After watching a few people messing around with these wltoys 12428 on YouTube and modding them I decided to screw around and see what the stock esc and gears could handle.
Wellll.....turns out going from a 1500mAh 2 cell LiIo to a 4000mAh 40C lipo was a bit more than I planned haha the car rode fine at first but it had so much power that it spun the drive shaft right off. Superglued that back on for a temp fix to keep us going since the hex screws that held it on snapped right out of their threads. After about 20 mins of hard/high speed bashing you could smell plastic in the air and within a minute or 2 more the car had a plume of smoke coming out. Motor was so hot I couldn't believe the mounts weren't melting the plastic undercarriage. Whoops. Good news is, battery was still at about half charge or more so these things are going to last forever vs the stock battery that gives you about 10 mins.
Wondering if the style of driving we use it for, paired with the excess power of the new battery is just too much for a brushed crawler set up. Thinking ill probably throw a nice brushless motor+esc+reciever in there but I've also seen some brushed engine upgrades that may be able to handle it.
What do you guys think, brushed or brushless for jumps, bumps and general high speed off road bashing?
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Side note, just ordered some fpv drone gear for myself! After having so much fun with his rc car I think I need an rc of every type. Man this is gonna be an expensive hobby ?
Wellll.....turns out going from a 1500mAh 2 cell LiIo to a 4000mAh 40C lipo was a bit more than I planned haha the car rode fine at first but it had so much power that it spun the drive shaft right off. Superglued that back on for a temp fix to keep us going since the hex screws that held it on snapped right out of their threads. After about 20 mins of hard/high speed bashing you could smell plastic in the air and within a minute or 2 more the car had a plume of smoke coming out. Motor was so hot I couldn't believe the mounts weren't melting the plastic undercarriage. Whoops. Good news is, battery was still at about half charge or more so these things are going to last forever vs the stock battery that gives you about 10 mins.
Wondering if the style of driving we use it for, paired with the excess power of the new battery is just too much for a brushed crawler set up. Thinking ill probably throw a nice brushless motor+esc+reciever in there but I've also seen some brushed engine upgrades that may be able to handle it.
What do you guys think, brushed or brushless for jumps, bumps and general high speed off road bashing?
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Side note, just ordered some fpv drone gear for myself! After having so much fun with his rc car I think I need an rc of every type. Man this is gonna be an expensive hobby ?