E-savage Esc Limit And Charger Limit

[tamiya monkey]

does anyone know what motor limit the esc has in the hpi e-savage, plus what cap will the charger do, the car comes with 3300mah nimhs just wanted to run some 4200 mah or so

[Helen]

does anyone know what motor limit the esc has in the hpi e-savage, plus what cap will the charger do, the car comes with 3300mah nimhs just wanted to run some 4200 mah or so

Cant find the motor limit anywhere, Id say the charger could handle 4200mah. Heres a link, although Ive look on may sites and know where does it say the mah limit but I think you'd be fine

http://www.hotbodiesonline.net/escape_gt.html

I found this about the esc..

This is an HPI Racing HPI309 GT Electronic Speed Controller with reverse. This is the speed controller that comes stock in the E-Savage. It accepts power input from two 7.2V batteries (14.4V total), and can power two HPI GT550 motors. It is rated for a maximum current of 160A (forward or reverse), and braking current of 320A. It features automatic setup. Please note, this ESC will not function properly with Futaba High Response radio systems.

Sorry I couldn't help more.

[tamiya monkey]

thanks for that helen.

regards mark x

[jozza]

I'm not sure about the ESC limit (I've just recently blown mine up after 2 years of running on the stock cans, but it was my fault as I hadn't paid attention to it and the drivetrain was not particularly clean or free running), but the charger will handle 4200 sticks fine, as it's a peak charger so it will keep going until the stick packs are fully charged.

I have found that the charger can be prone to false peaking sometimes, especially if the packs aren't balanced up, so it's worth giving them a discharge/recharge cycle on a better quality charger, or discharging them singly in a Tamiya car before recharging them every now and then.

[DV350]

does anyone know what motor limit the esc has in the hpi e-savage, plus what cap will the charger do, the car comes with 3300mah nimhs just wanted to run some 4200 mah or so

im running 4600mah nimhs no problems with the esc, the only problem is keeping the front wheels on the ground EXCELLENT!