Beetleweight Brushless Drive Kit

(1 customer review)

From $195.00

Everything electronically and mechanically you need to get a beetle driving – but with a more premium powerful brushless system – BBB brushless ESCs, FingerTech or Repeat Robotics motors, mounts, hubs & wheels and our full beetle safety kit. Optional BEC, receiver and wiring loom. Just add a lipo and transmitter – we recommend a 3S or 4S 500-850mAh Lipo and a FlySky i6 Transmitter.

24mm brushless gearmotors are geared for speed and power, we recommend running smaller wheel sizes or an extra reduction stage, particularly at 4S – this drive setup was on Joe’s Grab Crab at Rapture 2022 with great success! All metal geared 24mm planetary gearbox, beefy hardened steel 6mm shaft – extra length for bearing support or use rotary tool to cut off excess to save weight.

We recommend you build a chassis from 8-10mm HDPE for the walls and 4-5mm HDPE for lid/base, we have a full beetle build guide here. Any issues or questions during the build, you can email us at bristolbotbuilders@gmail.com or message us on facebook, we’ll be happy to help.
Beetle Brushless Wiring Diagram & Battle Hardening info below!

Select ESC:
Add connectors for ESC to motor:
Select Motor:
1 × Pair of FingerTech Mega Spark Face Mounts
$7.80

8 in stock
Select Wheel Size:
1 × Pair of 6mm FingerTech Twist Hubs
$20.80

9 in stock
Add a Twist Hubs Key:
To smoothly twist on the twist hubs! We made this out of laser cut nylon. Needle nose pliers are another (more scrapey) option.
Add a BEC:
You will need a BEC (Battery Eliminator Circuit) to lower the voltage of your lipo (12V or 16V) down to a safe value for your receiver (5V) and possibly a weapon servo.
Add a Receiver:
The Flysky receiver is intended for the Flysky FS-i6 and other AFHDS 2A transmitters, please check your transmitter supports this before purchasing.
Safety Kit:
1 × XT30 with built in mount
$1.95

60 in stock
XT30 Male Female Pair & Heat Shrink
$1.30

31 in stock
Qty:-+
Select Light:
1 × 30A Fuse Wire (Beetleweight)
$0.00
Add a Wire Loom:
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Beetle Brushless Wiring Diagram

Components in this example: 3S or 4S Lipo, Beetle Safety Kit, Breakout Cable, 20A brushless Drive ESCs, Mega Sparks, BEC and Flysky Reciever.
Image made by Team DSC.

Battle Hardening

From FingerTech:
As with every gearmotor, it is best practice to remove all the screws and reassemble using loctite. A small dab on each screw will be enough to keep them from vibrating loose.
– Since the gearboxes are packed with grease, it will need to be cleaned off of the eight small Phillips screws before applying the loctite.
– Even better than loctite is a product called Vibra-Tite VC-3. Apply it to the screw threads, wait 30min, and it will harden to a plastic-like coating. Since it hardens before touching the greasy gearbox threads, it can do a better job of holding the screws in place.

1 review for Beetleweight Brushless Drive Kit

  1. Paul Vitolins (verified owner) –

    Joe and the Bristol Bot Builders know just what it takes to support builders around the globe. I’ve just competed in my first tournament at NHRL this past September, and this kit performed very well. My chassis and armor? Not so much.

    If you’ve ever wanted to get started building and aren’t sure where to start, OR are looking to effortlessly upgrade to a powerful, nimble and compact drive train…this is the one.

    Thanks for the great parts, and the detailed guides to build my confidence in the sport.

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