Electric Motor Question.

[corytunafish]

As you all know im a newby at RC racing. I just built my TC3 kit and have some old radio and reciever and speed control from my dads old junk from like the early or mid 90s. Anyway im looking for a motor cause thats the only thing im missing beside the servo that i already ordered. Ok How do they work? i mean whats good now days? Stock Modified? What do turns mean? anyway if anyone can help me out that would be great or has any suggestions.

[miller_87]

Well first off, im not really big into racing my rc truck, but i do like to backyard bash with it, so i can tell you somewhat about the electric motors. Personally I like the trinity motors. I use them, my friends use them, they dont cost too much, you can get fast expensive ones, or slower cheaper ones. The turns basically tell you how fast it will go. Not always though, depending on how good of motor it is. Usually the lower the turn, the faster, but i have a 27 turn trinity green machine motor that can keep up with my friends 20 turn photon speed. You also have to make sure your speed control can handle it. Most esc's can handle 20-27 turn motors. Personally I like to stick with a good 27 turn motor. The batteries will last longer in a 27 turn rather than a 24 or 20 or 19etc. Also, you can usually get a good enough speed out of a 27 turn motor. I know guys that have raced with them and did well. Although my friend has a 9 turn motor(which is really fast), he needs a really expensive speed control to handle that, plus his batteries drain much quicker than mine. I would think depending where you are running it, that a trinity green machine motor would be something that you might like. I get descent speed out of my duratrax evader with that. Hope this has helped you some.

[305997]

You need to know how low of a wind your speed controller will allow. Miller_87 gives good advice though with sticking with 20-27 turns. Most any speed controller should handle those with no problem. The TC3 is light and doesn't need a lot of torque though and gets excellent traction with awd. You can handle a hotter motor (lower wind) in a single wind. More winds will give better torque and are good choices for offroad. 19 turn spec motors are a popular choice for touring car classes.

[corytunafish]

Yeah that totally helps. I was wondering though how do you know what your speed control can handle and cant handle? i have my dads old one from back in the day like 95 so how could i find out?

[marv]

Hey Corytunafish. I have found this website www.protechmotors.com whose motors are designed for newbies and club racers alike. They are powerful dyno-tuned motors for about $32. You can run and run them and they still give you the speed you are looking for. Check it out. OH YEAH! They are really quick to answer emails. Good Luck

[marv]

Hey Corytunafish. I have found this website www.protechmotors.com whose motors are designed for newbies and club racers alike. They are powerful dyno-tuned motors for about $32. You can run and run them and they still give you the speed you are looking for. Check it out. OH YEAH! They are really quick to answer emails. Good Luck

[marv]

If there is any company name on the speed control, usually the websites maintain a section that has instruction manuals of the current and older ones. Email me some of the info and I may be able to help you out. Good Luck!

[corytunafish]

Thanks. That totally helps. I know my speed control is a 410 m-5 Novak. Some emailed me a instruction manual and it seems pretty good but i really dont understand some of the stuff. Like what it can handle or if it has reverse and such.

[kreidell]

ive got a pretty cheap duratrax intellispeed and that can handle 16 turn motors, i know the novaks to be much better speed controlers and i would bet ud be safe up to 16 turns... but i can't be sure.

[305997]

If I'm not mistaken that is a 4-10 cell controller with no motor limit at 6 cells and no reverse.

[wbrccar]

can you email me at wbrccar@aol.com and tell me what the good electric moters are out there and how i can save money in buying the right one

[Tachikaze]

With no disrespect with the responses that you have already received, a very important question has not be asked of you:
What do you plan to do with regards to the vehicle you have?
This becomes tha most importnat question with regards to what engine you plan to place in the vehicle. This is based on whether you plan tp race the vehicle against other cars. If you want to race this car ( and really, is there any other reason to have a car like this and not race it:confused: ) then you need to determine what class you are racing n? This will determine if you need to spend money on a good stock motor or a modified or a unlimited?
You need to determine if you plan to race this car, do not spend money on upgrading engines until you decide if you are placing this car in a competition enviroment.