JoelV

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Anyone running an spx with single cell lipo 17.5 12th? Findings?

Advil

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Did you guys notice a difference in infield punch when geared 4.8 vs. when geared 5.4? My last run at NorCal I was geared 5.6 with profile 8.

StickyFingaz

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You do some weird testing, bro...

Seriously though, I think gearing substantially lower than 5.6 is the way to go on that track.

JamesArluck

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Hey fat guy, i'll see you at reedy and we can compare cup sizes.

racenut123

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What he failed to mention is the 10degrees of timing he added on the motor.

Jason Turner

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Can anyone recomend gearing for my TC5 with a 13.5 with an SPX on power mode 8?

Thanks in advance

STLNLST

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Depends on what motor you're running and how much timing you're using.

Jason Turner

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Sorry wasn't too specific on that. It's a novak 13.5 with a 13mm rotor never changed the timing on the motor itself.

gameover

Some comparative dyno runs.

LRP SPX Stock Spec ESC
LRP X11 10.5t (ceramic bearings, extra cooling front plate)
SMC 5000mAh 28c

The current curves are very interesting (keep in mind the current reading on the Sentry is clamping above ~110A). You can clearly see the punch levels, the profile 1,2,3,4 increase in punch and it looks like (1,2,3) & (4,5,6) & (7,8) have similar timing profiles. You can also see the new Stock Spec profiles 5,6,7,8 increasing in punch, with 5,6 having a similar timing profile as profile 4 and profile 7&8 having large amounts of timing past the power peak. Any wonder you need to be careful on 7&8 with the motor pulling 30A at almost no load.

You can hopefully see why gearing down is good thing on profile 7 & 8.

Jeremy Otis

Gameover

Now that is some good testing! Thank you.

jag88

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+1

RocketRacer

can someone please explain the graphs a little more??

SlowerOne

The cat's out of the bag!! Bearing in mind that power = torque x revs, you can now see why it is so important to gear down. 7 and 8 give you much more revs, but there's no torque. To get more power, you have to gear down so the motor can access the increased revs, otherwise it will be slower, and consume large amounts of energy to generate heat.

Well done gameover - the game's over now!!

mark williams

so from what i make out from that graph is profile 6 would be a much safer
profile...i havnt run my spx yet on track but is there much in it between say profile 6-8

or is profile 8 the one to be on but just gear down 3 teeth?

mark

linger

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"no torque" - I don't think so. From about 0 - 12K RPM, profile 2-8 all have the same power. Therefore for any given RPM, they all output the same torque. Profiles 7, and 8 further extend this by giving MORE torque at any RPM higher than approx 12K.
I think the reason for gearing down is to not overheat the motor.

Well done GameOver. I salute you.