this will help you better gear the car for either top end quickness or a lil of both.. and it also depends on the motor used.. usually the faster the motor can spin the larger final drive you want .. but the lower the motor spins the more power it will have to run a gearing that is closest to "1" ...
for example if you were to run a mamba 8000 then you would gear it at 10/49 while the gh3600 can be gear to run 19/41 and still be just as fast not faster but close enough to have fun with just showing one extreme to another
the chart im using is a chart someon else did i just modified it a lil to show what combinations the mesh plate willl allow for a given spur gear..
typically when speaking about brushless motors.. the higher the kv on the motor the larger or higher number you want the final drive to be so you can take advantage of the high revs the motor will give..
but if you have a lower kv motor then the motor wont spin that fast but will have TONS of torque so the lower final drive number is best
put it this way.. in the detta if i were to use a 8000kv motor then i would have to have it geared at something like 11 or 10/49
but if it is a lower kv motor (3900kv) then 19/41 is best
with this the 3900kv motor will be faster.. in theory
Ok... so you are saying the lower the kV the more accel but the higher the kV the more top end?
Does this go the same with brushed motors as well? (I won't be using brushless)
Thanks
EDIT: What gearing should I use with the vr3? (I think thats what its called, the supposed fastest brushed motor) Would 11/45 be good? Well maybe 13/45 dunno
I cannot seem to find Vendetta 49 and 41 spur gears... Where the hell do you get them?
Oh and it says in the manual, you have to screw in the motor at a dif position according to your gearing. But, the only motor mount inserts I can find online are the 2 slot ones, meaning I can only use 13T and 19T gears... Where can I find 3 slot ones?
I was mainly looking at tower hobbies, any other places that have those items?
lol I know this is an old thread but Id like to ask anyway incase someone can help. Im from South Africa and the 41 tooth spur gear will be hard to find, will running 21/45 instead do any harm? e.g heat or too much load on the motor? Im running a gh3600 with a 3s lipo