Image 1 — I found a really good alternative to traxxas 5000mAh 3S battery (2872x)
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I found a really good alternative to traxxas 5000mAh 3S battery (2872x)

I bought this gensace lipo battery about a year ago and it is really good. It gives you more power, heats up less and has higher capacity for the same size. Iam using this in my rustler 4x4 vxl and i cant complain on anything. The battery just lasts forever in my rustler. Only problem is that it comes with XT90. (i will move over someday hopefully)

(GEA653S60X9GT)

u/Honza_Gaming — 10 days ago
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Possible upgrades and heat issues

I have my rustler 4x4 vxl for 4 years now from the pictures you can see it is heavily upgraded. Iam considering aluminium motor mount, aluminium bellcrank and some parts from the new redesigned rustler 4x4 that is now in preorders on traxxas.com

I plan to buy the aluminium parts from aliexpress and i dont want the traxxas ones. Iam hoping the motor mount will take some heat off the motor and make the slipper clutch more stable because of bigger bearing so i would like to ask about your opinion on this and if it makes sense to upgrade. Next is the bellcrank i bought the traxxas aluminium linkage and that introduced a lot of slop and i think its time to go somewhere else because i want a little more precision and adjustability. So i would like to ask how is the aluminium bellcrank holding up over time and how much slop is there?

Now about the second part the heating issue i have hobbywing max10g2 with 3665 3200kv g3 motor (i only run 3s lipo) and savox sw2210sg servo at 6V. The esc is perfect, after heavy use i stop to check temperature and the fan stops spinning 10s after i stop and the esc is barely warm in 30°C weather. The motor is worse i have a heatsink and a fan but i can hold my finger on it for about 4s and the worst is the servo. I jave no idea why but it gets so hot that i cant toutch it for even 2s so should i add heatsink to it or maybe a cap pack to the reciever?

u/Honza_Gaming — 11 days ago