Took it for a run. It survived about 5 minutes, then I realized the motor was at 180f and the esc at 140. Totally badass though. I broke my gps but the thing looks like a strong 50.
I tested it with the nickel meal after getting all the wires set up. It started inching forward as soon as I plugged in the battery.
I’ll see if I can get it fixed when I get home. Just got called in for work, shouldn’t be any more than 3 hours though!
Now I have something to look forward to.
This thing is old and retired but me and a friend have gotten it back on the road. It’s geared 15/54 with 32p gears and we’ve been using the stock nickel metal pack. So far we’ve seen speeds of 36mph. However, check out what I just ordered off of eBay.
That is an XL-5 generation 1. The reason...