Rhino AM32 Crawler 80a ESC and Holmes-Hobbies 540-L Revolver. I love this combo. The Rhino esc is good for 8s, but it'll never see anything more than 4s from me.
Oh, definitely. 3s is plenty. I ran 4s for years, probably 10-11 years ago till about 4 years ago. It was never necessary. I did like the extra wheel speed on my brushed rigs and my early outrunner rigs. 2-speeds and brushless and also the leds and winches just worked better with 3s. I run a couple of huge Holmes-Hobbies 4274S 1/8th motors that have massive 1/6th size rotor in them in a couple TRX4's....I don't think they'd stay together if I ran them on 4s. I don't think the bigger Cross Tow-Truck would handle the extra out-put that 540-L would make on 4s very long. I honestly think it has as much torque as the 4274S motors...not the horses but torque-density.
That's a good question. I'm pretty sure I dropped 3 teeth down from the stock pinion. That was it. And I cut a small X in the esc shrink wrap and clicked the bec up to 7.4. I checked the Cross RC servos that do the shifting of the 2-speed and diff locks, they are good for 7.4. Double check my earlier video where I actually install and test this set-up, just to make sure.
this has removed all doubt about getting a RhinoESC for my Emo X3 now LOL Curious about the gear chatter, were you able to elimate that chatter or do you know what is causing it?
Don't take :gear chatter" as a bad thing. It's a word I got from John Holmes. It just means "all you're hearing is the gears moving." The Ryino is nearly a completely quiet esc. This video was done in about 70° weather. The motor and esc were fine with the stock 14t pinion. However, I don't it about a month ago in 90+ weather and both esc and motor got hot. I did several things to resolve the issue. I replaced the 1950kv 540-L Revolver with a 1400kv Revolver. I dropped the pinion.from.a 14t to a 10t. Lastly, I cut off the plastic from the heatsink on the esc. Any two of these most likely wouldn't fixed the heat. But I like to be on the far side of reliable. And the drop in pinion and lower kv , it's still plenty fast. The 14t pinion and 1950kv motor, honestly it was too fast for a trail/crawler rig. The 1400kv Revolver is my favorite outrunner anyway.
@@tomlucasrccrawlers9108 Thank you for that, I was wondering about the heat from these ESCs and motors on these larger rigs too. a lot of the Rhino stuff is used on comp crawlers and really light rigs, so sounds like with the right motor and pinion it shouldnt be a problem. I will likely get a couple different pinions now to play with when I do make the purchase. Really good info, thank you!
@mackmcd8725 The 1400 & 1000kv Revolver draws very little amps. They are such torque-dense motors and don't take much for them to move a heavy rig. My wife driving my Son's 10 pound TRX4 with a 1400kv Revolver and a 2200mAh battery will run for 3 hours. I have a 1000kv Revolver in my 30-pound BC8 Mammoth and just swapped out to a Ryino esc. I used it at Pro-Line By The Fire a couple of weeks ago with no heating issues at all.
thats awesome
Rhino AM32 Crawler 80a ESC and Holmes-Hobbies 540-L Revolver.
I love this combo. The Rhino esc is good for 8s, but it'll never see anything more than 4s from me.
I’m just running 3s and that’s plenty
Oh, definitely. 3s is plenty. I ran 4s for years, probably 10-11 years ago till about 4 years ago. It was never necessary. I did like the extra wheel speed on my brushed rigs and my early outrunner rigs. 2-speeds and brushless and also the leds and winches just worked better with 3s. I run a couple of huge Holmes-Hobbies 4274S 1/8th motors that have massive 1/6th size rotor in them in a couple TRX4's....I don't think they'd stay together if I ran them on 4s. I don't think the bigger Cross Tow-Truck would handle the extra out-put that 540-L would make on 4s very long. I honestly think it has as much torque as the 4274S motors...not the horses but torque-density.
Made me think of the Stubby Bob episode of Roadkill.
Hahaha. I remember that episode. Whatever happened to that truck?
@@tomlucasrccrawlers9108 last I saw they had it under a tarp in a storage lot. It's time they brought it back.
Did you change any of the gearing ?
I’ll be at the hobby shop Saturday and I’ll look into the Combo your running
Very impressive 👍
That's a good question. I'm pretty sure I dropped 3 teeth down from the stock pinion. That was it. And I cut a small X in the esc shrink wrap and clicked the bec up to 7.4. I checked the Cross RC servos that do the shifting of the 2-speed and diff locks, they are good for 7.4.
Double check my earlier video where I actually install and test this set-up, just to make sure.
this has removed all doubt about getting a RhinoESC for my Emo X3 now LOL
Curious about the gear chatter, were you able to elimate that chatter or do you know what is causing it?
Don't take :gear chatter" as a bad thing. It's a word I got from John Holmes. It just means "all you're hearing is the gears moving." The Ryino is nearly a completely quiet esc.
This video was done in about 70° weather. The motor and esc were fine with the stock 14t pinion. However, I don't it about a month ago in 90+ weather and both esc and motor got hot. I did several things to resolve the issue. I replaced the 1950kv 540-L Revolver with a 1400kv Revolver. I dropped the pinion.from.a 14t to a 10t. Lastly, I cut off the plastic from the heatsink on the esc.
Any two of these most likely wouldn't fixed the heat. But I like to be on the far side of reliable. And the drop in pinion and lower kv , it's still plenty fast. The 14t pinion and 1950kv motor, honestly it was too fast for a trail/crawler rig. The 1400kv Revolver is my favorite outrunner anyway.
@@tomlucasrccrawlers9108 Thank you for that, I was wondering about the heat from these ESCs and motors on these larger rigs too. a lot of the Rhino stuff is used on comp crawlers and really light rigs, so sounds like with the right motor and pinion it shouldnt be a problem. I will likely get a couple different pinions now to play with when I do make the purchase. Really good info, thank you!
@mackmcd8725 The 1400 & 1000kv Revolver draws very little amps. They are such torque-dense motors and don't take much for them to move a heavy rig. My wife driving my Son's 10 pound TRX4 with a 1400kv Revolver and a 2200mAh battery will run for 3 hours.
I have a 1000kv Revolver in my 30-pound BC8 Mammoth and just swapped out to a Ryino esc. I used it at Pro-Line By The Fire a couple of weeks ago with no heating issues at all.