Higher voltage and efficiency

[slimthelineman]

Must have been the super ma packs you were running! It's contradictory to some of the above posts but my hv low kv setups have always had way more snap and power through the throttle band over my lv high kv setups.

[pinkpanda3310]

Thanks Shonen, my brain didn't hurt on that one

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by slimthelineman

It's contradictory to some of the above posts but my hv low kv setups have always had way more snap and power through the throttle band over my lv high kv setups.

You are comparing two setups. Do the batteries have the same C rating and the same amount of energy content (say, same peak power)?

[BrianG]

Panda: FYI, the setup guide algorithm takes vehicle weight and target speed and produces a "required power" figure. Then, calculating the current draws (average and burst) is a matter of joule's law based on the voltage used. As such, this is not exact, so keep that in mind.

[pinkpanda3310]

I realize that real world testing will have different results. I was just showing heat loss as a calculation. I could've added further losses from a nominal 200mm of wire but I forgot and today I don't have time.

BTW the sliders used in the car setup guide is a handy tool

[BrianG]

Thanks.

BTW: There is also a tool to figure wire losses: http://www.scriptasylum.com/rc_speed...esistance.html

[pinkpanda3310]

Yes, of course, I saw that too. There seems to be no end of growing uses on your calcs page, from newbs to pedantics. But I won't look at it tonight, it's 8:15pm and I'm still in the office. The last post was 4:00am this morning before work