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The motor is dead, look through the hole does it look or smelt burt out. Usally motors go before esc's as you already have been through 3 motors you might want to consider whats the cause, driving to hard and fast, it over heating, to much power input melting it? FTX brushed motors are not good, brushed motors in general dont last long under heavy loads that these cars deal with and the result is usally "dad the cars smoking again" because the motors melt first. The other issue could be something is causing binding in the drive train thus putting extra strain on the motor brushes these usally then melt out of the plasic they are held by. The battery is a 2s or 3s lipo? probably stick with 2s 7.4v on brushed motors and big wheels. I would honestly go brushless and save yourself the trouble of getting a new motor every run, they are worth the bang for buck, stick a hobbywing max10 and 3652 3200kv motor in and she will rip like no tomorrow. Sounds like you had some bad luck with your motor buring out your esc, usally doesnt happen the other way round. E.g A esc would have trouble burning out a motor if the esc was dead. The logic doesnt work.

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fb bargain, t100 dual charger, 2x 5000mha overlander lipos i dont run xt60 so had to make a bunch of adaptors for charging the other lipos.

used to 3d print unu clips, for my motors and cables. theres a uk guy Bigfoot Customs UK that does similar 3d printed UUU cable clamps. Check them out perhapse.

Rossa Rnd1 2023 Incase you missed it, new WR from the man himself.

Yes, they made a big hum har about their proprietary port or lack there of fusion has no sensor port, axe sensor has a unique plug, axe v1 and v2 have different plugs so you cant use an axe v1 motor with a v2 esc. If you want the best servo, you might want to look at the holmes hobbies 4/3s servos, they pack some serious power for some big money.

No I got a 2mm thick body for that exact reason, it doesnt need reinforcing its thick enough to take impacts and not flex under load. The issue is stopping the body mounts flexing as the body and car are pushed into the floor from downforce. I have used normal tc bodies and fiberglass tape in the past, but thats just to make them last a bit longer, doesnt stop the flex or parachuting that can occur on the thinner body shells.

Yes, yes & yes 🙂

The only shell i intend to run is the delta plastic porche shell, shown in the images. Its very heavy and 2mm thick. Would have cost over 100£ if imported, managed to snag the last one on modelsport. https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/1349081

can you reset the esc?, hold the button and turn it on it will chirp, try disconnecting a motor wire any chirps?

Felt rude to not take her for a walk

Result brother, good to hear! Send it 😄

Indeed but theres no need when any 5mm bore pinion will fit, thus making any pinion a spur gear, thus saving the need for any custom cuts. As you can see here i have a small pinion as a spur in the rs4 to see if it works. I did the same with the banzai even popped mod 1 in there.

Stick 8s in your hyper, it will take it. My 20 year old hyper has a max 6 motor and 8s esc 😄 its scary. You can put the kraton shell on the hpi i think, didnt kev do it to his HPI Savage?

Castle Mamaba Monster X (Stick with what you got, if it melts (doubt it) then just move up. Castle are solid and have excellent warrenty and service, unless you have had really bad experiences yourself, i would ignore the very few vocal haters, theres many a happy castle customer. Kevins esc's went for specific reasons, wrong windings, non upgraded firmware etc. A hobbywing max 8 system would be a downgrade imo. Theres a reason all the speed runners use castle... they are great. My max 8 system has basically fallen apart, (cant replace the power switch when the cables snapped at the resin), whilst all my castles work just fine and can easly replace the harnesses.

Front outer and inter portals, kept the plastic arms as a weak spot, For the rear, just outer covers, might go for inner covers too, but dont feel it needs it atm. Get underdrive gears, stick them in the rear, they arn't cheap but makes a difference with climbing. You can get overdrive gears too, but the underdrive gives the same effect, if your want lots of overdrive, you can overdrive the front aswell as underdrive the back. We dont run wheel weights just heavy alloy wheels that work out to be 150g each with tires fitted. All up the trucks about 5kg. I got mine from local shops and fitment mmm, well getting the bearings out isnt fun, and irrc the front inner covers didnt come with the right length screws and they were cheese.

Fasttrack brass is black for trx https://wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/327167/

From what I've seen on other bashers, it's not as strong as others, metal chassis and bulk heads don't last on big air but few do. If its not extreme bashing you should be OK. 🙂

I haven't done any mods, they say add a washer to stop the back ring pinion slop. As noted you can fit pinions on the driveshaft, this is good because the only other gearing choice is the high speed set and I hear these melt. Probably some metal c hubs as they seem weak.

Hobao Hyper 7

Well how about that, does what it says on the box 😉 new you wouldnt be able to fault it.

Same here, could do with a spur gear etc, lets see what you have, i cant pop around, do you have any photos?

Sounds like your should try to attend a rossa or speed frenzy event, where fellow minded speed enthusiasts send there cars to 200mph on a runway in a very controlled and safe for people (not the cars) environment that just ooses passion, cant find a better group of people. Theres a group doing a tamiya 100mph challenge this year. Worth the trip always worth it.

Arrma hoons will do 100mph, you can also try contact foams for over 100mph passes. No issues pushing i think silver hoons to 101mph, maybe want a softer compound if your draging it. Running a hyper 7 with 32t pinion and 34t spur on a 8s motor and esc, dropping the trigger not pulled a tire off the rim yet. They wont grip because the power and compound. Have you tired are you allowed to use compounds on the tire to prep them, eg drag mixtures / glue.

My old ride before moving to uk, miss her was lots of fun and kept up with cars way out of its league. Upped the boost she really did pull, otherwise pretty much stockish.