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Randell Martin - Rating:  |
Thursday, November 11, 2010 |
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This system is off the chain. You can really feel the torque side of the motor. It is easy to install and setup. Don't use the screws that come with the combo use the screws that come out of your Traxxas VXL system and tighten them down all the way to clear the motor mount. This thing screams on 2s lipo just remember to monitor your motor and esc temps periodically. Castle Creations has top notch technical support. You wiil not regret investing in this system, |
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| 8 of 8 customers found this review helpful. |
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Ole Dog - Rating:  Verified Owner |
Monday, July 04, 2011 |
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Performance seems similar to VXL with same gearing. Temps approx 40 degrees f lower. Day: 91 degrees f, track loose top with sand on top (low traction), track temp about 110, Traxxas Slash 4x4 2s lipo, 13x54 gearing, Caliber m3 tires. VXL, motor 218 avg, ESC 196 avg 2 battery run, 15 minutes between runs. Sidewinder, motor 168 avg, ESC 172 avg 2 battery run, 10 minutes between runs. No fans for cooling were used for either setup in this case. Point: runs much cooler for similar performance[More…] |
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| 5 of 5 customers found this review helpful. |
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| Foxy - RCU - Rating: |
Monday, June 11, 2012 |
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Hiya folks. I felt I needed to say a couple of words here because reading the other reviews leads me to understand that people don't quite 'get' what this system offers over 'other' 540 systems, such as the velineon for example. If you swapped out your velineon or other system for this system with no other changes, you'd get roughly the same performance, except it would run cooler and give you better battery duration. Where this system absolutely leaves the 2-pole 540 motors behind is on torque.[More…] |
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| 4 of 5 customers found this review helpful. |
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| Ewen Furze - Rating: Verified Owner |
Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
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Just put this in my XXX-SCT, and wow!
Amazing. Not too fast that it's unusable, but an excellent amount of power in standard setup.
Highly recommend! |
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| 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful. |
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| Eric Nutt - Rating: Verified Owner |
Saturday, February 19, 2011 |
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For the slash 4x4 people, the ESC has a very cheap feel to it, but after a day at the track it seems pretty good. I run 15/54 on both the vxl and this setup, and the castle system seems a little faster on the top end, and has more torque. I ran a whole 6k 2s through it and the temps were 125 on the motor and 160 on the esc. I hooked it up to the laptop with the castle link, and it worked great, lots of tuning options. Thats my main reason for upgrading, and at 100 bucks, its a great bargain. At [More…] |
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| 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful. |
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| Nazarov Vlad - Rating: Verified Owner |
Saturday, August 27, 2011 |
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i put in my Firestorm and so much tork that i can do a backflip and wheelie and many other interesting thing
p.s. sorry about english |
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| 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful. |
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Jeff - Rating:  Verified Owner |
Monday, July 11, 2011 |
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Well, installed it programmed nice and easy it ran for about 6 min total and now just a steady flashing green light from speed control no matter what adjustments, batteries etc thats all I get - steering works though. I have been trying to get ahold of castle for help but my work hours and theirs make it tough. When it was working it turned my Losi SCT into a rocket it was like driving a whole new truck. Only 3 stars because I have only been able to use it for 6min. |
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| 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful. |
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| Richie - Rating: Verified Owner |
Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
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Put this motor in a slash 4x4 instead of the velineon which took a crap. I used a mmp for the esc instead of the esc the combo comes with-all i have to say is "WOW" this motor screams! I'm using a 17t pinion and a 54t spur gear-tremendous torque and blistering top speed! You won't regret getting this combo! It's even faster than my ballistic 550 4.5 with a 14mm rotor! All I have to say is Go For It! |
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| 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful. |
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| Victor Miller - Rating: |
Monday, March 21, 2011 |
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had this system on a 4x4 slash for a couple of months racing at local track. this is "THE" motor for short course racing. Punch (torc) is awsome, top end great running 14/54 nobody pulls on me no matter what they run or how much it cost. The speed control however needs a little something. fryed my esc in two weekends took castle 5 weeks to get it back, but it is brand new with some obvious updates, like taller cooling fins. Pair this motor up with the mamba max pro esc and it is an awsome [More…] |
