"Y" Harness for 2 Motors 1 ESC

[Ian_Gsi16V 533]

Hi,

Considering bringing my stock clod out of retirement, now I remember when I first had the clod I knocked up a Y harness to run both silver cans off my ESC which worked fine

I remember it being extremly crude though Is one available to purchase now as we didn't have the Internet way back in '95/96

[mongoose1983 3335]

Hi there. That was a pretty common mod back in the good old 90's. Here's a scan off the RCCA magazine with all the information you'll ever need to run your Clod and keep your money in your pockets.

[XV Pilot 1936]

My brother-in-law and nephew both run Y-harnesses made up of a pair of Tamiya motor leads soldered to the female motor connections cut from the stock dual-motor MSC.

This allows them to retain the stock bullet connectors on their ESCs and motors.

With some half-decent soldering and a bit of heatshrink tubing as insulation, they look quite professional.

[Ian_Gsi16V 533]

That's awesome guys [emoji2] thanks [emoji106]

[WillyChang 1814]

Bear in mind front needs to run reversed? Not quite sure if polarity of front in diagram is correct, if you're relying on motor markings.

Old Clod has the Power/Economy switch; I looked up the SuperClod manual and MSC is hard wired for twin motor parallel - it's got yellow/green for rear and red/black for the front.

https://www.pololu.com/file/0J232/super_clod_buster_manual.pdf

[mongoose1983 3335]

Here's more useful info from the archives.

[Ian_Gsi16V 533]

Great! I am just starting to look at this now I have my clod running again!

Any hints on where I could purchase wire and bullet connectors to make up a Y cable? I have checked eBay but I can't seem to get the search terms right

Edit - Just found a Motor Y lead on the Modelsport website and ordered it

[94eg! 834]

If you want to run mod motors, you can set up the front one with opposite timing from the rear. That means if your rear motor is set +20 degrees, then your front motor should be set -20. You must have two of the same motor for this to work.

[Ian_Gsi16V 533]

If you want to run mod motors, you can set up the front one with opposite timing from the rear. That means if your rear motor is set +20 degrees, then your front motor should be set -20. You must have two of the same motor for this to work.

I don't have any plans to run modded motors in it tbh, just wanted to use an ESC really without having to purchase a dual motor ESC.

Thanks for the tip though

Cable turned up last week and does exactly what it is meant to do

[Nitomor 2122]

I'm planning to run a waterproof 12T HPI lipo compatible esc in my Dual Hunter with two Tamiya 23T motors. I know that is pushing the turn limit of the ESC by 0.5T but I'm hoping the rating is a touch on the conservative side! The modelsport Y lead should do the trick nicely.

Cheers

Nito

[mongoose1983 3335]

Cable turned up last week and does exactly what it is meant to do

Great! Can you share some pictures of your Clod Buster ESC set up, Ian?

[Ian_Gsi16V 533]

Great! Can you share some pictures of your Clod Buster ESC set up, Ian?

No problem, all I have at the minute is this one but I will get more once I tidy it up - this was just to get it running and tested.