OK...

I'm trying really hard to do this whole "electric motor setup" thing the right way, and I have to agree with those that say it's frustrating.

So I'm trying to find a calculator. I looked here, and found a link to one on-line one. So I went there. And tried to plug in my info. It didn't have the batteries, or the ESC, or the motor I have. And I DON'T have some fly-by-night manufactured hardware.

I say, "OK, this is free, you get what you pay for. I'll plug in my info." I look up the specs of the motor at Tower, but what's listed as specs for the motor aren't listed as calculator input specs. I say "OK, the online calc says 'this' but on tower it says 'that'. Maybe I can come up with a translation matrix."

So I find a motor on tower that the calculator DOES have, and the specs don't match. RPM/v doesn't match.

What good are calculators if there isn't a consitent way of listing specs? What good are calculators if they're not updated, or update-able, with new hardware specs.

So.. the question I have here...

Please, name me a calculator that:
1. I can rely on to have accurate specs.
2. That I can update, or download updates for.
3. That I can input custom (new) hardware specs in some common-sense way.


Like I said, I'm trying to do this, and have been reading on this forum since spring trying to unlock these mysteries. I'm not stupid, and I'm not lazy. But I am frustrated....