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motors & esc

Posted by Joel Meentzen on May 10, 2015 at 3:32am

hi!

is it necessary that i have four motors of the same kind assembled to a quad? can the apm balance the difference e.g. between 3x 960kv and 1x980 motor?

can i have mixed sizes of escs? e.g. 2x 25A and 1x 30A (i assume that the motor does not reach the peak limit).

thx

joel

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  • Joel Meentzen May 10, 2015 at 8:32am
    An additional question: can I take an ESC with a very high Ampere? For example, the motor manufacturer recommends 20A and I take 30A or even more?
    • OG > Joel Meentzen May 10, 2015 at 10:54am

      Yes to is better to do that, when your motor draw more current than speck you will not have smoke!

      • OG > OG May 10, 2015 at 10:57am

        Yes it is better to do that for example your motor bearings are going or same grit in motor it going to draw more current that would help in this situation but some ESC are under rated, other can handle up to 3 times amp over sort time prevent smoke!   

        • Joel Meentzen > OG May 10, 2015 at 10:58am

          okay. so better bigger esc, right?

          • OG > Joel Meentzen May 10, 2015 at 11:48am

            NO! if bigger means heavier no! 

  • OG May 10, 2015 at 3:49am

    hello, you can have different KV motors for sure but not different ESC the firmwear must be the same on all ESC you plan to use as for Amp draw not that important as long as motor is supported.

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