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Old 08-24-2004, 11:44 PM
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Default Electric Motor Primer

Where's the primer article or website to figure all this electric stuff out. I need to learn more. I want to get a shocky but I need to understand how you tell one electric motor is more powerful than another. Or, do I need 2 cell LiPoly or 3 cell.

I need a basic primer to understanding electrics
How do you tell what kind of electric motor to get?
What size and number of batteries?
Does the radio RX run off the single battery and how does it draw that current...through the speed controller?

Take this one example


I posted this on another forum...but I think it belongs here. Everyone is telling me to get an AXI for the Shocky...but WHY?
I'm looking out there and there is a boat load of motors.

Take
[link=http://www.aeromicro.com/Catalog/himax_brushless_motor__2015-2800_3298458.htm]Himax Brushless Motor [/link]
No one even talks about this one...weighs about the same, $20 cheaper.

How do you compare the output of these electric motors....whats the secret, why is one better than another?

Is this just a general feeling that folks have gotten from trying these particular motors or is there any hard science for saying that AXI is better.

This is so much harder than Glow!