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Originally Posted by Serum
Cool!
This motor/mount is really awesome!!!
About the current draw;
Plain simple;
If a car is geared for 40 mph on 3S lipo, the current draw will be higher than that same car geared for 40 mph on 5S.
But.... It's rather uncommon to increase the number of cells to get more runtime... If you use more lipo's you obviously need more power. If you need more lipo's to get more speed, the current(A) will also increase.
The numbers they are talking about don't mean nothing to me. The current they take varies a lot. weight of the vehicle, maxximium amount of power the batteries can deliver before their voltage will drop, gearing, and the power they take under acceleration.
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I am consistantly able to get 3+ minutes more runtime from my 6S setup geared for 30mph than my 5S setup gear for 30mph. This obviously proves that current is reduced with higher voltage.
Yes, higher voltage will decrease your current (assuming you adjust your gearing to match speed). I think it is unfortunate that people do not use more efficient setups to achieve longer runtimes. I would love to adopt an 8S setup but I can not find a suitable esc for the job (w/ 4 pole motor). I tried the castle HV110 but it doesn't work well with a pistal grip TX.
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