General 12 year old Traxxas Rustler

[Tony]

IMO, I would stick with a 13.5T equivalent or higher. Anything lower than that, and you will be putting too much torque to the gears and drivetrain. There is a specific motor/esc combo for that truck, it runs about $150. You can get a little better price on hobbyparts and the like, but will only save abotu $40. I will try to look more into this for you this weekend.

 

[Tony]

I'm not sure what you mean by board. If it's 4WD, it's more than likely shaft driven.

 

[claytonbakerjr]

Cool thanks Tony
I guess what I mean by board is I so used to air borne stuff like a control board like cc3d that in this case all I need is motor esc and rx which it has rx.

 

[Tony]

Yup, that is all you need. No control board on these.

 

[claytonbakerjr]

Late to bed early to rise lol
Thanks man

 

[Tony]

I've been up for a while. Actually at the dealership right now getting the oil changed in my truck. Only about 4 hours last night.

 

[claytonbakerjr]

Well I got lucky...JST is not the way to go on this buggy...

I ended up cutting the battery free before I ended up with a fire....
At a bare minimum EC3 with equivalent wire.

 

[claytonbakerjr]

So as for the battery...are the cables too short to solder. Too close to cells that is?

 

[Tony]

Oh, if I knew you were using that kind of connector and wire, I would be yelling lmao. Yeah, that is way too small for that truck. The motor in that truck is going to pull 50+ amps. Way more than that little plug can handle. EC3 or Deans is what I suggest.

And nope, not too short to solder. I can't remember if you were the one to get the Hakko soldering station, but if you are, this is the perfect reason why you need it.

 

[claytonbakerjr]

Good I didn't want to scrap a good battery and yes I got a Hakko

 

[Tony]

See, I can't remember crap anymore lol.

 

[claytonbakerjr]

Lol no worries I was helping grand daughter with a pony tail and couldn't figure out a dang rubber band...lol