Re: A motors question [TANKS]

["Michael Clark" <ironnerdcom-at-gmail.com>]

You could buy a third motor, ramp up the electricity till it burns out and use 80% of that.

Can you run the motor at x volts and see how much current it draws? Voltage times current is watts and watts divided by volts is amps.

On 8/9/07, matthew <matthewsanders-at-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

from what i can see from motors is that the larger the motor the less work
it has to do to move the tank so it shouldn't get as hot as fast

a high wattage motor can be run slower with less reduction with gears to
give the same torque and rpm as a less powerful motor running faster with a
higher gear reduction meaning that the shaft in the motor is spinning slower
producing less heat.

matthew

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From: <funkyneroc-at-ntlworld.com>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:19 PM
Subject: A motors question [TANKS]


> I`ve been wondering for a while about my motors ,I dont know the wattage,
> Im guessing lower than 100w and my tank moves as fast as i
> would ever want it to.
> However they do get warm quickly. Is that one of the reasons for using
> high wattage motors?
>
> Neil "Electricly clueless" R
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