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Old 12-28-2018 | 06:20 PM
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racemechanix
 
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Yes, a normal 3080 motor has 6 connections on the end which allow the user to connect to the ESC via Delta(triangle) or Wye (star).
This 3080 has each of three phases split in half and all the connections are brought out to the end.
As an example, assume each phase has 5 turns and 20 strands in hand. Normally the 20 strands are twisted and brought out the end, one where it starts and one where it ends.
In this motor, the 20 strands are split into 10+10. Instead of 6 ends coming out, there are 12. If you connected the adjacent pairs together it would resemble the 6 connections electrically speaking.
The idea behind this motor was to allow twin ESC's to drive very high currents for high output. A typical 3080/5 connected in Delta on 10S can pull close to 1000A. Splitting the current into two paths would allow more available controllers to be used.
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