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Old 12-31-2007 | 08:55 AM
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Default RE: I plunged and ordered a $100 1:10 Brushless system

ORIGINAL: Slo-V Flyer

The Traxxas VXL motor is actually 10 turns, not equivalent to it (or it'd be one slooowww 10 turn they compare it to).

3300 kv is kinda on the slow side as you might have guessed, so you will need to gear up crazy even with 11v lipo to get "fast" speeds. I run a 2700 kv Feigao 9L (3mm shaft) in my Rusty and on 3s lipo I gear it 23/84 or 25/84 and reach about ~35+ mph, but it's fast enough for me and it pops rolling wheelies all day long.

What do you mean by Also, will a sensorless motor of the same KV rating provide more torque general? Can you clarify what you are asking? That system you bought is already sensorless if that's what you mean, and if 2 motors are the same kv rating, the one with more max amp draw will have more torque.

Here's the formula for torque in a bl motor:

1355 / kv x amp = in/oz. of torque.

For example:
Castle 5700 kv motor @ 100 amps: 1355 / 5700 * 100 = 23.77 in/oz torque
Feigao 9L 2730 kv @ 64 amps: 1355 / 2730 * 64 = 31.75 in/oz torque
Feigao 7XL 2382 kv @ ~94 amps: 1355 / 2382 8 94 = 53.47 in/oz torque

Those are all based on the manufacturers claim that the motors rev up to X rpm per volt (unloaded hopefully?).

Does that help?

i never knew that torque formula. going off the manufacture specs, my big setup on my maxx is producing 133.905 in/oz [sm=punching.gif]
i really think there's something missing here, or at least i'm missing something.
a motor will pull less amps at higher voltages. now given that it produces the same wattage, using this formula indicates that increasing voltage reduces the motors torque?