Skaldiddog's "Progress"

[SkaldidDog]

Just Rowdy in stretchy pants walking in the door to yoga class is scary enough. Much less when he initiates the "bathing dog" position when all of the ladies in the class are in "down dog".

 

[SkaldidDog]

Burger Time

Hooked up a new gas griddle this weekend. Made 3lbs of meat worth of reubens in one shot. This is gonna be a fun toy. Burger testing coming soon.

J

 

[EeePee]

You bastard.

 

[SkaldidDog]

Jewish Rye, boars head corned beef and kraut, swiss, provolone, 1000 island and brown mustard. Coronas galore and homemade banana bread for dessert.

Tasty bastard.

 

[boosted4lyf]

<----jealous bastard

 

[ROWDY RACING]

<---- Unholy bastard

 

[Frankenwheely]

<---- I was there and ate one Bastard.

 

[SkaldidDog]

Holmes Hobbies Puller 500 Motors

Yesterday a care package arrived from far away. It was these beautiful motors from JRH with a bunch o' springs, brushes and decals. What a great surprise.





He told me they were puller 500s but the devil is in the details. I'll let him chime in and give us the tech and performance skinny. In the meantime they are incredibly light vs. my Team Flow 30T 540's. This pair of 500s weighs 251.38g vs my 540s at 368.28g. That's a weight reduction of 116.9g or 4.12oz (quarter pound with cheeze!!!) between the pair. Damn. Wow. This would put my rig at ~4lb, 9oz. I'm really looking forward to putting this in my rig and shaking them out. I'll keep y'all posted. Thanks again John. Awesome.

J

 

[ittybitty]

Re: Holmes Hobbies Puller 500 Motors

Nice motors Joel...cooked anything on that griddle yet?

 

[SkaldidDog]

Thanks. Oh yeah. Several rounds of fresh ground burgers and some great fish. I should have bought it years ago.

J

 

[tapped-out]

Motors look killer Joel.....

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

What Joel has represents our current most popular lightweight motors. They are the Puller 500 Flow SL, and they are available for sale now. Colors may change.

Holmes Hobbies LLC

Steel Can, lightweight SL version
6061 Aluminum Faceplate
303 Stainless timing screws
N-EH 35 grade Neodymium Magnets
7075 Aluminum Endbell Hardware
3 slot 1/2 skewed armature
Holmes XX springs
Holmes Copper brushes


Specs not listed on the site include Brazed termination, epoxy balancing, 5mm web and 10mm comm, and other finer details that average people don't care to read. As you may notice on the site, there is only the option of motor speed. Everything has been optimized by Team Holmes for peak performance in this weight class. All you REALLY need to know is that they are light, powerful, and the best value available in high performance crawling motors.

 

[SkaldidDog]

That sounds like a recipe for some serious fun. Thanks again John"thumbsup". I'm chomping at the bit to get them in and running. I will wrap the underbellies in teflon so as to not destroy them.

J

 

[Ty]

How are the Voodoos working with the side lugs added? Thanks Ty.

 

[SkaldidDog]

How are the Voodoos working with the side lugs added? Thanks Ty.

Hey Ty,

I like them. They've been the key to some climbs and I've not noticed any downside yet. They are not wearing off like I thought either.

J

 

[Ty]

Good to hear! Thanks for sharing your info. I think I will steal your idea if you don't care. Thanks Ty.

 

[SkaldidDog]

Good to hear! Thanks for sharing your info. I think I will steal your idea if you don't care. Thanks Ty.

Any time. Please do. I go the idea from Manu and switched it up by using carcass squares instead of transplanted stock pins. Hope you like how they work.

J

 

[SkaldidDog]

Holmes Hobbies Puller 500 Motors = Traction Control

Finally installed the motors John sent me last week. Their specifications are below for those that don't feel like reading the earlier post.

Steel Can, lightweight SL version
6061 Aluminum Faceplate
303 Stainless timing screws
N-EH 35 grade Neodymium Magnets
7075 Aluminum Endbell Hardware
3 slot 1/2 skewed armature
Holmes XX springs
Holmes Copper brushes
5mm web, 10mm com.
30t, 3 slot

First impression: WOW:shock:! The big wow is the low speed resolution. The start up control is unreal compared to my previous versions (540/30T Flows/FB12). The weight reduction is pretty significant as well. Due to its weight my rig did not downhill as well as the rolling feathers out there. These motors changed that instantly. The resolution at sub-crawl is so good it acts just like traction control on descents. Nuts! I absolutely love the smooth, quiet sound of them as well. As with all change there is compromise. The motors don't quite have the instant torque from a dead stop or the top speed of my previous motors. Battery life is reduced a little bit as well.







I've never run out of juice on course so less runtime may not be that big of an issue. Because they are so light, the cans will not be as tough as the old ones as well and I'll need to find an alternative to teflon skids to protects the endbell guts. So with these compromises in mind John and I are working to get a little bit of that dead stop torque and top speed back while maintaining this insane resolution. I'll accept a little more weight to achieve this so we should be able to find a happy medium. All in all I'm very happy with these motors and I'll run them for a while to thoroughly shake them out. Man these motors have been an eye opener. Thanks JRH"thumbsup"!


J

 

[ittybitty]

What's the story behind the plate in the bottom of your front transmission?

 

[SkaldidDog]

That's from a long time ago. Dig back in this thread (post#7). Since the motor is elevated in to fit the servo between the motor and axle tube, there was 0.25" of tranny hanging down that I chopped off. The plate is the new bottom to cover the hole.

J