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| 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful. |
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| steven thorkveen - Rating: Verified Owner |
Sunday, January 30, 2011 |
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this thing makes my kyosho ultima sc fly love it! my reedy 5000 lipo lasts all most 30 min. and never gets hot its great! |
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| 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful. |
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| Allen Esparza - Rating: Verified Owner |
Sunday, March 03, 2013 |
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I put this motor and controller into an ECX Torment and let me tell you the only bad thing about it was the motor had so much power it basically required me to replace everthing from inside the gear box to the wheel wells! Great Power and an awesome addition for someone wanting to get into Brushless power and Lipo. |
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| Robert Vercruysse - Rating: |
Monday, September 24, 2012 |
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Great combo runs cool on the track with tons of power. Works great with xxx-sct I race it open 2wd and stay towards the front of the pack... |
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| Steven Snow - Rating: |
Monday, August 08, 2011 |
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Absolutely awesome system! Has a lot of torque and power and the motor runs really cool but the ESC runs hot. So to keep it from thermaling just put the fan over the ESC. Great for any 4wd sct buggy and truck. Highly recomended |
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| Jason Johnson - Rating: |
Thursday, July 28, 2011 |
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Great combo. Put this in the Losi XXX-SCT, with stock spur and a 16t pinon. Motor stays at ambient temp, with ESC running a little warmer after a full pack. Great performance for the money.
Has an issue with the ESC, called Castle, sent it in for warranty repair, let them know I had a big race coming up, within 2 days I had a new ESC shipped to me, 3 days after that, it was at my door. Great customer service! Has made me a Castle customer for life with their service. |
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| 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful. |
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matt Doherty - Rating:  |
Sunday, July 17, 2011 |
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I ran this in my sc10 brushless truck and it was about the same speed as the stock 3300 but with a little more torque. The ESC has horrible brakes or at least it seems like it. I upgraded to the Mamba Max Pro ESC and it made ALL the difference. I now have that setup in my 4X4 SC10 and I LOVE it. I can hang with the 550 guys in the straights, I have brakes set at 50% and it does indo's, and my temps are running 130-140 which is WAY cooler than the 550 guys who are constantly having heat issues. |
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| Brandyn Phillips - Rating: |
Saturday, July 02, 2011 |
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this combo has proved to be amazing in my first several weeks of use (Bashing and Racing). its in my slash 2wd, once i used the castle field link to turn the timing all the way up i was able to slightly outperform a slash 4x4 both on nimh 4200mAh batteries. As far as racing, which was on a smaller track, it kept up very well with all the brushless open class lipo guys while i was still on protek 4600 6 cell nimh. YES I SAID 6 CELL! unfortunately it seemed to get hot fast (im sure it was the timi[More…] |
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| André Casaroli - Rating: Verified Owner |
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 |
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Great combo for 2WD Short Course Trucks!!! SLASH, BLITZ & SC10... |
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| joseph borgognone - Rating: Verified Owner |
Saturday, May 07, 2011 |
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so far love the power and torque the motor has. the esc is not the best. it does not work well in my losi comp crawler for low speeds but castle has been very helpful other wise |
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| M. Moore - Rating: |
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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Installed in FT SC10 this past weekend running 19/87. Installed the fan over the ESC. On a few runs with different 2s lipos with my Thunderpower 65c being the best battery the hottest the motor got was about 105 degrees. ESC didn't seem to be getting too hot, but will have to reserve judgement until I get it on the track and run it several laps.
The motor in this combo is brutal to say the least. I couldn't keep the front of the truck down with my servo travel set to 100%, so I backed it dow[More…] |
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| David J Roberts JR - Rating: |
Saturday, April 16, 2011 |
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Motor is great and the system worked fine for awhile. I noticed however that it was no faster on grass or street than the Stock slash 4x4 VXL system. I raced someone and we tied every time with stock pinions. They were using an 8.4v NIMH and I was using a Gens Ace 2S 5000mah 40C lipo so perhaps the extra volt was helping them. I upgraded the pinion from 13t to 15t and wow, this thing really started moving.
Then came the bad part. After about 20 minutes of drive on a slightly bigger track than[More…] |
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