how do you figure out how many amps?

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by jayjay283

Are these loads of people 2 guys from the traxxas erevo forum who have 3 MMMv1 and 1 MMM v2 blown up between them ? Those are the only 2 ive heard of and they fried all their escs

eh, not too bash, but its a silly setup. One of them has killed a few more electronic bits than that on past setups, and as far as I can tell its just running spd runs up and down the street. Put it on the track or bash it hard offroad (like hill climbs and such) and you are going to see lava. Whatever, to each his own, but I have been seeing alot of "why is my Neu 200F?" or "why are my lipos melting?" threads lately w/ these setups. If you want so much power, go higher voltage.


On topic:

Anymore I have a good idea of the power of the system. If its a ~10 lb MT or 1/8th scale, if you are pulling 45mph, you are prolly around 1600W. 50 mph=2000W, and 40 mph=~12-1400W. Then just divide the watts by # of cells*3.5V (assuming decent batts)

That usually puts you in the ballpark of peak amp draw. More detail than that you need a ET.