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Originally Posted by Andrew222
Can someone please clarify what the watt rating of the motors tells me?
The 5.5 turn ballistics 550 motor is rated at 800 watts and a 13.5 ballistics 540 motor is rated at 195 watts. So does that mean:
...that its going to drain the battery 4x quicker when I'm WOT vs ballistics 13.5
...that there 4x the torque throughout the entire power band vs a ballistics 13.5? Insane acceleration?
Can you use this motor in a MMP?
Please enlighten me...I'm stumped...
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You don't use more power than it takes to run the car.
Example: I ran a HV4.5 powered Slash 4X4 13 minutes (until the truck slowed down) on an off-road track using a 4500 mAHr LiFe (Turnigy pack). So my average amp draw was 4.5 / (13/60) = 20.7 amps. The average pack voltage (I know from discharging the LiFes at 20 amps) was about 6.3V. So, on average, the motor was using 131 watts.
I was using a MMP and you can too.
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