1406 4 pole 4600kv

[slash_48]

On the nue web site the 1509 is rated at 750 watts continues and the 1506 is rated at 500 continues both surge double that. Are these motors based of the nue 1400 series?

[nuz69]

My opinion is that we can't speak of continuous or surge watts for driving application... The setup you are driving requires a certain amount of power, and this amount fluctuates a lot.
For example if you put a 1509 in a 8 scale buggy it will consumme (approximately) the same watts than a 1520 in the same vehicle (geared for the same speed).
The watts given by NEU specs are IMO for air or boat application, where the current are pretty continuous and constantly heavy...
All this to say that, only the temperature of your motor (and not a number of watts written on the motor) defines its limits, if your motor get too hot and risk heat damage, that's mean you are pushing it to hard... Same thing for the ESC ^^

[ta_man]

Originally Posted by nuz69

My opinion is that we can't speak of continuous or surge watts for driving application... The setup you are driving requires a certain amount of power, and this amount fluctuates a lot.
For example if you put a 1509 in a 8 scale buggy it will consumme (approximately) the same watts than a 1520 in the same vehicle (geared for the same speed).
The watts given by NEU specs are IMO for air or boat application, where the current are pretty continuous and constantly heavy...
All this to say that, only the temperature of your motor (and not a number of watts written on the motor) defines its limits, if your motor get too hot and risk heat damage, that's mean you are pushing it to hard... Same thing for the ESC ^^

I understand that. I know from testing that I average 14 amps during a race running my Neu 1512 on 4S in my 1/8th scale buggy, for an average power consumption of 210 watts (far less than even the continuous rating of the Neu, let alone the peak). That's why the motor never gets over 130F.

I'm trying to find out what Castle means by a 400 watt rating. It is obviously not as simple as an average watts over 10 or 20 minutes, or that would say I could use a 1406 to power my 1/8th scale buggy which only uses 210 watts. I think we are all pretty sure that is not a reasonable scenario.