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Location: Galveston, Texas
My Posts This: Topic Forum | Xnaron,I am just putting out the data, so people can make their own decisions. I have very little time for long drawn out debates, so I will try to be very concise and non-confrontational about my measurements.
First of all, I own and have tested all of the motors the are in question. I have personally pushed a CC10 until it has burst in flames just for experimentation sake, so I know the limits of all of these components. I'm a scientist. I never go off the theory that everybody is so quick to echo without measuring these ideas themselves. Hovering puts the most amount of constant stress on any heli be it electric, nitro, or whatever because you are not benefitting from the transitional lift of forward flight.
My first heli was a Predator, but I have found my home with electrics. When it comes to knowledge about these little guys, I have published a lot to help others when it comes to these little guys, heck I know of reps who have come to me for advise about these hummers. I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but do a search and you will see that the native hummer pilots were the ones answering the questions.
The micro electric world is different from the nitro world in many ways. I even see reps posting throttle curves that matches their nitros. I guess they will soon learn that electric motors have flat torque curves, unlike the curves for nitro power, so the throttle curves must adjusted accordingly. My knowledge comes from personal experience and data collected from my experiments.
The numbers I published for the 400DF are similar to those witnessed with the himax. I'm telling you that the Himax 2015 is not an optimal motor for this new heli. I have fried esc's listening to what everybody once believed. The components I run are based on scientific experimentation, not from here say. I don't see very many other putting out data to help others. You are more than welcome to take what i say with a grain of salt, but my Current hummer with the same himax spooled up to 3000rpm at zero deg and draw the same 8amps, so the notion that it will hover at 4 amps is way off, my tail motors can draw upto 4amps alone. Another thing, I love Century and have spent thousands with them, but they are very well-known around these parts for putting out micro helis with under powered motors. I'll leave you to do the research that topic, but as far as the data goes, please only share what you have measured yourself, not what you have heard, that is why I always try to show videos of my findings just for those nay-sayers.
Another note, just because some sells you items in a combo package, does not mean that everything in that combo is optimal for performance. |
This motor is awesome. Those of you who know me have realized that most of my work involves collecting / publishing data for all of these experiments that I run so that people can make more informed decisions about the options they have.
. Don't participate in the forums much any more, and haven't done any fling for months. But I am about to get back into it.
