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maxxdude1234 · 04.12.2006, 01:58 PM

hmmm....The problem is probably that your running on too low a voltage. At that voltage the motor won't be doing much more than 23,000-25,000rpm, and at that speed it won't be efficient at all. Low efficiency = heat. That explains the motor getting hot. Your controller is probably getting hot because your having to 'gear up' so much to get any kind of speed, and in doing so your increasing the load upon the motor and hence drawing lots of current. Lots of current = hot controller.

That would be my explanation. You need at least 10cells for that motor, ideally 12 though. Lipo or GP2000 are probably your only solutions (or stacking up the SubC's)

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maxxdude1234 RC-Monster Aluminum Offline Posts: 675 Join Date: May 2005 Location: UK	04.12.2006, 01:58 PM hmmm....The problem is probably that your running on too low a voltage. At that voltage the motor won't be doing much more than 23,000-25,000rpm, and at that speed it won't be efficient at all. Low efficiency = heat. That explains the motor getting hot. Your controller is probably getting hot because your having to 'gear up' so much to get any kind of speed, and in doing so your increasing the load upon the motor and hence drawing lots of current. Lots of current = hot controller. That would be my explanation. You need at least 10cells for that motor, ideally 12 though. Lipo or GP2000 are probably your only solutions (or stacking up the SubC's)