 | I'm interested to hear more experiences. I bought a Maxamps 5500 saddle pack for my B44 the day the B44 shipped. I've only run a NiMH in it once or twice to do some tuning while the 5500 was on the charger.
Previous posters are right: I go months maybe close to a year never taking the same pack out of the car -- I just run for 45 minutes and then charge for 1 hr. I'm not a racer, so having a tight schedule isn't too important to me.
Im curious though (and please forgive me from anyone thinking I'm hijacking this thread, but I think it's stlll apropros)
I run GTB Novaks exclusively in my B44. The local hobby shop has every flavor, and they are as cheap as anything you can find on the internet. Support you LHS. Anyhow, I started with a 7.5 Light, then went to a 6.5, then went to a 5.5 Light, then a 5.5, and now finally I have a 5.5 with a sintered rotor.
I truly could not tell much difference between the motors until I used the 5.5 sintered modified brushless. There were some subjective "punch" and "feel" differences, but not enough to justify one of each to try them out (IMHO... but I'm a novice on the track...)
Gearing, diff tuning, and other drivetrain factors had much more effect on speed and run time than the actual KV (read: "turns" on Novak) of the motor.
I did find widely inconsistent motor and ESC temps with all these setups.
Mostly, I found I was running severely undergeared and the motor and ESC were cool to the touch after a long rally through thick, tough grass which would kill most cars. Temps like 115° F after a full-bore run. I was definitely geared down too low. After going through a week of pinion testing I got my motor temps to a more respectable 165° with WAAAYYY too much acceleration, punch, and top-end for me to handle. Still getting 35 min+ maxing out the gearing and having to drive in thick bermuda grass just to provide enough physical resistance to simulate driving FT under race conditions. Still I never went over 170°.
I think the net net is this: I will downgrade to a 4400Mah LiPo and run moderate gearing where the motor and ESC are running about 135°. The lighter weight will add some running time, and probably be a bit nicer to the hardware components :)
Any follow on discussion is definitely welcome since I'm a lone rogue just trying what works and getting virtually all my informations from the internets! ;-)
cheers
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