Rio EP my thoughts

[Diesel6401]

I had my wife who's at the house doing nothing text me this cell phone pic real fast for you. Not the best, but you should be able to get the idea.

[Diesel6401]

You guys think this will work ok in a Rio, normally its in a geared system.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...5&I=LXXWM5&P=K

[Brushless55]

You guys think this will work ok in a Rio, normally its in a geared system.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...5&I=LXXWM5&P=K

Oh man! you red my mind..
I was thinking of ging with the VXL setup for my Rio EP, that motor puts out alot of power and run on 2s should have plenty of speed and power..
only thing I think you could get simular results with less money with a cheaper motor and esc..

[Diesel6401]

Oh man! you red my mind..
I was thinking of ging with the VXL setup for my Rio EP, that motor puts out alot of power and run on 2s should have plenty of speed and power..
only thing I think you could get simular results with less money with a cheaper motor and esc..

Have you found a cheaper setup yet? I'm still looking, others had problems with their vxl esc in cars, im curious how it would handle a boat. Maybe worth it just for the hell of it

[Brushless55]

Have you found a cheaper setup yet? I'm still looking, others had problems with their vxl esc in cars, im curious how it would handle a boat. Maybe worth it just for the hell of it

I think it was the first gen VXL esc that had issues? not sure though..
I did have that setup in my Revo and it worked good, and that was in a 10lb truck!

I have a HM 100A esc that was only 25bucks and a $30 KD36-60 motor that I'm going to try, only issue I see with my setup is the KV is 4,000
So I will only try this on 2s
my motor http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...hless_Inrunner

I may goto this one.. http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...hless_Inrunner

[Diesel6401]

Shaft dia on these motor is 5mm, stock Rio motor has 3mm dia, will this motor fit on the stock coupler or will i have to make the diameter bigger? What size would be equal to a 550 motor, "S" or "L"?

[Brushless55]

Shaft dia on these motor is 5mm, stock Rio motor has 3mm dia, will this motor fit on the stock coupler or will i have to make the diameter bigger?

I'm going to file down the shaft to fit the coupler..

[Diesel6401]

Check This motor, I may have found a winner for me

http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewitem.asp?idproduct=5146

[Diesel6401]

whats the shaft diameter of the Velineon 3500 Motor, i cant find it?!?

[chummer]

whats the shaft diameter of the Velineon 3500 Motor, i cant find it?!?

It is a standard 540 motor. It will have a 3mm shaft same as the 12T.

[Diesel6401]

It is a standard 540 motor. It will have a 3mm shaft same as the 12T.

Hey thanx alot

[soulreaper]

Hey guys if you decide to use a motor that has a 5mm shaft just order the 5mm to .130 flex hex coupler the OSE sells. I have this same adapter. Check out the picture I posted in the "Brushless Soon Thread"

Reaper.

[Brushless55]

whats the shaft diameter of the Velineon 3500 Motor, i cant find it?!?

Are you going with the VXL motor?

[Diesel6401]

Are you going with the VXL motor?

Yea im seriously thinking about it, only thing that sux is im just thinking if i should just buy the supervee now for a $100 more though and get the vxl later or do it now and get the supervee later. Not sure what I want to do. If I do get the vxl now I would just put the traxxas set up i have in my Rio in my buddies Apache 24 cuz that thing needs desperate help, especially since I flipped it the other day lol. Right now I'm looking at cheap China crap on ebay and see if I can find a super cheap brushless combo. I dont have enough funds to do what I want.

[Brushless55]

They do have some 3000kv motor esc combos for about 80-100bucks