sidewinder (and a random input)

any one get the new sidewinder yet i can't wait to get mine tower says they'll be in soon which means at my door 6 days later

wow thiers a lot o smillies me HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!

just a few of my favorites

rclugnut

I have the MM, and I like it. Although senorless just isn't somth enough for me on the track. But for bashing you will love it.

crap, they stole my name:) I guess I should get one just to make sure it lives up to the sidewinder name.

I am running a Sidewinder in my crawler, though I'm only using a brushed motor with it. I prefer to use brushed motors for crawlers, they handle low RPM better.

I love the thing, and having the Castle Link helps to, the tune ability is nice to have.

I dont have the sidwinder, but i have to say, sensorless is becoming better, the cogging is progressivly lessening.

sensorless is better in my opinion too

Really it depends on what you are going to use it for. If you are racing then a sensored set-up is a better choice. In racing you want fine control as most of the time you might not even be on full throttle (well with off-road, and some on-road). Although when it comes to bashing, the amout of power that a SL sytem can make is unreal. Also a SL system will run a little cooler.

Also, sensorless is more economical. it is ussually about 30-50 bucks cheaper than a comperable sensored system.

Any one think an old rc10 can handle a sidewinder?

It can if its not beat to hel*

If you dont use a 3s lipo, you should be fine.

i think 3s lipo + bl system = shreded plastic gears and that leads to

the lug

Actually I just took the tranny apart and all the gears are steel! Lucky me, but I don't know if the driveshafts can tahe it, they're really soft. But I cant get a bl now as my XC bike just klonked out in the front end, so I need to fork out $200+ for a new fork.

-Schwenzo

Aw, that sucks!!! At least someone didn't steal your $450 Giant mountain bike!!!
Now if i ever find that guy, I"ll...

3 hours of trash talk later...

Ok, I'm done now. Where were we?
Oh ya, the bl system.

The drivetrain should be able to handle it as if it were a walk in the park, but deffinatly not the driveshafts, trust me, i snapped a steel driveshaft twice so far on my xxx-t!

Thanks for the advice! Don't wanna break a car thats worth $300+ and has completely unreplaceable parts, although I have heard of people using B44 cvd's in 'em.

-Schwenzo

I've heard that tower hobbies carries parts for them, but that may be a myth.

DUDE I LOVE YOU!!! I just found two pages of parts for the rc10, thanks!!!! me happy!

-Happy Schwenzo

Here ya go, and no problem at all, i heard it off of another guy from a fourm, andthe track up in winthrop harbor can get you some parts as well!

MIP cvds:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXAV59&P=7

Get those and 3s+ BL all the way!!!

Thanks, whats that track in winthrop harbor called?

-Schwenzo

Heres their website, and a link to the fourm:

http://www.harbor-hobby.net/
http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=190179

O.K. I see, thhat track is like a tc indoor carpet track. I love all the old muscle cars!

-Schwenzo

Yup, Thats where this years trans am nationals were held! Theres an article of the race in the rc driver july 2008 issue 55!

Thats cool, well I gotta go work on my Micro desert truck
lata

-Shwenzo

Cool and reyzo14 you have to make a thread about you dt

I know I should, when I get more parts I will, cuz I know there's a lotta guy out there that don't know how to do this stuff. I'm planning on getting the graphite chassis for it and a bb motor. And I love that cute..I mean um...cool $3 workstand on the toyz.

-Schwenzo