mike prior Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Hi Guy's Can anyone advise me on running 4 cell lipos with electric motors. Do I need a 4 cell type motor to go with the 4 cell battery? I have the 4 cell ESC type but have a few motors that have been run with 3 cell lipos. (20A motors) with this in mind is it simply the case, as long as the motor is rated to say approx 50 amp then it would be OK to work with a 45 A ESC & a 4 cell 35c lipo? would I be right in thinking 20A motors would simply burn out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Pollard Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Looks like one for Timbo Mike, He will no doubt be along later Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Mike, does this help ? Ill try to keep it simple - if your motor is rated at 20A maximum, and you fit a combination of higher voltage battery and prop that takes the current above this then yes it will burn out.Wattmeter is the key here. Almost any motor can be used on almost any battery providing the prop is small enough to not pull excess current Of course, this may well then be the entirely wromg revs and power for the model intended but thats not the point in this question. Edited By Timbo - Administrator on 03/01/2010 17:18:35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike prior Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Hi Timbo many thanks for the advice, very helpfull indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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