Squee; I was thinking about doing that, but what effect would the truck type have? Depending on how people make their setups, materials used, cell-type, etc, weight can vary quite a bit for the same truck. Therefore, I would think weight alone would be more accurate since that's what the motor "sees" as the load.

Believe me, I'm not trying to shoot down your suggestion, I just need to able to do this programmatically and accurately.

Yea, I understand. Perhaps you could have a thing to were they can select whether its an onroad or offroad vehical? That could have alot to do with motor selection. Like a 380C vs. 540.

That sounds valid! Now, I gotta figure out exactly what/how much effect it will have and how to apply it in choosing the motor. Ugg, this is getting complex!

I know you can handle it brian. :018: I have faith in you. You can do it.

do you think you can add LIPO info into the battery section along with the cell voltage as well.....

Does these seem right? Seems close, just wondering what other people think.

Nice tool by the way!


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When I put 72t spur, it decreases the speed. Wouldn't higher gearing increase it?

sjcrss: What do you mean? There is a dropdown for the number of cells and another for the cell voltage which covers the various voltage ranges of both NiXX and LiPo.

Nick:
Thanks!

That theoretical speed looks about right for the values you entered, but I bet you got a warning for that RPM! 6s is a wee bit hot IMO, but if it works for you, then have fun. At that voltage and motor wind, current consumption must be quite high?

Also increasing the tooth count on the spur gear makes it geared lower so it won't go as fast, but have more power. Increasing the pinion is probably what you're thinking of.

I'm wondering if you should factor weight in it? I just put a Mamba 7700 in what would be my E-Maxx and it says 85mph. :P

I'll get a Venom speed meter and maybe feedback to see how accurate it is. Will be nice to know.

Nick: This is exactly why I'm going to factor weight in the motor selector calculator. Someone could even enter in the kv for a regular mamba system (which has a high kv) and the numbers on paper would look impressive even though real-world results would be disappointing to say the least! Too bad most motors don't specify the torque rating...

I started work on the new version last night. While I'm at it, I totally restructured the layout to have each seperate section in its own web page (using frames). There was just too many lines of code for easy editing. It's not close to ready yet, but for those wanting to see the progress, I will have the beta version uploaded here.

I figure the best way to handle the weight factor is to suggest the motor size by weight, and then the wind/kv by voltage used. I'm thinking of using this as a guidline for weight:

0-2 lbs = 380 can size (regular Mamba system?)
3-5 lbs = 540 "S" can size
6-9 lbs = 540 "L" can size
9-15 lbs = 540 "XL" size
13+ = 540 "XXL" can size or something like the 22xx LMT series.

How does this look?

ok..thanks...the new version is looking real good.....what programming format are you writing this in...just wondering cause Im taking programming classes at this time......

It's Javascript and HTML (DHTML).

I found a typo by the way, when I put 7XL motor and put it over RPM the Message says it's a 6XL. :)

Look forward to seeing it updated.

cool , thanks..

Thanks for the heads-up on the 6XL / 7XL thing. I'll check it out when I get home.

Yes, the page itself is simple HTML, but the code is done in Javascript. I have very little DHTML on there for simplicity. I think the only thing that could be considered DHTML is the help system. My main site, scriptasylum.com, is where I used to create all kinds of scripts, but I got out of it.

Very cool. I do alot of PHP myself, never tried anything more than basic Javascript although Ajax is making me want to.