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Old 16-06-2011
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Originally Posted by Tony G View Post
My only concern, is, if we run brushless, and we blow a motor, it will cost far more to replace a brushless motor than a saturn 20t motor, as I do not run brushless normaly, are the brushless capable of doing 24hrs without going up in smoke? our team went through 5 motors in total, with the 6th in the car at the finish, our cost for motors was £50.00 for the event (1 motor came with the car) will the costs for the brushless work out the same? or will it be higher?
We (team shambles) have used the same 10.5 brushless motor for 2x 24hr events + 3-4 smaller endurance and had no problems

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We have a team that would race.. although we would rather not blow a load of cash on an HPI to race there, but would run a similar spec car like an Ansmann ARE-2 Would that be acceptable? (obvioulsy the same motor/esc as others)
we've the same idea
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