Manxman Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Hi all Gmade Buffalo owners. I just purchased a kit so hopefully will be starting it next week. I'm just having a think about appropriate motor as I want to use this 2 speed gearbox ability to go fast sometimes. What are you guys using for yours? I'm just worried that 27T would a little bit to slow... Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomr Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, Manxman said: Hi all Gmade Buffalo owners. I just purchased a kit so hopefully will be starting it next week. I'm just having a think about appropriate motor as I want to use this 2 speed gearbox ability to go fast sometimes. What are you guys using for yours? I'm just worried that 27T would a little bit to slow... Any suggestions? I haven’t had the chance to run mine yet but a 27t motor should give you decent speed for a crawler in second gear . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 43 minutes ago, tomr said: I haven’t had the chance to run mine yet but a 27t motor should give you decent speed for a crawler in second gear . Thanks. I just don't know how slow is first gear there or how big is the difference between first and second. There are lots of videos on yt but no one really says what motor they're using apart from RC Girl using brushless combo on hers, but this is way beyond my budget🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomr Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 46 minutes ago, Manxman said: Thanks. I just don't know how slow is first gear there or how big is the difference between first and second. There are lots of videos on yt but no one really says what motor they're using apart from RC Girl using brushless combo on hers, but this is way beyond my budget🤣 Do you have a speed in mind that you feel it needs to be at ? Will you be running 2s or3s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 30 minutes ago, tomr said: Do you have a speed in mind that you feel it needs to be at ? Will you be running 2s or3s? I just want it to be able to do a similar speed as TRX 4 on high gear. Most likely will aim for 3s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomr Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Manxman said: I just want it to be able to do a similar speed as TRX 4 on high gear. Most likely will aim for 3s These 21t 550 size motors are cheap and should give a good mix of torque and speed . https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/ftx-550-21t-brushed-motor-mt-outlaw--1334046 Edited January 5, 2022 by tomr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomr Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 6 hours ago, PraetoR said: I vote shackles on. They look great! They’re staying on 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PraetoR Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PraetoR Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Manxman said: Thanks. I just don't know how slow is first gear there or how big is the difference between first and second. There are lots of videos on yt but no one really says what motor they're using apart from RC Girl using brushless combo on hers, but this is way beyond my budget🤣 There is a rather large difference between 1st & 2nd gear. I'd say 27t might be borderline too fast on 3s, while in 2nd. My motor is a 5 slot, 12t... which is roughly comparable to an ordinary 35t and running 3s is pretty quick in 2nd gear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Thanks everyone! I have some ideas now. I will have a long think before buying a motor but at least I know which direction I'm going now👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BashingBrian Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) I'd suggest something like this... Great value motor with awesome performance, pair it with a Hobbywing 1080 esc 👍🏼 https://www.red-winches.com/product/crawlmaster-sport-550-12t/ Edited January 5, 2022 by BashingBrian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 47 minutes ago, BashingBrian said: I'd suggest something like this... Great value motor with awesome performance, pair it with a Hobbywing 1080 esc 👍🏼 https://www.red-winches.com/product/crawlmaster-sport-550-12t/ It will definitely be 1080 Hobbywing ESC but probably different motor... Will see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PraetoR Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 10 hours ago, BashingBrian said: I'd suggest something like this... Great value motor with awesome performance, pair it with a Hobbywing 1080 esc 👍🏼 https://www.red-winches.com/product/crawlmaster-sport-550-12t/ Yeah, that's what I'm using. Fantastic motor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Any ideas for micro servo for the gearbox? I can't find anything specific at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomr Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Manxman said: Any ideas for micro servo for the gearbox? I can't find anything specific at the moment It’s a standard size servo the shifting mechanism is real nice so you don’t need something fancy . I used a basic HPI waterproof job 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, tomr said: It’s a standard size servo the shifting mechanism is real nice so you don’t need something fancy . I used a basic HPI waterproof job 👍 Thank you. This is great news. I thought that it would be something smaller but in that case it means one headache less😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PraetoR Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) I used an old, basic, plastic Futaba. The lighter the better, as it's mounted quite high up. Edited January 6, 2022 by PraetoR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steephill Posted January 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) Built up the Gmade Gom and gave it a little test around the garden. Body panels will be getting painted soon. It did pretty good. Will have to do some comparison tests when there is less snow about. Probably fair to put it up against a Wraith or bomber. Edited January 7, 2022 by steephill spelling 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomr Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, steephill said: Built up the Gmade Gom and gave it a little test around the garden. Body panels will be getting painted soon. It did pretty good. Will have to do some comparison tests when there is less snow about. Probably fair to put it up against a Wraith or bomber. Looking good 👍 I very nearly bought one of these let us know how you get on with it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomr Posted January 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2022 First test run of the R1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCake Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 14 minutes ago, tomr said: First test run of the R1 That looks super nimble and very light on its feet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 That goes really well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomr Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, MrCake said: That looks super nimble and very light on its feet! Nothing like me then 🤣Definitely fun little rig though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomr Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Stormbringer said: That goes really well Yeah I wasn’t sure about it at first especially after watching a load of negative YouTube vids but I’m well happy with it . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 That R1 looks very capable crawler, would like to see it on a tricky course 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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