Tamiya Aeromax brushless upgrade question.

[Cooper]

Hey guys, I'm building a heavy Haul truck. I want to go with a brushless setup as I was told it is smoother. What are you guys using? Are you using the standard gearbox? Running something along the lines of a crawler motor? And gearbox? Just want some ideas of what others are using. I'm not in need of a fast truck, as it will mostly be run on driveway, stone and dirt road.

[Backlash]

I'm still using brushed motors and stock gearboxes in all of my trucks.. The Motors are mostly HPI 55/65 turn units, with a few customs ones thrown in..

There may be some information on brushless motors in this thread that may help.. http://www.rctruckandconstruction.com/showthread.php?t=8778

Cheers

[Akhogrider]

Brushless motors are good but will need a sensored one Tekin and Novak make some good ones for crawlers.

[egronvold]

If you want a smooth and almost silent setup, you should go for this one to replace the stock motor/ gearbox combo: http://www.servonaut.de/shop/product_info.php?info=p115_servonaut-gm32u450.html
You can get it with a few different ratios and a version for all wheel drive. Add the Servonaut M20+ ESC, and you will get the best driving experience.

[Stuff]

ya you would need a low kv crawler motor.

i have a 5200kv in my F350 dually and I cant even accell half way in 3rd without spinning the rear end around and doing donuts...

[avel]

You have any pictures of your truck build?