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Old 03-30-2010, 10:01 AM
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the torque curve is what does it for me...look how flat it is from 7500 to 16000....
HP figures are not the ones you should be looking at really as they mean next to bugger all, it's just peak power...torque is what gets you moving, without decent torque a 6hp motor might take 5 blocks to get to peak power by which time a 3.5 hp motor with more torque has disappeared into the distance, also if the torque curve starts at 10000 with an 8000 clutch spring it'll be a slug off the line. much more than just simple HP affects how well a motor will run in an rc