Consensus on EPA

[DCastaneda]

Originally Posted by Nard Cox

Hi guys,

Sorry for the old kick, but the topic is still relevant so I'm posting my Q here.

I've read this thread and I understand that EPA is just a ''quick way'' of limiting the throtthle, for example when someone else wants to drive your car, and it doesn't make up for a bad set-up. But you all talk about adjusting your EPA down. What would happen when I calibrate with the EPA set to 100 and then turn it up to lets say 150. Is the ESC ''protected'' from this or how does this work?? Basically the voltage of the LiPo decide top speed and EPA does not influence the voltage so it should be harmless, or is this wrong?

Thanks guys!

No real advantage to calibrating your ESC like this. Turn up your EPA to 150 and then calibrate so you have as much throttle resolution as possible. But to answer your original question, no, turning the EPA up past what you calibrated to full throttle will not hurt the controller. It will, however, register full throttle at about 2/3 throttle on your radio.