Ballistic 550's a reality

Can someone please clarify what the watt rating of the motors tells me?

The 5.5 turn ballistics 550 motor is rated at 800 watts and a 13.5 ballistics 540 motor is rated at 195 watts. So does that mean:

...that its going to drain the battery 4x quicker when I'm WOT vs ballistics 13.5

...that there 4x the torque throughout the entire power band vs a ballistics 13.5? Insane acceleration?

Can you use this motor in a MMP?

Please enlighten me...I'm stumped...

[nuz69]

NO,
That means that the motor can handle more power IF IT HAS TO....
You will probably use only 400 or 500watts but with more efficiency, so for the same top speed, you should have same runtime...

[ta_man]

Originally Posted by Andrew222

Can someone please clarify what the watt rating of the motors tells me?

The 5.5 turn ballistics 550 motor is rated at 800 watts and a 13.5 ballistics 540 motor is rated at 195 watts. So does that mean:

...that its going to drain the battery 4x quicker when I'm WOT vs ballistics 13.5

...that there 4x the torque throughout the entire power band vs a ballistics 13.5? Insane acceleration?

Can you use this motor in a MMP?

Please enlighten me...I'm stumped...

You don't use more power than it takes to run the car.

Example: I ran a HV4.5 powered Slash 4X4 13 minutes (until the truck slowed down) on an off-road track using a 4500 mAHr LiFe (Turnigy pack). So my average amp draw was 4.5 / (13/60) = 20.7 amps. The average pack voltage (I know from discharging the LiFes at 20 amps) was about 6.3V. So, on average, the motor was using 131 watts.

I was using a MMP and you can too.

so why would I want to go get a 550 motor instead of sticking with a 540 motor? If I'm going to average using 200 watts, is there any point in going with a 550 motor that I can't get 800 watts out of?

[ta_man]

Originally Posted by Andrew222

so why would I want to go get a 550 motor instead of sticking with a 540 motor? If I'm going to average using 200 watts, is there any point in going with a 550 motor that I can't get 800 watts out of?

You wouldn't if you were running a 3.5 pound 1/10th scale buggy or truck. (Well, you probably wouldn't.)

But in a 5.8 pound SCT, a 550 has an easier time of it, and runs cooler, than a 540 motor. Lots of people are seeing temps around 170 to 180 using the 540 motors in a SCT. The HV motors run around 120-140 with reasonable gearing and will just last longer because of that.

Also note that the 800 watt rating is a peak power output for an unspecified (by Novak) period of time.

[NovakTwo]

We will begin shipping the Ballistic 550s to our distributors later this week.

[Chadworkz]

Originally Posted by Andrew222

so why would I want to go get a 550 motor instead of sticking with a 540 motor? If I'm going to average using 200 watts, is there any point in going with a 550 motor that I can't get 800 watts out of?

Larger motors produce more torque.

[hlb14]

a local indoor offroad track is letting 1/8 run on a tight track but is limiting voltage to 2s, so i was thinking of trying one of the new ballistic 550's in a rc8 to try to compensate, would this work?

[NovakTwo]

Originally Posted by hlb14

a local indoor offroad track is letting 1/8 run on a tight track but is limiting voltage to 2s, so i was thinking of trying one of the new ballistic 550's in a rc8 to try to compensate, would this work?

From our testing the Ballistic 550s work great in 1:8 scale on a tight track on 2S with a standard 1/10 controller.

[hlb14]

Originally Posted by NovakTwo

From our testing the Ballistic 550s work great in 1:8 scale on a tight track on 2S with a standard 1/10 controller.

thanks!! just ordered a 5.5