Dog's New Mamba 18B
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:39 am
It's been awhile since I did anything new, and my racing buddies have been on me to get back into off-road ....so I have taken the side yard (was really brush, weeds, and small scrub trees) and transformed it into a free-style 1/18th scale off-road track, and then picked up a couple of Pro-Pulses and a Mamba powered RC18B.
You may have read my review on the Pro-Pulse, which is a good car for the money.....but I wanted something rock solid, has readily available parts, good handling, and an ample performer (meaning I wanted a bit more than stock speed, but didn't want to have to change brushes in a mod motor all the time, and wanted to be able to dial the motor to the power setting I wanted) this really only left one obivous choice....Brushless.
With the current pricing as low as $100, I couldn't pass up this oportunity. The first choice I had to make was how fast did I really NEED to go? The Mamba 25 combos start with the 42K motor which is about stock speed with a 6 cell pack but with longer run times, the 54K is quite a bit faster than stock with a 6 cell, still has great run time, and things can start to get really interesting with a 7 cell or 2/3 Lipo pack (this is about where I wanted to be for speed and run time) Then come the 64K, and 80K motors....great for speed runs, large ovals, and serious racing, but way to hot for the size track we are running on (approx 25X60 ft)
I went with the 54K, it is very nice, plenty of power, good speed (which is adjustable through settings in the ESC)
Will be giving some better impressions after tomorrows GTG when I unleash this on the other racers and see how it actually compares head to head with the other cars.........
....Hey Superfly! When you gonna get a 18 and come out and play? Call me and lets race!
Now the pics:
RC18B Mamba Powered, 54K motor
RC18B Mamba 25 ESC
Dogbreath Racing RC18B/Mamba with fresh paint
Dog's Free-Style Off-Road Track
Dog's Free-Style Off-Road Track 2
You may have read my review on the Pro-Pulse, which is a good car for the money.....but I wanted something rock solid, has readily available parts, good handling, and an ample performer (meaning I wanted a bit more than stock speed, but didn't want to have to change brushes in a mod motor all the time, and wanted to be able to dial the motor to the power setting I wanted) this really only left one obivous choice....Brushless.
With the current pricing as low as $100, I couldn't pass up this oportunity. The first choice I had to make was how fast did I really NEED to go? The Mamba 25 combos start with the 42K motor which is about stock speed with a 6 cell pack but with longer run times, the 54K is quite a bit faster than stock with a 6 cell, still has great run time, and things can start to get really interesting with a 7 cell or 2/3 Lipo pack (this is about where I wanted to be for speed and run time) Then come the 64K, and 80K motors....great for speed runs, large ovals, and serious racing, but way to hot for the size track we are running on (approx 25X60 ft)
I went with the 54K, it is very nice, plenty of power, good speed (which is adjustable through settings in the ESC)
Will be giving some better impressions after tomorrows GTG when I unleash this on the other racers and see how it actually compares head to head with the other cars.........
....Hey Superfly! When you gonna get a 18 and come out and play? Call me and lets race!
Now the pics:
RC18B Mamba Powered, 54K motor
RC18B Mamba 25 ESC
Dogbreath Racing RC18B/Mamba with fresh paint
Dog's Free-Style Off-Road Track
Dog's Free-Style Off-Road Track 2
