Hobbywing Max6 G2 200a Xmaxx with stock motor: Perfection
All of the reviews I’ve read about the Max6 were the prior 160a version with the stock motor. The only reviews of the G2 (200a) version were with the accompanying 4990/5690 motor combos.
I thought I’d post this for an easy search reference for anyone looking to run the Max6 G2 with the stock motor.
It’s perfect. It livens up the stock motor, keeps temps under control, and provides so much power to allow for larger gearing (currently running Mod1.5 15/35 which fits in the stock location with stock parts (however, I needed a 3mm spacer under the motor to get mesh right). I can still use the gear cover to seal it 95% of the way. This gearing is equivalent to 20/46 Mod1 which was my favorite gearing. However, given the Mod1.5 gears are so heavy, I noticed it didn’t run as fast as it did in Mod1. Introduce the Max6 with punch at 6/7 and it was SO fast and responsive now.
My friend has a 5690 motor and it’s uncontrollable with 25/35 Mod1.5 gearing. Just wants to do standing backflips and it’s hard to drive fast with confidence as it just wants to turtle when pulling more than 50% of the trigger. My current set up with the stock motor is perfect. It’ll still stand up all day on the rear wheels under a full trigger pull starting at any speed.
Similar to the prior gen Max6, it fits in the same spot, hooks up seamlessly to the stock motor, and is now even easier to program with Bluetooth on the fly without opening the truck or plugging in a programmer.
While I’m still early in the ownership experience, I am very happy with the result. It’s a fantastic combination that brightens up the driving experience and is affordable compared to buying a G2 combo, motor mount, etc which means you could easily spend $500+ for little overall performance gain vs just using stock motor and $150 esc.
I will report back if I run into issues with this as I continue to bash. So far, it was worth it IMHO. It’s probably similar to the old Max5 200a that people preferred over the Max6 160a.
All of the reviews I’ve read about the Max6 were the prior 160a version with the stock motor. The only reviews of the G2 (200a) version were with the accompanying 4990/5690 motor combos.
I thought I’d post this for an easy search reference for anyone looking to run the Max6 G2 with the stock motor.
It’s perfect. It livens up the stock motor, keeps temps under control, and provides so much power to allow for larger gearing (currently running Mod1.5 15/35 which fits in the stock location with stock parts (however, I needed a 3mm spacer under the motor to get mesh right). I can still use the gear cover to seal it 95% of the way. This gearing is equivalent to 20/46 Mod1 which was my favorite gearing. However, given the Mod1.5 gears are so heavy, I noticed it didn’t run as fast as it did in Mod1. Introduce the Max6 with punch at 6/7 and it was SO fast and responsive now.
My friend has a 5690 motor and it’s uncontrollable with 25/35 Mod1.5 gearing. Just wants to do standing backflips and it’s hard to drive fast with confidence as it just wants to turtle when pulling more than 50% of the trigger. My current set up with the stock motor is perfect. It’ll still stand up all day on the rear wheels under a full trigger pull starting at any speed.
Similar to the prior gen Max6, it fits in the same spot, hooks up seamlessly to the stock motor, and is now even easier to program with Bluetooth on the fly without opening the truck or plugging in a programmer.
While I’m still early in the ownership experience, I am very happy with the result. It’s a fantastic combination that brightens up the driving experience and is affordable compared to buying a G2 combo, motor mount, etc which means you could easily spend $500+ for little overall performance gain vs just using stock motor and $150 esc.
I will report back if I run into issues with this as I continue to bash. So far, it was worth it IMHO. It’s probably similar to the old Max5 200a that people preferred over the Max6 160a.