Your XL was a league on its own!

very true! he had better temps than I did too. i was very surprised to say the least in the performance in that motor in the heavy of a truck....

yeah, they work miracles. No doubt.

I wouldn't doubt it, it's just the temprature problem, trying to keep those little demons down to a decent temp. How hot did it run? and how fast?

I remember lot's of ppl used to use Lehner Basic's, they went pretty dang fast too, about 35mph tops.

IMO, I think we can, and should be using small motors... it's just a matter of getting the most ideal turns, voltage, and efficiency curve. I've seen the Lehner motors have much different eff. curves with diff # turns/voltage. EX. The 3080/40t on 100 volts has VERY higher efficiency at lower torques, and drops off slightly as you increase current (torque); the same 3080 with 15 turns running 50 volts has fairly low efficiency at lower torques (current), but gradually increaes as you up the current. It all depends on what is required more, and what kind of duty cycle is observed, like acceleration/cruising to get the best AVERAGE efficiency, thus power consumption.

But really, as long as a motor is suitably sized, you will have very decent efficiency, if you want to go the extra mile and score a few % points, for extra runtime, or cooler running, or less weight due to less batteries needed, or whatever. That's what makes this sport so addicting :004: , and frustrating at times :031:

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geez, i thought the 1930 was almost too small, now I hear the 1920 :005:

yeah, and I think sjcrss' truck was a good 13lbs....the temps stayed real cool too, he could put his finger on and leave it there.

back in the days we used CD-rom player motors to power our vehicles!

Is that a joke? Or are you serious? Was this 1/20th scale? LMAO

1/40th scale :005:

listen buddy, i am not wearing my red nose and floppy shoes for nothing..

LOL, he's serious!

What was the wattage on those motors? A hair raising 10 watts? :017:


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It's all about torque..

true, true, I suppose it needs enough torque to overcome the aerodynamic losses of the pinion/spur gear :005:

Did i mentioned the experiment with 5S on the cell-phone vibrators?

Truck didn't went forwards nor backwards, but BOY it was shaking like nothing else..

ppsshhh, that's nothin, try using an electric jack hammer actuator! It had 15 inch vibrating wave length... :007:

L M A O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wonder how my girl would like that?

Well, :010: either that, or the washing machine.... lol

LOL, the washing machine can be plugged in and never ending juice...good point!

Oldest trick in the book..

....It's only practical!