xlDooM
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Hey guys, been a while since I posted here. I wanted to go bashing with my kid a few days ago, but neither of my amps would run. I think the motors are toast. One ran fine at first, till I put the body on and tried to give it the beans, then it wouldn't move. The other never moved.
I last ran them at the beach a couple months ago and didn't rinse the motors, didn't think much water/sand got into them. They look awful now though, completely corroded on the outside. Woops.
ESC provides +8.25 on the motor wires on full throttle. Steering works fine. So it's not a binding issue. I guess it's theoretically possible that the ESC cannot deliver any meaningful current to back up the open loop voltage, but my money's on the motors being shot due to my neglect.
Might pick up a firebolt 15T and see if it runs. But I'm kinda looking at ebay brushless combos as well
Lesson learnt: clean up your truck when you've run it on wet beach sand. One of the bearings is gone too, must not have cleaned that one up very well either.
I last ran them at the beach a couple months ago and didn't rinse the motors, didn't think much water/sand got into them. They look awful now though, completely corroded on the outside. Woops.
ESC provides +8.25 on the motor wires on full throttle. Steering works fine. So it's not a binding issue. I guess it's theoretically possible that the ESC cannot deliver any meaningful current to back up the open loop voltage, but my money's on the motors being shot due to my neglect.
Might pick up a firebolt 15T and see if it runs. But I'm kinda looking at ebay brushless combos as well
Lesson learnt: clean up your truck when you've run it on wet beach sand. One of the bearings is gone too, must not have cleaned that one up very well either.