Thread: KV and runtimes
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littlegiant
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04.13.2009, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianG View Post

The advantage to using low kv is you have a little headroom to run with higher voltage if you want to go faster. If extended runtime is the goal, use higher voltage and lower gearing. Every motor has an efficiency curve, and most of the good models are pretty good all the way up to 50k. GriffinRU's program demonstrates this.

U forgot to mention that heat loss from I^2*R is lesser in a low KV high voltage system since the voltage makes up a higher part of the wattage as compared to higher kv systems. :D And i totally agree with u on that high KV systems run smoother.
   
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