What brushless mot0r?? (oh the lameness!)

[c0sie]

Excuse the lameness of this question..but:

At National and Regional level, what turn/star/etc motors do the majority of racers use from the various manufacturers?

Im looking at systems from all manufacturers before I decide what system to buy, but dont want to buy a motor that will see me regret the purchase cos its too slow..or too fast.

Will be racing a B44 indoors on carpet on weekday club meets, and (fingers crossed for 2008) outdoors at Regional level on astro/grass/whatever.

I have offroad experience, and would like to hope/think that im not too bad a driver either..so would like a motor that would allow me to be competitive if my driving and thumbs are upto the task.

Thanks :)

[RogerM]

Most people seem to go for a 5.5 brushless or a 10x?? in 4wd.

Where you going to be racing mid week chris?

[Chris Doughty]

in 4WD, pretty much all of the 2007 season I ran a 5.5 bonded LRP.

2WD was 6.5 bonded for the whole season.

leater on in the year in 4WD, when it was time to go balls out I started to use a 4.5 sintered... to be honest, quite a bit waaaay too fast.

indoors though, it might be worth looking at 6.5 sintered or bonded, would proberbly best looking for a sintered option as they are slightly more robust, but they not as smooth power delivery.

[c0sie]

Rog/CD,

Thanks as always for the great advice :)

Rog,
Newport on a Friday night. BRILLIANT club, race offroad only so no annoying tourers to put up with, and they sell crisps :D

[DCM]

for that hall, 6.5 max I would of thought.... it isn't the biggest of places Chris.

[dan_kitty]

we went through a couple of weeks having free crisps there, good times!

i use 5.5 bonded there, but 6.5 will easily do i reckon

[c0sie]

Crisps at race meetings..its the future!

[super__dan]

Defo 6.5 max IMHO!

[mattym0310]

i use a 6.5 and wouldnt really recommend to LRP ones. i have seen a lot of people have problems with them. ive been the told the new novak 'L' series ones are going to be ace.

[ben]

Novak 6.5. Novak motors seem to be more reliable than the lrp/nosram motors. But no motor is unbreakable in the hands of richard lowe:p:p

lil ben

[Richard Lowe]

But no motor is unbreakable in the hands of richard lowe:p:p
I was going to object to that comment but...

You're quite correct! :p

[ben]

Of course im correct LOL

lil ben

[tyreman]

I was going to object to that comment but...

You're quite correct! :p

Clearly not tried the Peak Preformance motors yet then

[bigred5765]

o he has
and is still trying to break em

[super__dan]

I thought he had done one now?

[Richard Lowe]

Nope, both Orions are still un-broken for the time being :p

[bigred5765]

Nope, both Orions are still un-broken for the time being :p

:D:D:D

[Chrislong]

You said the low end throttle had all but gone? Did you resolve that? LOL... or do you just not use that part of the throttle?

The Novak L motors are awesome, but bare in mind these new items are introduced as additional choice to the R range which are equally awesome.

As a rule, for 5.5 I run L motors in 2wd and R in 4wd. They both have great top speeds, but the R's are more aggressive getting on the throttle - so the L is a little more sensible for 2wd. If going to 6.5 in 2wd it'll be the R.

For 4wd, I personally would run 5.5R Novak Sintered.... infact, its not been out of my car.

Chris

[Richard Lowe]

No I think it was the fact that it was a 4.5 and we were at York indoors, not exactly an ideal match! I took it apart on Sat and everything looks fine.

[MattW]

I've run both Speed Passion and GM motors for a while - same tare down as Orion/Peak. I'd happily recomend them to anyone!!! I haven't managed to kill one totally, had to repair/replace an odd sensor module, but this is easy enough - and i actually only killed one running in touring, no probs in off rd.

[Chrislong]

No I think it was the fact that it was a 4.5 and we were at York indoors, not exactly an ideal match! I took it apart on Sat and everything looks fine.

Crazy, it'd be like keeping a ferret in a matchbox... thats why it was a bit nuts then?

[c0sie]

Can anyone explain the differences between bonded and sintered rotors in terms of performance etc etc etc

Thanks :)

[ashleyb4]

sinitered run cooler they are more punch and generally have better breaks due to there stronger magnets.

There the only ones i can think of.

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