HL MOTOR upgrade options

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Re: HL MOTOR upgrade options

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It's nice to have a fast tank specially modern stuff but unless your in open space you struggle to control the tank.
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Re: HL MOTOR upgrade options

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Looks fun
but with some setups you loose all the other functions like turret rotation, smoker etc...
I like the bulldog the best so far, but that Tiger adds new meaning to Blitzkreig :haha:
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Re: HL MOTOR upgrade options

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puramo,

My suggestion is replace that battery first, with a lipo 2s 20C, see how you like your tank.
Heres my T34 (metal version) with Maxpro 480's, bushed steel gears, taigen electronics, venom 2S 20C 5400 lipo. Sorry un-pro camera work, holding a iPod and transmitter in one grip.
https://youtu.be/lUxaTi0IZ1E
w/ HL "red" 390's everything the same. This is what I'm staying with. Got bearing gearboxes coming.
https://youtu.be/iC95oUKe4LU
All my other tanks have 480's, 3:1 Bearing steel gear boxes. I wanted the T34 to be the fastest of them, but the T34 has a smaller drive wheel giving it a higher overall ratio, so unless I replace all my others with 4 shaft boxes (4:1) having the same motor it will always be slower.

My only gripe about the T34 is the longitudinal grip of the tracks, as you can see doing a single track turn, I have to give a little dual track bump to over come the slipping. I might try adding "more" weight, got about 1.25lbs on the nose, makes going over the curbs easy as you can see.
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Re: HL MOTOR upgrade options

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Hey there

yep I have a box full of lipos for my RC trucks so no prob there

do the 480 motors run good ? Do they overheat the board ?

Can you post a link to where you can get these motors and a reasonable gearbox to go with it
thanks again

(ps here's mine on standard 380 motors I believe, it doesn't slip like your's seems to but it's not as fast either)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2XE5bnbjlc
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Re: HL MOTOR upgrade options

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puramo wrote:Hey there

yep I have a box full of lipos for my RC trucks so no prob there

do the 480 motors run good ? Do they overheat the board ?

Can you post a link to where you can get these motors and a reasonable gearbox to go with it
thanks again

(ps here's mine on standard 380 motors I believe, it doesn't slip like your's seems to but it's not as fast either)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2XE5bnbjlc
Cool Cat!!

Where I buy motors, no wires or connectors, just swap with old motors' wires.
http://www.maxxprod.com/mpi/mpi-10.html
Gearboxes:
http://www.hobbyraw.com/item.jsp?id=906&cid=20
Awaiting theses: as above is out of stock
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product ... 16424.html

The slippage is due to grass, the grass drags on the entire lower hull surface -the T-34 rides low, on the surface your video was taken I'd have no problems. I'm still playing around added weight and the C of G. All my german tanks front motors/gearboxes don't have any issues, even the stock M-26 exhibited the T-34 issues until weight was added too the nose, now she's a great runner: https://youtu.be/BZzp3F8z_YY this was built for my son, my Pershing is much the same but with the 480's full bearing gearboxes and Lipo. Note you can see the silver (zinc) stick-on wheel weights, and naked Taigen MFU with fan in a cross flow setting -this gives the airsoft and traverse units clearance.
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