorado Springs, Co
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You ask how it works... freakin awesome... till the senser wire goes bad  ... that's what happended to mine any how. Great combo though.
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11-22-2010, 09:34 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Colorado Springs, Co
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Use the stock 14t pinion that came with the rig. | |
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11-23-2010, 02:46 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Lawrence MA
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ok, thanks. I just ordered a 14t pinion off ebay.
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