Traxxas 1/16 E-Revo VXL Speed Runs using iPhone Speedometer App

Did some testing with different battery setups and was not to happy with what I found using the supplied "speed" 23T pinion. I did some more testing using the 28T pinion that comes installed on it. Traxxas says you shouldn't use that pinion because it could cause motor damage and heat issues but I did it anyway and I was very impressed. In order to hit 50mph with the nimh batteries I had to use that pinion. Then I used two 2s packs in series and I clocked 60mph!! When I ran the two 2s packs on the 23T pinion I only clocked 46mph. Just gotta watch temps and not run it with that much power to much.

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• Traxxas
• E-Revo
• 1/16
• 4s
• 2s
• VXL

[thesayers133]

The speedy won't run 4s in lipo mode hence you need to lie to it or trick it to run 4s

[orangefit07]

Yeah I know. I don't have the mini revo anymore though.

[thesayers133]

As lessons97 said, break in the motor, I've been running my 1:16 slash for about four days now on single 2s (I don't like how you need to lie to it to run 4s) and only now is it getting silly, plus if the LiPos are new they take about 10 cycles to be able to put out the claimed C rate

[orangefit07]

It's not a brushed motor so it doesn't need to but broken in. Maybe a few runs but the main thing was probably the batteries. It usually takes a few cycles to be top notch not 10. I am not a newbie so I know how rc electronics work. Also what do you mean by "lie" about 4s??

[angeloreyes27]

u got the extra diff installed?? its hardly wheelies!! i want that for mine

[orangefit07]

Nope. It actually does wheelies all the time. Depends on which battery you have in it. The lipos make it wheelie a lot.

[jessecon5]

Great great video man. Perfect!

Can't u blow out your motor with two lipos??

[hitmanjoe12]

So that's the stock gearing? Which has better acceleration?? Please reply

[ktm22485]

Oops 1/16 slash

[ktm22485]

Try the 1/16 pushrods they will lower it perfectly without messing with the springs works great and easyer

[ttr6611]

I run it with two 3S (Orion, 25 C 1300mAh) in parallel, rest all stock (no speed pinion) and the result is 52 mph. Speed checked with a garmin foretrex. Cheeting the esc to run two 7,4 Lipos serial: May be by just not setting it into low voltage protection mode . . . .

But I would rather try out some other 11,1V Lipos with 40 C and 1800 mAh and mount the speed pinion. But before, I will try to get the body to a lower setup by using other springs, If anybody has a recommendation on that . . . .

[deegrk0]

I doubt that iPhone is right get a real speed gun its better

[Bass2Bucks]

so if i run two 2s lipos in parallel it will go 35mph. so can i leave it all stock gearing?

[MrDrob08]

@orangefit07 I think its funny how you say your not a newbie but you dont know what we mean by ''lie about 4s'' BTW what they mean by lie is to trick the esc into accepting the high voltage of 4s. the esc is desighned for 3s max and they must trick it to get it to accepts 14.8 volts!

[puffmonster689]

Which speedodmeter app is it

[GODnSPEED]

THOSE 4S RUNS WERE WELL OVER 50mph EASILY!

THAT IPHONE APP (ROBBED YOU) BRO!