TEAM POWERS NEW PLUTONIUM MOTORS
08-30-2014, 09:12 PM
#332
Tech Fanatic
Great motor, I look forward to racing it next weekend and at the 3rd EOS race in San Antonio.
Last edited by John Wallace2; 08-30-2014 at 09:33 PM.
09-01-2014, 02:43 AM
#333
I've been playing with the Team Powers (TPS) 21.5 motor and really like it. Only suggestion I have would be to put a temperature sensor in the motor so that ESC telemetry would record the motor temps. The TPS 21.5looks very much like the R1 motor on my Fantom dyno (very high RPM) except the TPS motor had a lower amp draw and accelerates faster. I know what FDR Smoke was using at the Texas EOS race and I think he was over geared. My testing indicates that If he used max timing and geared down, he would have been even faster - hard to believe he could have been even faster than he was.
Great motor, I look forward to racing it next weekend and at the 3rd EOS race in San Antonio.
Great motor, I look forward to racing it next weekend and at the 3rd EOS race in San Antonio.
How do you run 21.5 over there..blinky? and what fdr are you guys running etc?as have a race coming up that we need to run blinky so be good to get some set up advice as run TP 21.5 motor but currently boosted.
Thanks.
09-01-2014, 05:29 AM
#334
Tech Fanatic
We run blinky here on a pretty big open and flowing track. Straight was ~150ft with only one tight section at the EOS race. I'm told Smoke was using a 3.7 FDR and we ran a 12 minute main. I haven't had my car on the track with the TPS motor but I think he would have been faster with less gear. Don't know what your track is like so its hard to recommend a good FDR, but if you are running boosted, I'd add 2 or 3 teeth from that FDR. When VTA ran 21.5 motors I seem to recall the non boosted FDR at our medium sized indoor track was around 4.3 and with boost 6.5 to 7.0 depending on how brave you were with the boost. That may give you an idea of how much you may have to change your FDR, but in any case I wouldn't go with any less than a 3.7 ratio.
09-01-2014, 03:18 PM
#335
We run blinky here on a pretty big open and flowing track. Straight was ~150ft with only one tight section at the EOS race. I'm told Smoke was using a 3.7 FDR and we ran a 12 minute main. I haven't had my car on the track with the TPS motor but I think he would have been faster with less gear. Don't know what your track is like so its hard to recommend a good FDR, but if you are running boosted, I'd add 2 or 3 teeth from that FDR. When VTA ran 21.5 motors I seem to recall the non boosted FDR at our medium sized indoor track was around 4.3 and with boost 6.5 to 7.0 depending on how brave you were with the boost. That may give you an idea of how much you may have to change your FDR, but in any case I wouldn't go with any less than a 3.7 ratio.
09-02-2014, 07:37 AM
#337
We run blinky here on a pretty big open and flowing track. Straight was ~150ft with only one tight section at the EOS race. I'm told Smoke was using a 3.7 FDR and we ran a 12 minute main. I haven't had my car on the track with the TPS motor but I think he would have been faster with less gear. Don't know what your track is like so its hard to recommend a good FDR, but if you are running boosted, I'd add 2 or 3 teeth from that FDR. When VTA ran 21.5 motors I seem to recall the non boosted FDR at our medium sized indoor track was around 4.3 and with boost 6.5 to 7.0 depending on how brave you were with the boost. That may give you an idea of how much you may have to change your FDR, but in any case I wouldn't go with any less than a 3.7 ratio.
09-02-2014, 09:19 AM
#338
John:since you are in this thread you are not talking about the new Actinium motors I assume....
09-04-2014, 02:16 AM
#340
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09-04-2014, 02:19 AM
#341
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09-04-2014, 09:33 AM
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09-04-2014, 05:02 PM
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