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Originally Posted by What's_nitro?
Umm, "Blower" is the name of the product. Like "MMM" or "Sidewinder". 
Yes, we know there are better fans available. No, I wouldn't pay twice as much for it because it had a better performing fan. Why? Because that expensive fan would still get eaten by sand/sticks etc. and would have to be replaced.
Oh, to the people complaining about it not being made from Aluminum- It isn't a heatsink. It's a shrouded fan. The CC motors already have a heatsink built into them. The Blower is meant to force air around the motor through the heatsink fins for better cooling. Making something like this out of Aluminum would be a waste of said Aluminum as there is not enough contact with the motor case to do any good. If you want some "bling" buy some chrome spray paint. |
good idea with the chrome spray..or green spray
I wasnt addressing you/we in particular, that probably are down with stuf
. We also know that sidewinder and mamba are not snakes nor serpents. I was pointing out for those that dont know the part what it is, despite what it looks like ( a blower or a micro-V8 or..). And what better fan to get if say, the fan would RIP one day, or just want a better fan.
that 'fan grill' in short ruins the airflow and also makes the fan prone for carnage, as debris would have a hard time reflecting/escaping again. I recall a certain 'pinball beating' a fan got, a simple grill did that, costed some led lights, anyway..
It may be more matter of preference than whats 'best', using a fan grill, filter, or none. in a grill twigs could stall the fan and while it may not break the blades, render it useless anyway. If people want to buy fans or not: There are better fans and what one intend to pay, is sort of preference as well..
suicideneil> YOU! thanks for good help on BYT dude. i hear you on that fan-hate hehe. Overclockers might not agree, replace a MMM fan with a sunon and you get 10 degree lower temps, translate that into power. That Castle made the fan trigger instead of running all the time, could that be a way to extend fan life, far out translation ? lol. it saves the batteries/bec but thats about all. Some people bash in -10-15 celsius, others in +33 celsius all year long, Im inbetween with cold winters and hot summers, still i like to use fans, i believe it helps any efficiency there would be to gain.
it can be a neverending argue, but we're not all 'supposed to agree' anyway!
for the record, "I agree, but = I don't agree, but".
what is 'overheat' - one can blame the motor, the esc, the lipos...if you can keep things cool and gain performance, whether a truck is 'too heavy' 'too much geared' or whatever, cooling is a helping hand that dont mind the method of torment, its like red cross in a war
maybe its good to say this, there a thing to it: fan cooling it not a way to 'lower the temps' as such, meaning lower temps can be achieved in some setup, regardless of whatever fan cooling is present. but at any right/best gearing/setup (all in all) its still a beneficial method to get better efficiency/performance/runtime. So in a way fans could be left out when trying to find a best setup, and after that, plug in the fans