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Originally Posted by Peryn
Very cool setup. a lot of intriguing features. 2 motors? How does that work? Is low speed/ high speed or something? Work in tandem for double power?
Either way, how do they connect to the ESC? do you have the same signal going to both of them, or does your speed controller have connections for 2 motors?
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The 2 motors each have their own pinion gears that work together to turn 1 larger spur gear. The gearbox is only a 1 speed, but your acceleration and speed can be adjusted with the ESC of course. The ESC (Novak Super Rooster) only has 1 motor output, but is designed to run 2 motors wired either in parallel or series. I read wiring them parallel would give more torque so thats what I use. Two motors of course requires twice as much power, cutting battery run time in half. If I push full throttle the entire time, it runs about for 7 or 8 minutes, if even that. If i'm crawling or just keeping in lower speeds, I can get about 15-20 minutes or more out of a single 2000 mAh battery. The top speed isn't much, maybe about 10 mph or so. It's definitly designed more for crawling and rough terrain offroading than speed and racing.
Edit: I was just outside with it doing some crawling and the battery lasted a good half hour.