Hi,
Took the heap out for its first run today.



Its running a silver can with a small 2400 Mah Lipo which just about fits. Running with the small Lipo, its so much faster than I was expecting

Duane.

Hi,

The mystery of the crazy fast sand scorcher has been solved - the silver can I picked wasn't a silver can. I just grabbed a motor from my parts box without paying much attention and have been running the sand scorcher on a 19 Turn motor - I did think the run times weren't very good from the small LIPO.

The motor is being driven by a Tamiya TEU104BK with the 20T gearing so I have been really lucky to get away without frying the ESC Especially as its been driven in soft sand.

I will put a Tamiya Lightly Tuned in now, its about the same RPM as a silver can but has a lot more torque which should keep things moving in the sand.

Duane.

Action shot looks great Duane! I guess the sand alredy showed how much power you got inside the scorcher.. keep us posted

Hi Jay,
Now that you mention it, looking back at the picture its pretty clear that there is more than a silver can at work. All the time I was driving the car I was thinking back to some threads I had read about people putting 13T brushless motors in Sand Scorchers and thinking 'this thing is crazy fast, why would anyone want something hotter than a silver can in it !'

I was fun though, once the car got up to speed it kind of skipped over the sand like a fast boat goes across the tops of the waves.

Now that I have had time to think about it, it would be nice to keep some of the speed so I will probably do like everyone else and put a 13T hobbywing into it.

I have been trying to get the family to catch a jump on camera, no luck so far but the kids are really enjoying 'helping' ;-) to build the jumps.

Duane.