Help with XL2 log data???

[Pdelcast]

Hmmmmm....

I disagree with you guys that 240A is really high -- if he's drawing 240A at top speed, then yes. But during acceleration currents can get REALLY high.

An Erevo brushless edition draws 400A during acceleration. Average current is only about 80A, but peaks are 400A+.

I think the datalogging feature will open some eyes to how much power these cars use.

[RC-Monster Mike]

I am not surprised by a 240 amp burst - this current lasts way less than a half second and isn't unheard of with a 4wd truck in high traction. The average draw will probably be less than 40 or 50 amps throughout a typical run(a 5000mah battery at 30 amps average draw will last less than 10minutes).

When using the data log, the sample rate makes a big impact on the draw that you actually see in the log - 10 samples/second will show much higher peaks typically than 5 samples/second or less, for instance - the peaks last a very short period of time usually. The 240 amp burst, for example, may show up as 150 amps if only sampling once per second.