Bought a Stampede today, wanna go faster!

[DuraBX HPIMT]

I told myself that the pede was only going to be for bashing around and having fun when I couldnt get outside to run my nitros and/or they were getting repaired...

I bought the thing TODAY and I'm already into electrics http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

I dont know jack about turns, winds, or anything... Tell me how to make this little truck fly http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/smile.gif

Thanks a lot guys... glad I finally got an electric

[TRXboy]

Novak supper rooster ESC
Trinity Speed jem 17 turn single
a nice 2400 battery

[tc3_guy_0059]

I am using an LRP V6, 3000mah batterys, and the best motor I have found is the Trinity Monster Maxx Pro. It makes the truck pop wheelies like an Emaxx and has great climbing ability. And my runtimes are around 15-20 minutes. I know its hard to believe but I am getting that much run time. Well good luck and consider the Monster Maxx motors they are great.

[DuraBX HPIMT]

I am new to electrics... no idea what a LRP V6 is. Exactly what battery do you guys use? 15-20 min runtime? Thats sweet.

Thanks for the replies

[tc3guy]

I'll try to explain this. The number of turns on the armature means how many wraps of copper there are on the armature. The lower the wind the more RPMs it can pull. But since your new to electrics you should probably stay above 14 turns so you dont have to true the commutator alot. You shouldnt get an LRP-V6 because you must solder the battery leads every time you run your car. That ESC (electronic speed control) is forward only. Try the LRP- reversing speed controls they work well. For batteries the higher the MAH the longer they will last every time your run it. They range from 1400-3000. Also the higher # the more $$$. But caution the 3000 batteries are Ni-Mh that means you must use special expensive battery chargers. I hope I helped. If you have any more quiestions just post and I'll be happy to answer. Oh and I use sanyo 2000 cells they work great.



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[mikeb33]

I want to hop up my stock pede too. How many cells do you guys use on these packs? The stock 6 or do you use humps? How about the MiMH packs?

Thanks

MIKE

[tc3_guy_0059]

The V6 is a speed controller made by LRP and distributed by Team Associated. I use a 6 cell 3000mah pack. The motor I use has 70% efficency, and that helps my runtime alot. I just bought a fiberglass tie-bar today and the hingepins to go with it. It helps when you hit stuff hard http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/smile.gif. Well Good Luck

[tc3guy]

I use 6 cell packs.

[R_C_MAN]

tc3guy was basically right except he mixed up the winds. Here is a full explanation. Turns is the number of wire wrapped around the armature. The armature is basically the part inside the motor that spins. Wind is how many wires are wrapped around the armature. If someone said there motor is a 13 turn double that means there are two wires wrapped around the armature 13 times.
Rule of thumb: Higher the wind, lower the torque. A single wind won't have as smooth a bottom end as a quad. The quad will have more of a mid to high end "punch". Single wind will have more bottom end punch.
Now for turns the rule of thumb is the lower the turn the more RPM's. Like tc3guy said lower turn motors will have to have their commutator trued more often than higher turn motors.
When you increase the number of cells, you increase the voltage. More volts will make your motor turn faster, but the motor will draw more current leaving you with slighty lower run times, and that's the trade off.
Hope this helped you alot.

[paxil]

if your going to get a faster motor it wouldn't be a bad idea to get bearings. if your pede is the new it well have bearing in the tranny, but it wouldn't bad idea to get bearings in the wheels.

[robisme]

What are wheel berings called ive tried to find them on the internet and my searches come up with nothing

[R_C_MAN]

Wheel bearings are called......bearings! Well your best bet would probably be to buy a whole bearing kit for your car. You can get bearing kits by companies like Duratrax at www.towerhobbies.com (http://www.towerhobbies.com) or www.omnimodels.com (http://www.omnimodels.com) Buying a bearing kit will give you a full set of bearings for your car. If you have a Stampede and you have the bearings in yo tranny this is what I would do:Buy Duratrax's 10 pack of 5 X 11 bearings and get the RPM 5 X 11 bearing Carriers. This allows you too use the same size bearing in the tranny and wheels and makes it easier to buy bearings because you only have to buy one size. Buying the 10 pack also leaves you left with 2 extra bearings because the wheels only use 8.