anyone else having issues with traxxas slash motors picking up pebbles?

2 of my customers who recently purchased slashes have had problems with the titan motor picking up pebbles and breaking the motor. Havent heard of this before any one else had this problem?

we have gone though a bakers dozen of the 12Ts... none blew over pebbles... but a good measure is that they do a couple things... one carry a spare with them to run... and two spray down the motor with motor spray and then oil the bushings with a decent machine oil... its possible that the motors could have been saved if they pulled maintainence at the end of their day of running...

:twisted: Sorry to say they are junk! I am a r/c tech for s-n-h watervliet and i've seen an heard it all! they are good on carpet and hard packed clay. Dirt dust,metal in dirt,stones and even the occasional hung brush! junk junk :!:

Ledfinger wrote::twisted: Sorry to say they are junk! I am a r/c tech for s-n-h watervliet and i've seen an heard it all! they are good on carpet and hard packed clay. Dirt dust,metal in dirt,stones and even the occasional hung brush! junk junk :!:

agreed

before i converted my slash to the brushless system i went through 3 of these motors and i agree they are junk.

TRASH! mGo Velineon Brushless!!!! It is the ONLY way to go!!!!1

i just scooped up my slash 4x4...and the velenion is great...but i think the ballistic system or the gtb novak system will be dropped in mine.

drebies wrote:i just scooped up my slash 4x4...and the velenion is great...but i think the ballistic system or the gtb novak system will be dropped in mine.

I hear the ballistic motor works well with the Velineon speed control. That is the combo I am putting in my Blitz.

RRazz4x4 wrote:before i converted my slash to the brushless system i went through 3 of these motors and i agree they are junk.

I am curious what upkeep and maintainence you did on the three motors you blew up? We have had motors last a full season as long as you maintain them...

orgnoi1 wrote:

RRazz4x4 wrote:before i converted my slash to the brushless system i went through 3 of these motors and i agree they are junk.

I am curious what upkeep and maintainence you did on the three motors you blew up? We have had motors last a full season as long as you maintain them...

in the case of my motors that went it happened to be a faulty esc allowing to much juice to the motor (debris wasnt the culprit)

drebies wrote:i just scooped up my slash 4x4...and the velenion is great...but i think the ballistic system or the gtb novak system will be dropped in mine.

go tekin esc and a nice 13.5 your truck well fly more then teh Vsystem or the GTB ..
make sure if you can do it get the tekin pro esc its unlmited turns the rs itself is just down to 5 turns .. they say 4 with a xtra cap on it ..


and ken the qutoes colr if you go with a grayish sliver color .... would be nice on the eyes then the blasting blue lol

4 The Pink Racing wrote:

drebies wrote:i just scooped up my slash 4x4...and the velenion is great...but i think the ballistic system or the gtb novak system will be dropped in mine.

go tekin esc and a nice 13.5 your truck well fly more then teh Vsystem or the GTB ..
make sure if you can do it get the tekin pro esc its unlmited turns the rs itself is just down to 5 turns .. they say 4 with a xtra cap on it ..


and ken the qutoes colr if you go with a grayish sliver color .... would be nice on the eyes then the blasting blue lol

i second the change of color that bluish color hurts the eyes.

and i will be putting the havoc 3s esc paired with novak ballistic 13.5
should be stupid fast....ive been looking into some tekin stuff...is that esc better than the havoc 3s i have...?

yes its 100 times better ... i race them in EDMs and we all use them that or the mamba .. 100 times better ..

more power to the motor..

computer programable with updates n free updates

there is always something better....heh

goto comp hobby monday nite and ask what ESC they all run .. and what they think about the others.. all iam sayin .. enough

4 The Pink Racing wrote:goto comp hobby monday nite and ask what ESC they all run .. and what they think about the others.. all iam sayin .. enough

why...i dont race...dont you think my setup is good enough power source for bashing...or will the difference be so substantial that i will never go back to any esc but tekin...im sorry i should of said i was not a racer to begin with.

is this post about a brushed motor getting dirt and rocks in it?? Duh it's common sense.. drive in dirt and rocks = things get dirty